How exactly can a website restrict itself in a single state?
Readit Newsirrational commented on Bluesky Goes Dark in Mississippi over Age Verification Law wired.com/story/bluesky-g... · Posted by u/BallsInIt
> EV used cars are basically dead batteries.
A quick googling shows some sources claiming EVs are in general designed with a planned service life or around 10 years.
That's basically the same planned service life for ICE cars, which some sources claim it tends to be 12 years or 200k miles.
One source suggests battery capacity in EVs drop less than 2% per year on average.
These numbers seem to contradict you, but you show your data so that we can look into it.
I always keep my ICE cars for at least 25 years. It is crazy to me that people are getting rid of them after only 12 years.
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Five out of six ain’t bad. Though, if my man boobs get a bit bigger…
irrational commented on Intel CEO Letter to Employees morethanmoore.substack.co... · Posted by u/fancy_pantser
Intel headcount in 2022 was 131,900. Intel’s projected headcount for 2025 is 75,000. Intel fired 43% of its staff over the course of 3 years (when approximating natural retirements at zero and assuming a stop in new employments).
And who did they fire? Everyone with longevity and experience. Makes sense from an accountant’s perspective. Those would be the people with the highest salaries. Doesn’t make sense from a technical perspective.
irrational commented on Many lung cancers are now in nonsmokers nytimes.com/2025/07/22/we... · Posted by u/alexcos
But it doesn’t prevent cancer. It lowers the risk of a specific kind of cancer by some amount. Is it $650 worth? That’s what I’m stuck on. People just go by vibe and say things like “it’s a good investment” but that’s just coming from I don’t know where.
How I look it is, if I’m aware of the risk and do nothing to mitigate it and then down the road one of my kids who sleeps in the basement develops cancer…
irrational commented on Many lung cancers are now in nonsmokers nytimes.com/2025/07/22/we... · Posted by u/alexcos
And heating/cooling the fresh air replacing evacuated air + radon.
The air is under your slab. How would it be replaced by fresh air inside the house?
irrational commented on Many lung cancers are now in nonsmokers nytimes.com/2025/07/22/we... · Posted by u/alexcos
That is still insanely high. The highest Ive seen for install is $650 but required quite a bit of piping to the exterior.
Just the materials cost was $500. How are they doing labor for $150?
irrational commented on Many lung cancers are now in nonsmokers nytimes.com/2025/07/22/we... · Posted by u/alexcos
The difficult thing for me is that while I believe radon can cause lung cancer, I think products are often sold based on fear. “Second leading cause” doesn’t really mean anything in isolation, does it?
What slice of my mortality pie was radon before and after spending $5000? Could I spend $5000 to cut a bigger slice out of it in another way, like eating better or hiring a grizzly bear to make me exercise more often?
I think action is better than decision paralysis, but I wish I could make much more informed decisions.
$5000? I got a bunch of quotes and none came anywhere near that high and I live in a home that made it difficult to install the system (finished basement, large footprint, three stories tall, concrete outer walls (ICF), etc. I think the highest was $3,000 and the lowest $1,600. I ended up installing it myself for about $500 in materials.
irrational commented on Many lung cancers are now in nonsmokers nytimes.com/2025/07/22/we... · Posted by u/alexcos
> We got it mitigated, and it wasn't that expensive
What's the process, usually, adding some special ventilation system to the house?
Drill a 6” hole through the concrete foundation and dig out about 15-20 gallons worth of material. Install a 3-4” PVC pipe into the hole (the end of the pipe should be a few inches below the bottom of the foundation) and seal the hole up with hydraulic cement. Continue the PVC pipe up out out of the house. There are lots of rules around distance of the outlet from windows and doors and how high above roof line. Inline install a radon fan. How big a fan you need depends on many factors like soil type, home dimensions, etc. The fan runs 24/7 creating a vacuum under the house.
irrational commented on Many lung cancers are now in nonsmokers nytimes.com/2025/07/22/we... · Posted by u/alexcos
Yeah, this title for the article is really terrible. The "why" that scientists are investigating is not why many lung cancers aren't in nonsmokers. The "why" they are investigating is "why are these non smokers getting cancer?". Once smoking stops being such a dominant cause, you put more energy into the other cases.
It would be radon, wouldn’t it?