More and more I'm realising this is all just a massive house of cards.

We (the UK) hold a load of US debt and the US holds a load of our debt.

So the net value is zero.

It's like me lending my mate £20 and him lending me £20 and we claim we're each worth £40. It's so bonkers when I word it like that but that's how it seems to be.

COVID knocked all global trade in that period.

The major issue I had with this is that it plays into the alpha male misogynistic ideal of strength.

Some of them will almost certainly see it as a badge of honour. That they are so dominant that some stupid women (their opinion) will misinterpret that and get into trouble with a bear.

I was trying to come up with a way to rephrase it.

Something like would you rather be alone with a man or separate but you both have to eat a bowl of dog shit.

If women choose the bowl there are nasty consequences for both and it's clearer they would rather deal with that than the man.

Nowhere near as catchy though...

Didn't he buy twitter with a loan backed by his Tesla stock?

If that's the case and the price is falling enough then the bank could/have called that in. Resulting in the forced sale of his stock.

Which would be very funny.

Snapping sounds like a real faff.

Keep them all in a special plastic box that is inside a powerful electromagnet.

Push button and a field that is strong enough to damage the cards almost instantly and over a short time would generate enough heat to physically damage the cards.

With enough power and time you could turn them into one hot blob that wouldn't even be recognisable.

So near instant data damage and then physical destruction probably before someone can work out what's going on.

What the fuck is this bullshit.

How can anyone say private oil companies are good when the likes of Saudi or Norway have massive wealth funds and great infrastructure from them?

Did I imagine a scam with hacked bios as well?

Where the card looks a bit physically similar and the bios is updated to report it as whatever dynamite card but it's actually a pos and the performance is always rubbish.

This is the answer. You can also screw a block to the top and use that to keep the multi tool blade straight. Gives a couple of holes to sort on the top but a much less work straightening up the edge.

My opinion is that it isn't. If it can remove heat then it will cool the same as air AC.

However it comes with the problem of condensation everywhere. So those room radiators that give off heat in the winter will be dripping with condensation in the summer. As will all the system pipework that isn't fully insulated and protected.

So that's probably a lot of water running different places in the home.

You're a bit confused about buffer tanks. They are thermal stores and just store primary heating circuit water.

The water from the buffer tank isn't the hot water from the tap. The water in the buffer tank will be used to indirectly heat mains water. Either through a plate heat exchanger or an unvented cylinder.

Can't get my head around the greasing. Even though the manual tells you to do this I can't see how that grease wouldn't get transferred to the inside of the belt and then onto the rollers. This would then cause the belt to slip on the rollers giving what you describe.

I can almost guarantee this is a parody bit or letter from Viz.

Every issue is peppered with little gems like this and the styling looks right

The birds have taken Brexit very seriously

This is correct. Those separate square bullet points are just for the monitor.

Isn't very clear though. So it does read like the Amiga 500 is fully compatible with the Amiga 500....

The sunk cost fallacy is a very easy way to get stuck being miserable.

Sometimes a drastic change might be painful at the time but will be much better for you overall.

Still no evidence from you. Also it appears you can't read or comprehend simple statements. I said there were more issues with electric vehicles than just batteries. I didn't say that was anything to do with reliability. Issues with vehicle ownership impact how long that vehicle lasts. Hopefully this time it will sink in. This isn't about durability or fragility (which are also two concepts you also don't seem to understand) of an electric motor in a hypothetical situation.

The article isn't about reliability it is about Electric Vehicles outlasting ICE vehicles. Which is the life of the vehicle. So includes all the things I mentioned. Unless now we're in another hypothetical world where there are no problems whatsoever over the life of the vehicle. In which case they both last forever.

Your statements about why there aren't EV garages is complete nonsense and shows you know nothing about the actual subject.

Ah so now it's elaboration and credible sources.

I'm already one up on this with an article from the FT about insurance costs being higher due to the increased likelihood of an electric car write off.

How about some actual evidence they're more reliable? Other than your bizarre hypothetical arguments.

Here's a couple just off the top of my head that I can't be bothered to get links for.

Tied to the dealer. There's very few independent EV garages. 95% of the time you'll have to take the price for any repair they offer you. You can't shop around.

Complexity. Although they often use the "one moving part" argument with all the extra infrastructure for charging etc they can have very bespoke electric parts. Which means no simple of the shelf pattern parts that are as good for much less. Dealer parts only.

Delay in these parts. There just isn't enough of a parts infrastructure at the moment. This can even cover simple things like lights or trim.

Not enough technicians.

Yes it will but it will always be significantly cheaper to repair. Since 40% of the cost of an electric car is the battery even minor damage to those means that repair is just not viable.

Ah so you're still talking about some hypothetical situation where EVs get used but don't have to deal with real world driving issues.

Yes in that very specific hypothetical situation an EV may outlast an ICE. However the ICE is getting no damage either in this world. So who can say.

However Renault saying they will last longer than ICE because the batteries aren't aging as badly as they thought is still completely untrue. Far more issues with long term EV ownership than just battery age.

When we have some 20 year plus EVs with hundreds of thousands of miles on them still driving around then maybe that will be true.