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Brandon658 @lemmy.world
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Rent requirements in the US are nuts
  • Probably make as much use of the scam mortgage insurance that they can too. I forget what it's actually called but it's a scam IMO. $100 a month baked into my escrow for insurance to the lender in case I lost the house. To my knowledge it provides me no benefit.

    Upside is when I refinanced it was taken off. (Think the whole first time home owner program requires it for the initial loan.)

  • Rivian CEO issues strong statement about people who purchase gas-powered cars: ‘Sort of like building a horse barn in 1910’
  • Not OP but searched up EE's video on a topic like this. Been a long while since I watched it so I don't remember much about it in description is the sources. So at the very least you can check some of that type of stuff.

    https://youtu.be/6RhtiPefVzM?si=_i0p3AQftvmqXcal

    But yeah in general an ICE is horrendous at efficiency vs electric. An ICE blows some 70+% of its energy on making heat we don't use but instead actively use some of the available energy made to cool it.

  • ChatGPT generates cancer treatment plans that are full of errors — Study finds that ChatGPT provided false information when asked to design cancer treatment plans
  • People want to trust it as a source of quick knowledge. It is easier to be told 9 goes into 81 a total of 8 times trusting that the computer is always right, because it had access to everything, than to work out the answer given was wrong and is actually 9.

    Think of WebMD. People love to self diagnose despite it commonly being known as a bad practice. But they do so because they can do it with less effort, faster, and cheaper than making an appointment to drive to an office so you can speak with a doctor that runs a few tests and gets back to you in a week saying they aren't sure and need to do that process all over again.

  • Sound Off: How many 10+ year redditors have left the site?
  • Pretty sure I joined in 2011 as well. I'd check but why give them traffic. The website was only still usable with old reddit and the app is total trash. RiF is what I used to interact with reddit about 99% of the time. When they axed it I left and the flow of people over to Lemmy has made it just fine for my needs.

    Sure it is still a little lacking for some of the subs but it's getting there.

  • POV , your secretary bought a new car for her daily commute to the grocery stroad.
  • Probably. You'd be amazed at what someone with a regular license is allowed to drive. Such as the International CXT. Basically made to be just under specs that require a CDL. (To my knowledge it is mostly a weight thing. Like 26000 pounds and CDL is needed. 25999 pounds? you're fine without.)

    The laws are pretty arbitrary and leave a lot to be desired. Which is also why you see some sketchy driving by people driving the large U-Haul box trucks and other moving rental companies. Same with trailers/campers. Any random can hook up an oversized/improperly loaded trailer to their little Ford escape and drive about.

  • What are some examples of your tastes changing as you got older?
  • Have always loved dark chocolate. As I got older I liked the darker stuff more. 85-90%. (Fyi 100% is no good. Lol.) Milk chocolate has always been a no for me. Best I can do is tolerate it if the flavor is mostly masked by whatever it is encasing.

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  • Used to have cheapo 12v hitachi. Its poor little clutch didn't fair well when I asked it to drive several 5 inch lags.

    DeWalt what I use now. Received a 6ish tool kit as a present a while back. They all get light use but the sawzall is certainly the most used. Diablos 3tpi blade makes for a great and violent pruner.

    No more cheap bits though. Driver or drill. (Sockets too.)The level of annoyed and frustrated cheap bits makes for just isn't worth it. Drivers hold better, strip less, and last longer. Drills go through material faster, break less, hold an edge longer.

  • 7-11-23 AC
  • Managed with 510 tack on the left rock set to strong. (Have to upgrade to 520 after a little cash made.) Though it was sketchy. MoaBs get pretty far before popping and the ceramics get right to the edge of the range.

  • Truth.
  • Hate on CVT all you want. It is I waiting on manual transmission lazily shifting though gears as I am at a constant rate of acceleration. Then anymore CVT will accomplish better MPG.

  • 7-7-23 DC

    DC - order was 000 dart start. ben, 000 boom, 130 druid, 020 village for camo, 240 boom, 150 druid, 250 super w/220 village. No farms used. Plenty of spare cash.

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