AC

slavaMZ

Buy it on day one: Advantages of AI data centers in space boil down to massive financial wins over Earth-based ones, despite high launch costs: • Energy Savings: Unlimited solar power in orbit slashes electricity bills to ~0.1¢/kWh vs. 5¢ on Earth, cutting costs by 10x for AI tasks and dodging $6.7T in global grid upgrades by 2030. • Cooling Efficiency: Vacuum enables passive heat radiation—no water or AC needed, saving millions on utilities and avoiding water scarcity fees. • Lower Regulatory Hurdles: Skip zoning wars and permits; faster deployment via FAA/FCC means less capital tied up in delays. • Risk Reduction: No disasters like floods or quakes, lowering insurance and downtime losses for steady profits. • Scalability Perks: Infinite “land” in space taps a $39B market by 2035, with 10x lower emissions potentially unlocking subsidies. Overall, it turns variable high costs into ultra-low, predictable ones—ideal for AI’s power hunger.

AdmirableJudgment784

In your AC unit in your house, there's something called a radiator, which is essentially a long pipe that is packed wrapped together into coils. Coolant travels through these coils and a fan blows on it to provide cold air to your house. In a similar but opposite way, they'll have these massive radiators and fans would blow heat generated by the data center to these coils to dissipate heat. The advantage of space is exactly that. Huge amount of space in all directions that allows you to have extremely massive amounts of tightly packed radiators.

knotworkin

Data center in space equals free solar power and no need to pay huge sums for AC.

skyplt29

Perhaps a review of DEA's scheduling definitions will clarify what rescheduling marijuana from 1 to 3 means: **Schedule I** Schedule I drugs, substances, or chemicals are defined as drugs with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse. Some examples of Schedule I drugs are: heroin, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), marijuana (cannabis), 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy), methaqualone, and peyote. **Schedule II** Schedule II drugs, substances, or chemicals are defined as drugs with a high potential for abuse, with use potentially leading to severe psychological or physical dependence. These drugs are also considered dangerous. Some examples of Schedule II drugs are: combination products with less than 15 milligrams of hydrocodone per dosage unit (Vicodin), cocaine, methamphetamine, methadone, hydromorphone (Dilaudid), meperidine (Demerol), oxycodone (OxyContin), fentanyl, Dexedrine, Adderall, and Ritalin **Schedule III** Schedule III drugs, substances, or chemicals are defined as drugs with a moderate to low potential for physical and psychological dependence. Schedule III drugs abuse potential is less than Schedule I and Schedule II drugs but more than Schedule IV. Some examples of Schedule III drugs are: products containing less than 90 milligrams of codeine per dosage unit (Tylenol with codeine), ketamine, anabolic steroids, testosterone **Schedule IV** Schedule IV drugs, substances, or chemicals are defined as drugs with a low potential for abuse and low risk of dependence. Some examples of Schedule IV drugs are: Xanax, Soma, Darvon, Darvocet, Valium, Ativan, Talwin, Ambien, Tramadol **Schedule V** Schedule V drugs, substances, or chemicals are defined as drugs with lower potential for abuse than Schedule IV and consist of preparations containing limited quantities of certain narcotics. Schedule V drugs are generally used for antidiarrheal, antitussive, and analgesic purposes. Some examples of Schedule V drugs are: cough preparations with less than 200 milligrams of codeine or per 100 milliliters (Robitussin AC), Lomotil, Motofen, Lyrica, Parepectolin

AMCorBUST2021

Funny story.. hearing about buddy running bitcoin mining rig in the early days. Turns out that his AC had to run full blast the entire time. Lost money. Also had the experience that this equipment is disposable.. But let’s say you’re right.. put one up there and prove it. If it fries you owe me breakfast diner of choice.. if it hums merrily I’ll get you steak or seafood dinner of choice

Routine-Phrase457

It’s the AC trying hard to suck out stale hot air

zoomborg

Tencent does not have the ability to buy them until 2028 i believe, instead they settled with buying a majority stake in Vantage studios to supervise them and keep them out from other investment funds that might be interested. So in a few years AC, FC and R6 will be owned by overlord Tencent, the rest of Ubisoft will either be sold for pieces (creative studios) or just collapse and disappear entirely.

WhyIsItGlowing

On-site server rooms that outgrew themselves used to be pretty common. I used to work at a place in the late 00s that had an entire floor of their office block as a datacentre, but it was an old-fashioned way to do it even then. They ended up moving it all out when a colo datacentre built out a couple of miles away. They're not practical these days because office blocks can't handle the weight on the floors, the power requirements (both the redundancy, the connections to the grid can't handle the amount coming in, the building itself would need massive rewiring to handle it, and no way you're getting permits for that many backup generators) and the AC isn't as efficient as the systems on a dedicated build. The fibre is also impossibly expensive because you need to tear up the roads to put it in. It's just not competetive, even in niches where you need it nearby for latency there's usually a dedicated colo site around the corner.

DrGrinch

I started my career in server engineering and have slept on datacenter floors, so I've "lived" this stuff a little. One of the backup sites we had was in the heart of downtown in a major city, on the upper floors of a shopping center that was also mixed office use. The answer is yes, but you need to gut the space mostly, install raised floors and a shitload of cooling and power upgrades. Depending on those buildings in KC you might get away with generators and massive AC units on the roof.

literallyaPCgamer

I started building a conservative portfolio, similar to permanent portfolio, with a 20% allocation to gold last year. Now gold is my largest holding, even after trimming a bit last year to put AC in my house.

DisjointedHuntsville

Okay, so you learnt a new word. Do you know what voice acting costs per hour for the crap accents that you see in games like AC: Odyssey ? Eleven Labs does a much better job for fractions of cents on the dollar. If you're on the inside seeing what these models are doing now, they're in the top 1% of human quality for areas that are chores like the voice acting part that are notoriously expensive. But sure . . . keep using that new word you learned and try putting your head in the sand to match ;)

CrazyTownUSA000

If you feel like being a landlord, buy a duplex. If you can put a good down payment, afford the mortgage and rent out the other side you'll essentially be living for free as long as nothing breaks. I would recommend hiring an inspector to make sure things like the AC, roof and any other big appliances are in good shape. It would be best to keep the rent money in a separate account and only take out a certain percentage, because you'll need to use that money for repairs and maintenance. If it turns out you hate being a landlord after a couple of years, you will be likely able to sell the property at a profit and buy a single family home.

bobdevnul

Cash value life insurance is almost never a good investment. Insurance salesmen can give a slick (and misleading) sale pitch making it sound like it is. Buy term life insurance for what you really need to insure for. Rental real estate can be a good investment, but it requires a good business plans and knowledge of how to make it pay. You also need to take on a part time job of being a landlord. My stocks never call me at 2am to tell me that the heat/AC isn't working or the roof is leaking. Go over to r/bogelheads and learn how to invest wisely. It can be as simple as buying the VT ETF or a target date fund.

Critical-Passion5283

I can only associate copper with meth heads stealing AC units out of house windows and selling them for scrap. BULLISH.

ihopethisworksfornow

AC: Shadows was actually *really* fucking good but they’re climbing out of a bad reputation rn.

letsgettesty

At what point is Ubisoft Market Cap worth less than its IP so the shares are actually worth less than the physical assets? It has a market cap of 500M. AI thinks the AC IP is worth billions alone. Surely, someone will want to scoop this up so it could be a long term buy?

DemandOk5785

Raid AC units like a barbarian with a sledgehammer.

Diligent_Elk6082

The tweak'rs go for the large AC units on the roof school buildings in SO CAL, was a major pain for a while.

asetniop

Gather round, boys! I found r/wallstreetbets [new crush](https://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/B3-AC915_JENWON_M_20180419112136.jpg)!

DemandOk5785

No. Steal out of AC units.

HAMARMOR

I don’t even think we should boil it down to politics really. We are at a time of vast change; and we pretend like tomorrow is owed to us, and not something we have to earn. Fossil fuels are going away, sorry yall, it’s obsolete. China knows this and is producing hella solar and it’s completely changing the game in Africa. Imagine you live near the equator with no electricity, and for a grand or two you can get a decent solar and backup setup that will run a window AC for a few hours a night. We’re just not providing that with fossil fuels; but decentralized solar is totally changing the game. Especially as batteries get cheaper, like when it would cost $2k to have a “decent” home solar setup installed in China or Africa, isn’t that just a no brainer for so many of us in the US that have crazy AC bills?

typo9292

You actually are buying local sometimes and just don't know it. I bought a freaking AC start/run capacitor off Amazon and the seller pinged me to say they're just down the street so I went over and picked it up lol. Everyone is local to someone except junk from our china overlords and this to die for candy from japan... which is also amazing tbf, some little mom/pop business god knows where in another country is seller me product.

Consistent_Laziness

Do you think it’s possible they may sell the company? I doubt it’ll make their product better but it would be better as a studio or sold for its IPs (Far cry and AC)

poolay67

I like the AC franchise, it does something no other franchise really does and for all it's faults it is good enough to mindlessly lusten to podcasts to and it does historical scenery and level design really well. It pains me to watch it turned into such drivel. It pains me ad a Canadian to watch what was once a shining star reduced to this.

OrcOgi

Dont forget Rayman. Im in the same boat though. Might trow in some cash for IP value. Either 10x with recovery or slips away in insolvency. Just hurts to see my beloved AC 1 and 2. Peak gaming. Bioshock and AC both in 2007 was god tier.

noonetoldmeismelled

I remember when Assassins Creed 2 went on to pioneer always online DRM. Then to follow Uplay kept sucking to this day. Then I always felt like it was a faux-high horse company especially when all that sexual harassment came out and so little came about it. Gaming media moved on fast. Felt all too buddy buddy and trying to pretend all is good with Ubisoft. They're pretty high tier on the, "damn gamers are just terrible people," while having a trash filled home themselves So since AC2 always online DRM, I've always talked trash about Ubisoft. Uplay and Ubislop copy past design for like 15 years as well causing many to always trash Ubisoft. So now they have built up for nearly 20 years a very vocal community of people online that will always discourage buying Ubisoft games. I'm one of them. Will not buy Ubisoft games. Not a single game they've announced interests me. It'd be better if Ubisoft went away or just became a brand for some other company to buy and use like modern THQ or modern Atari or modern Nokia phones. Ubisoft should have cleared house of their studio heads and much of their middle to upper management 5+ years ago

Manjet10

I think Tencent takes them out for 10-15 Euros a share. Their recent investment into Ubisoft values the company at about 4 billion.... Market cap way too cheap here. EA sold for 55billion. Ubisoft's IPs are known all over the world. With more competentcy and care they are huge money makers. Everyone knows AC, The Division, R6 etc... So someone, Tencent, Sony or Microsoft will snap them up.

ArcherA1aya

Hard disagree. AC3 was good, Blackflag was peak and far cry 3 was great. The problem was that they never tried to change the formula of their games after those.

SpicyElixer

Seriously. All they had to do was make a spinoff that was an Age of Exploration historical fiction action RPG that was about trade, piracy, exploration, with deep business simulation etc. without the lame AC lore, and they’d have had a massive hit IP. They could have done it in DLC expansions too. Start with Africa and the Mediterranean. Expand to Americas and Asia.

Sad_Cheesecake9693

I remember considering buying on the basis AC:Shadows may be the beginning of a turn around for the company but luckily I didn't pull the trigger. Now I'm back thinking is this the end of the dip? Probably not. They have a lot of great IP, they are launching great updates such as 3rd person on Avatar and The Division 3 is being worked on. They can still operate as a profitable gaming company but we need a generational run of execution or new revenue streams that isn't tainted by their company brand.

DymonBak

I feel the same. I understand not liking Ubi for their business practices, but I enjoy their games. AC series, Far Cry, Mario Rabbids, Outlaws, Immortal Fenyx, etc., are all games I have enjoyed in the past several years.

IntentionDeep651

the fuck you need AC when there is like 5 days where its actually hot 

TickTockTaudit

I forget those silly-Billie’s are still bee-boppin around over there. Cobble stone. No AC. Goats. So cute. Really just cute, simple people.

sonofalando

#ENEMY AC-130 ABOVE!!! — Greenland probably

rdr31

which doesn’t even have an AC

Realistic-Bluejay386

i had to get a new AC my old one used go to 15 Celsius my new one is more expensive has AI lol and oly goes up to 18 Celsius even tho is same power 12,000 BTUS

OpeDefinitely

This my current situation in a power outage: * Water-driven sump pump prevents flooding indefinitely. * UPS system keeps modem and routers alive for a couple days. Can use any major cell network if Comcast goes down. * In the summer, enough cold air stays in the house that things are fine for days. (Didn't even notice that my AC went out during a heat wave last summer until 3 days after it had gone out.) * In the winter, the uninsulated crawl space leaks so much heat that my house doesn't stay warm, while this heat loss causes my geothermal heat-pump to use more power than any reasonable generator can handle. I'm basically fine as long as nothing happens in the middle of winter. I might get a small generator to power a 1500w space heater in part of the house that isn't impacted by crawl space heat loss. For now, higher priorities are paying my share to get my street's power lines buried & and fixing the crawl space insulation issue. My fukn electricity bill last month was $1500, and that's with great wall/attic insulation + triple pane windows + a ***geothermal*** heat pump. Absurd.

Character_Economy928

You gotta be 50+ to listen to AC/DC like my friend started Thunderstruck, and you know I had to give him shit

rdr31

!banbet Europoors still cant afford AC in 2026

Sidney_Godsby

With no AC*

Money_Term8366

“We don’t tolerate that shit in Europe” it is literally illegal for you to own AC and open windows in 35C heatwaves lmao

Mister_Sal_A_Mander

Yes, the usual fee is like 10% or rent in the US. I previously managed my own properties but used a lot of resources and a lawyer to make sure my leases were airtight. It wound up being worth it, but I also got lucky because of market timing (buying in late 2010s with ultra low interest rate then selling in early 2020s), now live in my forever home. My 4 tenants across 3 units were all stable through COVID, no lost rent, nothing. Just a broken AC (it was 32 years old) and a few windows needed to be replaced. Likely because I bought solid B class properties (wasn't trying to be a slumlord) in good neighborhoods and good school districts. Cut my cost of living to almost nothing snd my houses went up 50% on average after 3.5ish years. I targeted houses that were under-rented and as soon as I purchased and bought them both off market, I straight up told my tenants: this place is way under market rent, so each year, I am going to increase it by 100-150 dollars. I wanted them to know right away. I didn't lose a single tenant that whole time, but it was streasful. Then I will move to another state in 4 or 5 years (I had a 5/1 ARM). Even though it wasnt a large multifamily where cap rate came into play, increasing rent and doing several updates to the units (modtly paint and carpet plus landscaping type stuff) is what provided me to have such large appreciation. Glad I did it but wouldnt do it again now that I am older and making more money.

lindcookie

I'm a little confused about what constitutes a pennystock, the FAQ says any stock under $5, but where is the reasoning behind placing AUR (trading at ~$4.3 MCAP of ~9b) in that category, but not UM AC (trading at $17.70 MCAP of $665mil)? Clearly one company is worth more than the other despite the stock price. I always just assumed that a "pennystock" was any stock under $500mil-1b depending on who you listens to. Sorry for the rant, anywho I do believe AUR (which i believe counts in this sub) is poised for extreme growth if they get the clear on operating their driverless trucks. Currently they are "driverless" but with a person just sitting there and watching if anything happens. Supposedly there has been no incidents what so ever, so once they get over the legal hurdle it should shoot straight up.

WSB-mods-are-

when you're cracking cold ones with the boys in Iran after a hard day's work and you hear an AC-130 while on the front porch

Late-Tadpole-2318

AC Barrett saying being on the SC was like “an arranged marriage” makes me think she was saying the SC is married to 🥭

Bronze_Rager

Again, we can agree to disagree. I think the west underestimates how fast Asia has progressed and is progressing. Anecdotally, last time I visited China in person, Guangzhou specifically, for athletics, China felt closer to India than to the UK/France/USA. No central AC in dorms, flat toilets, trash in the streets. My parents visited about 6 months ago and found that Shanghai/Beijing has somehow decreased their Air quality index to the 100-200, when 5 years ago it was similar to Dehli or Mumbai 700-1000. Chinese public bathrooms were gross as shit with no running water 18 years ago, while today its probably the cleanest public bathrooms of any country. Again, this is just food for thought, but the vast progress China has made since the political tensions between CCP and KMT in the late 60s has been outstanding and very impressive. Its pretty hard to pull a country with a pop. of over 1B from a third world country standards of living to rival the west. Nearly every major US tech company has a Chinese rival. Tesla vs BYD (BYD way ahead in sales). Amazon vs Baba. Bytedance vs. Insta/FB. We don't really see the same with the Eurozone or any other countries

FidgetyHerbalism

> energy (yes, weirdly energy) are seasonal industries Why is that weird? Energy consumption alone is obviously massively seasonal, with AC in summer and heating in winter and softening in-between.

Embarrassed_Orange50

You spend your money in whatever currency has the country your product was made… If you buy a Mitsubishi AC then you pay ins usd but Walmart payed in Yen. If Yen rallied 100% compared to usd the your AC goes from 300$ to 600$…. Are all Americans like this narrowly minded??? Gosh…

Bulky_Dingo_4706

If you're going to use the argument of how fast your car heats up, also factor in how much energy is burned with heat and AC. An EV's battery discharges way faster with the HVAC system powered on, whereas the heat from an ICE is just garnered through the engine and does not consume any extra energy. In the context of saving money, you could have just bought a 10-15 year old reliable, fuel-efficient Toyota for under $10k, and spent way less in total for transportation than your Tesla - especially upfront. EVs don't save you money. That's just what you're led to believe. You're spending a lot of the cost upfront, and in depreciation.

Various_Couple_764

I would say it is about the same in terms of repairs or maintnenance. Yes new AC and heating systems are morereliable because they are new. But the rest of the home doesn't behave that way. Problems may show up a year or two after construction. My parents purchased a new home when they moved after retireing. IN the over the last 20 years. many of the window had to be replaced for various reasons and. There was a manufacturing defect in the shingles the roof that required repair as well as kitchen appliance AC, heater repairs. My sister got here first home and months after purchase a hose failure on a washing machine flooded the lower lovel reqjiring significant repairs. And unrelated to that the AC also failed. So sometimes you get lucky with a new home or the purchase of an older home but other times you don't

Here4Snow

Newer builds are both better (if to code) and worse. I'm in a 2-year old townhouse duplex. Next door called last night, they're already having flushing issues. My side, we had insulation issues, resolved by removing base trim in one room and fixing from there. We had AC issues. We had lots of little overlooked details found by our own inspector. And by me.  These are some of the more expensive units in town, and I knew the builder from years ago, when I was the finance manager for a high end architectural firm. We looked at lots of places before buying here. So, positives: square and plumb is nice. Safe, grounded, adequate AC/DC. Layout is new style living. Has radon mitigation already built in.  Cons: construction is very hit-and-miss due to hit and run subs. Finding someone running their own crew hardly exists, mostly due to the cost of keeping a licensed plumber and licensed electrician on staff. If you can make it pencil out, this is a good time to buy, but not sell. I'm already down 10% in value.  YMMV

Peppertheredfox

What happens to these data centers sitting without power? Standby generators running 24/7? The equipment inside is all environmentally sensitive so huge AC/ heating units have to be redundantly powered or you’re risking a catastrophic loss. Not to mention the techs and integrators that commission the advanced telemetry and controls.

cscharch

I live and work in Vegas, couple of points: 1. LVCVA (visitors authority) publishes monthly visitor data. It is down anywhere from 5-15% YOY but as others have stated, is far from “dead”. 2. Pretty much every Vegas gaming company has properties outside of Vegas and even the us. Example: MGM - mostly vegas, but also Detroit, AC, Biloxi, DC, Macau CZR - mostly Vegas, but another 35 or so assets across the US WYNN, LVS - 1 Vegas complex, several international GDEN - 1 vegas strip property, smaller regional properties and a crap ton of taverns (bars) RRR - doing fantastic, all their properties are local focused off the strip. PENN - very small vegas prescience So as you can see it’s hard to find a solely concentrated Vegas stock and if you do (RRR) you’re looking at a company performing the inverse of tourism and more based on population growth of the city.

TheCuriousBread

u/AC1114

Mirikado

And who do you think is paying for these trades…? Usually middle or upper class white collars are the one paying for trade services. They are the main group that hire people to do their plumbing, electrical work, HVAC, fixing their cars, clean their roofs… White collars pay for trade services. They are the biggest client base. If all these white collars lost their jobs and cut on spending, it will hit people in the trades as well, severely. Maybe instead of spending $700 on fixing their car, the jobless white collars will just deal with driving a shitty car with a broken AC instead and only fix it when they find a job, or maybe never. That’s hundreds of dollars in labor that an auto mechanic lost out because their clients can no longer afford the service. You get the idea. Smaller client base, less jobs to do, while more competition because everyone flocks to trades because “AI can’t replace me” thinking. End results is a race to the bottom. Sure AI might not be able to replace people in the trades but those people would make jackshit if no one is hiring them due to their clients being broke.

stupidber

Europeans don't have AC you american spy

Heidruns_Herdsman

[Gazes down with a look of superiority from the balcony of my Pasivhaus, built to such a high standard that AC and heating are not required and net exporter of electricity to the grid, at some kind of chuckling medieval vagrant.]

r4rLIC

They have no AC! 🫵😂

InIce1234

AC Milan

Woolly-Willy

I'm a long time lurker. Barely dabbled in options and some meme stock. I had anxiety for a few weeks about buying a new (to me) car and an AC/furnace for my house that it needed I truly can't fathom how some of you endure but god bless your sacrifices 🤣

originalrocket

Agreed. 2016 Honda Accord. Summer with AC= 36-40 mpg. Winter below 20F for weeks = 26-29 mpg. I pre-heat with block heater every morning, but by far, the largest killer of my mpg's is my performance winter tires.

lmaccaro

Those are all the things I would take an EV for. EVs can run the AC for a week in the woods off one charge. EVs can crawl off road at walking speed for days. You’d need a lake of fuel to do that in a gas vehicle.

Final7C

All of the big 3 do a shitty job with EVs. Let me explain. Either they don't actually want to make a good car. Or they don't know how to make a good car. The EVs have been underpowered, with middling ranges, with prices that are too high to make sense for almost anyone. The hybrid is what they should have been doing 20 years ago. but instead they laughed in oil. They kept full ICE vehicles and put an outrageous markup on EVs and anything close to a Hybrid. Teslas would probably still sell really well if Elon hadn't gone and got into politics. The problem is, conservatives tend to dislike EVs. And there is a lot to dislike EVs from a visceral level. 1.) They take at a minimum 30-45 minutes to fully charge. At best. Is that a long time, well, when you're used to 2-5 minute fill up times, yes. It's a long ass time. If you run out of energy on the side of the road, a tow truck or an electric generator is the only thing that can help you now. 2.) They cost more than comparable ICE Cars. They use less parts, but the parts are more expensive. They also know that people who want an EV will pay through the nose for it. At least that was the thought. They saw Teslas and thought - Boy, I bet we could crank out a piece of shit EV and it would sell like hot cakes... Except, The reason why Teslas were so coveted, is Elon made an expensive car, that was fun. It seemed futuristic, and it didn't feel like he was shitting them out as the lowest bidder. And the ones that he was shitting out, those were priced similar to a midsize sedan and STILL went faster and further than the Big 3's EVs. paying an extra 20k for a car, just doesn't work. 3.) They don't have as many options as ICE cars. They are so worried about making a car that goes as far as an ICE car, that they cut out all the bells and whistles because it reduces range. 4.) They are heavier, and thus cannot pull as much as an ICE vehicle. And lose charge when under load (not much different than a big engine using more gas, but the difference is, the ICE F150 has a towing capacity of 8,200lbs - 13,500lbs. vs the Lightning of 7,000 -10,000lbs.) 3,500 lbs is significant. especially if you're buying the truck to tow. 5.) They have a maximum range that is less than a current ICE vehicle, and the re-fill structure isn't nearly as well developed as ICE vehicles. And they haven't cracked the code on fast refill. 6.) EVs are a direct competitor to most of the secondary market for the auto industry. - The companies that make the parts (replacement and otherwise) for the cars are suddenly not going to have as many parts, meaning hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs are gone. Your car doesn't need an exhaust, anything in the engine block, it needs 4 identical motors, (well maybe 2 sets of 2), you need chassis and suspension, you need, electrical, a heater, an AC, a wiper system. But the big ticket items of a transmission and engine are gone. replaced with a battery pack and wiring harness. 7.) Range anxiety is a stupid but real thing. Oh no, my car only gets 200 miles to the charge. The average rural driver drives around 40 miles per day. Do some drive more than that? yes. But we're talking averages. That is from home, to work, and all side trips, 40 miles. In the harsh winter that means you're probably needing to charge due to the 39% drop in efficiency (ICE vehicles tend to use 15-24% more gas on cold days). But it's still WELL within the range that most people drive per day. but because it's not 500+ miles, we all freak the out. 8.) The Oil and gas industry is literally a MAJOR part of the american economy. It is one of the largest employers in the US, and you won't find most of its workers switching to EVs anytime soon. That's like watching someone from GM drive a Toyota. Here's what Tesla did to make themselves successful. 1.) They pulled an APPLE. They made something fun, that just seemed to work. 2.) They were a vertical monopoly. They build all the components themselves. ALL of the software/hardware was developed by Tesla, all of the batteries were built by Tesla. That's HUGE difference in how the software worked. It's why most other makers touchscreens and media centers feel like total dogshit. Because every component was made by a different manufacturer. And all told to "Just work together". Instead of building a single unified software/hardware package. They had tons of individual lines doing a segment, then slapped them into a different hardware package. And it feels clunky and unintuitive. Because they KNEW we'd buy it no matter what. afterall, almost no one chooses a car based on the media center. So why spend the money on it, just make it mostly functional. The problem is, most of the parts to these cars are the same way. They work, and they mostly work together, but they don't feel made for the vehicle they are going in. instead they feel like they are just sourced from a big bin of "generic parts" and made to fit. It's really just a slap in the face of anyone who wants to be in one. They are actively made them underpowered. You know what sold 50% of the people on a tesla. Insanity mode. The ability to go from 0-60 in about 3 seconds. That sold more Teslas than ANY OTHER THING. The next biggest thing was "He released an update over the air, increasing range , no need to take it in, it just updates wirelessly." It was cool, dangerous as fuck and not a great idea to allow a car to be "always tied to the manufacturer" but cool. It is hard to sell "We purposefully made your life harder, to help you". Hybrids are a good route for them to take. it allows them to figure out the fucking battery problems, it gets everyone used to the angel halo sounds, and excitement at getting more than 20mpg while still driving a big ass SUV. and they can charge "a bit" more. Not waaay more, but a bit more. Politics of the current admin wanting to gobble Oil Exec's giblets while handing their asses to OPEC. All while basically cutting out ANY price incentives AND adding tariffs to all foreign cars and any EVs and EV parts. It makes sense that for the next 3 years or so Ford, and GM are going to say "We can't survive a lack of demand" And instead of learning the "lesson we keep trying to teach you old man" they are going to just stop, and switch only to hybrids. Which is still a step, but a 1/2 step at best. But you know what... maybe this will give them the chance to figure out how to make a decent car.

East_Jacket_7151

I know yall are much more savvy, but I’m doing just fine with my mutual funds. I moved a lot to SMCWX, pretty happy so far. When the market falls, it doesn’t fall as hard as the large caps. Instead of Nvidia, the top find is doing AC work in data centers. I thing American focused funds are going to underperform in the next few years.

PizzaDominotrix

Adding my anecdotal information to this: I've gone through four 2nd gen Priuses. Still have 3, one was wiped out by a drunk driver. (I walked away with no injuries.) One at ~175k, one at ~220k, and one at 320k miles. 100k of that 320k has been purely beating on it doing food delivery. These were all heavily used <$5,000 cars. All still averaging ~45mpg today, with the worst being in the upper 30's in 0 degree weather like this, with lots of idle time and the heat maxed out, and the best still landing in the upper 50's in the summer, driving with a heavy foot trying to make money. All still on the original drive train and hybrid batteries. All still in "good" health according to the Dr. Prius app, and look good using Torque to monitor the voltage deltas across the battery packs. They need oil changes and fluids of course, brake pads like once every ~150k miles, wheel bearings similarly around like every 100k miles, and I've gone through some tie rods. A lot of work is surprisingly easy to DIY. Even replacing the capacitor on the combo meter (speedometer) in one -- a failure point on this car worth ~$1,000 to fix at a shop -- was relatively simple to do and I did it in a weekend as a leisurely shade tree mechanic with basic tools. They're not literally flawless, but they're incredibly solid and have saved me a ton of money not just in gas, but in repairs and the time spent on them. The fact that they just fire up and go, every day, and do what I expect them to do. I've known people who have had to resort to living in these, and the extra capacity for heat/AC, or just electricity was a total game changer. I'll be sticking to gen 2 Priuses until I literally cant anymore, and I don't foresee owning another ICE vehicle again.

Southern-Garbage6226

It's going to be big. It's already how trains and cranes are powered. The loiter time on these 100k, mobile, foreman offices is going to sell them. AC for days.

ETFBro4DaWinz

Data centres were outsourced by big tech because there's no money in them. Even if the own the building WTF are you gonna do with huge, windowless building that has an insanely expensive AC system?

R12Labs

I just want a $15k to $20k off the lot bare bones truck with a radio, heat, AC, and hand crank windows. I don't want a $100k truck that needs 10k of repairs every year.

Ok_Environment_3618

$CVNA will replace $SMCI $DELL to use cars as the new datacentre instead of liquid systems. This is how it works: First, chips will be added in stacks using gear rods and then turn on AC to cool the system. Also, you can power on the chips using car batteries. This is a new prototype which will be released soon by carrvana. Everyone stack up before inevitable pump 🤑

ThatFreakImHim

Add some mini splits for your AC needs. Radiant heat is much more comfortable in the winter/not drafty and maintains a steadier temperature. Don't know the utility prices near you, but wouldn't use them to heat.

BrandNewBiz

that 7% return assumption is pretty conservative honestly.. especially if your friend is already up 50% this year. But the real question is - does he want to be a landlord or an investor? Those are two totally different games. The fire/water risk thing is real. I've seen properties in Colorado get absolutely hammered by wildfire insurance hikes. One place i looked at went from $3k to $12k annual premium in two years. And if he's in California? Forget about it. Some carriers just straight up won't write policies anymore. Plus vacation rentals can be a pain when something breaks at 11pm on a Saturday and guests are freaking out about the AC not working.

Big_Development1867

Only reason to go to AC right now. It kinda helps the social anxiety.

theSherlockView

You can see [here](https://x.com/joshcrumb/status/1998173818981097644?s=46&t=AC5YvqCpT0W7R6Xux2UenQ)

jawstrock

Depends how long it all takes I think, I doubt anything could be done with CNN fast enough to influence viewers. If they get rid of people like AC the viewership goes to 0.

fbiorsherifflol

it was post covid, but doesn't matter, I'm not the one retard bag holding an asset that at best goes up 5% a year (enjoy fixing that AC unit bud) but you probably forgot you're paying 100% of the asset in interest over the length of your contract? you probably didn't even know that when you signed the dotted line lmao

DolanTheCaptan

I have a hard time seeing how PSUs are going to be jacked up much. Their core function is to take 230V AC (if you live in a civilized country), filter out noise, and turn it into a variety of voltages up to 12V in a filtered state, all while handling load changes. That is a much less complicated and very different job from processing. It'd take a spike in material prices or by some weird alignment of stars for capacitors to start becoming very expensive for PSUs to change in price.

Canadian_Border_Czar

Personally I just buy a big spotlight at shine it on my ISPs headquarters, then flicker in binary.  The real problem is that my spotlight runs on AC, and it's not the 802.11 kind.

kingdongalong1

I do work in the industry yes. I work for a major equipment manufacturer selling to data centers. I'm not talking about DX CRACS. I'm talking about AC Chillers. WC builds while more efficient are limited in my experience primarily because of water usage concerns built into lease agreements

Groovey_Dude

Well some people state that AC stations by like any other company have more “variety” than the iHeartMedia ones such as either having more currents/90s/2000s stuff and less 80s or simply more 90s/2000s stuff with less 80s but around the same amount of current titles. Others believe AC doesn’t even have variety anymore due to big companies except on locally owned stations and they might even believe AC should go back to soft rock re add 70s music and even add softer new titles too mixed in with let’s say Taylor Swift and Maroon 5.

Lost_Percentage_5663

Paradigm shifted. AC can't defeat nowadays GTA or Elden Ring stuffs. All they have are dead IPs.

Upstairs_Whole_580

It was 100% about the performance for me. The tenants was never a problem. I was maybe lucky. I know I was priced a bit below the market, but I always had a waiting list. I COULD have hired a management company... and was considering doing that. I had one that was willing to manage all the properties for 3.5% of net income... which wouldn't have been bad. One wanted 7% and they had better reviews so I was kinda debating that at the time. So I could have stopped dealing with the maintenance and all that. I did cry myself to sleep for about a month when I had to put new AC units in one apartment complex. A 40 unit building. 3 identical 40 unit properties, in 2020, 750K for a new AC unit for one of them. Now they were all the same age and the other two were fine(they'd had some repairs, but still). But, I wasn't outsourcing that yet so it was just non-stop. My Dad, now 70 spent \~15 years working basically a full-time job... he basically got a work vehicle and free tools out of it and never expected more. So I was in an enviable situation there. Even when I sold it, despite all the time he'd put into it, the sweat equity and even co-signing for me when I was younger, 7 figure loans. He asked for nothing in return. Best day of my life was when the 15 acres around his house, the hole reason he bought the house he bought, there were 15 acres, a tower and then farms on either side and a nature preserve behind it. That went up for sale and they were going turn it into a sub division(most likely). I'd put 15% into an account for him and my Mom and invested in nearly all the same equities I did. NVDA, AMZN, META, GOOGL, MSFT, AVGO and then bonds. That was in late '21/early '22. The owners came to him first and he said he didn't want to buy... and I was able to buy it for him. He was never going to take the money and his entire sentiment at this point is to make sure he leaves enough money for his kids. So I told him take it, build a house and it'll be worth 3X what he spend in 30 years. That was the best thing that came out of all of this. And... he didn't even sell any of those stocks, he just felt more confident in taking money out of his Roth and he's building a beautiful house and my Sister is moving in the house they were living in. 2 houses on about 20 acres 15 minutes outside of the City. It's a pretty cool little set up. Anyway... sorry, that was way off topic.

Key-Courage3634

Finally, I’m seeing a relevant comment. I don’t understand where all this hate for Ubisoft comes from (yes, they’re not doing too well at the moment, the management needs to change), but I don’t think Tencent invested those €1.16 billion randomly. If I’m not mistaken, Far Cry 7 is in development, as well as AC Hexe and AC Jade. They need to cut some of their fixed costs (they have way too many employees) and increase the quality of their games in order to recover (oh, and yes, without media scandals). As for me, I’ve started accumulating; I bought at the price of €6.5. I’m sure they have a budget planned for several years, and even if a bear market or a crisis comes, they will still release what they planned.

grailly

Good luck trying to have a decent conversation about Ubisoft on Reddit. You'll just get a bunch of dumb gamers thinking they're smart by repeating some flavour of "Ubisoft bad". Truth is, they don't even know what Ubisoft puts out other than Assassin's Creed and imagined a world where Shadows was bad and a flop. Anyway, as others have said, it's a risky investment. They are huge (slow) and desperately need a turn around as they are losing money every quarter. They did initiate the turn-around however and the latest quarter, while not great, was at least encouraging. Anno just came out and seems like it did decently. There are a bunch of projects coming up that might have some impact. The Avatar DLC is coming out alongside the movie, which might be a good opportunity for the game. Hyped up cross-media tends to boost games quite a bit. Ubisoft also has a bunch of other TV series coming. Star Wars seems to have done decently on Switch 2, Assassin's Creed Shadows might do decently too. A whole bunch of remakes are also coming, Prince of Persia and (rumored) AC4 and Splinter Cell. Those might do well. It seems like a turning point to me. If you believe they can pull off straightening the ship, now's the time to buy. In you think they cannot, there's still a chance a making money off of a buyout. I like my chances, honestly. I personally think Ubisoft's biggest issues are optics, people have convinced themselves that Ubisoft only makes bad games. It's not as bad a hole to dig themselves out of as actually making bad games. TV series might be a good step for this (worked wonders for Fallout). I'm also looking forward to the new Heroes game. The demo was pretty good. It's not exaclty a Ubisoft game, but it might strengthen their IP.

CG_throwback

Not only about performance. I don’t like the headache. Replacing an AC system. Leaky pipes. Finding new tenants. Just a huge no thank you.

MHWGamer

ubisoft is trash and everyone is hating it. GenZ brainwashed gamers play f2p games and couldn't give a shit about new "ubisoft" titles as they literally don't know any banger game that is from ubisoft. The management with Yves stays the same, the employee count is insane and there have nothing in their pipeline to convince anyone that they are not trash. Ubisoft will get bought by china or suadi arabia... doesn't change that for the next 5-10 years, they literally can't change the direction they are heading (aka right into the trash bin). Even AC doesn't farm on the mindless gamers anymore

silverfutes

Imagine being Pharaoh, literally god on earth, sweating his nuts off cause he didn’t have AC. I can’t even get a second date when they find out my truck AC is out.

Negative_Win_5117

CNCK up 140% today. Can’t find any news other than an SEC filing from 11/28 referring to this slide deck. Im gonna make a small gamble on this one tomorrow. https://archive.fast-edgar.com/20251128/AC2XK22CK222K2Z2222T22YZO5LNZ292B272/a202511coincheckinvestor.htm

Rebar4Life

AC said 10%.

Canadian_Border_Czar

Still need a realtor to really sell that "nice cross breeze" aka no AC you peasant.

TenderfootGungi

I have talked to family and friends that are retired. Some are OK living on SS alone. One owned a modest home outright. They had less than $100k in savings at retirement and is doing OK because they only use it for emergencies (e.g. AC broke) and keep it invested. Another is doing OK with no savings, but had to move into a small income adjusted apartment. They pay like $500 a month rent and their kids live nearby. But I also know several that are struggling. One owns a house, but it is not in good shape and they cannot afford to fix it. They borrow money from my parents to get groceries towards the end of the month (they always pay back). And had to have someone gift them a car. To attend a family event, like a birthday, the family has to send them the money for gas. And that is with people giving them stuff constantly (an old coworker has a standing Walmart food delivery). My favorite is the one that found a house with a "mother in law" apartment built in. They technically live in the same house but have separate entrances. But yes, that is exactly what you described.

BackgroundUnusual428

Do you hear yourself? I guess AC isn’t in their vocabulary. 🤡 

monumentValley1994

>Tickets for everything, not just movies. I still have my $12.50 AC/DC ticket from 1983. And sadly ppl have considered that as normal, which sucks.

SoulStripHer

Tickets for everything, not just movies. I still have my $12.50 AC/DC ticket from 1983. Entertainment is a disgustingly overpaid industry.

thejumpingsheep2

Yes if your electricity is cheap then this is all moot. In CA, we are billed about $0.35/kwh on average I would say. More during peak hours which are critical times of the day, and less in super off peak which is from midnight to 6am. Its a total rip off over here with peak hours costing around $0.50. This is why we want batteries. A lot has happened since my post above. Enphase never did figure it out. They just kept making the same product with very minor upgrades. Their battery system is still the worst money can buy. SEDG is making a comeback despite their lousy track record with inverters failing. They had lost tons of market share but are not getting it back because the only other competitor is SMA who bought TIGO to have their own optimizer. ENPH remains popular with installers because its easy to install but you can see the tide shifting back to SEDG. ENPH dropped the ball big time. They did stop advertising their battery system as "AC coupled" and are telling the truth that they are plain DC batteries. Instead they are now advertising them as "safe low voltage" batteries which is still BS.

cashflow_

I have no clue. its like 65-75 here year round. Also don’t use AC

Thisispaartaaa

Assassins creed odyssey is a fucking awesome game....Valhalla is pretty dope too....Valhalla was the first AC game I ever played, loved it so much, I bought the older odyssey...it was even better than Valhalla!

ChaseballBat

It's a townhome, 2k sf with AC and huge garage, either way not buying isn't a good sign when they were selling fine 5 months ago

ChaseballBat

My home has been on the market for 75 days, ~13% price drop from the price I bought it at in 2022. 830k to 699k. Started listing at 740. Also every single time I do a price drop redfin redoes their value to be like 4k lower so it looks over valued... Not to mention the other identical houses are valued at like 760k. And multiple sold between 760-775k less than a year ago without AC (mine has it). Not a single, not one, low ball offer. Nothing. It's a townhome so it's a slightly different/worse market than single fam, but still... It gets tons of compliments but people who want it aren't putting offers out. Getting under 700k definitely produced a ton more showings but ugh. Literally negative equity AND closing cost blows dick as a millennial... Got about 4 more months till the GBC kicks in... Shit is rough out here.

Pretty_Ad_7885

He made AC power and fucked a pigeon

Adept-Grapefruit-753

I'm well-aware why I'm being downvoted and don't really care, I'm not interested in Reddit for the karma. I understand that my frugality reaches to an extreme level which is not sustainable for most people in the US that allowed me to reach homeownership a lot sooner than most. And you're not completely wrong about my attitude, although I'll modify it for you; my attitude is that most people in their twenties could afford a house if they cut down on consumption. Lattes and avocado toasts? Sure. But also they can choose to cut many other things that could make a significant difference – vacations for one, while saving for a down payment. Eating out: one commenter mentioned that this could add up to 5k a year for just the weekends. Cars: my city is not considered particularly walkable by the majority and everyone insists on having a car, but it is not as necessary as claimed. The list goes on and on and one does not have to cut all of them to afford a home within, say, 8 years of saving, *especially* if it's a two person household, but an average person cannot maintain every luxury they have while also complaining about the unaffordability of homes.  What I see in my everyday life is that my peers insist on maintaining every convenience while also desiring a home. Life is about compromises and they are not making any.  I don't see any problem with having a car, eating out, using AC, avocado toasts and coffee, having children, or taking vacations – that's perfectly fine if those are one's priorities. Everyone is free to spend their money as they please. The problem is the fact that people complain about renting forever if they're unwilling to forgo one or two or three of them. It seems that the main barrier to homeownership is the down payment as usually the monthly payment of renting vs owning are approximately the same (plus or minus a few hundred dollars depending on location). Saving for a down payment is a temporary endeavor, and people are not saving even temporarily, and I'm sick of those who feel entitled to every luxury possible at all times in their adult life.