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by conradev 1y ago
They assemble them in the US, but they import the cells from China. Panasonic does make Lithium-ion cells in the Gigafactory, but only ones with Nickel chemistry. Tesla does not make its own cells, but they've collaborated closely with
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by conradev 1y ago
A good engineer can vibe good engineering plans! Just like Eisenhower's famous "plans are useless, planning is indispensable" quote. The muscle you build is creating new plans, not memorizing them.
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by conradev 1y ago
> now That boundary was broken in 2015, about a decade ago: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3301691/New-...
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by conradev 1y ago
Can you do it with magnets?
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by conradev 1y ago
The permissions issues are real. It still isn't possible to package Tailscale or anything that creates a virtual interface as a Flatpak because there is no permission for that. macOS has an API to ask for permissions to add an interfac
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by conradev 1y ago
The step before to reduce the silicon dioxide requires carbon, which is where the fossil fuels come in. Same thing with steel – both are critical input materials and can be made without fossil fuels, but they aren’t today. Maybe a carbon
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by conradev 1y ago
> I really hate these conspiracies. Like come on. The Washington Post: In a statement, WikiLeaks indicated that the initial stockpile it put online was part of a broader collection of nearly 9,000 files that would be posted over time
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by conradev 1y ago
The initial funding for Tor came from the Navy (where it was created) and the State Department (where it was helpful for Arab spring) Association with the CIA or In-Q-Tel is not necessarily a bad thing. They have unique requirements for ope
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by conradev 1y ago
There is also Xona ( https://spacenews.com/u-s-air-force-to-explore-xona-spaces-c... ), a privately funded LEO constellation for PNT
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by conradev 1y ago
Brian Acton put $100m into Signal and I thought that was the reason that they don’t need funding
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by conradev 1y ago
I don’t think “convenient” is fair. Are solar panels convenient? All polysilicon today is made with fossil fuels, and the R&D to make it with renewable energy is still in-progress. Not to mention that we ship them across the ocean with
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by conradev 1y ago
Both can be true! IOUs like Dominion and especially the ones in California are corrupt. They do want to discourage rooftop solar and NEM 3.0 is a battle between the solar industry and IOUs. But the economics still stand, and your loca
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by conradev 1y ago
> It only offsets their use This is exactly the problem. During the day when solar energy is plentiful, the homes don’t use energy – great! But at night, they do, and it costs the power company a lot more money to serve this power at nig
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by conradev 1y ago
Oh, huh! I guess they’re not. For some reason I thought they were. Maybe because their site is orange and they’re venture-backed :P (sibling comment got killed for no good reason – definitely talk to a real person with experience with any s
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by conradev 1y ago
They do start a lot of tech companies specifically: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_8200#Companies_founded_by... The US only has voluntary military service, so the dynamics are different
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by conradev 1y ago
Utilities already have mandates to buy X% of their power from renewable sources. They primarily do this by building/buying utility scale renewables because that is more cost effective than paying homeowners retail rates for their elect
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by conradev 1y ago
The primary point I was trying to make in saying that "x is subsidizing y" is that it is literally unsustainable. All net metering has to (and will) end at some point along the curve from 0% to 100% rooftop solar adoption because
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by conradev 1y ago
I don't like a lot of the things you mentioned, but I do like some of them. I like that you have to be Live Scanned to be an EMT or work with children. You aren't forced to do those jobs and they do require a higher level of trust
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by conradev 1y ago
It's worth noting that while net metering is helpful for bootstrapping rooftop solar, ratepayers are essentially subsidizing solar arrays on the houses of (wealthier) homeowners. The utility company would normally pay wholesale rates f
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by conradev 1y ago
I studied this for a year fellowship, and there are lots of problems, but problems with permitting and interconnection are pretty unique in the US. NREL, NFPA, UL, and Tesla got together and developed SolarAPP ( https://gosolarapp
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by conradev 1y ago
It’s a serious problem for their lawyers, primarily: https://olimex.wordpress.com/2015/11/09/chinese-clones-attac... cheap Chinese clones of US IP is a broader problem that affects more than just STM
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by conradev 1y ago
Isn’t there some dynamic at play where STM will put one of these on a board, that board becomes a “standard” and then it’s cloned by other manufacturers, lowering cost? (legality aside) STM32H5 in 2023 (M33): https://newsroom.st.
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by conradev 1y ago
That’s a great place to look because they sell this: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/surface-pro-flex-keyboard/... Tempting!
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by conradev 1y ago
The foveated rendering didn’t look phenomenal for me the last time I tried. It gives the perception of a wide FOV but your peripheral vision is still blurry.
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by conradev 1y ago
This is my favorite portable keyboard: https://www.logitech.com/en-us/shop/p/keys-to-go2-universal.... Unless they have a way to lock open, foldable keyboards will always subtly bend which is annoying enough
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by conradev 1y ago
The big remaining issue in my mind is this one: https://github.com/fido-alliance/credential-exchange-feedbac... I am worried about providers blocking exports “because security”. That’s Apple’s favorite argument
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by conradev 1y ago
The DOE has been building supercomputers for a while now: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Ridge_Leadership_Computi...
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by conradev 1y ago
It requires two physical security keys. You can promote the hell out of it, but having to buy and set up security keys is going to stop most people.
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by conradev 1y ago
You're trusting a whole lot of trust in the first place. But I imagine that they did not do that. I can't sign into Apple Music on Android because it doesn't support security keys – small price to pay.
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by conradev 1y ago
Not if you have "Advanced Data Protection" turned on: https://support.apple.com/en-us/108756

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