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by dharma1 7y ago
I think it's 20-30% better energy density than current batteries
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by dharma1 7y ago
Maxwell, now owned by Tesla. I think Tesla will become a big player in the battery tech space
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by dharma1 7y ago
Ah, I fully agree here. The comment I made about 4% yield was once you are at retirement and want a low volatility portfolio, not on your way there. Maxing out your annual pension allowance - as I said it depends on your personal circumstan
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by dharma1 7y ago
Unfortunately very little chance of that, long sold
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by dharma1 7y ago
I had my bike nicked a few weeks ago in London. Turns out the council installed new HD/4K cameras that very morning right where I left it - they managed to ID and arrest the perp, and charge him with multiple other thefts too. So it lo
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by dharma1 7y ago
Quite remarkable a single mutation gave us the tools to dominate the earth. I guess the ability to make plans, communicate and execute them and reflect on what worked and what didn't to improve the plan making endows us with significan
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by dharma1 7y ago
There are plenty of Windows laptops with a touchscreen. In Apple's case MacOS isn't really designed for touch
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by dharma1 7y ago
true, though from a tax POV they are treated differently in many countries
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by dharma1 7y ago
Right, perhaps real estate won't be such a focal point of the next recession (beyond a few bubble areas). So in terms of recession proof REITs - commercial or residential?
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by dharma1 7y ago
This depends completely on each individual's circumstances (level of income, your resident country's tax regime/pension rules) but I think many HN readers are in a fortunate position to be able to build up sizeable enough pen
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by dharma1 7y ago
Why REITs before a downturn? Looks like USRT took a beating in the last crisis
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by dharma1 7y ago
Suburbs around Central London don't have a super high population density, and are quite green. Many houses have a garden, and there are lots of parks.
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by dharma1 7y ago
Deep drilling is actually a thing for deep geothermal. Still early days but can produce a lot of energy on its own, no solar required. Expensive to go that deep though http://www.thinkgeoenergy.com/drilling-finlands-deepest-
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by dharma1 7y ago
No cobalt in the new dry battery tech they got from the Maxwell acquisition. I hope Tesla has a plan for recycling the batteries they manufacture
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by dharma1 7y ago
Awesome. I hope they get a ton of orders. These will probably use the dry battery electrode tech they got from Maxwell?
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by dharma1 7y ago
I wish biodegradable polymers would take over non-biodegradable plastics in many applications. There are many interesting research avenues, I wish more money was thrown at it to accelerate the future. Here is a good summary of SOTA - https
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by dharma1 7y ago
I've used Logic most of my life, but Garageband is pretty great these days on iOS/mac. And you can transfer the projects to Logic if you want to take them further. A couple of niggles (can't set start/end points for loop
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by dharma1 7y ago
https://youtu.be/TigV80hwebg
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by dharma1 7y ago
The growing season is much shorter, maybe a cultivar that will flower early so the fruit have longer to grow and ripen. I've got two olive trees in London that are blooming right now and produce fruit, albeit small compared to southern
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by dharma1 7y ago
Yes. There are now a small number of tea plantations in the UK from Cornwall to Scotland. All outdoors https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/tea-... Even one in Sweden - https://sverig
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by dharma1 7y ago
You can also grow it yourself. Just bought 2 plants
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by dharma1 7y ago
Would definitely make Siri and Alexa more relevant if they had access to Google knowledge graph
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by dharma1 7y ago
What does it take to change the way things are done? It feels like no tech startup is going to solve this in 5 years - more like a cultural shift that can take generations
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by dharma1 7y ago
Yeah the Phantoms get a lot of use in sports and nature documentaries. The level of detail is really a sight to behold . These guys work magic with them in food advertising: https://foodfilm.fr/
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by dharma1 7y ago
Some "normal" cameras for comparison: https://www.slomocamco.com/cameras/ 3600fps at 720p, raw 10 bit dng, £5000. Some Phantom cameras have faster frame rates ( https://www.phantomhighspeed.com&#x2F
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by dharma1 7y ago
Is Oskari Tammelin still working on this stuff? I remember he wrote some very fast CFR optimisations a few years ago
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by dharma1 7y ago
Reforestation is clearly great, but it feels like we are still figuring out better alternatives to monoculture tree farming and clear cutting
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by dharma1 7y ago
I've been thinking about hiring a remote PA/product manager for personal projects - just someone who knows enough about the projects and is able to spend 15 minutes each morning on remote standups to kick them along with me. I thi
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by dharma1 7y ago
This is really insightful. A lot of human “progress” and activity includes us exporting growing amounts of high entropy waste, for a mostly unaccounted for, deferred cost. In most natural systems there is no waste - everything gets recycled
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Not broadband sound, right?

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