I would love to see some hybrid cars that run gas get converted to propane (like the rental trucks at Lowe’s) so you’re now even cleaner and less dependent on fossil fuels (though still reliant on natural gas).

I would imagine running a Chevy Volt-like vehicle where the gas engine functioned more like a generator, running propane, would get pretty far on a small LPG cylinder!

Lithium hadn’t really had catastrophic failures itself, I’m speaking more fake from car accidents. Tesla’s awfully inaccurate autopilot or self driving or whatever, and when those cells are damaged, they’re dangerous.

Ice engines are mostly explosive in movies lol. I think Mythbusters or some from the show shot at gas tanks that were full and partially filled hoping to ignite.

I agree on all the energy stuff, were stuck with corporate interests ruining the environment so they can have even more profit!

Data centers are absolutely consuming a bunch of power and we’re paying for it, I agree!! California suffered brown outs from everyone charging during there day at work or at night. Idk of that’s been corrected, but that’s also why Trump relaxed coal and oil regulations so we could get enough power-though I hear some data centers are using jet engine turbines to supplement them smh.

So while batteries can be affordable, lithium is too dangerous, and the technology hasn’t quite got to the point for widespread adoption, my opinion. Solid state and sodium ion are better technologies just around the corner that offer loner range, faster charging, and safer in accidents.

The grid… Cannot sustain in the US.

Haha, as I wake up and wipe the sleep crust from my eyes, I thought I was still dreaming (as in asleep). But your comment makes sense! Time to be skeptical all day!

Dude, so edgy calling proton slop. I think for what they’re doing, its great to make a full suite of apps to help users ditch Google! So many people won’t jump the Google, Microsoft, or Apple ship until there are direct enough replacements to all the apps they used. Plus, I feel you’re just jumping on the ‘hate proton’ bandwagon from other posts* without providing any real reasoning… Go back to reddit with that sheep brain mentality.

Also, they (Proton) understand there are those who refuse to pay no matter how good services might be, so their targeting businesses also make sense! They have grown enough they can handle scaling for business customers, and they’re paying customers to help keep personal tier stuff free for this who keep it at that. There’s probably not many US companies trying to ditch US tech, but there are certainly a shit ton of EU companies ditching* US tech to either use LibreOffice or others, so it’s a perfect position to offer Docs and Sheets replacements too (which they have).

I don’t know if they’re taking old Google apps and just stripping Google devices out of them or coding from some other FOSS fork, but they’re using a lot of the same naming conventions (maybe to keep simple).

Personally, Proton IS who I push friends and family to because of the privacy focus, it’s a sort of 1-stop shop replacement for everything so it’s far easier to switch. Think about it… 1 account to change to vs many, with support if trouble, and is available in multiple languages, countries, platforms, etc. Why would you not share them with family? Not everybody is obsessed with privacy in the first place, so many are still blind to the data harvesting or just don’t care enough. Proton helps make it more convincing to switch and protect those people. I think it make sense.

Why, yes, hello self!

None I’m aware of. I’ve uninstalled pretty much every Google app, signed out of gmail acct and am mostly using F-Droid apps since I don’t need any “app store” apps. I kept my banking app, but apparently so far doesn’t need Google’s services bc it still works just fine. My battery, since making that switch, lasts a bit longer without all that stuff running.

But FYI, I don’t have any social media, and I only use WiFi unless I’m on the road. I don’t BT to my car but rarely, and I don’t need location services. So 1 day+life is easily achievable!

Hello from Android 12 lol. My 4yo phone runs just fine!

How is this not a violation of GDPR?! “Homeland Security” doesn’t need the data, this is thousands of people for under 5 possible threats at most… this is fucking stupid! The game of bribery and backdoor deals of monetizing data keeps spreading, huh?

Wonder if it’s anything like the US where the average funeral is about $15k… Idk about cemetery plots but can’t be cheap either. It’s a joke out here how expensive it’s become just to die.

Haha, damn swipe text!

I have the opposite. I grew up with my parents guilt tripping me “starving* kids in Africa” stuff, and so my wife is one who rarely finishes a meal, snack, or dessert, so I’m “stuck” eating the leftovers haha.

I’ve learned to order less while out, cuz she won’t eat leftovers either (or rarely does) so I get to try hers instead of it going to waste.

Personally, I think there’s no real “political correctness”. Something is only offensive if you let it have that affect on you. Otherwise, it’s a bunch of assumed possible offensiveness worrying someone might get their feelings hurt.

Now, that’s not an excuse to be a jerk to people, I’m just saying I feel it’s mostly made up as another means of coerced control.

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What protest? Apparently I live under a rock, didn’t see anything about it.

I think too many people are too self conscious to join a protest. I think they’re (protests) belittled too much to feel impactful, and a lot of that lies in the division falsely created by the media.

I know that’s what you’re talking about, and honest to God I’m being serious that it’s so offense and disgusting for anyone NOT in gov to support this!! It’s THAT fucking crazy!!

I don’t care if you’re left or right leaning. This is not a political thing at all, it’s purely bowing to the fucking overlords with money who give NO FUCKING SHITS about anyone else!

It’s the welcoming of surveillance with open arms! IF “protecting the children” is what we’re after, TRULY honestly after, then social media would be banned for anyone under the age of 18!

The fact that Zuck KNOWS this (Meta and its current format) is the problem he pushes all blame to everyone and everything else. And like IDIOTS the government listens-mostly because they’re all bought and paid for anyway. FB did studies back in 2014 (that’s right over 12 years ago) or earlier to prove it wasnt addictive, and found it to be worse than they thought so they buried it!

My guess is, before the hearing, Zuck and crew agreed this is the way to get gov off his back and also get gov MORE data and surveillance. It’s a win-win. Every obedient citizen who doesn’t know/understand technology says “OK I guess” and everyone else with half a spine and understanding… Takes a stand!!

Facebook first released for 18+ users as it was for college and you needed your school’s .edu address to open an account. To grow the userbase, it was opened up to more and more users which then lead to more and more deceptive practices to always get that YoY growth.

Meanwhile, it acts as an escape from reality as people hate their own lives, and “influencers” are the fakest ones feeding consumerism to others, because “if you do this one thing you can be good too” shit.

Personally, if you directly do anything to mislead/misguide others for your own selfish gain, you should feel awful about holding back those around you, instead of working together to fight the system! Unfortunately, right now, too many people feel inadequacies, so we’re getting to the point where we say “fuck it” and so we do anything to get ahead…

The TL;DR is: It’s no longer about connecting people, it’s about money, data, and control! Pretty much ALL social media is a cancer designed to keep users engaged to distract them from the shitty world around them as it falls apart.

In the wise words of Sam Flynn, “We need to work together, it’s the only way!” 😁