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@npilon

Dartmouth, NS dad; software engineer; fan of giant robots in many contexts, board games, RPGs. Queer rights are not negotiable. (He/Him)

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Well that’s kind of what I’m asking - iirc in that video he did some work to wire a heavy duty line to the outlet didn’t he?

I’m also reading up on charging standards and discovering that all new cars are going to be NACS but most chargers aren’t yet so how hard is it to get good converters?

08.03.2026 01:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Why thank you! I wanted to leave no possible excuse that my feedback had been vague 🤣

08.03.2026 00:53 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

A+ political skills, I’m super impressed.

08.03.2026 00:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Damn how did you manage to corner them for a 40 minute conversation without them running away? That’s skills.

08.03.2026 00:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Bill 212 can force us to add more people with more road, but we can also add more people without more road. And we can make it so the housing options without more road are more appealing

08.03.2026 00:33 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Morse wasn’t brave enough to pick the real winner of budget season, “tax me daddy”

08.03.2026 00:30 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

We’ve got too much road per person. We need to add more people without adding more road.

08.03.2026 00:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

We should, as a general rule, ask what a PM most likely means in context when they say something a bit unclear, rather assuming the worst possible motives and intents.

07.03.2026 16:24 👍 16 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0

Once again reminding everyone that Trump's actual philosophy is "the power of positive thinking" a delusional, narcissistic philosophy where you presume success of every venture ahead of time and turn every setback into a victory as a retroactive cope

07.03.2026 21:32 👍 659 🔁 113 💬 15 📌 3

meatmaxxing

07.03.2026 21:30 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

If that’s a broad invitation, I would love to see those.

07.03.2026 21:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Who’s got suggestions for learning about home electrical EV charging requirements + EV shopping options in HRM? We’ve got a 150 amp breaker and an ordinary outdoor outlet by the driveway, and would be comfortable with anything in the rough range of a family sedan.

07.03.2026 20:31 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It sometimes seems like folks get frazzled while driving and then just get sucked into a loop where the bad decisions they make just keep them frazzled.

07.03.2026 18:37 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

what's funny is that OPEC is literally a cartel preventing supply constraints but applying a similar lens to the Anglosphere housing market would uh, turn the vast majority of suburban homeowners into Housing OPEC

07.03.2026 18:15 👍 124 🔁 22 💬 3 📌 2

Yeah it’s the kind of thing that probably needs a ton of incentives and the feds spend all their time on the rail front keeping any passenger trains at all running. 😑

07.03.2026 18:13 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Would be amazing to like… electrify the freight railroads to insulate them from fuel prices 🤔

07.03.2026 18:08 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

A big problem over the last ten years is that people of specialized expertise have been systemically marginalized in the media, politics and business because they will inevitably burst the bubble of whatever’s hot in the group chat or is making headlines

07.03.2026 17:21 👍 24 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

Presidents are like onions

(very stinky and make people cry)

07.03.2026 17:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We can establish nine or ten newfoundlands as a security measure. Maybe throw in some north-south variations just to be extra.

07.03.2026 17:04 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The obvious wisdom and effectiveness of Housing First is obscured by the fact we've made "a tiny, no-frills apartment" an expensive status symbol in huge swathes of the country by creating an artificial housing shortage

07.03.2026 16:57 👍 1607 🔁 394 💬 16 📌 6

Normal brain: time change

Space brain: permanent DST

Galaxy brain: permanent standard time

Ultra deep universe brain: randomly adding on semi-hour adjustments for subregions to fuck with the Americans

07.03.2026 16:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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BYD just killed your EV argument with a battery that competes with gas engines The Chinese carmaker's new batteries feature a 5-minute charge and 621-mile range, plus a 620,000-mile lifespan and lower prices.

It feels like we get new announcements like this -- more range, more speed, more features, and lower costs -- every few weeks from EV makers.

From conventional automakers? Crickets.

www.fastcompany.com/91503415/byd...

07.03.2026 16:11 👍 206 🔁 55 💬 29 📌 9

If the city really cared about car lovers it would promote public transit so drivers have less traffic and three way stops to deal with.

07.03.2026 14:38 👍 26 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1

“This is a toughie!”

(Votes for the worst outcome possible)

07.03.2026 14:26 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

This is not true, the president of state fire marshals group misunderstood the study. It found that even with sprinklers, doors, etc. failing, fewer people are faced with blocked egress in a single-stair building than in a double-loaded corridor building.

07.03.2026 14:15 👍 92 🔁 19 💬 1 📌 3

Between this and the Sherwood build we might have some hope of cranking Cole Harbour a hair further towards paying for itself.

07.03.2026 14:20 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“They’re going to turn Cole harbour into a 15 minute city!!!” 🤪

07.03.2026 14:13 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It’s also not bad for that - it’s a 15m walk to Sobeys

No one tell Trish 🤫

07.03.2026 14:09 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0

Tell them this will prevent their taxes from going up

07.03.2026 14:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0