Older millennial nerd.
I don’t mind driving a couple minutes to get a good charger, but there should be at least 100 kW chargers (preferably higher) at all rest areas that are already electrified. When my family stops for a quick pee and leg stretch, it easily takes 15 minutes. It would be super cool to stop at the most convenient spot where I don’t even have to leave the highway fully and get 75+ extra miles of charge.
I can show you the world.
1 Megawatt though? I think 400 kW is plenty.
This is not what we need. We need more chargers in convenient locations. There are multiple popular highway rest stops in my region that do not have DCFC. In an ideal world, apps like ABRP would be unnecessary for road trips. If I make a bathroom stop, I should also be able to charge. Don’t stop to charge, charge when you stop.
Tell your dog a said “who’s a good boy?”
I prefer Edge at work. We can choose between that or Chrome, but add-ons are blocked and Edge syncs my bookmarks between computers automatically. I work IT, so jumping between computers is frequent. Edge isn’t horrible, it just isn’t great.
Diabeetus.
That sounds like a valid reason to me!
Why do you try so hard to make baby Jesus cry?
My parents “pirated” all the time when I was a kid. We’d generally have no more than basic cable (usually just antenna). There would be free weekends for HBO, Cinemax, or Showtime back when there was only one of each. My parents always had blank 8hr VHS cassettes and they’d record three movies to each. They recorded on SLP or EP mode (depending on the VCR model) to get that much time per cassette and it would end up with the crappiest quality ever. If you think VHS is shit quality, watch a movie on EP mode. Our movie collection was pretty extensive, but 90% of it was this.
You’d have to remember to reset the counter when putting in the tape and fast forward to a specific counter time written on the cassette in order to see the movie you want. My favorites were always second or third.
I vaguely remember talk of Dad climbing the pole to connect the cable himself but that went away when cable boxes became a requirement. There was also a time when he ran a coax from the neighbor’s apartment and we split the bill. That didn’t last long though because that neighbor moved.
My parents were sailing the seven seas back when your only option was a row boat.