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Avatar: A cutaway view of Photosystem I, showing only the light-capturing molecules and the electron transport chains.

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Cake day: July 28th, 2020

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  • Been driving a 2019 Leaf for a while now, and it’s a good car; I like it a lot. If you’re planning to drive long-distance a lot, the chademo port issue might be a problem, I suppose, but if your driving is mostly within the just-over-200-mile range, the J1772 port is all you need. Level 2 charging will get it back to full overnight; it adds about 8.5% charge per hour at the full 6.6 kW power.

    Can’t speak to the importance of liquid cooling. I live in New England, so it never gets too too hot out, and while my driving is sometimes a bit spirited, I’m never driving it like I’m on a track, so the battery is generally not being worked too hard. As such, I’ve never felt like there was anything missing as far as cooling goes, but you may have different considerations.

    Edit: I see you’re looking to do road trips. Honestly, given your desire not to pay for a late-model EV, your best bet is either a used Tesla, as another person said (although I have heard the occasional horror story about Tesla’s unpleasantness towards owners after the first one, especially as regards the Supercharger network), or a used Prius. The Prius has the advantage of very quick refueling on the road, something even a Level 3 charge can’t do (at least in the US; apparently China has made some impressive strides on charge speed).

    I will also note that every Prius owner I’ve spoken to has loved the car.


  • I feel like I’m missing something, because it looks like it covers all of these:

    • “southwest” of center,
    • “northeast” of center,
    • “northwest” of center, and
    • “southeast” of center, respectively.

    What it doesn’t capture is chemist & zoologist only and government & dermatologist only. (4c4 is 1, covered; 4c3 is 4, all covered, and 4c1 is obviously 4, also covered, but 4c2 is 6, and only 4 are covered.)


  • A password manager doesn’t really solve OP’s problem, though.

    By contrast, the authenticator app Authy allows you to save your 2FA codes securely in cloud storage, which means that upon installing it on a new phone, all the 2FA codes are available. (It’s basically the same as Google Authenticator or similar apps, but with free, password-protected cloud storage included. Notably, this type of 2FA is much more secure than SMS-based 2FA anyway, so it’s better all around.) Not every site/app offers this type of 2FA, but most do.

    That said, a password manager is also a good idea for anyone who cares about securing their accounts (which should be everyone).