Hah! Me too, exactly this.

searx.perennialte.ch has been great.

It’s just bonkers, but in a scary clown kinda way.

I’m kinda amazed at the prescience of the handmaids tale and other dystopian novels.

This is what I was thinking of, but no binary and just a square cardboard box with the flaps open.

Just an arrow pointing into a box.

I think this assumes no knowledge and transcends culture and tech.

Local roasters are the way if you ha e them.

Wait those cunts are Swiss?

I suddenly like the Swiss a tiny bit less.

It’s also a strong signal to future boycotters.

It’s not so much about profiting from the situation but maximising your options.

You don’t want to cash in your 401k and buy gold, but if you have some investments then buying physical gold with 5% or 10% is not a terrible idea.

In a holocaust type situation an ounce of gold in the right palm at the right time could buy passage for an entire family.

We may not have the gold standard anymore but I can assure you that gold remains a stable store of wealth.

It’s also not going to be easier to buy.

Banks are much more reluctant to loan, jobs are harder to keep.

Fair enough.

It seems like on an e-bike Lithium would be the go due to it’s higher energy density.

On a trailer you can house it in something appropriate and the size and weight requirements aren’t as restrictive.

It seems like keeping the battery is a common practice when selling a trailer. That’s why mine doesn’t have one. A lot of people would never use one if they’re always parked in someone’s yard or in a powered site.

I doubt we will really need a battery at all over the next 6 months with the trips we have planned. Probably better to hold off until we have a few trips under our belt to determine exactly what appliances we’re really going to need.

Thanks! The other reply obviously meant well but was a bit mansplainey !

My situation is, I’ve recently purchased a camper trailer. It’s wired up but needs a battery. I haven’t had time to “research” other than seeing what batteries people are selling second hand. It seemed to me that everyone was using AGM batteries for this purpose and while I knew that AGM referred to the physical structure of glass mesh I had assumed it was synonymous with deep cycle batteries.

Now I’ve read about it a bit more I realise that LiFePO4 batteries are superior but more costly.

I guess, the reason why I was seeing AGM batteries everywhere is because everyone’s buys them because they’re cheap and then realises they really needed LiFePO4 so they try to sell the AGM and upgrade.

I thought AGM were considered “deep cycle”, as in designed for their full capacity to be used between charges.

Yeah what the fuck is with that.

It’s a very twitter centric view of the web. If you’re not on xitter you’re “shutting out a significant portion”.

The thing is, it’s not simply that Musk has an ideology that is disparate from my own, he has an agenda that is egregiously contrary to the stated values of the Debian project.

You’d consult with the community over a new logo or blog layout maybe, but on whether to assist Musk in his far right agenda there’s not really any decision to be made honestly.

Oh but look at this deleted draft PR release that was committed that doesn’t really say anything spicy and was later sharpened up to reflect the intentions of the author.

Yeah. I really dislike this “rule” because it’s commonly espoused by motivational speakers and efficiency “experts” saying you make 80% of your money from 20% of your time.

It sounds great if you’ve never heard it before but in practice it just means “be more efficient” and is not really actionable.

I would explain this in 2 parts.

Firstly, if you get a qualification and work most of your life, don’t fuck up by having a kid too early, or having a bad car accident, or getting addicted to something, then you’ll have enough money in your life to be comfortable and to care for the people you care about.

Secondly, if you’re lucky enough to have wealthy parents you don’t have to worry about that.

I also just want to add that I feel you buddy. You’ve been dealt a tough hand but the fact that you’re here asking this indicates that you’ve got game. It’s good to have a step dad with money but it’s better to have a dad that worries about what his kid thinks of him.

I don’t think this is what OP needs to tell his kid right now.

I think I saw a post about exactly this.

I think with a lot of technologies the first 95% is easy but the last 5% becomes exponentially harder.

With LLMs though I think the problem is conflating them with other forms of intelligence.

They’re amazingly good at forming sentences, but they’re unable to do real actual work.

Thanks, I hate it.