Kaliboy

I live in the Caribbean. For island-hopping airlines this would be a godsent.

But I doubt we have the capital to buy them new.

The most common flight on my island is to the island about 50 miles away from us.

We pay about $120 for the privilege, which takes 20 minutes of flying.

So I think even in this case the reserve capacity is "needed" (for the reserve requierement), but I can see them realistically being able to fly between the islands purely on electric power.

My friends. The kick stand stows by moving towards the back, making it possible to push it in during the normal cycling motion.

So if its in the way, they're backpedaling.

The way to solve it is to lift the bike's rear wheel and pedal like normal. That's it. No unbolting needed.

The average bike in the Netherlands has coaster brakes.

It's also great for getting on tall bikes at a standstill, since you can lock the pedal and use it to step up, you do need to quickly start cycling though.

Interesting. The water they speak of is also known as "primary water", which is a controversial term.

I feel like ActiveRecord has none of these problems, but I also feel some strong confirmation bias.

Can anyone that has used ActiveRecord share their opinion?

As a Dutch person who is from the Caribbean, we definitely love the air-conditioner down here. Especially since they all are "inverter" technology, doesn't use as much energy as before.

They also love them on the mainland but nobody loves the hassle of getting one installed.

It's also insurance related. Houses are insured based on also their insulation. Try making a hole in that insulation for an a/c without 'gezeik' as we say.

When I lived there I had a portable mini split unit. I ran that baby constantly during heatwaves. Blew every single-hose portable AC unit away.

Oh never knew the name Bananaquit. We call them "barika hel" (yellow belly) in Papiamentu or Suikerdiefje (lil' sugar thief) in Dutch.

There was more unique content/UI in the Flash era.

I've had one job in my life, still at the same company. (8 years).

I applied cause the listing mentioned Python, and I was programming in Python at the time.

Once I started they were like yeah we put that there to reach a broader public but we use Ruby (on Rails).

So that's what I learned. I've just returned to Python via LLM's. I literally have not felt the need nor desire to use Python once I got used to writing Ruby.

Well the truth is we forget the time tracking system too. The solution is to keep the system in your face.

Maybe a programming/assembly analogy can help you understand the issue.

In my case, ADHD makes my brain want to work in a parallel way.

While I'm busy with task A it's like HEY CONDSIDER TASK B. Did you see C?

On good days, we see that and say NO OP - BUSY WITH TASK A. And refocus our mind.

Say it's a bad day...

Instead of CONSIDER TASK B, it's more like GOTO TASK B. And here it's equally harmful.

What should happen is the registers (context) of the CPU (brain) should be saved when task A stops. Likewise before task B starts it should be fully loaded into the brain.

None of these things happen for us.

So task A is left in an unfinished state, the context to finish it dissolved into thin air. Task B is started without properly being prepared which negatively impacts efficiency and performance.

And the moment the going gets hard, dopamine release decreased, you can feel it coming...

INTTERUPT - GOTO TASK C.

So it's managing that that's hard. Writing things down helps a lot, but good luck remembering to write :D

I currently can't focus on my work that pays the bills. Given your logic I should probably quit my job.

I kid you not, that's literally the thing I've been considering all day, maybe it's a sign. So this is great confirmation.

I just turned off my phone's voice recorder after 4 hours and 28 minutes. I needed the first 15 mins.

I can now say my dream is not unrealistic.

Thanks for this!

I think it's the reason why we ignore regulation. It's not really malice or greed, local government is just a mess. It takes months of waiting.

And when we "break the rules" we consider the rules and break them in a way that minimizes our liability.

Like the reason for the certified install is to protect the line workers. I live on an island, so that's basically my neighbours. Nobody wants them dead. Likewise nobody wants to go through bureaucratic hell.

Solution: grid-backed installs that doesn't interact with the grid. Which any Juan or Pedro can do if you don't want to do it yourself. It runs around $200 to add a new "electric group" to your house.

And to be fair the standard rate is 0.38 cents per kWh and some fixed rate. But the poor they force on the pre-paid package which has no fixed rate, but runs at that higher rate.

And so when you can't afford to buy the electricity you end up in the dark without giving the utility any moral obligations.

I live in the "Caribbean Netherlands", the largest island of the 3.