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wsc981 commented on Ford kills the All-Electric F-150 wired.com/story/ford-kill... · Posted by u/sacred-rat

ta9000 · a day ago

“ in case of emergency is you can have a couple of filled jerrycans around so you can always move if needed”

How many times has this been a problem for you?

wsc981 · a day ago

Luckily I haven't had any emergencies. But in Thailand recently there's been flooding in the south, many people stuck. And in eastern part many people have been evacuated due to border tensions with Cambodia.

I live in the north-west Thailand, close to the border with Myanmar. An area known as the Golden Triangle [0].

About once a month or so we don't have electricity for a about 10-12 hours or so.

I also experienced a quite big earthquake here about a year ago.

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[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Triangle_(Southeast_Asi...

wsc981 commented on Ford kills the All-Electric F-150 wired.com/story/ford-kill... · Posted by u/sacred-rat

nebula8804 · 2 days ago

I guess we will find out if many of these things actually matter with the Slate truck. It is in many ways the antithesis of this electric F-150. If that vehicle fails then there are no more excuses, a significant chunk of Americans just don't like electric vehicles and are destined to be laggards.

wsc981 · a day ago

I'm just a Dutch guy that emigrated to Thailand, but I'd never trade my Toyota Hilux diesel for an electric truck. I don't want to have to rely on electric to be able to drive my car. A hybrid could be ok though.

The nice thing about diesel, in case of emergency is you can have a couple of filled jerrycans around so you can always move if needed. I like the reliability, it feels more anti-fragile, if that makes sense.

I wonder if the Gibraltar company that produces Toyota trucks for UN [0] is going fully electric anytime soon, if ever.

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[0]: https://www.offgridweb.com/transportation/toyota-gibraltar-t...

wsc981 commented on Switching from Synchronous to Asynchronous Mode of Coding blog.joemag.dev/2025/11/s... · Posted by u/vinhnx

wsc981 · a month ago

Is this style of coding possible using VS Code and free Copilot?

wsc981 commented on Game design is simple raphkoster.com/2025/11/03... · Posted by u/vrnvu

class4behavior · a month ago

Tell me why all MMOs are crap or just fail and as a result turned into a gambling institution.

wsc981 · a month ago

I loved World of Warcraft for many years, but kind of stopped playing during Cataclysm.

And it's kind of weird, but I preferred the old-style questing (many repeated quests and perhaps less streamlined experience) compared to what came afterwards.

In Cataclysm they tried to improve the quest experience, add more variety, but somehow the game lost a bit of its magic - at least from my point of view.

wsc981 commented on Result is all I need rockyj-blogs.web.app/2025... · Posted by u/rockyj

iandanforth · 2 months ago

Not a fan. Code branches and this is Good Thing(TM). Result violates the single responsibility principle and tries to make what are distinct paths into a single thing. If your language has exceptions and returned values as distinct constructs then obfuscating them with Result means you end up fighting the language which becomes apparent fairly quickly. It's also a frustrating experience to want to interact with returned values directly and constantly have to deal with a polymorphic wrapper.

wsc981 · 2 months ago

I'm also not a fan. Due to your point regarding code branches, but also because I just don't find the code very readable.

I think Result<T> has its use, but I don't think this is a particular great example.

wsc981 commented on Beliefs that are true for regular software but false when applied to AI boydkane.com/essays/boss... · Posted by u/beyarkay

izzydata · 2 months ago

Sounds more like survivorship bias. All the bad codebases were thrown out and only the good ones lasted a long time.

wsc981 · 2 months ago

Basically the Lindy Effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect

wsc981 commented on One-man campaign ravages EU 'Chat Control' bill politico.eu/article/one-m... · Posted by u/cuu508

davedx · 2 months ago

> MSM today has no choice but to parrot or echo the opinions of those in power if they want to stay in business otherwise they get shut down for $REASON

What a load of crap! There is still tons of "mainstream media" outlets that don't do this. One of the biggest in the UK would be The Guardian, there are hundreds like it.

The decision to toe the line, like the WaPo, are purely because of money (Jeff's and his readership's), not because anyone is "shutting them down" for X or Y.

wsc981 · 2 months ago

I haven't checked the Guardian in dept, but I believe they towed the same messaging during COVID as any other major Western publication and the same regarding the Russia / Ukraine situation right now.

Alternative voices are to be found on tight corners of the internet, like an individual on Twitter for example.

wsc981 commented on Who owns Express VPN, Nord, Surfshark? VPN relationships explained (2024) windscribe.com/blog/the-v... · Posted by u/walterbell

laylower · 2 months ago

So anyone else besides Airvpn and Mullvad is even worth considering?

wsc981 · 2 months ago

You can setup a private VPN with Digital Ocean and a PiHole droplet. I guess it's a little bit less likely to be a honeypot. It also seems cheaper than any public VPN offering.

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wsc981 commented on Britain to introduce compulsory digital ID for workers reuters.com/world/uk/brit... · Posted by u/alex77456

remarkEon · 3 months ago

>The proposals are the government's latest bid to tackle illegal immigration, with the new ID being a form of proof of a citizen's right to live and work in the UK.

How does a digital ID solve an illegal immigration problem? I watched the video and the suggestion is that this makes it easier for employers to verify that someone is authorized to work. Is that actually true? I don't live in the UK and have not visited in several years. If the idea is that a digital ID authorizes employment ... well I hope people can see the problem, here.

wsc981 · 3 months ago

Of course a digital id doesn’t prevent illegal immigration.

Proper border checks prevent illegal immigration.

The digital ids are introduced for other reasons - this is something Tony Blair has been pushing for a long time.

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