Cynical theory, the UK is now full of the descendants of all those who said "Emigrating? That will never work", and that's set the culture. Grafters and optimists have had many opportunities to leave over recent centuries.
How much DNA do we need to show to prove this is at least partially true.
And when it is partially true, it echos. I think even iRobot mentions this about Europe.
There is a difference in culture. Where the US dominates, europe is pessimistic, and (Africa/New New World) is growing. I suppose the New New world never really happened, the US stayed ontop. I imagine iRobot was a bit more optimistic about the political affairs of the New New world.
You maybe right. I think the UK and Canada share similar problems. Low risk taking, real estate as the only investment, pulling each other down like crabs, appeal to authority.
The US for all its faults, is the land of hope and can do. I have travelled a lot in the world but somehow places like Miami, New York, SF, Vegas, Dallas and a bunch of other cities have this palpalable energy that you can do anything that you want.
It might be worth thinking about where there were successful electric vehicles before cars. All the scenarios I can think of are times the vehicle purchaser is willing to deal with charging infrastructure in return for the benefits.
Milk floats were quiet and didn't need to haul heavy loads, which was convenient for early morning deliveries. Distribution point/dairy can be the charge point.
Golf karts/utility vehicles. Never stray far from their chargers. Being quiet makes them more comfortable.
Forklifts are majority electric, and that was before lithium. Cheaper to run than fuel equivalents. They're still majority Lead Acid. A lead acid battery is heavy (a positive for a forklift) and lasts a shift before charging cheaply at overnight rates or swapping out the battery if there's another shift needing to use it. Lack of combustion fumes for an indoor warehouse or factory is real nice.
On technology specifically, range is next to useless if you can't tell how much you've left. I understand that tracking energy in and out the battery to a high level is not easy for a BMS - sample at the wrong rate and the potential error in over/underestimating range is quite large.
Eons ago I've driven one such forklift through a high rack warehouse for a year. It had 2 batteries, weighing about 4 metric tons each (Lead-Sulfuric acid). They made it about 4 hours (half shift), then had to be exchanged with another forklift at the loading station. Always had to check for levels of sulfuric acid, watch out for oxyhydrogen/electrolytic gas, and whatnot else. But was fun to ride, because up to 35kph on the ground for the whole 12 metric tons, wobbly cabin/platform at 12meters up, and deadly fast fork. So...very niche, I guess?
Another thing similar to milk floats comes to mind from the time the railways used to deliver post and packets. Those things always trundled along the platforms, to where the post/baggage car would be. Sometimes with several small trailers.
Well, percent state of charge (how full the battery pack is) is not so hard to calculate, you just have a look up table for battery voltage vs %SOC. Although you may need to calibrate for the voltage drop caused by the internal resistance of the battery cells. The hard part is converting that into a "miles remaining" estimate, which requires a good estimation of how many kWh your vehicle uses per mile. I think some manufacturers even link this into the GPS and take into account the elevation change on the route you selected.
Writing things down to remember them, you feel like you've dealt with it. Which can be a great help since you can empty your brain of distractions that pop up and do so in a way you feel you've not just forgotten something. And reread later you'll realise how little was really important outside the moment it came up.
But if you place an artificial burden on yourself to follow up on everything that might be interesting, then that's probably overwhelming and shows a lack of prioritisation. That might be due to a lack of a system to prioritise, or it might be a lack of goals. Asking why you do it might feel you work backwards towards the goal - is it an ambiguous sense of professional development, or is it simply an enjoyment of pursuing novelty that means you keep turning up things that you feel you should come back to, but because novelty is the goal you never do. These might miss the mark with you, but they explain for me a lot about why I do the same things.
Sign language has a different grammar. At least in British Sign Language. Simplistically, put the object of the sentence first so it's clearer what's being talked about.
For someone who is profoundly deaf from birth and who can't lipread, the way we speak and write is a massive struggle. Cochlear implants before a year old are much more common now, while the brain is still more malleable, so there's maybe less and less deaf people who are totally profoundly deaf and you may not realise what it's like for them if you never come across them.
Interesting perspective. I've never considered how much of reading and writing is dependent on first listening and speaking. I guess it makes sense, since the first steps to reading are "sounding out the words."
I've tried apps for tracking habits, which was great as it freed up Todo lists and Todo apps from lots of daily habit type tasks, however I stopped looking at it after maybe a year or more of useful use. Possibly I added too many things or the daily scan became too boring.
Being on a device is the primary distraction I've been hunting for an offline solution.
Presently I'm using checklist memo boards (cheap plastic things with toggle switches) that are on the walls of different rooms of the house with reminders for that place. So it's in my field of view and I'm reminded in the approximate place I can do something about it. Pieces of paper on surfaces get covered up and forgotten about, but these hang on walls.
Exercise specifically isn't a strong point, but trying to get outside during daylight has been a good motivation for me. Also doing things semi-useful like mundane gardening with an interesting podcast can be really engaging for me as hands and head are both occupied. Useful fidgeting I suppose.
I'm interested in trying an underdesk treadmill, I think that might work for me well.
This seems to work best for me, although I've got a lot of room to grow and improve.
Setting multiple named alarms while cooking and often my hands are not clean to handle a phone or they're holding something going in an oven or they're stirring something.
Adding things to Todo lists or shopping lists as I notice them.
Setting alarms when I set a cup of tea to brew so I don't forget about it. I have to walk back to the room to stop it ringing, which means I can add milk and pick up my tea.
Changing what I'm listening to while washing dishes.
I'm already distractible enough, not having to pick up my phone to do them also means I'm less likely to get distracted.
Search Jason Lewis Mind Amend, music on YouTube that I find really helps me focus.
Working on something that's grabbed my attention, and understanding what it is that grabs my attention (stuff that is new, urgent, challenging, personally interesting)
However then I can forget about meals. Turn off autoplay so the track ends after 3 hours and it's easier to break away.
