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Loughla commented on Ford kills the All-Electric F-150   wired.com/story/ford-kill... · Posted by u/sacred-rat
dyauspitr · 13 hours ago
That’s too bad, I love my lightning. I spend about $20/month on home charging, love the acceleration and it’s good enough to haul all the things I need for my small farm.

Also, it’s great for long distance recreational drives (from a very specific perspective)- I like driving 250-300 miles in a day and then parking at an RV spot for the night instead of a hotel room. I can run the heat and AC all night as well as have a “full tank” ready to go.

Loughla · 13 hours ago
I would've loved to get a lightning when we replaced the farm truck this year. If would've been great to be able to charge it while our solar array was pumping out power. But the price on those things is eye wateringly high. We got a gas f150 for about half the price of the lightning. I'm not sure who they were trying to sell those to, to be honest.
Loughla commented on If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes?   english.elpais.com/techno... · Posted by u/PaulHoule
mlrtime · a day ago
Transition periods are always difficult, but they've always reached some equilibrium. Right now the spread between the two seem higher (not sure they are) but the system will bring them closer together.
Loughla · a day ago
World wars, revolutions, and violence are how we've reached equilibrium in the past.

We could, conceivably, learn from our mistakes and do something different now. But we're not.

Loughla commented on Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Definitive Oral History of a TV Masterpiece   wired.com/2014/04/mst3k-o... · Posted by u/indigodaddy
elif · 2 days ago
Something about the way they aggressively released all their content, streaming it 24/7 on all platforms, removed the magic for me completely.

I used to love these, but now I can't sit through more than 5 minutes, because that sense of "oh this is special" is gone. I think for slow burn/buildup art, you have to kind of keep it special.

Loughla · 2 days ago
I'm not trying to be a dick, but there is nothing stopping you from self regulating.

We watch one episode of mst3k as a family Sunday night. Popcorn, lights off, huddled under blankets on the floor.

If anything, it's more special for my kids (than it was for me) because they can see what we'll watch next week, and enjoy looking up random trivia about the terrible movie throughout the week.

Loughla commented on Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence   whitehouse.gov/presidenti... · Posted by u/andsoitis
treetalker · 3 days ago
> My Administration must act with the Congress to ensure that there is a minimally burdensome national standard — not 50 discordant State ones. …

Sounds like leaving it up to Congress! But then the administration vows to thwart state laws despite the vacuum of no extant preemption, so effectively imposing a type of supposed Executive preemption:

> Until such a national standard exists, however, it is imperative that my Administration takes action to check the most onerous and excessive laws emerging from the States that threaten to stymie innovation.

So preemption link is relevant, I think; and at any rate, helpful to give background to those not familiar with the concept, which constitutes the field against which this is happening.

Loughla · 3 days ago
Also why are they small federal government states rights for things but big federal government centralized power for this? It doesn't make sense to me.
Loughla commented on Going Through Snowden Documents, Part 1   libroot.org/posts/going-t... · Posted by u/libroot
OkayPhysicist · 4 days ago
Too radical is in the eyes of the beholder. Most of the most intelligent people I know, people who rather carefully analyze their own beliefs, tend to have at least a few things that they are extremely outside the Overton window on. It's not particularly hard to see why: if you apply even a surface-level analysis of the world around you, a lot of stuff is "we all believe X because we've always done X that way".

On the flip side, there's plenty of just very dumb people out there. I play enough games that involve VOIPing with others that I can confidently state such.

Loughla · 4 days ago
What's the phrase? Think about how stupid the average person is, and then remember that half of everyone is stupider than that.
Loughla commented on Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content   theguardian.com/global-de... · Posted by u/ta988
hinata08 · 5 days ago
I particular when every American blockbuster and TV show needs more girls with generous breasts and love scenes than actual plot and actors, but plain clothed girls holding hands online is nudity.
Loughla · 5 days ago
Not sex, violence.

Somewhere along the way we decided that kids can't see boobs until they're 21, but should be fine watching people get murdered.

I don't have the words for it, but it seems like everyone is fine with MASSIVE violence in every piece of media. I feel like I've lost the plot somewhere.

Loughla commented on Strong earthquake hits northern Japan, tsunami warning issued   www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/e... · Posted by u/lattis
boringg · 8 days ago
What about if its in a millenium?
Loughla · 8 days ago
That's the nice thing about completely unsubstantiated, baseless claims on the Internet, if it ever happens, you can always point at it like you're Nostradamus.

My predictions:

Actual zombie president in 2044.

New COVID in 2061.

Dinosaurs come back in 2123, reveal they've been steadily populating hidden Nazi underground bunkers and have declared peace with the yeti.

Loughla commented on I wasted years of my life in crypto   twitter.com/kenchangh/sta... · Posted by u/Anon84
AnthonyMouse · 8 days ago
Okay, tell me how I buy something over the internet without tying the purchase to my government ID.

Your argument seems like "only criminals want privacy" which is a no.

Loughla · 8 days ago
Go buy eBay gift cards with cash?
Loughla commented on Sam Altman’s DRAM Deal   mooreslawisdead.com/post/... · Posted by u/pabs3
marcosdumay · 10 days ago
> has a lot of momentum behind it

Does it? It's mostly the US pushing against globalism right now. Trump managed to unite almost the entire world.

Loughla · 10 days ago
Is it? I'm fairly certain many countries have had a very strong showing from nationalist parties in recent years, or am I way off base?
Loughla commented on Show HN: Onlyrecipe 2.0 – I added all features HN requested – 4 years later   onlyrecipeapp.com/?url=ht... · Posted by u/AwkwardPanda
Loughla · 11 days ago
Neat but as soon as I clicked it, a recipe for Turkish pasta came up and it hijacked the back button.

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