This looks like a lagging indicator to me, but I don't know much about technical

Unfortunately, solid state battery technology has been around in R&D for over a decade, and nobody has brought it to scale yet. I don't know what the challenges are, but I am not holding my breath.

I would absolutely consider a PHEV. I think the industry should be doubling down on PHEV rather than battery EV. But oh well. Either way, the cost of entry is prohibitive. My wife and I have never had a car payment in our lives. Her Subaru does well for our long trips, my pickup does well for my sho...

bloobs wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:37 pm
In a past life over a decade ago i lightly dabbled with the PHP/MySQL mix but mainly stuck with .Net/SQL server. May be a lil rusty

That makes two of us

PHP & MySQL. The forum runs on phpbb. The fantasy stuff is php coded as an extension for phpbb.

It doesn’t typically get that cold in western Washington. Even if it does happen once or twice, the car may still work with a significantly reduced range. But if I were to get an electric car, I would have to keep my pickup anyway to haul the boat, so it would be available as a backup.

Used car prices are coming down. Just not as quickly as they shot up. I am watching the Mannheim Used Vehicle Index to know when it is time to start shopping. I tried to link it but copy/paste is disabled on this phone. I also would be interested in an electric car. It almost made economic sense for...

Thanks for the nostalgia!

My personal accountability: when auto prices wouldn't come down in 2022 through 2023 i decided to defer buying a newer car to replace my 10yr old import. I can certainly "afford" a new car unlike most people who did end up buying a car and subsequently defaulted on it (see https://www.ban...

I am not opposed to eliminating the federal government pensions. Pensions are expensive and historically under-funded and over-promised. Here would be my proposal: 1. Change the TSP matching from 5% to 10%. 2. Set the default TSP contribution for new hires to 10%. 3. Set the default investment for n...

The original post was about policy. Keep the debate policy-focused, not party-focused. If you can't make your statement without some variation of the words "Republican" or "Democrat" or "Biden" or "Trump", then your statement is most likely politically charged...

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I love this suggestion: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/irs-taxes-inflation-reduction-act-561-billion/ I just cannot understand why anyone would be against hiring more IRS people. Seriously, they just found another $500 bil that was going untaxed because of tax cheats. That's just a simple win. I'm su...

If we were to eliminate the cap for social security taxes, then would we also eliminate the cap for social security benefits? I am legitimately asking; because right now, income above a certain threshold does not get taxed by social security, but that same income doesn't count towards social securit...

My goal was to retire from my Fed job with at least 1/2 million in TSP, but I also have my military retirement, full Social Security, and VA Disability (plus a dependant boost to my SS & VA). I made my goal (and then some) when I retired last June, but my TSP has gone up another $100k just sinc...