pwnicholson

If they were granted secession by the federal Congress they would be a state and get federal funding. That's the only way they'd leave.

Federal funding wouldn't stop. But shared state tax revenue from Chicago would

No doubt it's a bit different. But it was still splitting and both did have established western boundaries.

Tennessee split from North Carolina. Georgia split off Mississippi and Alabama

There's a chance that Musk has bought himself enough influence to turn conservatives on climate change. I don't know if I expect it, exactly, but there's a chance at a scenario where there is at least some progress there.

Granted Musk will mostly use it to enrich himself, but if he at least stops then from repealing green subsidies and the like, that's movement in the right direction.

That's exactly my point. We are not a democracy where every decision is put to a poll (especially not a poll made by some private group).

We are a representative republic where we elect leaders who are trusted to make decisions on policy in accordance to their beliefs and stated policy positions when they were elected.

If you think we live in an absolute democracy, that's pretty bold.

Not sure what you're on about.

I don't think the article claims "no CGI" and certainly doesn't claim to be straight-out-of-camera with no post processing. It's about practical sets, which they do use. Not the mostly-green-screen or The Volume virtual sets that many shows use now

Physical when possible. Little downside and some potential resale value down the line. Faster installs, even accounting for updates. Sometimes less space taken up on a device that should really have more than it does.

Until they start discounting digital over physical, why wouldn't you?

I stand corrected. I still don't think it affects range much

I don't think so. That's just we all call it

Losing range has way more to do with speed than AC or an extra passenger. Taking side roads going 40 mph will give me a massive range boost vs the highway going 70-75 mph (2011 Leaf with "82 miles" range on the fully charged GOM).

I barely notice a difference with extra passengers and weight (which makes sense since an extra passenger adds about 0.5% to the cars weight.

And running heat kills battery much more than AC. AC will impact it a bit, but usually only about 5% in my estimation