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811.
by crote 8mo ago
> Ethanol is produced from corn not for energy purposes, but for food security. No, it's done to subsidize (bribe) farmers. Food security is merely the excuse used to sell it to the non-farmer voters.
812.
by crote 8mo ago
> it could be much more economical for very long duration storage than using batteries Yes, but that's not the only option you have. With the absolutely awful efficiency of burning hydrogen you'd need to be building a massive
813.
by crote 8mo ago
The faster fill-up time of hydrogen was mostly a lie. It could fuel a single vehicle at that speed, but then the filling station would need a significant time to build up enough pressure for the next one. Turns out having to fill vehicles
814.
by crote 8mo ago
Lightweight rowing is pretty much dead, anyways. It was originally introduced to give countries with shorter people a chance to compete (as rowing depends a lot on height), but in practice it mainly resulted in promising candidates who di
815.
by crote 8mo ago
To an extent, yes. However, men's clothing is generally rather shapeless, whereas women's clothing is usually quite figure-fitting. Women also have a lot more variety in body shape: breasts are a thing, for starters, and there&#x2
816.
by crote 8mo ago
> have to start selling clothing “made to order” with only a limited quantity kept in the store for try-on purposes. This is already pretty much the case. The larger retailers have been very happy to push all "tricky" sizes t
817.
by crote 8mo ago
There's also a surprising lack of consistency item-to-item. More than once I have grabbed two of the same pants (same model, same size label, next to each other on the rack) and one would fit well while the other was way too large or
818.
by crote 9mo ago
The counterpoint of this is Linux distros trying to resolve all global dependencies into a one-size-fits-nothing solution - with every package having several dozen patches trying to make a brand-new application release work with a decade-ol
819.
by crote 9mo ago
Sure, it looks neat, but why would you ever want this? What happened to closing PRs like thise with a short and simple "This is unreadable. Split it into smaller self-contained commits, and write proper commit messages explaining what
820.
by crote 9mo ago
This isn't an inherently unsolvable problem. Peer-to-peer file sharing and video calls have been able to work around it for ages . The same approach could be used for cameras - see for example Home Assistant's remote access. Sure
821.
by crote 9mo ago
Only when the underlying product sucks. "Here's how the Torment Nexus is going to torment you - subscribe now!" is never going to be a popular message because it is actively making the world worse . People aren't being
822.
by crote 9mo ago
The Anthropic ads are heavily into the uncanny valley. The services they are demonstrating looks horrible - even before the ad. A soulless psychiatrist who'll give you generic cookie-cutter advice about deeply personal issues? Why
823.
by crote 9mo ago
Considering that Twitter doesn't show the original post for non-logged-in users, the screenshot on Threads actually provides a better reading experience for most people!
824.
by crote 9mo ago
The obvious answer is to use a Raspberry Pi as a GPS-disciplined NTP server, of course. Place it near the window or fully outside, depending on GPS signal strength. That gives you another weekend project, and you can reuse your DIY NTP wa
825.
by crote 9mo ago
If plain old overtaking results in "aggressive maneuvers", you should not be driving a car.
826.
by crote 9mo ago
I consider even "legitimate" ads scams. My products are more expensive (the marketing budget doesn't fall out of the sky, after all), and I am rewarded by being forced to view extremely annoying content in my day-to-day life?
827.
by crote 9mo ago
The obvious next move is to ban all sales of 3D printer parts. You got a license for that extruded aluminum profile?
828.
by crote 9mo ago
A big problem of the American two-party system is that you can't distinguish a vote against one party from a vote for the other party: Did all of that 49.8% vote for Trump, or was he the "lesser of two evil" for a lot o
829.
by crote 9mo ago
> Registration procedures should be more complex and strict, not simpler. If someone is irresponsible, disorganized, or illiterate enough to fail to fill the form on time, then why should we consider their vote meaningful? The US tried t
830.
by crote 9mo ago
Yeah, and those figures are horrible . In other Western countries the turnout is closer to 80%, with some even hitting over 90%. The fact that ~20% of the population either wants to vote but is unable to do so or is disillusioned about the
831.
by crote 9mo ago
That could be used to justify banning drones in general , or banning all drones which aren't radio controlled (not that those are being used domestically). And "it can be used for war" is a bit silly in a country where you c
832.
by crote 9mo ago
Prusa used to be king. Their QC and customer support has gradually been getting worse. Their printers are rarely competitive feature-wise. Several printer lines are quietly being retired - with bugs remaining open for years and new feat
833.
by crote 9mo ago
> the cost of 5 SBC boards with pre-applied SMD is now so low, you might as well order 5 so you get at least 1 which works I've had a 90% failure rate on what was supposed to be the final prototype before production. Turns out the
834.
by crote 9mo ago
Prusa had been moving towards proprietary licensing (if they release files at all) for a while now, due to their open source design files being used to undercut the original with cheaper clones.
835.
by crote 9mo ago
Isn't this already a major problem for AI clusters? I vaguely recall an article a while ago about the impact of GPU reliability: a big problem with training is that the entire cluster basically operates in lock-step, with each node nee
836.
by crote 9mo ago
But it is always going to be significantly more expensive than a terrestial data center. Best-case scenario it'll be identical to a regular data center, plus the whole "launching it into space" part. There's no getti
837.
by crote 9mo ago
Earth weighs about 5972200000000000000000000 kg. They are claiming to plan to launch ~5000000000 kg / year. That's 8x10^-14 %. You'd need some pretty accurate instruments to tell the difference.
838.
by crote 9mo ago
Haven't you heard? Tesla is pivoting to building humanoid robots instead. They haven't sold a single one, but it toootally warrants retooling their car factories, pinky promise!
839.
by crote 9mo ago
The shadow thing can be solved by using a sun-synchronous orbit. See for example the TRACE solar observation satellite, which used a dawn/dusk orbit to maintain a constant view of the sun. Cooling, on the other hand? No way in hell.
840.
by crote 9mo ago
That's pretty much a solved problem. We've had geostationary constellations for TV broadcast at hundreds of megabytes for decades now, and lasers for sat-to-sat comms seems to be making decent progress as well.

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