ChiefNotAClue

You can, but it's usually a larger difference. A car that might be negotiated down to $5k or $6k on the private market, will probably be at $9k-$10k on the dealer lot. Plus they'll tack on document fees, and so on. In the end, you might be looking at paying double what you would otherwise for cars in similar shape and mileage.

Are there any utilities that have progressive rates electricity rates? Where the first X kWh are $0.12/kWh, the next Y kWh are $0.15/kWh, and then anything over Z kWh are $0.18/kWh, etc?

Though it seems that nowadays, much of that cost goes to taxes and fees, rather than electricity rate itself.

Motorcycles only seem cheap. Factor in a proper set of gear, like helmet, jacket, pants, and gloves, and you're up another $1k. Also note that maintenance intervals are more frequent. Consumables, such as tires, will be more expensive in the long run.

Why choose that over a used car for $5k? It's not cheaper, nor is it more practical. But I'll agree, on the nice days, it's definitely more enjoyable.

They may not have the best prices at every point in time, but they consistently have good deals. There are several price trackers out there; Keepa and CamelCamelCamel are the big ones. Use them to your advantage and figure out whether the item you're after is a good deal or not.

For what it's worth, been buying from Amazon for the past 15 years or so, and not once received a counterfeit product. Granted, I still don't like they they mix up their inventory, but I think it's a smaller problem than people make it to be. Most people are buying household supplies off of Amazon; that's not really a category that gets affected by counterfeits.

Ikea has products at just about every price category. The cheap stuff is cheap, the more expensive stuff is nicer. There's something for everyone.

Fantastic work! Never would have expected an indicator led on a washing machine to also contain a phototransistor for their diagnostic interface.

Remember, folks. When the robots take over, just say, "I give up."

To those wondering about tire wear:

"Despite the slightly higher levels of tire wear from EVs, brake dust was found to be more unhealthy, as brake dust is much more likely to become airborne (>40%) than tire wear is (1-5%). So EVs create a lot less of the worse thing, and a little more of the less-bad thing."

Yeah, no. Most homes are in the range of 1.500.000 to 2.500.000 kroner. There are some homes closer to 1.000.000 kroner that need repairs or remodeling. You are not buying anything livable for 500.000 kroner, sorry. Those days are in the past. And mind you, these numbers are for medium-sized cities. Not any of the desirable cities, like Copenhagen, Odense, or Aarhus.

Most of these drones have wide angle cameras for navigation and obstacle avoidance. They would need to be within a couple of feet of a window to actually see what's going on inside. If they're hovering over your yard, they'll be sufficiently high (15-20ft) such that the resolution of your window is useless.

Well said. I like the hurricane analogy. It's naive to think that it can be ignored. It will come around and affect you, and at that point, it might be too late.

It certainly feels like enforcement is down. I've noticed a lot more entitled behavior, like drivers blowing through red lights or cutting up on the shoulders.

Another thing I've noticed is the amount of license plate readers that have appeared. Seems like every town, large mall, private community, heck even parks have them. See this map: https://deflock.me/

So laws are not being enforced, but you can be sure you're tracked everywhere you go.

Yarn has definitely gone up in price. Acrylic yarn is fine to get into knitting. However, if you'd like to try some better quality, it'll cost you. Knitting a blanket with cheap yarn would run about $100 (20 skeins, at a cost of $5 each).

Some of the examples are references from the shows on Nebula. That one is likely from HAI Crime Spree. "Enter the Snack Zone" is from Jet Lag: The Game.

Right side, by a large margin. Better word choice and more natural flow. It feels a lot more human.

It seems like a retaliatory move regarding the potential ban. If lawmakers are going to assert that DJI drones threats to national security, might as well disable the built-in geofencing and demonstrate the kind of threat they could be. Not saying this is right or wrong... but when the ban singles them out as a threat, and much of the competition doesn't the same level of safety features, you can imagine why they might want to retaliate.

I'd argue that new, low-end laptops are in the $300-$400 range. Most people would be better served by a new laptop, instead of a decade old refurb. Sure, basic tasks might not need additional processing power, but things like better battery life, higher resolution screens, fast solid state drives, better webcams, and network adapters supporting newer wifi/bluetooth standards are things the average person would notice and benefit from.

I doubt the average person knows how to or is willing to manually install feature updates to continue to run Windows 11 on an unsupported laptop. Refurbishing is great, but I'm not sure how much more you can get out of a 10+ year old platform. I think the sweetspot is a 3-6 year old platform where a refurbished unit will be a decent bit cheaper, but still have a good bit of life left.

This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing. Especially the border artwork–the level of detail in some of the sketches, the choice to use plants to tie in the advertisements together. Definitely from a different era.

It's one thing to have a camera giving an overview of a roadway. It's another to a camera that is reading license plates, that can be tied back to individuals. I'm not sure how much benefit the latter has to the public, but I do see how it could be harmful.

Seasonic's product lines are relatively simple to figure out. They haven't changed in years, except with the addition of the Vertex line. At the very least, they're easier to understand than other power supply manufacturers.

Product Lines: Core (Budget) < Focus (Mid) < Vertex (Mid-High) < Prime (High), in terms of quality and features.

80Plus Efficiency: GX (Gold) < PX (Platinum) < TX (Titanium)

This is true across all of their product lines.

Consider attending 38C3: https://events.ccc.de/congress/2024/infos/startpage.html

Edit: Looks like it's completely sold out. Maybe next year?

Dave from the EEVBlog did a take on this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkjyeI0ykGM

Prusa Core One Build Volume: 250 x 220 x 270 mm Price: 1199 USD assembled, 949 USD kit

Bambu Lab P1S Build Volume: 256 x 256 x 256 mm Price: 699 USD assembled (549 USD during sales)

The nice features of the Prusa Core One is that it comes with an ethernet port and an integrated NFC reader. However, the bed camera, chamber filter, and hotend accelerometer are all "optional addons." All of those come standard on the Bambu Lab P1S.

At that price, the Prusa is a hard sell. I'd rather get two of the Bambu printers, or one printer combo with AMS.

Can't say that I feel bad for them. Skydio builds inferior drones and sells them at exorbitant prices. Instead of innovating, they opt to lobby and ban the competition (DJI and Autel).

This is not atypical–however, the more you dig into the topic, the more shady they get. Worthwhile watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cb-Zv783yQ

On a walk, you can truly take in the details of your surroundings—the kind of details that you would otherwise whizz past on a bike. Two different kinds of paces.

It doesn't kill them per se, but it doesn't seem to promote them either. The good content takes a lot more digging to find. Not an easy task, considering how bad the search on YouTube is.

Target does this, showing you online pricing based on the local store you have set. Doesn't matter where you pick up the item from; if you change your local store to a different neighborhood, you can expect the app to show different prices.

Well said. I'll add that, as a hobbyist, you'll eventually work on more involved projects and run into those exact limitations.