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by dahfizz 4y ago
> We'd need about 50 TWh of batteries. We can build that faster than we can build a single nuclear plant. That's a huge [citation needed]. Global battery production is currently around 0.5 TWh per year[1]. Even if we continue t
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by dahfizz 4y ago
Instead of nitpicking terminology, let's talk about the issue directly: What do you do when the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing? There isn't enough batteries on earth to even make a dent in the storage you w
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by dahfizz 4y ago
> Deploying 5GW of solar and storage, or 3-4GW of wind, is far easier, faster, and cheaper than trying to build a new reactor, Source? The largest grid scale batteries to date don't come close to the numbers you are talking about. T
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by dahfizz 4y ago
The legal owner of the Parthenon gave Elgin the right to take the marbles. The issue is that the modern day owners of the Parthenon dont recognize the legitimatecy of that transaction. It's a bit more muddy than straight up theft. I th
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by dahfizz 4y ago
A $10k+ EV battery pack is not the same as a disposable piece of fabric. Even regular car batteries have a robust recycling stream, mostly due to the deposit you get back when you return your old one.
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Why? It makes more sense to remanufacture them into new batteries. This means less raw materials that need to be mined from the earth.
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by dahfizz 4y ago
How does an air to water heat pump work? Do you live in a climate that gets below freezing in the winter?
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by dahfizz 4y ago
That is an extremely uncharitable take. OP is clearly saying climate change is an issue, but is not particularly relevant to the issue of human sleep.
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by dahfizz 4y ago
When my car breaks, a mechanic can give me a detailed estimate which is very close to the final cost every time. There is no reason inherint to capitalism that healthcare couldn't work the same. Every other industry under capitalism ha
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by dahfizz 4y ago
> Why should a company be allowed to knowingly break the law? That's an extremely strong assertion. Do you believe all car makers are breaking the law by making cars that can drive 80+ mph? By having cruise control that can be set a
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FSD is a $10K+ add-on when you purchase your Tesla. I am sure people notice that.
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> Isn't HTML the daddy of declarative languages for UI ? Not really. HTML is a way to create documents. It's closer to latex than QML. HTML + CSS + JS is used to create UIs, but it definitely does not match the capabilities of
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Thanks!
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That's absolutely incredible. Do you have some links? What keyboard is that? Monitors? The mini desk attached to the pipe stands? EDIT: how do you get in and out? The chair looks a little close to the monitor stand
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by dahfizz 4y ago
Houses aren't cube shaped, generally. The roofs are sloped and the front side can easily be seen from ground level.
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X implying Y does not mean !Y implies !X
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by dahfizz 4y ago
It seems perfectly reasonable to set up some sort of FDA trade alliance. We decide we trust the European standards bodies for products X,Y,Z, and they trust out standards. You don't have to take a driver's test in every state when
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by dahfizz 4y ago
TSLA does make way more EVs than anyone else. They are valued on their potential as the clear leader going forward.
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by dahfizz 4y ago
That blog post is pretty misguided, IMO. I'll assume the math is right, and the potential gain from regen braking is small. But it's free ! > The way regenerative braking is implemented is to have the motor continuously engage
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by dahfizz 4y ago
Free speech is much larger than just the first amendment (if you can believe it, some people actually live outside the USA). It is perfectly consistent to believe in free speech, support the first amendment, and also want platforms like T
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by dahfizz 4y ago
> This whole thing is absurd because in Oklahoma it's perfectly legal to purposefully abort a 17 week old fetus (for now). A fetus is not a play thing with zero moral consideration. You can put your dog down at the vet given appropr
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by dahfizz 4y ago
> Had she gotten an abortion, she wouldn't have charges. That, to me, is kind of the whole point. If you decide your dog is old and sick and you take it to the vet to be put down, you've done the right thing. If you decide your
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by dahfizz 4y ago
Should twitter maintain all it's old bans if it changes it's ToS, which Musk wants to do?
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It's a useful budgeting tool. It's not like there is one "government bank account" that every agency and bureaucrat shares. In the US, agencies can end up with surplus cash (either taxes were higher than needed, or budge
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> Later, the medical examiner's report, obtained by the BBC, found traces of methamphetamine in her unborn son's liver and brain. Someone killing their baby with their drug habit is a bit different than the El Salvador case whe
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> So, let's just say there is a vaccine that is approved and even distributed before the election. Would you get it? > I will say that I would not trust Donald Trump. And it would have to be a credible source of information that
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by dahfizz 4y ago
The KKK / Nazis don't deserve any rights! Also, coincidentally, every single person who disagrees with me is a KKK Nazi white supremacist.
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Remember when Trump first announced "his" covid vaccine and everyone on the left was suddenly skeptical of vaccines?
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And? Are you therefore anti 1st amendment?
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by dahfizz 4y ago
I was also confused by this. At a certain point, you are guaranteed that the other party got your original message.

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