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by stevebrooks
Mon Dec 04, 2023 6:26 pm
Forum: Geek Speak - Tech Forum
Topic: Electric + Human-Powered Vehicles
Replies: 94
Views: 4190

Re: Electric + Human-Powered Vehicles

And wow, look what I found in the comments section of that article, this would be a perfect little town runabout!

https://electrek.co/2023/10/31/vinfast- ... -interest/
by stevebrooks
Mon Dec 04, 2023 6:19 pm
Forum: Geek Speak - Tech Forum
Topic: Electric + Human-Powered Vehicles
Replies: 94
Views: 4190

Re: Electric + Human-Powered Vehicles

Yeah, what I've been saying: smaller, simpler, less-expensive, please... https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/12/automakers-must-build-cheaper-smaller-evs-to-spur-adoption-report-says/ Yep, forget the huge touch screens and all that other high tech garbage that I probably wouldn't use anyway, and buil...
by stevebrooks
Mon Dec 04, 2023 1:08 pm
Forum: News and Current Affairs
Topic: Interesting/Notable/Weird news that doesn't need it's own thread
Replies: 25
Views: 3265

Re: Interesting/Notable/Weird news that doesn't need it's own thread

We are saved, AI has predicted what workers will look like in 25 years if we all work from home, in response people are rushing back to the office, where they can sit hunched over the desk looking at multiple screens anyway, but with the added bonus of sitting in crowded public transport of spending...
by stevebrooks
Mon Dec 04, 2023 12:58 pm
Forum: Secularism and Social Issues
Topic: Reshaping Cities, Including the Housing Problem
Replies: 11
Views: 2505

Re: Reshaping Cities, Including the Housing Problem

I just looked at the specs for that Bondi Beach apartment. No balcony, it's like a prison cell! Also, units like that have been selling for insane prices for many years. What's the next level up from insane? I don't have a word for it. I lived in a normal sized apartment with no verandah or courtya...
by stevebrooks
Sun Dec 03, 2023 2:26 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: USA Far Right Watch
Replies: 27
Views: 1278

Re: USA Far Right Watch

The Texas GOP has voted to be Nazi's from now on, yes that's right they have indeed following the well known Nazi Bar meme; Some members of the committee said such a ban, proposed two months after a prominent conservative activist was caught meeting with a famous white supremacist, might be a “slipp...
by stevebrooks
Sun Dec 03, 2023 1:08 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: USA Far Right Watch
Replies: 27
Views: 1278

Re: USA Far Right Watch

The US far right is puzzled as to why Democrat women don't want to date extreme right Republican men; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhvzIMcL6oE To most of us it seems obvious, and to be honest I wouldn't want to date a far right conservative woman, but it seems strange it's only the women dating m...
by stevebrooks
Sun Dec 03, 2023 12:05 pm
Forum: Secularism and Social Issues
Topic: Reshaping Cities, Including the Housing Problem
Replies: 11
Views: 2505

Re: Reshaping Cities, Including the Housing Problem

And we have another moron; The unit on Gould St went under the hammer on Saturday for $511,000 – more than $41,000 over its reserve. Ray White Eastern Beaches agent Angus Gorrie said four of the five registered bidders were active at the auction with the successful bidder an investor and all underb...
by stevebrooks
Sun Dec 03, 2023 12:32 am
Forum: Secularism and Social Issues
Topic: Reshaping Cities, Including the Housing Problem
Replies: 11
Views: 2505

Re: Reshaping Cities, Including the Housing Problem

And we have another moron; The unit on Gould St went under the hammer on Saturday for $511,000 – more than $41,000 over its reserve. Ray White Eastern Beaches agent Angus Gorrie said four of the five registered bidders were active at the auction with the successful bidder an investor and all underbi...
by stevebrooks
Sat Dec 02, 2023 12:31 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: USA Far Right Watch
Replies: 27
Views: 1278

Re: USA Far Right Watch

The house has passed the resolution to expel Santos, there will now be a special election for the district he was elected to, this is one to watch;

by stevebrooks
Sat Dec 02, 2023 2:05 am
Forum: Geek Speak - Tech Forum
Topic: Electric + Human-Powered Vehicles
Replies: 94
Views: 4190

Re: Electric + Human-Powered Vehicles

the only long term solution is to remove fossil fuels from the energy mix I think what's emerging is that that is not actually a long-term solution, because there is NO long-term solution, there is only a short-term solution. We either have shock therapy and immediately stop burning fossil fuels, o...