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Comment · 10 years ago
Bathrooms in corporate-owned establishments because there's no sense imposing unnecessary costs on independent shops whom cannot best afford it. Plan your day, schedule your meals and surprises are reduced. And for emergency or actual camping use only, I also have a compact, compostable toilet with the disposable bags (it's just a frame and disposable bags).

On a slightly different subject, I suggest anyone considering living a habitable vehicle not use on-board plumbing or sewage systems because they're messy, time-consuming and expensive to maintain. The vehicle I use only has a water tank but I still use water-store RO water in a washable refrigerator bottle. Using a tank and sink system requires flushing and sterilization periodically, and is often awkward to fill sanitarily.

Comment · 10 years ago
Chinese cells are like illicit drugs: quality varies widely and it's hard to know what someone is getting. I bought 4 laptop batteries from Amazon and all had overstated capacities of the 18650 chemistries... some had 2000 mAh (10% overstated), others 1800 (22% overstated) , when the 4s3p packs were marked "8800 mAh." I tested the cells individually, and they came out to about 85-99% of spec. The problem is also in the manufacturing because I have zero confidence in these cells not development crystals under anything more than 0.2C dis/charge and lower temperatures.

I think we need an independent UL/CE for evaluating and lifecycle testing and certifying cells are less likely to short out or die prematurely by digging deep into how a battery is made against its specifications, conducting MTTF tests and many other tests and approaches for holistic grading and improvements. Otherwise, fake and shoddy cells will continue to flood the market with phony and dangerous goods. It can't be leveraged as a bureaucratic industry or incumbent protectionism, but to keep standards high as are for all other wall-powered devices. This will knock players whom can't or won't make good products out of the supply-chain, but they deserve it.

Comment · 10 years ago
Can't wait to buy the plastic battery holder grids for Tesla-sized cells. My first 18650 pack is made from 4 laptop batteries and is capable of about 63 A at 0.2C.
Comment · 10 years ago
Not quite as old and cool as an aircooled 22 window DIY EV like the electric samba, just a digijet Vanagon Westy water-boxer plankton-burner. If/when I had 12 grand, I'm ripping the gas motor out and going EV because there's so many free/cheap charging places available now. Plus, climate change and jihaadis.

PS: CA, NJ and others plz vote today. I did yesterday. If you want change, you gotta be counted.

Comment · 10 years ago
because it's pointless and since areas can be and have been turned off for non-military receivers.
Comment · 10 years ago
Airbnb, uber or is that an offer to cofound an app to pay to live with startup people?

Personally, I'd never let someone rent it without a massive security deposit and a very profitable rate because parts are rare, fragile and expensive.

Comment · 10 years ago
Thanks bro, I got this. :)

Although I do have an LED spinning light ball, an old tape-player radio and the world's smallest dance floor.

Comment · 10 years ago
VW doesn't make a big RV. :)

The same as anyone else. It sounds like you're trying to imply something like stereotypes or biogtry. What are you really asking?

Comment · 10 years ago
Travel patterns mapped before, during and after events helps predict future spread patterns.

Search-engine queries and pharmacy sale histograms by SKUs, especially with geolocation metadata, are vital for pandemic and bioterror surveillance.

Comment · 10 years ago
I live in a VW somewhere in Silicon Valley.

Ask me anything (respectful, non-troll)

EDIT: I don't usually bite, but when I do, I won't eat much.

Comment · 10 years ago
Why on earth does the military-industrial complex need to spend money on a duplicate, irrelevant technology? I worked at Trimble Nav in the radio group, and the POTUS has the ability to increase selective available (SA) to an enormous number (which can be defeated by differential/kinematic corrections, but was set to 0 by executive order under Clinton) or disable the unencrypted channel entirely for a particular region or the entire planet (which includes space). WTF!
Comment · 10 years ago
Sam will give us the straight dope on all of InfoWars (lol) favorite conspiracy theories. ;)
Comment · 10 years ago
DRM, bleh.

It's sad that open source browsers and open web standards folks are doing the bidding of corporate interests. At this rate, we won't be able to own a permanent, portable "license" to a work, only rent a license locked to a particular device on a certain platform.

Comment · 10 years ago

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