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Trow83949on National Center for Home Food Preservation

Food dryer with fan is pretty good investment. You can get dryed fruits like bananas, without all preservatives, sugars and salts.

Trow83949on Who profits most from America's baffling health-care system?

This GDP argument is useless. Before war Russia had GDP comparable to Italy, it should collapse in a few days after sanctions, and we all know how it went!

Trow83949on EU-funded report calls for wealth of super-rich to be taxed, not income

You are missing the point.

EU has about 200 billions EUR in frozen assets of Russian oligarchs. Those money are ripe for taking, but EU needs justification. Taxing it over several years seems like a good strategy. It is not like they can move it to Dubai...

Trow83949on EU-funded report calls for wealth of super-rich to be taxed, not income

I am middle class, and I already do those tricks. In reality it means I follow the sun, and change location every two months. I pay about 10% in taxes and socials. All strictly legal!

Who really gets screwed by this, are middle class people with children!

Trow83949on Meta reveals serverless platform processing trillions of function calls a day

So what? Meta is a trillion dollar company. It should be able to create website, that works.

Compare its budget to WhatsApp before it was acquired!

Trow83949on Rivian R1T is the first EV to win the longest off-road competition in the US

Because it runs through 1500 charging cycles and capacity degrades.

Trow83949on Rivian R1T is the first EV to win the longest off-road competition in the US

> Do you really replace your car engine and transmission before the warranty runs out?

I try! A few months before warranty runs out, it gets full inspection, and I claim every part that acts funky! It is a free money!

> If that was true your phone would have a fully working battery ten years later,

What exactly is the difference? If anything phone batteries are way more expensive and sophisticated!

R1T can tow 100 miles on single charge. That is 1500 battery cycles within 150k miles warranty, or 3000 cycles if you do that daily for 8 years!

> just penxs extensions that have little to no utility for a vast majority of people that buy them

I actually want to use this as a truck. It should be soo much better, new revolutionary technology...

You claim that thing is useless "penxs extension", yet somehow manufacturer does not lie about its numbers!

> But since we're OK with that for regular trucks

OK, let's ban useless extensions. Why should people who actually need proper truck for work, pay fines and sponsor people, who buy useless EV penxs extensions?

Trow83949on Rivian R1T is the first EV to win the longest off-road competition in the US

Rivian battery warranty. If you actually use this as a truck, as an off road SUV, or as a farm tractor, haul heavy stuff, pull out tree stumps... It will complete a few full charging cycles every day. Battery will degrade fast. It does so on mobile phones, cars are no different! It is a good idea to have it replaced before warranty runs out.

> 8-year or 150,000-mile

> The high-voltage battery pack capacity naturally decreases over time with use. This expected gradual capacity loss over time is not covered under the Battery Pack Limited Warranty. However, greater than expected degradation is covered under the Battery Pack Limited Warranty. The warranty will cover a battery pack that loses 30% or more of its normal minimum usable rated capacity within the warranty period.

Trow83949on Rivian R1T is the first EV to win the longest off-road competition in the US

3 tons luxury SUV is not exactly "green".

And replacing battery after seven or three years is not much difference. Rugged truck like that, should last 30 years with basic maintenance! This car is not even serviceable!!!

It is the smugg greenwashing people hate!

Trow83949on Ubuntu Linux snuck into high-end Dell laptops

Macbooks have similar issues. Months long warranty repairs, glu falls apart in LCD housing, cracking hinges...

At least with lenovo you can buy second laptop, and swap SSD before shipping it away. Repairman will not go through your selfies ;)

Trow83949on Please be dying, but not too quickly, part 2: The patient's perspective

People with weak "will to live" are just depressed. There is no need to overthink it.

Trow83949on Live Streaming Platform Twitch Poses Risks for Minors Who May Be Preyed Upon

Twitch itself is already preying on minors! It has many titty streamers, who do body painting on naked boobs.

Trow83949on Cruise autonomous vehicles outperform humans in a comparable driving environment

How they deal with kids, who put traffic cones around the car?

Trow83949on Who profits most from America's baffling health-care system?

OK, in Czechia:

- there is a big debate if doctors should serve 24 hours without break (non stop) in hospital.

- doctors may be forced to operate after 24 hours of non stop work. I know for fact anesthesiologist who did so. We have VERY strict regulations for truck drivers to only drive 8 hours per day...

- there are no basic medications in pharmacy, like penicillin or anti fever sirup for kids

- you pay 8% medical income tax (it is called insurance), but there is no chance to find dentist or GP. So you go private an pay it out of pocket

- no chance to sue doctor or hospital for mistreatment. I could tell stories about tampons and tools forgotten inside patient...

- we have highest numbers of doctors per capita in Europe, yet system is very inefficient

- doctors spend about 40% of their time with paperwork

- base salary for doctor (without overtimes) is very low, they would not even qualify for mortgage..

- once I waited 12 hours at emergency room in public hospital (with life threatening condition), at end I gave up, and went to private clinic. I took second job to pay it...