Yes, and? EVs are quiet, if we ignore the noise they make?
I'm not going to claim that EVs are loud.
I'm going to state it as a fact: EVs are loud. About as loud as ICE cars. I live on a busy street, so I know that this is beyond dispute. The tire noise and wind resistance dominate the noise produced above about 30 kph. ICE vehicles these days have efficient engines and good soundproofing. Many are virtually silent if they go past my house slowly.
Unexpectedly, the hybrid-electric city buses that go past are among the quietest vehicles. They must use tires designed for a quiet, comfortable ride, because all I hear is a slight whoosh, even when they pass by in the quiet, wee hours of the morning.
(To be fair, EVs with quiet tires and moving <30kph are virtually silent, too.)
The outlet has three wires (black, white, and green), and the device to be plugged in has three wires (black, white, and green). The whole point of the plug is to connect each color wire to its counterpart, and only to its counterpart.
What information are professors giving you that you can't get anywhere else?
None. The value-add that good schools and curriculums provide is curation of information, and presenting it in a time-efficient way. For a practical demonstration of the value, try learning Linux shell scripting only from man pages.
This meme is a parody of PSAs aimed at telling people walking and cycling how to avoid getting hit. Y'know, the personal responsibilty + victim-blaming approach.
Armenia and Cambodia are screwed.
To demonstrate what actual hostility looks like, I guess.
I've been to several amusement parks and festivals that have parking lots so big and unwieldy that they have to have a public transit system to get drivers from and to their cars. Talk about evil!
Maybe about 10-15 years ago, there was this song by a group called One Eskimo that a local radio station did its duty in trying to force it to be a hit by gushing over it, and playing it all the damn time. It was a duet, but the male and female singers recorded their parts at ever. so. slightly. different. tempos.
Gah! Absolutely caused me physical discomfort listening to it. Like, wanting to jump out of my skin. Luckily, the effort to force the song up the charts failed (probably because it's awful), and I've never heard it since. Amy Winehouse's "Rehab" is bad for the same reason, but the tempo of the vocal track is so far off from the tempo of the backing band that it doesn't cause that effect.
I studied environmental sciences in school, so the metaphor I think of is that of indicator species, which provide information about the state of an ecosystem. For example, the presence of mayflies indicates good water quality, since poor water quality disrupts part of their lifecycle. Similarly, corporations supporting good things indicates that they feel it is profitable to do so. It indicates the state of public sentiment, and I don't see how that's anything but good news.
Same with Harris (indirectly) endorsing Mamdani: Maybe she's just bending with the wind, but it's good news because of the way the wind is blowing.
I just heard that Congress passed a bill making October 14th a day of remembrance for a true hero, who sacrificed their life for the good of humanity. A sad, tragic death far before their time.
That said, it is kind of weird that Congress spend its time on a, let's face it, minor media figure, what with all of the pressing issues of the day facing our nation, but that's what they did. So, let's do as Congress intended, and honor Charly Burke on October 14th.
Maybe with a big stack of pancakes.
One man commits a horrific crime. The other man shoots a CEO. The difference in response by our politicians is illuminating.
A crane lifts pads for the hands-free mooring system at the Welland Canal locks into place. Credit: Michel Gosselin. Video and more photos here.
Keep it that way. Don't get complacent. They are there, festering. I heard about the March for Australia just a few weeks ago.