The Goat Pen

eCat wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 8:25 am its the proprietary charging cord (with the flat blade adapter on the end) that charges iPhones

Apple are complete dicks about creating stuff that is only for iphone and not industry standards.

With internet speeds being what they are, bluetooth having come as far as it has, wifi frequencies having advanced so far with 6 and soon 6e, and inductive charging having come as far as it has, I wouldn't be surprised to see the iPhone be portless soon.

Apple did one thing right: they did bring back MagSafe for the MacBook Pro 14/16 (and new Air's), and I love that thing. It has saved my ass twice already when a Thunderbolt/USB-C plug would have probably stayed in and pulled the laptop off of my desk.

Having a HDMI port on the side again is nice too.

eCat wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 8:27 am "In my state, the price of gas is so high that it would be cheaper to buy cocaine and just run everywhere."
Sen. John Kennedy

This has got to be putting a crimp in your running Post It notes from your office to Miami by car...

How many miles per gallon does a Tesla get, i.e., how many miles can you get after charging it by burning one gallon of gas in a generator and charging it?

25 miles probably

You’re not watching it either, if you were honest. It’s not high on anyone’s radar except for a small percentage of Dems who have nothing else to do.

Couldn’t give less of a shit about it…

I think the last tv broadcast (ie not an on demand stream) I've watched of any kind that hasn't been like on the tv at a bar or someone else's house was the NCAA Tournament Selection Show.

aTm wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 4:15 pm25 miles probably

There's probably some thermodynamic law of energy that limits it, but if they could figure out some way to get, say, 100 miles worth of electrical energy out of a gallon of gas, the worm would start to turn away from gas powered (directly gas powered) cars. That and making them lighter, smaller and able to hold more of a charge. It's certainly easy to imagine at some point in the future a battery the size of your current car battery (or smaller) that will get you 1000 miles b/w charges and zero to 60 in 3 seconds. That's what's going to kill gas powered cars, not some ostensibly altruistic desire to stop climate change or whatever. People just want to be able to maaaiiiish the gaaaiiiisss and go...

Europe is doubling down that it will be by 2035.

sardis wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 6:55 pm You’re not watching it either, if you were honest. It’s not high on anyone’s radar except for a small percentage of Dems who have nothing else to do.

Sure I'm watching it. It's gonna be fun.

I doubt many "former" nazis would've watched the Nuremburg trials if they had been televised either...

hedge wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 2:32 pm

eCat wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 8:27 am "In my state, the price of gas is so high that it would be cheaper to buy cocaine and just run everywhere."
Sen. John Kennedy

This has got to be putting a crimp in your running Post It notes from your office to Miami by car...

yea I won't be doing that again until February - its Denver this year

Rocky mountain high!

Trump is so fucked.

hedge wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 8:56 pm Rocky mountain high!

I asked the head of HR if we still did drug testing and she asked me why

I told her because we're all going to Colorado in February

Dad joke