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That's been debunked. Tire particulates are mainly linked to weight, and electric cars tend to be heavier than comparable capacity gas cars. But:

- gas cars emit more brake pad particulates - EV have lower rolling resistance tires so at equal weight, they emit less tire particulates

So if comparing a pickup vs an EV, the pickup is heavier and will pollute more in terms of both tailpipe and tire particulates.


The EV charges while you sleep. You always start your journey with a full tank.

If you can't do that then, yes, an EV is less convenient than a gas car that is true.


Home ownership is a distant dream for most Americans, and the sort of rentals that have parking AND EV charging tend to be extremely pricy luxury new-builds.

Gas is unfortunately going to be around for a long, long time for normal working-class Americans.


Homeownership Rate in the United States

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RHORUSQ156N


Home ownership rate today is pretty similar to what it's been for decades.

Probably but that would slow down compilation a lot.

Exactly, it's not like the constants are gonna change.

You wouldn't have to recompile them every time. What if you didn't necessarily use macros but auto-generated it in a file that you keep separate from the other code at the bottom?

What I would do in these cases is to define the general computation function, but special-case it to return the hard-coded value for specific common inputs if it's being evaluated at compile time. Then add a test to verify both behaviors.

That only works for a fixed bias, it's gameable if the person tossing the coin controls the bias.

That is outside the preconditions of the paper: „if the person tossing the coin controls the bias“

Let me explain.

You said:

> Flip it twice. Once to determine which side is up at second throw. Reverse to counter bias at start of second throw. Then flip again for final result.

Suppose I'm throwing the coin using your technique and I want to favor heads.

I hold tails up for the first throw, making tails more likely.

Then as per your rule, I put heads up for the second throw. Now, heads is more likely.

Choose the opposite starting face to make tails more likely. So, your technique does no prevent the coin tosser from being able to favor their desired outcome.


The paper is discussion regular people (not malicious people) tossing a coin, and under this precondition and assuming a fair (unbiased) coin.

It is not about intentional favoring on result.


It's not that weird, because Windows is the most different of the common OS so it's the hardest to make work.

I agree though that Windows support is an important feature for a tool like this, and it's not complete without it.


This is important. Methane causes more climate harm than the same amount of CO2.

As the article says: Methane reductions in the short term are the fastest way we have to avoid the worst effects of climate change.


Congratulations! One cool side fact I learned today is that DNA analysis from Tutankhamun's mummy was able to show that he had malaria! They found the DNA from malaria's mesozoites that burst from the liver onto the bloodstream to find cells to infect. It's remarkable we could find that after so long!

What's an "OG image"?

Preview images that shows up when you share a link on various platforms.

Thank you! If someone else came here curious about this name, it stands for "opengraph image": https://ogimage.org/faq

> Grow up

You may be onto something here. We must retain some of our youthful wimsy to be able to appreciate this project.


I wonder if they may become part of a benchmark in the future.


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