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The article is very, very light with details. The university or research center is not named. No scientist is named. No link. Nothing that tells "look, we're te
by BaudouinVH 3mo ago
The article is very, very light with details. The university or research center is not named. No scientist is named. No link. Nothing that tells "look, we're telling you real, solid, serious stuff."
Here is another article with that details : https://www.techspot.com/news/112051-japan-finds-way-recover-90-lithium-old-ev.html https://www.techspot.com/news/112051-japan-finds-way-recover...
- neuroelectron 3mo agoBeing able to quickly skim articles is definitely a skill that has paid in spades since the advent of AI slop.
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- cicko 3mo agoyou seem to have missed the domain on which the article is posted
- larodi 3mo ago[flagged]
- setopt 3mo agoI have no idea what you’re trying to say.
- fragmede 3mo agoDespite the fact that they consider the linked website slop, it is appearing on HN's frontpage.
- larodi 3mo agoBecause you not even trying supercarblondie.com Published article bout supposed breakthrough battery recovery with zero refs to actual sources as the other commenter noted. So likely the article is LLM reprint of something else or aggregation. Thus blondie slop. But even so it tops like crazy because … well because, in all fair evidence, HN folk seems to care zero about sources, or less so about authorship when is/gets excited about random shit, but in the same time cares badly whether sacred code in Linux kernel was AI written. Now downvote more.
- thebruce87m 3mo agoIs this human slop?
- ufocia 3mo agoStill slop. This article appears to conflate battery recycling with lithium recovery, two distinct steps to achieve high lithium reuse.
- mrob 3mo agoDoesn't read like slop to me. The only sentence that could be argued to conflate the two is: >A new law taking effect this year will require manufacturers and importers to collect and recycle small portable batteries from the likes of phones, vapes, and power tools. But "recycle" doesn't necessarily mean closed-loop recycling (recycling into the same products). Lithium recovery is a type of open-loop recycling and the surrounding paragraphs talk about lithium recovery so this is a reasonable interpretation.
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- andrewclunn 3mo agoThe "up to" seems to be doing a lot of work.
- thegrim33 3mo agoYup. Any time you see weasel words, especially this one, whether it's in advertisements, product descriptions, wherever, you can instantly dismiss the product/claim. It's such a quick and easy tell to notice.
- boutell 3mo agoThank you. Among other important points there: "That said, Japan isn't the only country pursuing lithium recovery. In the US, Redwood Materials – the recycling company founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel – says it's already recovering 95% of lithium from the equivalent of about 250,000 EVs per year." EV batteries are too large and valuable to wind up in landfills, although I'm sure it has happened somewhere. I do like that Japan is is making it harder to just throw out smaller lithium batteries. That strikes me as a more probable source of waste.
- pixl97 3mo agoI would add that EV batteries are too flammable to end up in landfills. A few small batteries from things like phones and laptops generally make it through the waste processing chain without rupturing and causing problems, but a large pile of them outside of containment starts becoming a certainty that one will break and set the whole lot on fire.
- catigula 3mo agoClassic >racism >racism, Japan Type scenario.