Yeah, I'm not gonna waste my time (nor help you derail this thread any further) by giving you an electronics class. If you want to learn, go to school.

Yeah. Anyone in electronics for A MONTH knows batteries and capacitors are the same thing. A battery is just a very big capacitor.
Also, anyone in electronics knows "progress" is not measured by the number of new technologies found, but by the quality of the technologies.
BTW, capacitors are not the heart of electronics: semiconductors are.

Before the pandemic (and before losing my job), I did. Had to keep it light though, as I have a fractured vertebra on my spine, from a close encounter I had with a car in 2012.
Before that (26 years ago), I did olympic weightlifting and hammer throw. Best time of my life. But then I've been doing sports for most of my life: weights, swimming (I suck at it), aikido, boxing, basketball, soccer, rugby, krav-maga, yoga, etc.
Now last year I had a stroke (or a "Transient Ischemic Attack", as it fortunately didn't leave sequels, mostly), so I guess I'm gonna have to slow down from now on. Hopefully I will find a job this year, so I can start moving forward again.

About "how we find the energy", it depends on each person. People tell me I have ants up my ass. For me, working out is a way to blow off steam.

Tesla "chose" to void the warranty because the warranty is BULLSHIT!
You understand that concept?
You have a car, you have a limited amount of space you can use, and weight you can carry, not to mention a maximum price you can pay. You make do with what you have, as Tesla did.


Yeah, clearly.
BTW, my background is in electronics, and I've been at it for the last 43 years. I think I know a thing or two about batteries.

To be honest, nothing. It was a reply to the bullshit posted by Tash, which he chose to ignore, because he clearly ran out of more BS on the subject. I'm not sure how I quoted your post in the first place. In any case, my reply had nothing whatsoever to do with it.

Heh, trust me, I could make a list, and it'd be a loooong ass list.
Right now, I'd be happy to be able to start investing, even if it's just a couple of bucks. But we'll see...

And then you could've bought BCC at 460+ bucks, and HODL them until your grandchildren grow spider webs, and it wouldn't make much of a difference, would it?
In ANY case, if you choose to HODL, it pays to keep an eye on your money. There's a gazillion examples of people becoming rich while HODLing, and there's another gazillion example of people losing everything.

No, from a technical standpoint, they don't. The "warranty" some battery manufacturers offer is a marketing trap.
You don't "choose" what charging current you will use on a battery: when you discharge a battery you form metal ions within the electrolyte. The ONLY way to dissolve those ions is to recharge the battery with a current similar to the discharge current. Otherwise, those ions will accumulate, eventually turning the electrolyte conductive, and short circuiting the battery (and, at the usual numbers on a Tesla car, most likely producing a fire or an explosion). Is not like "Elon Musk "chose" to kill the warranty", like you say. There are technical limitations to consider.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but today is the 29^th, Christmas is gone already.
I guess we can always get a New Year's wish, can't we?

Yeah, it's loud and clear. It's also bullshit.

One of the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test's main uses is the fast and accurate testing for infectious diseases.

Here's a politically-motivated-bullshit-free article for you to read, should you ever feel inclined to learn something.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymerase_chain_reaction#Infectious_disease_applications

First (and LOOOONG before even thinking about getting "a wallet"), I'd recommend you do a whole lot of learning. Your original post leads me to believe you don't have the needed knowledge to start on cryptocurrencies.
Read. When you're sick of reading, read more! I have followed several online courses from Udemy.com (5 so far). Ask questions here, and KEEP READING!
In a nutshell (I'm far from an expert), first, find out which kind of wallet is best for you. There are many: exchanges (both custodial and non custodial), paper wallets, software wallets, air gapped wallets, hardware wallets...
Each has it's own pros and cons, and its own limitations.
For example: hardware wallets are widely regarded as the safest option, but they can be expensive, or just unavailable, depending on where you live. And, again depending on your circumstances, they may not be worth it.
Meanwhile, paper wallets are free, and may offer you a suitable degree of security, if you're holding just a few bucks (which can be a fortune outside the US).
Or a software wallet may be safe enough for you. Or, if you don't plan on transacting on your crypto that often, having an air gapped wallet (a software wallet in a strictly off-line OS), while cumbersome to use, may be the right solution for you.

One think to keep in mind is: learn the full address of your future wallet, DON'T GOOGLE and DON'T FOLLOW LINKS. And check the full link you're about to visit BEFORE you  do. "whatever. com" is not the same as "whatever.io", for example. make sure you're following the right link, and not going to a scammer's website.

There you go. Keep at it!
Now the next step is at 120 activity, so you have about 10 weeks to go. Don't get disappointed. We're both in the same boat.

Yeah, to a point.
If you take "social" to the point as not to be a complete loner, then yeah, Homo Sapiens is (or was) "social".
But there are different levels to "social". When Homo Sapiens was a hunter-gatherer, food was scarce, and any extra mouth to feed was objectively a threat to the survival of the group.
Once the plow was discovered, Homo Sapiens became (with time) more and more sedentary, as their food source was much more stable, and it (obviously) didn't move. Soon enough, the group started facing a different problem: they didn't have enough hands to work the land. Then is when Homo Sapiens became truly social, and started welcoming people from other tribes/clans. It took millennia.
THAT by itself prompted a huge improvement in the DNA heredity of humans (they started having kids with people from other clans/tribes, so conditions like Down's syndrome started to be more rare), and initiated all laws and regulations (and social customs) as we know them today, and ultimately was the sole initiator of crafts, industry and science, among others. All because of a little pointy piece of bone.

Alright.
First, I'm in a situation not so different from yours, but not art related. Welcome to the club. The one difference we have is I'm 56, so, sorry to say, you've got a long way to go.

Initially, a number of years ago, a saying was said to me: "Every time you point your (index, of course) finger at somebody, there are three more fingers (middle, ring and pinkie) pointing back at you".
That saying gave me a lot to think about.
If you learnt art, you should know that many painters now recognized the world over used to paint with egg whites mixed with dirt and oxides they collected in the field, to get their colors. Same happened with sculptors, etc. You should also know many renowned artists died in complete indigence, but that didn't stop them from creating their art. They did it because they felt it, not because they had to pay the rent.
So, if you live in a bad place (so do I), move.
If you have a dead end job, get a better one.

In any case, STOP COMPLAINING. Trust me: it won't get you anywhere. You have a problem, find a solution.

Maybe. We never know what the future will bring. But, right now, electric cars are are a wealthy-tree-hugger's-pipe-dream (pretty much as cars in general used to be in the beginning).
There are several technologies (REAL technologies, not scams) competing to take the place of fossil fueled cars, and each one has its pros and cons. In many cases, the technology itself is immature, not ready for mass production. That is, IMO, the case with electric cars, and solar powered cars, for example.
You don't think about it, but when you go to the gas station, you're getting an enormous amount of energy (safely) in seconds, and an ICE today is a sophisticated, very reliable machine. Instead of that, charging an electric car takes hours, and fast charging it is akin to playing Russian Roulette, and when you put an electric car on the street you KNOW you will have to spend thousands of dollars on a replacement battery, and, contrarily to gasoline or diesel powered cars, batteries come with NO WARRANTY, so you may end up having to replace it tomorrow.

Again, nobody in their right mind would argue that there are not better alternatives. But most of them are far from ready.
Electric cars have existed pretty much since cars have. Solar has existed for decades, but it's still far from ready. Right now, the two technologies that are suitable and more than ready (they've been in use since the beginning), are ethanol and biodiesel (and SVO by extension), and in this case I do agree there's a more-than-fair amount of misinformation being pushed on people, not because they may be "the end of fossil fuels" (we're far from that), but because it gives people the chance to produce their own fuel for pennies on the dollar, and it can be used in largely unmodified engines.

And there you have it! First you run your mouth, talking all kinds of shit about  "us simpletons" who choose to use our brains for a change, and then, when somebody calls you up on it, you try to back up and save face at the same time, God forbid somebody might figure you're full of shit. Pitiful, really.


Maybe I did. Can you be nice enough and show me when did I EVER mention gene therapy, either in favor or against?

I'll wait.

Just so you know, my problem (at least in your kind's opinion) is I DON'T TALK ABOUT THINGS I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT. You should try it.

Again, being you have such a problem with me and everybody like me, you now have a golden opportunity to MAN UP AND GET THE HELL OUT OF DODGE.

Again, why do you care so much about me? I'm only one guy among 8 billion.
You have a crush?
Just for the record, I like women, and even among them I EXCLUSIVELY like those with a brain between their ears, so you're  0 for 2. Sorry.   
So, once again, stop making excuses and trying to change the subject, and GET THE FUCK OUT.
Stop talking like a man, and start acting like one.

I don't know now, but, at least when I was living in the US 8 years ago, that wasn't my experience at all. In fact, it was quite the opposite: corporations (especially wal- mart) would avoid rising prices like the plague.
Now in Argentina, everybody will use ANY excuse (real or not) to hike prices. The result is prices that are at least 3 times higher (in USD) than anywhere else, sometimes a lot more.

See?
Great! So you can CHOOSE to go live happily among your genius friends, and leave us simpletons alone. A win-win, if I've ever seen one.

What I don't understand though, is why you're still moaning about it. You should be happy to have an opportunity to leave this society you despise so much...

And that is (again) the usual argument from people who choose to whine instead of looking for a solution.
There are strong communities in the US and elsewhere, both of biodiesel and bioethanol makers, as well as SVO and other alternative methods' users.  And most of them are free, or as close to free as can be expected, and NOT TAXED AT ALL, if you decide to to the legwork. Of course it's easier to complain and find excuses for doing nothing...

Actually, that's not the case, or at least not when "society" is concerned.
Man was born as a hunter-gatherer, and as that, they were nomads and very aggressive towards "foreigners". It was the development of the plow (first) and later of industry, that created society as we know it today. Of course there were "social norms" then, but most of what was considered "normal" then would be appalling today.


Well, at least not in my experience. Sure, different countries may (and probably will) vary on this.
I live in a country in which "law" has ceased to exist decades ago, and, while we've been overrun by criminals of all kinds, honest people are still a vast majority, and we're unwilling to let criminals take the whole country. Sure, it's difficult, and life is very far from what it is in any developed society, but to say it'd be "the law of the jungle" is a bit excessive.