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Ok, but Chinese EVs are barely even on the market in the US right now and are not going to influence prices given their limited volume. Prices are going down due to the factors listed on the article, not due to hypothetical competition

Anyone have the soggy, sticky aftershot?

ERCOT had one serious outage in 2021, is that what you're talking about about?

Not even remotely satire, and you might notice I never said anyone over there "glorified or likes Pol Pot." Back in my early Lemmy days I spent way too much time on Hexbear trying to understand, and repeatedly was told that any communist dictator, no matter how heinous, from any time in history would be preferable to any US president. They twisted in knots denying any atrocities by communists while at it. They were clear they don't particularly like Putin, Xi, Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot, etc, but would prefer their leadership in every case over US leadership

Did you just make this up? Because that's not at all what this article says, and Chinese EVs are a puny crumb of the US car market right now

Among Texas voters, about 45% reliably vote blue. Fuck 'em all though, right?

There is no coherent ideology over there besides "America/the West/capitalism should be destroyed." Dudes would rather Pol Pot be in charge than Joe Biden.

Real men bring their own large tote bag and don't have to worry about carting 15 tiny plastic bags

RISUG works by an injection into the vas deferens, the vessel through which the sperm moves before ejaculation. RISUG is similar to vasectomy in that a local anesthetic is administered, an incision is made in the scrotum, and the vasa deferentia are injected with a polymer gel (rather than being cut and cauterized). In a matter of minutes, the injection coats the walls of the vasa with a clear gel made of 60 mg of the copolymer styrene/maleic anhydride (SMA) with 120 μL of the solvent dimethyl sulfoxide. The copolymer is made by irradiation of the two monomers with a dose of 0.2 to 0.24 megarad for every 40 g of copolymer and a dose rate of 30 to 40 rad/s. The source of irradiation is cobalt-60 gamma radiation.

Sounds simple and fun lmao

Also I'm reading it's irreversible. Why wouldn't you just get a vasectomy instead of injecting your junk with styrene and exposing it to radiation?

It's impossible to say from this photo. Do you know what species it is? A closeup of the leaves would be helpful, and a picture of the entire tree.

Either way, best option is going to be to get a certified arborist out to look at it. It's likely in need of a regular ol' prune given those dead lower branches in the pic, but an arborist could tell you if there's anything more major to consider. An arborist can assess the tree from your property and trim branches over your property, but any major work will require consent of the owner of the property the tree is on.

My recommendation would be to get an arborist assessment and then approach your neighbor with that in hand and talk through options they're willing to consider. Cutting down a tree or even a big part of a tree this size should be a last resort, though

Those doctors sound awful. It's hard to imagine them at least not taking an X-ray if you came in telling them you have acute pain due to an injury, and why tf wouldn't they refer you to PT? Glad you're better

That house seems to be ~450 sq ft, that seem right?