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TIL humans are the only animal with a chin. We aren't sure why.
  • The genes were from Neanderthals not to make them unattractive and they're also not vestigial. One is a very common gene related to blood clotting and can cause a higher risk of heart disease.

    In other words, humans were fucking Neanderthals and we know it because of DNA. If they had never gone extinct it is without question the boinking would have continued.

  • TIL humans are the only animal with a chin. We aren't sure why.
  • "They" was towards neanderthals not vestigial elements. They are extinct.

  • TIL humans are the only animal with a chin. We aren't sure why.
  • By DNA analysis that was completely on the table till they went extinct.

  • Biden’s debate performance sets off alarm bells for Democrats
  • The real travesty was CNN here. There was no fact checking or the slightest attempt to keep them on topic.

    I'd vote for a wet park bench over Trump. Biden was and still is the "Not Trump" candidate.

  • US Olympic and other teams will bring their own AC units to Paris, undercutting environmental plan
  • This is reddit level cringe lol. You didn't have to reply to say nothing.

  • US Olympic and other teams will bring their own AC units to Paris, undercutting environmental plan
  • Realistically the heat added via electricity is likely going to be added to the compressor itself not the radiator so ofcourse the radiator will be cooler. Also, a laptop charger has to convert from AC to DC so they will always consume more than the listed power output.

    If we want to really dive into the depth of the subject though, more thermal energy is created, stored, and radiated in heat islands from cars than air conditioning. You'd be hard-pressed to heat the planet via electricity when the sun is really the thing doing all the work here. If the AC is powered via solar it's a big nothing burger really, especially if the solar panels are in the same geographical area as there would be no exporting energy to different locations.

    Now, let's consider all the cars, planes, and asphalt that will be used for the olympics. Seems to me the best way to reduce the effects of climate change in this scenario is to not have the olympics unless it is walked to.

  • Steam Deck Now Cheaper Than A Switch During Valve's Big Summer Sale
  • While I agree that not chasing further hardware demands is refreshing, it's also really frustrating to buy a nearly decade old tablet to play games. Many smart phones could run switch games at this point and seeing PCs emulate the switch better than the switch can run natively is exceptionally frustrating.

  • Chinese Carmakers Call for 25% Tax on Large European Cars
  • IMO the tax on a car should scale exponentially with the weight of the vehicle because the damage they cause to roads and in collisions.

  • EV sales slowdown is mostly a Tesla problem, according to sales data
  • It's so hard to buy anything now-a-days without being tied to some kind of labor violation.

  • Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
  • Pretty sure most windows users hate their OS right back.

  • I Went To China And Drove A Dozen Electric Cars. Western Automakers Are Cooked
  • I agree but there's a huge problem with this and cars. A phone battery is inconsequential but having double the battery you need in a car is hundreds of kilos you didn't need and this just makes the car use the battery capacity faster. The Hummer EV for instance is nearly 200kwh of potential storage and 9,000lbs.

    As charging networks improve, you ideally want just enough range to make it to chargers when you'd normally want to get out of the car anyway.

  • 3.4W when idle with Ryzen 7 8845HS laptop
  • Getting so low the old power bricks laptops often use will make a bigger impact in power use.

  • I Went To China And Drove A Dozen Electric Cars. Western Automakers Are Cooked
  • Nobody should go that long driving without a break. When people talk about only being able to drive for 2-3 hours on a charge I'm glad to finally get out of the car and walk around.

  • I Went To China And Drove A Dozen Electric Cars. Western Automakers Are Cooked
  • They could do it manually for some reason.

  • The NYTimes is once again trashing the most promising mobility innovation of the 21st century
  • That's not even what I said. Why talk to people if you have no intent of actually listening? Talk about an unpleasant person to talk to.

  • The NYTimes is once again trashing the most promising mobility innovation of the 21st century
  • Ideally busses shouldn't even be used in situations like that as rail is significantly more efficient but a train wouldn't want to slow for one passenger either.

  • The NYTimes is once again trashing the most promising mobility innovation of the 21st century
  • And there are fewer cars per km in rural areas. Do you think the dirt owns cars?

  • The NYTimes is once again trashing the most promising mobility innovation of the 21st century
  • 18 lane monstrosities are connections between the dense cities/burbs. We're talking two lane highways here, nobody builds an 18 lane freeway to a town with 50 people in the middle of nowhere. At best they will build a freeway THROUGH the middle of nowhere but the nowhere wasn't the purpose of the freeway, the connection to another major city was.

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