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Toyota bets big on hybrid-only models as EV demand slows(reuters.com)
38 points by alephnerd 2y ago|104 comments
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Subsidize, tax – or both? States split over EV policy(politico.com)
1 points by alephnerd 2y ago|0 comments
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by alephnerd 2y ago
> facilitate the transfer of personal data. I take it you oppose the EU-US Data Privacy Framework then?
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by alephnerd 2y ago
> Then they should just not mention data collection at all if there is no agreement on This treaty is supposed to supersede the Budapest Convention. The Budapest Convention is explicitly in favor of data privacy (a number of it's da
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by alephnerd 2y ago
> None of what you wrote here is an argument for mandating data collection Data Collection was one of the primary reason why Russia, China, India, Singapore, and other nations did not become parties to the Budapest Convention (the precur
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by alephnerd 2y ago
> but the tone comes off as so defeatist Because it is. The existing status quo over cyberwarfare is untenable, and runs the very real risk of causing chaos if we don't tamp down on the usage of third parties for plausible deniabili
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by alephnerd 2y ago
> Looks like, unsurprisingly, the resolution is more about mandating censorship than it is about curbing actual crime That is a fairly bad take tbh. I mentioned this in my previous comment about this treaty, and the primary driver is the
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by alephnerd 2y ago
UAE and Saudi Arabia are in the midst of a massive space race right now due to increased rivalries between the UAE and Saudi Arabia after the KSA pulled out of Yemen [1]. A lot of funding is being placed into public and private sector space
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by alephnerd 2y ago
> While you're off on Java I think OP referenced Java because it was the hot language of the 90s/early 2000s that people would harp on about studying. Sort of like how people nowadays go to bootcamps to study JavaScript and Pyt
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by alephnerd 2y ago
> how normal people speak Normal people don't use the N-word in 2024. Also, being neurodivergent isn't a "get out of jail free" card. Plenty of neurodivergent people know or at least try to not be a jerk. Edit: I&#x27
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by alephnerd 2y ago
> Those that survive often go to B school, get their MBAs and come back as associates If you're already an analyst and not (completely) burned out by 70-90 hour weeks you are becoming an associate within 2-3 years. You use the MBA t
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by alephnerd 2y ago
> 2. Quine, Willard van Orman (213) It's easy to become number 2 when you reference yourself /s (For reference, a Quine is a type of computer program that takes no input and only reproduces it's source code, so basically s
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by alephnerd 2y ago
They don't support NVLink and are lower powered forks. They have some use in the Commercial HPC, ML, and Crypto space but not so much in heavy duty HPC applications like Simulations (which are the primary driver for the sanctions regim
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by alephnerd 2y ago
> even Apple seem to think of the SE as "low cost" option Becuase it is an entry level model in developing countries. Think of it like what a Tesla Model 3 is for EVs - it's in this weird middle ground between "luxury
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by alephnerd 2y ago
The A18 chip is most likely going to be used in the Apple SE 4. From a resource optimization perspective, their local model will mostly be offloaded onto the A18.
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by alephnerd 2y ago
> not text-to-speech or speech-to-text since I don't consider those to be generative AI Plenty of TTS, STT, Autocorrect, etc applications are now leveraging LLMs like LLAMA. Functionally, GenAI is just a reskin around "NLP&quot
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by alephnerd 2y ago
> but in a different world, they could. The issue is margins. That is an additional SKU to manage, and Apple is extremely ruthless in minimizing redundant components, as this was a major reason Apple had horrid margin in the 1990s. All m
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by alephnerd 2y ago
It's a local model. Just don't use like I presume you don't use Siri. Long term it will be a subscription model for certain features so it's opt-in.
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by alephnerd 2y ago
> the battery packs of Chinese EVs seem to be exchanged at charging stations. Nio (a Shanghai firm) is the primary battery swap EV car brand, but by market share (BYD and Tesla) most EV cars in China don't support battery swapping.
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by alephnerd 2y ago
Most people don't, but the perception of distances are different in the US versus China. The average round trip commute in the US is 42 miles [0] versus 11 miles in China [1]. This means the average American needs to charge almost 4x m
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by alephnerd 2y ago
> There is no federalism in China Yes there de facto is, especially due to the post-Mao reforms. If you want to dig into how Chinese federalism works, I'd recommend these sources [0][1] [0] - https://cjil.uchicago.edu&#x2
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by alephnerd 2y ago
Shanghai's government has a significant stake in a number of EV companies as well - SAIC is owned by Shanghai's government. The support by local governments is a major factor for the EV boom (along with other booms like renewables
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by alephnerd 2y ago
Sprawl is the major difference and a major reason behind range anxiety. Chinese cities are very very dense, and very new due to urban redevelopment projects in the 2000s-2021. For example, the urban core of Shanghai is around 20 miles end-t
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by alephnerd 2y ago
My recommendation for reading these kinds of documents is to skip the preamble, the general provisions, the implementation mechanisms, and the final provisions - these are boilerplate required for legalese. The main meat is the bulleted sec
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by alephnerd 2y ago
Rip my childhood of CN's flash games (I never solved thr scooby doo rpg with the underwater pyramid). I wonder if that flash Cyberchase RPG on PBS Kids is still online...
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by alephnerd 2y ago
IMO it is good that norms around offensive security are being formulated at the nation state level, especially because major nations like China, Russia, Iran, NK, SK, India, Pakistan, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia a
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High probability of successive occurrence of Nankai megathrust earthquakes(2023)(nature.com)
1 points by alephnerd 2y ago|0 comments
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by alephnerd 2y ago
Employers are overly protective if charges have not been filed and litigated due to the reputational impact it might have. It can also potentially mean the employer is liable as well for not protecting the victim - such as the case being li
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by alephnerd 2y ago
I agree that I broke HN rules, yet I've grown tired of the meta being used sparingly (not the fault of the mod team per say, but more so a reflection of how much HN usership has grown over the past 3-4 years). This connects with a poin
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by alephnerd 2y ago
Law Enforcement does not proactively disclose this kind of information to employers. Stuff like this only comes up in background checks.

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