Actually, yes. Lifting the weight of a Toyota Camry 2 stories seems reasonable for a day’s worth of energy storage for a house.

I’m not sure how expensive the lift and generator will be, but the weight itself can be anything that’s sufficiently heavy.

You say chemical energy is way easier to store, but is it really easier and cheaper to store the energy needed for a home in a chemical battery?

“After backlash,” of course.

You heard it here first, folks. Businesses will try to fuck you over if they can get away with it.

It has nothing to do about keeping the lights on.

Eh, I don’t think the series would be as bad if it didn’t have his coke-addled ass dictating which direction it should go.

I agree. Modern developers use technology to cover up for creative bankruptcy.

I’m noticing music is having the same drawbacks as graphics in video games.

People keep “adding more” just because they can, not because it’s necessary or improves the final product.

Anime also has this issue with most modern animes having music playing 90% of the time because they can afford it. It reduces the integrity of the art down to that of a slapstick comedy.

The music for Spyro was great because they hired someone with professional experience in the industry, Stewart Copeland of The Police.

More often than not, great music in video games comes about from paying composers appropriate salaries and letting them do their thing.

It’s easy to hire Joe Shmoe for a bargain who will just put in “drums of war,” which is what most developers end up doing.

Maybe this is true, maybe it isn’t.

I know that video game music has gotten significantly worse as technology has improved. Something can sound “professional” because it has an actual orchestra, but the the composition leaves a lot to be desired.

Jim Sterling put it best when he said the music for Stranger of Paradise was just “vague orchestral walls of noise.”

Yep.

I actually want to see these cultures change.

Try to see things from his perspective.

He’s old and probably won’t get a chance like this again. If he didn’t take it, he could end up regretting it for the rest of his life.

He’s his own man. He wasn’t put here to meet your expectations. Since you’re 19, he’s likely already done his job of raising you.

I used to be sympathetic for the young ladies getting involved with older men, but experience has taught me that most of them are well aware of the implications and choose to go along with it anyways.

It’s always sad when greed wins out over ethics.

If a culture can’t keep greedy people and ideas in check, it becomes nothing more than a vessel for abuse.

I will always support those who are willing to forego profits so they can do what’s right.

Couldn’t people say the same shit when regular cars were new and there was an accident?

“That’s why you’ll never see thousands of them going down a highway at 80 miles an hour.” -1920s idiot who needs to get their crystal ball checked.

We don’t have flying cars because technology has not progressed enough to make it economically viable for the masses.

Thanks, Legal Department

Another reason why I have 0 respect for anyone working in legal departments for businesses. They are unnecessary and make things worse to justify their existence.

Restricting your diet and skipping meals is the best way to lose weight.

Laptops are extremely useful. It really doesn’t make sense to avoid them.

I pretty much treat mine as my second brain.

If it’s free software, then anyone can implement the fixes themselves.

Doing so with proprietary software would be illegal.

This it’s why there is nothing “smart” in my house.

Sorry, this is just a funny statement.

Advertising should be illegal.

All the useful idiots wasting their money on this crap are getting exactly what they deserve.

How come we can’t design energy storage that lifts something heavy when there’s excess power, and lets it fall to generate electricity when needed?