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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
I’m not sure how the Romanian court and the EU leaders who pressured the country into this situation expect this to sit with everyday people. You can’t claim to be a democracy by cancelling elections and banning candidates or parties. Espec
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
What makes this different or better from something like the osprey?
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
I am not calling anyone out - just pointing out this rule exists. I am pretty confused about this rule for what it’s worth. I feel like a lot of content I see on HN is political or ideological at a basic level - like articles about Trump or
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
The reason they are flagged is precisely because there isn’t much hope for discourse, not the other way around. Also, I think per the guidelines, these types of discussions are also not welcome: > Please don't use Hacker News for po
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
I wish windows would support it smoothly in explorer too. It’s just a different format right? Basically a one second video?
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
Unsurprising given articles about what was actually happening there. Europe doesn’t have any reason why battery manufacturing would be better there. It just wasn’t thought through properly. Maybe with more protectionism it could survive. Bu
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
Looks Like the answer is “yes”, at least based on precedent. From the article: > Eugene Volokh, professor of law emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles, explains that the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 provides fo
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
AI spam that is mostly the result of asking an LLM a basic question and getting uninteresting, obvious answers.
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
Is it better to have VR in solitary prison than to be in regular prison without the same entertainment and with the risk of harm?
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
Media sensationalism is everywhere. But I’ve become especially distrustful of these rankings and labels from random think tanks or nonprofits. A good example is the one the other day from “civicus that claimed civic freedoms were disappeari
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
I am pretty shocked at that Romanian court ruling though. It seems like the entire questioning of the election outcomes was motivated by EU leadership not liking the result of democracy. The decision to not stop at redoing the election but
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
There has been a long history of illegal fishing in other countries’ territorial waters by Chinese fleets. I think the general public is also not familiar with the scale of some of these ships - they are basically floating factories that ca
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Contrasting a BYD Blade prismatic cell and Tesla 4680 cylindrical cell(cell.com)
3 points by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago|2 comments
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
This interesting study analyzes the similarities and differences between battery cells from BYD and Tesla. At a high level it describes the cells this way: > BYD uses a large prismatic cell format, while the Tesla 4680 cell is a large cy
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
One way to look at this is to look at the valuation of each company at the time of IPO, and see where it is now. Stock changed hands but you could think of growth relative to when the public could trade that stock. It’s not perfect - just a
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
> Models with 1000V support will be rolled out gradually in the coming months to the high-end models, allowing charging 300 km in 5 minutes
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BYD to launch 1000V platform with 5C charging in mid-March(carnewschina.com)
9 points by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago|1 comments
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
Do companies like Canon manufacture these motors or actuators themselves? Or is there some other company that specializes in this sort of thing?
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
It would have been rational for Europe to spend money on SpaceX. Ariane 6 is 50% pricier per launch. It is not just late to the party but wildly uncompetitive. I don’t think anyone was demanding that Europe “give their money to Elon”, but i
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
It isn’t. But is the US spending $200B on Russia? In fact Europe is propping up Russia more by purchasing oil and gas from them.
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
What is trust to you? It looks a lot like Europe is getting upset that American taxpayers do not want to waste money on a conflict that is going nowhere, that is not America’s concern.
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
Apparently unreliable partner just means “not being taken advantage of”. If stopping a waste of American taxpayer money results in this reaction, it’s clear the countries looking to decouple were never really partners of the US.
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
Yep it isn’t principled at all. This is just making clear that Canadians and Europeans are willing to openly support a communist dictatorship. I guess that sort of aligns with the trend in these countries away from Democratic values like fr
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
Washington Monument Syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Monument_syndrome
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
This is for blood pressure caused by primary aldosteronism, or salt buildup. The key points: > Doctors have developed a technique to burn away nodules that lead to a large amount of salt building up in the body, which increases the risk
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
Turning to a country that doesn’t support freedom of speech or press, that has already annexed and oppressed huge areas, that has killed millions of its own, is an absolutely terrible idea. The US is still a far better partner in every way,
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
A temporary recession would be great news for managing the national debt (helps bond market).
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
Nothing has changed about civic freedoms in the US with the new administration. If you read the article, their reasons are a bunch of things that have NOTHING to do with civic freedoms. It cites reducing the size of the federal workforce fo
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Mark Carney wins race to replace Trudeau as Canada's prime minister(reuters.com)
7 points by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago|1 comments
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
Rapid decline? Relative to whom? Virtually all other countries have far less respect for free speech.

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