I definitely start saying I'm $age+1 as I approach that birthday, as it seems more accurate. Round, not floor.

Although I have to say I've not really encountered other people doing this.

In time for Orthodox Christmas Day on January 7

2010 Prius traction batteries are NiMH whereas most EV batteries are Li Ion I believe.

Which might make a difference or might not, I don't know

Reminder that Chevron bought some key NiMH patents and used their ownership of those patents to prevent building batteries for cars.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_encumbrance_of_large_...

If those patents hadn't been, or had they been shorter lived, or if antitrust law was more robust, we might have seen a lot more investment in optimizations on and variations of the NiMH chemistry.

What a fascinating world I'll never live in.

I guess part of the reason is that the "M" in "NiMH" stands for Lanthanum - a rare earth element which happens to be used in catalysts facilitating oil refinement.

Of course catalysts are consumed slowly, but you still don't want any disturbances in the supply of a key element.

I did this myself and it was some fundamental experiences of my life so from that point of view I'd say definitely go for it. Life is short.

On the other hand... Now older I see the financial/compounding aspect more clearly.

Specifically, you mention you have "savings for some years". If you stick at that, continuing to save and benefiting from compounding, you could reach financial independence, a magical point after which any work you do will be entirely optional, at your own discretion, and decoupled from what earnings it brings. For the rest of your entire life. Hard to overstate the freedom that entails.

So is it worth jumping off that trajectory early, squandering the savings, and pushing financial independence much farther back?

Arguably, no.

Your decision.

I love that in the listing every keyword is abbreviated, even F. for FOR!

I lived through the era of type-in BASIC games, and had an 8-bit micro whose BASIC also had abbreviations, but I don't recall seeing magazine listings so vehemently abbreviated!!

To save bytes? To save typing? Or... just to seem more l33t ^_^

If you choose Brighton and zoom in on Hove Park you see the fingerprint maze there very beautifully rendered as a vector, amazing OSM has this detail!

Perhaps you didn't spot that the author was Professor Michael Mosley. Or perhaps that doesn't affect your assessment.

I read the entire thing and who it was written by does not change how I feel about it or the dailymail

that is super strange thing to say… if you know and trust the author what does it matter where the article is published…?

I know the author in the sense that I know who it was written by, I don't know his reputation or how credible he is and where it was published does matter. If this Stephen Hawking published in the National Enquirer people would justifiably be wondering if it was a joke.

It reads to me like they're saying the side that consistently lies about something is slightly worse because at least the other guys are honest.

I think the bigger point may be that GP considers it a choice between two evils - hence being an Independent!

"Love and belonging" is the third in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.

It's difficult to feel a sense of belonging if all your peers have access to something you don't, even worse if that something is your social space itself.

(Full disclosure: I am rampantly anti smartphone. But I understand kids' need to have it.)

That’s why we need blanket bans where no one has a smartphone at school.

Bingo.

Every Austen novel condensed into a single sentence.