Hell, depending on local codes, you might get away with slapping in a nema 6-20 receptacle to make it even easier…

If you do a receptacle, you’ve got to then do a GFCI. Check out the price difference between a GFCI breaker and one that isn’t. If you hardware the EVSE, you don’t need GFCI because GFCI is built into nearly all EVSE. If we’re doing this exercise to keep low costs, adding GFCI outside of the EVSE jacks up the price.

#1 is a terrible idea if you ever need to hire an electrician in the future, plan on selling your house, etc. The National Electric Code prohibits using white, green, or grey wire for a hot/load connection. The 120V cable will contain a black wire for the hot connection, white for neutral, and green for ground. To properly convert it to 240V you would need a cable that consists of black & red wires for the two 120V legs.

I’ll be the first to admit I’m no certified Sparky, but wire relabeling is used in a number of situations fully in accordance with NEC. My understanding is that some of this is in NEC 200.7. It requires relabeling both ends, but I don’t think there’s any code violation with it. If what you’re saying was true, wouldn’t that mean any -2 NM (Romex) would be code incompatible with 240v loads? I don’t think that’s true.

Edit: here’s a Sparky doing exactly that

I doubt a renter in good standing would be kicked out of an existing apartment even at lease renewal. However, if the renter has to get new housing in the future your point is valid.

Except that those chunks of coal will be imported from another country where there are fewer safety and environmental regulations while the trump’s pocket the savings.

Good video. Accurate information.

Two notes:

1. For North American homes: I agree with the overlooked value of a downrated circuit for EV charging, but I don’t think he talked about a possibly better option for downrating: Using an existing 120v circuit (at whatever current rating) already wired in the garage . Remove the outlet, install EVSE (charger), and swap the breaker for a 240v one (at a current rating matching the original. So if you have a 120v 15A circuit (white romex) you can use the exact same wire for a 240v at 15A. If you have a 20A (yellow romex) you would end up with a 240v 20A. You get more than double the speed of charging with zero new wires added, only changing the breaker and removing the old outlets. Note: If you have multiple outlets in your garage all fed from this same circuit, this would mean all of your outlets in the garage are now 240v and not usable for regular 120v items.

2. He didn’t like Smart chargers. Thats a valid opinion, but smart chargers can do some nice things that I like. Some will also talk to each other if you have two chargers, such as if you have two EVs. They can be configured to share the same wire to the breaker box, so you can plug both cars in at night, one car will charge, then when that is complete, the other will charge automatically without having to unplug one car and then plug in the other. It will charge the least charged car first ensuring the best balance of charge to both cars assuming both cars can’t be charged to full in one night. If you have solar panels, some smart chargers can talk to the solar system and be instructed to only charge when there is excess power that would otherwise go to waste. It can do this automatically so if clouds go overhead and not enough juice is available from the sun, the charging stops. As soon as the clouds clear and there is an excess again, charging resumes automatically. For outdoor charging, you can also configure most Smart chargers to only charge you authorized cars. So you don’t need to worry about someone rolling into your driveway when you’re not home (or a bad neighbor) and running up your electricity bill.

The monkey paw curls

PC = General Purpose
Mobile devices = Purpose built

They are angry at how their life ended up, but can’t see how or why they got there, as it relates to their own actions. It’s all someone and something else’s fault.

Are sure it isn’t narcissism they have?

I’ve never felt like I’ve been able to “afford” a vacation in my entire adult life.

I’m interested in this thread of conversation if you’re willing. If not, no worries.

You have a vision of a vacation in your mind. How much does that theoretical vacation cost? We can even put upper and lower bounds on it. What dollar figure do you think you’d need for the entire vacation (travel, lodging, food, expenses)?

When you remove the “landlords” from your statement, the tourist blame doesn’t make much sense:

Think about it: who are all these tourists [snip], and why are they able to afford to outcompete the locals for the properties in the first place?

Because a tourist only need the housing for a few days at exorbitant prices and the locals need it for 365 days?

Eventually, when our numbers will grow significantly, you won’t be able to distinguish this place from Reddit.

You will always be able to distinguish this place from Reddit. There are no ads or “sponsored” posts here on Lemmy.

Another vote for Bosch.

BTW, you know you’re old when you get excited about dishwasher features. I accept I’m old now.

If you can get a higher end 800 series, it has two really cool features: Crystal Dry and Eco mode

You know those silica desiccant pouches that get shipped in everything from our electronics to our beef jerky? Just by being exposed to air, the crystals absorb water. You can even reuse the crystals if you heat them and the water evaporates out. The Bosch 800 series has a large container of these type of crystals (Zeolite) in the back of the unit.

During the heating step, the container is opened allowing the hot moisture to escape. The container then closes, and the wet washing cycle begins. After the dishes are all clean, the container opens again, and the hot wet air inside the dishwasher is pushed through the desiccant container. Because its a closed system, all the water in the air and on the dishes is absorbed by the desiccant and they are bone dry ready to be put away! The desiccant lasts decades so its not like a wearable part.

This feature used to be only available on the high end Thermador Sapphire dishwashers costing a minimum of $2000. A few years ago Bosch allowed this feature in their high end models, the 800 series.

Another feature the 800 series has is “Eco mode”, which saves a lot of water and energy at the cost of a longer dishwasher cycle. Instead of using a 6 gallons of water and a huge amount of electricity to heat the water super hot (for most effective quick washing), it uses only 2.4 gallons of water and half the electricity not heating the water as much, but using that water for much longer cleaning to get the same cleaning in the end. A Eco cycle runs for about 2 hours (which the unit is crazy quiet too). The run time doesn’t bother me a bit because I usually start or schedule the dishwasher to run when I’m not in the kitchen anyway. Also yes, you can run Eco mode and have it finish with Crystal Dry.

Isn’t this an admission that immigrants, yes even undocumented ones, are a key critical piece in our economy? That getting rid of them hurts those that are not immigrants too? Most importantly, our way of life which we so enjoy cannot exist if they are not a part of it. Immigrants are not our enemies, as we are also a nation of immigrants.

The only difference between a tyrant and a leader of any free people are their ideals. Their strength of character - or at least the illusion of one, their ability to subvert or gain power and influence, their control, as with many conflicts these are sides of the same coin, branches from the same tree.

No. Both of those are tyrants. When you actively suppress the one sides ability to have representation and at least a vote to the running of the country, you are a tyrant.

Because of this if we are to stop the advance of fascism in this country now we must be willing to step up and utilize the very powers granted throughout the years to people in power.

Also no. I will NOT become authoritarian to fight a different brand of authoritarianism.

History has shown that fascism is defeated every. single. time. through unity.

I agree, what you’re describing is FAR from unity. Its the exact opposite.

Here’s where I think your plan is extremely shortsighted. You haven’t thought through your endgame.

Lets say you do your power grab. Lets also say you enact all of the progressive policies you want. Okay, now what? Peace in our time? Not likely. You’ve just stomped over the views and opinions of half the country. Those folks aren’t going to just idly stand by once you’ve achieved you goal anymore than you would if the MAGAts get what they want.

So, what then? How do you keep the MAGAts, who are now furious you suspended our democracy to get your way, from rising up against you? Are you going to build an suppressive police force to keep them in check? Will you jail them? With you execute them? Are you ever planning on giving them back representation in government that you took with your gerrymandering? What if they start voting in MAGAts again? Will you crush them again to restore your ‘peace’? Congratulations, you’re a tyrant worse than any MAGAt has been yet.

This is why your plan won’t work. You can’t force people into submission. The only way we’ll have lasting unity is if most people are onboard with the path forward. I can’t tell you what its going to take to get there, but I can tell you your plan isn’t it.

Except the only ones talking about overthrowing the Government in coup attempts are the MAGA

Not according to them. Thats what they claim Jan 6th was about. Now, you and I both know they’re wrong, but they didn’t think so. They could use your exact words to justify what they did. Consider just how confident you are talking now about your position, your political beliefs, and what rights and freedoms you’re willing to subvert of theirs to get your way. This is exactly the MAGAt mindset. You’re this close to be a MAGAt level person with a different color hat.

That is the danger of that approach. To defeat the tyrant you want to become one.

That could be defeated even today. First, you could just fly OVER the wind machine, but you wouldn’t even have to do that. Last year we had drones that could fly at nearly 300MPH. So this 2024 drone flying directly into the wind machine would head inward at 180MPH, plenty fast to disable wind machines.

and all the other things progressives want, then they would still be the good guys.

There’s the problem. Thats what the MAGAts tell themselves too.

Let’s happily fight fire with fire and once we win it all make it so it could never easily happen again

Your strategy is “to defeat the horrible enemy, we must become equally horrible as the enemy”?

There are going to be lots of things ahead of you in life that are going to be difficult, uncomfortable, and yes even sometimes dangerous. A number of these things will not be optional. Life will just do them to you, and you’ll have to deal with the fallout. Its an important life skill to be able to navigate these type of situations, and also know how to build yourself back up when they happen. You will need this going forward. Also, as you master difficult things, your skills become better at identifying risks, and building mitigation strategies.

Example:

I had a pretty bad car accident due to failing to yield the right of way (I struggle with multitasking)

Knowing this, you can and should change your driving environment. What were these other distractions?

• Radio? New rule, you simply don’t listen to anything while driving
• Talking with your passenger? (you mentioned your boyfriend so I assume he was there) New rule, no talking while you’re driving. If your passenger doesn’t like that, then they can drive and talk to you when you’re the passenger
• Phone? New rule, phone goes on DND when you’re driving.

As you get more confident you could remove some of these rules. Further, you can improve how you prioritize while driving. My wife and I follow the login that airplane pilots do and it helps:

Aviate, Navigate, Communicate

“‘Aviate, Navigate, Communicate’ is a phrase widely taught to aircraft pilots, to remind them of priorities during an emergency. The first priority is to keep the aircraft flying, avoiding undesired aircraft states and controlled flight into terrain. Next the pilot should verify their location and navigate towards a suitable destination. Communication with air traffic control, while important, is a lower priority”

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If I’m overloaded with stimulus while driving with my wife and trying to negotiate traffic I just need to say “Aviating” and she knows that means to stop talking/distracting because I’m close to my limit. If I’m in an unfamiliar place reading street signs while driving and say “Navigating” she understands that, and many times can just tell me “don’t turn left here, but take the next left”. I do the same for her. Once the needed extra attention has passed, the driver can communicate that and say “okay where were we?”.

So to answer your question, should you give up entirely? I would recommend not giving up yet. Get back in and learn what you need to change about yourself/your environment and develop the strategies to master it. If after that you can drive without fear, and simply don’t like it and prefer other modes of transportation, sure, stop driving entirely.

This is one difficult thing life has handed to you that can opt out of, but if you do now, you’ll lose the education on how to navigate the next one that isn’t optional which will make it that much hard.

I don’t disagree with you on that point.