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Democrats Are Pissed Another One of Their Own Has Died in Congress

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Almost anyone [with the funding] can run for office

FTFY. I'm not independently wealthy and can't afford to quit my job and campaign for office, even locally. Nor am I interested in selling myself out to corporate interests to get the funding I would need.

It's easy to be holier-than-thou behind a keyboard, though. Why don't you run for office?

Edit: lmao, the keyboard warrior seems to have blocked me

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10 years old laptop - is it time to retire?

8gb of ram shouldn't necessarily be an issue in and of itself, although it's on the low end these days. The memory is also old enough that it may just be failing.

Some searching suggests you could use something like Memtest86 to run diagnostics on the memory.

If it isn't a hardware issue, you might have luck trying a Linux distro on it. Linux generally runs better on older machines than windows, and some distros are specifically designed to be lightweight and consume as few resources as possible.

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Alec Rule

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He's mentioned in some videos that he lives in the Chicago area. It usually comes up when talking about electrical work in his home, since building code in Chicagoland generally requires all electrical runs in conduit.

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Looking for a cheap old n busted EV for a specific use. Suggestions?

(Assuming you are in the US since you used miles and $)

Availability, even of used vehicles, appears to be pretty limited in the sub-10k range.

It's important to note that EV range estimates in the US are often based on the EPA estimate for new vehicles, so the cells on older models will likely have degraded and thus the range will be lower than stated. Frequently charging above 80-90% and discharging below 10-20% are also bad for the longevity of the cells, so whatever you get should have enough cushion in the range to avoid that if possible.

I'd look at listings on craigslist and facebook marketplace. Aggregator sites like Car Gurus will also be useful here.