goose Posted January 22, 2023 Posted January 22, 2023 On 1/20/2023 at 2:12 PM, That One Guy said: Starvin' to death curled up in a sleeping bag in a 1940s bus ain't the way, fam
That One Guy Posted January 22, 2023 Author Posted January 22, 2023 13 hours ago, JohnRogers said: Did a 45-50 year old American jalopy encounter mechanical problems on a cross-country pilgrimage home??
That One Guy Posted January 22, 2023 Author Posted January 22, 2023 (edited) P vs LT tires on 4Runners for moderate offroading There's no clear answer Edited January 22, 2023 by That One Guy
That One Guy Posted January 22, 2023 Author Posted January 22, 2023 I've done a shitload of offroading on P tires up until now Why would I suddenly start having problems?
That One Guy Posted January 22, 2023 Author Posted January 22, 2023 $360, that's a big costco haul without buying any big ticket items
Union 5-3992 Posted January 27, 2023 Posted January 27, 2023 Tempted to buy walmart vinyl tho. $20 seems cheap for a Metallica record.
That One Guy Posted January 28, 2023 Author Posted January 28, 2023 14 hours ago, Union 5-3992 said: Buy vinyl to hedge against inflation. Physical possession of precious metals is where it’s at
That One Guy Posted January 28, 2023 Author Posted January 28, 2023 My grandfather became a millionaire from precious metals he started out as a mere multimillionaire
That One Guy Posted January 28, 2023 Author Posted January 28, 2023 The gutter broke how the f**k do you fix a gutter and other homeowner lessons
That One Guy Posted January 28, 2023 Author Posted January 28, 2023 Just now, That One Guy said: how the f**k do you fix a gutter Have your friends come over and buy them beer + snax
That One Guy Posted January 28, 2023 Author Posted January 28, 2023 Buddy is new Wrangler shopping. On a budget. It is badass that in 2023, they are still producing Wranglers with manual roll-up windows.
That One Guy Posted January 30, 2023 Author Posted January 30, 2023 "The grid won't possibly be able to handle most people slowly adopting EVs over the next 20 years" "Yeah I suppose between 1970 and 2000 rates of A/C penetration in homes went from like 0% to 80%, and the grid didn't blow up"
That One Guy Posted January 30, 2023 Author Posted January 30, 2023 Technology Connections is a god-tier youtube channel
goose Posted January 31, 2023 Posted January 31, 2023 7 hours ago, That One Guy said: "The grid won't possibly be able to handle most people slowly adopting EVs over the next 20 years" "Yeah I suppose between 1970 and 2000 rates of A/C penetration in homes went from like 0% to 80%, and the grid didn't blow up" Coffee grinders, too. How do thosee three compare in relative power draw?
That One Guy Posted January 31, 2023 Author Posted January 31, 2023 (edited) 55 minutes ago, goose said: Coffee grinders, too. How do thosee three compare in relative power draw? I don't care if a coffee grinder draws a full 1875W from a standard 15A outlet on the edge of tripping a breaker, it operates for 10-15 seconds a day, lol. Per google, A/C in a typical US home draws about 4 kW during use. Use is typically during hottest times of daylight, when everything else also tends to be running, exacerbating issues. IIRC, everyone blasting A/C at once is how places like L.A. tend to temporarily overwhelm their power grids. A level 2 home charger for an EV, for those that aren't satisfied with slower level 1 charging, draws 3 kW - 19kW, depending on just how fast you're trying to home charge. Many EVs intelligently support throttling charging rates (something my gf works on for a living in the tech sector) through opt-in programs to help the grid, and can support charging only during user specified times, such as low-grid-load times like 11pm-5am. Level 2 charging is fast enough for most owners to wake up every day with a full pack of range, without ever hitting a fueling station outside of road trips, for a fraction of gasoline cost. It's an interesting factoid that most EV owners actually spend less time refueling/charging than gasoline vehicle owners, thanks to charging at home a majority of the time (of course, at the moment, this wonderful functionality is really only in its stride for people with private off street parking like single family homes, duplexes and some townhomes). I'm buying a new low-tech 4Runner to ride out this last awkward ICE technology age before EVs are fully sorted out, but man, I'll be excited for the day they're good enough that my picky ass buys one. If I was a crossover buyer, that day would already be here. As a $50k 4x4 offroad SUV buyer, the market doesn't offer options for me yet. Edited January 31, 2023 by That One Guy 1
goose Posted January 31, 2023 Posted January 31, 2023 16 hours ago, That One Guy said: I don't care if a coffee grinder draws a full 1875W from a standard 15A outlet on the edge of tripping a breaker, it operates for 10-15 seconds a day, lol. Per google, A/C in a typical US home draws about 4 kW during use. Use is typically during hottest times of daylight, when everything else also tends to be running, exacerbating issues. IIRC, everyone blasting A/C at once is how places like L.A. tend to temporarily overwhelm their power grids. A level 2 home charger for an EV, for those that aren't satisfied with slower level 1 charging, draws 3 kW - 19kW, depending on just how fast you're trying to home charge. Many EVs intelligently support throttling charging rates (something my gf works on for a living in the tech sector) through opt-in programs to help the grid, and can support charging only during user specified times, such as low-grid-load times like 11pm-5am. Level 2 charging is fast enough for most owners to wake up every day with a full pack of range, without ever hitting a fueling station outside of road trips, for a fraction of gasoline cost. It's an interesting factoid that most EV owners actually spend less time refueling/charging than gasoline vehicle owners, thanks to charging at home a majority of the time (of course, at the moment, this wonderful functionality is really only in its stride for people with private off street parking like single family homes, duplexes and some townhomes). I'm buying a new low-tech 4Runner to ride out this last awkward ICE technology age before EVs are fully sorted out, but man, I'll be excited for the day they're good enough that my picky ass buys one. If I was a crossover buyer, that day would already be here. As a $50k 4x4 offroad SUV buyer, the market doesn't offer options for me yet. Another decade and they'll make sense for a lot of people. I wonder if we will we have addressed the Kobalt mining humanitarian crisis by then.
That One Guy Posted January 31, 2023 Author Posted January 31, 2023 The King's Speech could've easily been a PG movie. Instead, a 10 second barrage of f-bombs and a later 5 second barrage of cuss words were added, lol
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