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NickM
·5 個月前·discuss
Neither EVs nor ICE cars spontaneously combust unless there's a design flaw. Even when this happens it tends to be very rare, but the Chevy Bolt fires for example were fixed with a recall. Similarly a Ford recall last year fixed a problem where fuel injectors could leak and cause an engine fire.

EVs and ICE cars can both catch on fire in a bad enough accident, but this is true regardless of the age of the vehicle, and tends to be more sudden and violent with gasoline explosions vs battery fires.
NickM
·7 個月前·discuss
I don’t think that the production model will look like that, I believe it’s a wrap. Also suspect it’s a bit of a joke on the model being called the R2 (the colors and patterns are reminiscent of R2-D2).
NickM
·7 個月前·discuss
Have you really never bought a product or service for some other reason than that you saw an ad for it?

People have plenty of other ways of finding out about useful products and services. You can talk to your friends and family, or go to a store and talk to a salesperson, or look up product reviews online, or even pay for something like a Consumer Reports subscription.
NickM
·8 個月前·discuss
I think this is a dangerously half-true way of thinking.

Yes, there are times when hard work feels great, and it's absolutely worth seeking out this kind of work.

But any serious endeavor is going to have times that are a slog, and your ability to stick with it through the bad times will very directly dictate your ability to get back to the good times.
NickM
·9 個月前·discuss
This is completely false; the psychiatric effects of isotretinoin are well studied and significant, with a plausible mechanism of action no less.

Many people supposed that it’s just the acne making people depressed because it’s a nice plausible explanation, but it’s verifiably wrong.
NickM
·9 個月前·discuss
Why would banks keep giving PE firms loans for these kinds of deals if the companies inevitably collapse and default on those loans?

Not trying to defend PE here, but this narrative doesn't make sense to me.
NickM
·3 年前·discuss
How did you replace your radiators? Did you have to install ducts, or did you find a cost-effective way to have a heat pump heat the water for your radiator system?

Good ways to upgrade homes that use radiators to use heat pump heating seems like a big gap in the market right now (though, not sure if this is just a market problem or a gap in the technology, since my understanding is that radiators need higher temperatures than forced air systems).
NickM
·3 年前·discuss
SSRI use has skyrocketed, and multiple meta-analyses have confirmed that they lead to an increase in suicidal thoughts and behavior when used by children and adolescents.

I don't necessarily agree with the grandparent poster's point of view, as I do think there are big societal changes leading to decreased mental health that are unrelated to the way we treat mental illness...but I do think the increase in usage of psychiatric drugs is a big problem, and may at least partly explain the increased suicide rates.