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nsl73··on Not quite a car, not quite a motorcycle: a vehicle built for one
I’d rather have a motorcycle. Motorcycles are faster, cheaper, can carry about the same amount of cargo, and 100 miles on a charge is enough to give me range anxiety.

I’d rather have a car. I often need to carry passengers, carry large or heavy things, and a new economy car is in the same ballpark price.

Who is this really for? I don’t see many people buying this as their only personal transportation if it only travels 100 miles on a charge and can’t take a passenger. It’s price too high and isn’t fun enough to be considered a recreational purchase.

nsl73··on Ask HN: How to stop anxiety from too many choices?
I use the inverse deadline strategy for large purchases, and it’s been very successful. If I want to buy something over $X I spend N days before the purchase ($3,000 and three months for me). This helps reduce some of the emotional aspects of making large purchases for me.
nsl73··on How coffee became a modern necessity
That’s a method on how to get off caffeine. Staying off caffeine is something different.

The phenomenon of returning to an addictive substance is known colloquially as “relapse”

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