Absolutely, just like there’s some things a horse can do that a car just can’t.

I don’t plan on buying a horse or needing to do those things, and I don’t think the vast majority do either.

The end result is that there will still be ICEs in niche applications, but those who know how to operate them and the supply chains that currently make them cheap and dominant will slowly die off.

But solar panel costs are falling way faster than battery costs.

The super credits used to unlock the second battle pass can also be found in game in a relatively healthy amount (including in the first battle pass), making unlocking that second battle pass very possible without spending real currency.

Our heat pump didn’t really kick in the resistive auxiliary heat until temps were well below 0°F, but humidity also plays into that. It wasn’t ever running the resistive heat exclusively.

If sized correctly, heat pumps also don’t really like setbacks in the winter. Just set the thermostat to whatever and leave it – don’t have it cool down at night and warm back up in the morning.

/c/flashlight sends its regards

If you own anything with “white” LEDs, I have some bad news for you…

*since 2020.

If my cowboy math is correct (assuming two parents and two children), that comes out to about 292 people per year or 876 since 2020.

With a population the size of the United States (330 million), that means that, for a given year, 0.00009% (rounded up) of that population dies as a result of a family annihilation. For comparison, around 40,000 people (including around 1,000 children) die in vehicle accidents annually in the US.

Not that family annihilations aren’t horrible. They are. But, from a purely statistical perspective, there are much more frequent horrible things that we don’t talk about as much, for a variety of reasons.

In Iowa, at least, the state had a pre-existing fiber network that got expanded to a shit-ton of rural communities and local (often municipal) ISPs. It’s more expensive than what you’d get in the cities, but much better bang for buck than Starlink.

The only people still struggling to get service are those who live way, way outside those communities – the kind of people for whom “neighbor” means somebody who lives a significant fraction of a mile away. And, outside of comfortably wealthy individuals, those people are a dying breed, at least in Iowa.

If Iowa of all places can pull something like that off, I figure it’s not out of reach of any state (or nation, for that matter) whose inhabitants give a nano-fuck about access to technology.

[gestures vaguely]

Wait, there’s a 3000k SFT-40?

This is fascinating stuff! Now I kinda wanna see one of us build it…

It’s definitely unique in my collection, that’s for sure.

You’ve taken your first steps into a larger brighter world.

Wait, is that an E17a mule?

For channel mixing (e.g. CCT shift), it’s actually kinda nice. For channel switching, though, you’re absolutely right. It’d be nice if it were at least an option.

No RGB switch is a bit of a bummer. Still gonna get one, though.

If somebody made something like these with high-CRI Nichias, I’d buy them in a heartbeat.

Update: Hank didn’t initially see the issue, but showing him the beamshot as well as a few shots of the emitter turned on cleared that up. He’s sending a replacement head, shipped accordingly. :)

It really is the little touches sometimes. Beautiful!

Most flashlights can be safely stored just by loosening the tailcap about a quarter turn.

Some lights have a lockout mode (commonly four clicks of the switch, if it’s a side switch/e-switch), which can be handy. Lights running the Anduril 2 (not sure about Anduril 1) firmware by ToyKeeper can even set an automatic lockout timer. But if you want to be 100% certain it’s not going to turn on, the easiest thing to do is just loosen the tailcap a bit, which will break the circuit between the battery and the pcb.