Chilko

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by Chilko 2y ago
Yeah when it comes to these discussions, I think most people are unaware just how much the cost of solar & BESS (at the large scale) has fallen in the past couple years.
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by Chilko 2y ago
I love how your response conveniently ignores any mention of energy storage technologies, several types of which are having rapid technological advancement.
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by Chilko 2y ago
All while using far more energy than a normal google search
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by Chilko 2y ago
Yep I second this, I usually find out that I've been invited to an event when someone makes a post in the event, and often not from the event invite itself.
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by Chilko 2y ago
Oh interesting, I got directed to Pixel Watch
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by Chilko 2y ago
I would say it's more that BYD is a battery company that started making cars. They (alongside CATL and arguably Tesla) are the world leaders in battery cells, specifically LFP, so they have strong advantage in the core underlying tech
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by Chilko 2y ago
Yep, I have a manual diesel 4WD and have taught several people to drive it in a pinch when needed. It's very forgiving as I can just tell them "Put your foot on the clutch, shift into first, and slowly take your foot off the clutc
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by Chilko 2y ago
YMMV, but during my time studying the course coordinators of the first year CS courses had to put out a notice to the male students that the female students (greatly outnumbered) were there to learn and didn't want to be hit on during
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by Chilko 2y ago
I totally agree. At the previous company I worked for, we decided to sponsor a 3-year scholarship (paid directly to the student, not just covering fees) at a local uni that targeted high-school leavers from demographics that were underrepre
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by Chilko 2y ago
> This is a weird hill to die on for a billionaire But that's the thing, it's not a hill to die on for him. This is simply 'anti-woke' virtue signalling intended to show his alignment with the growing right-wing senti
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by Chilko 2y ago
I have no expertise in this area, but my assumption is that this could help for a broader sort of object/world permanence for robots - e.g. if something is no longer visible to the robot's sensors (e.g. behind an obstacle, smoke,
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by Chilko 2y ago
It's not - in New Zealand 35% of GHG emissions are from cattle, with over 53% from agriculture in general. Source: https://environment.govt.nz/publications/new-zealands-greenh...
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by Chilko 2y ago
How can you be sure that any voter wasn't bribed?
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by Chilko 2y ago
I assumed this was a general note regarding browser settings. I used the 'Immersive Reader' mode in Edge and set that to a dark mode.
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by Chilko 2y ago
> Plex doesn’t enable you to distribute content beyond your household I believe that's incorrect. See Plex Pass, and Plex shares are a common form of sharing pirated content.
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by Chilko 2y ago
Note he's a permanent resident, which is a lot closer to citizen than most other resident class visas in NZ and forbids one from being spied on like the NZ government did.
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by Chilko 2y ago
Capacity factor of solar is generally ~20%
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by Chilko 2y ago
> And then, when you start from that, the only aesthetically consistent choice for textures is to stick to retro-style low resolution. photo-realistic high-res textures don't feel entirely right. Not to mention that once you could a
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by Chilko 2y ago
Even the app doesn't support cycling directions in many cities, such as the capital of New Zealand.
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by Chilko 2y ago
Anecdata seems quite valid for LLM comparison when trying to evaluate 'usefullness' for users. The lmsys chat leaderboard is literally just mass anecdata.
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by Chilko 2y ago
I had a Panasonic (GX85) and have since switched to Fujifilm, but I found the menu system UI and phone/app integration on the Panasonic a lot better and more usable than many other cameras I've tried (including Sony's and Fuj
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by Chilko 2y ago
> Traffic circles really need a critical mass of drivers that know how to use them academically before they get installed all over town. This is why proper driver's licensing & training is so important - in my city & country
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by Chilko 2y ago
> by mostly being cash-flow positive/profitable. The trade off is slower, but sustainable growth. As someone that is outside of the tech industry, the fact that this is seen as an abnormal approach seems quite ridiculous.
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by Chilko 2y ago
On the linked page they mention that manual WB is on the roadmap.
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by Chilko 2y ago
If you click on "Get to Know the Daylight Computer" section it has some videos.
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by Chilko 2y ago
> just a throwaway product to grab a small percentage of entry level laptop consumers Yeah I don't think this take is accurate, my employer (state-owned, largest utility in my country) issues Surface laptops to many employees so I t
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by Chilko 2y ago
Note the final points of their reasoning: > Q: If I make a derivative work based on your project (e.g. use your library), would I need to also include your terms of use in my own project? > A: No, you don't have to do that. But I
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by Chilko 2y ago
Would you consider zoom call with someone on the other side of an ocean "realtime"? If so, I don't see how this is any different. If not, that's a pretty narrow definition of realtime given the context.
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by Chilko 2y ago
> The way I see it, they pushed the menus out of the screen and up into their own dedicated little area. We get more room for content. Exactly - laughed at first but it quickly made sense if they are prioritizing decent webcam quality. B
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by Chilko 2y ago
Thanks for sharing this, I'm a long time HH and Common Sense listener but had no clue about this Addendum podcast

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