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by ferongr 9y ago
Graphics are irrelevant, I'm talking about physics. Stock KSP graphics are "good enough".
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by ferongr 9y ago
The problem is not graphics, but rather, the limitations of Unity that make it unsuitable for anything else but lowest common denominator multi-platform games with clearly defined limits. Space Engineers is another game hampered by Unity.
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by ferongr 9y ago
An "alien" watching us would understand the nuance of the situation instead of thinking like a children's book caricature.
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by ferongr 9y ago
Generally, you only do brake-jobs one every some 10s of thousands of miles, while battery replacements would be not only more often but also performed at "charging stations" that would probably employ less skilled persons ("I
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by ferongr 9y ago
The issue I think is that battery packs are designed as stressed members of the unibody to save space and weight, so they can't be made universal without compromising on capacity and weight. With frequent replacement you'd run int
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by ferongr 9y ago
Because that's not how things work in China. An off-brand copy would be a literal copy of the PCB with cheaper and /or missing components (especially EMC-related ones). An "improvement" from a different OEM would have ob
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by ferongr 9y ago
The output control ICs/MOSFETs are surface mount and quite hard to replace. Even with a hot air rework gun the cramped location and small pitch don't help. Not to mention that I can't find what type of chip this is from the m
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by ferongr 9y ago
It's the same OEM with the same basic design, slightly tweaked because the Anker has individual output port protection. Otherwise it's the same basic design produced by the OEM.
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by ferongr 9y ago
http://lygte-info.dk/pic/USB%20PS/27%20Anker%2040W%205-port%... http://lygte-info.dk/pic/USB%20PS/28%20BlitzWolf%2040W%205%2... One of those is the Anker, another is Banggood's hous
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by ferongr 9y ago
Learning to type without bottoming out not only will mostly elliminate the noise of brown switches but also reduce the shock tranmitted to the fingers. Ever since I stopped bottoming out (except for the spacebar and pinky-operated backspace
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by ferongr 9y ago
Europe is not a country. I'd wager less prosperous countries do not cover such devices.
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by ferongr 9y ago
It doesn't matter. Belittling people never turns them your side.
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by ferongr 9y ago
You're not helping.
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by ferongr 9y ago
I definitely note single dropped frames when at 60fps (visible by the graph) in fast action games like CS and they do detract from the experience.
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by ferongr 9y ago
Liquid-cooled motors are widespread in many applications already and technically it's not something complicated. Furthermore, high torque, multi-pole motors (assuming you want to direct-drive a cutting head moving at 2-4 RPM) have litt
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by ferongr 9y ago
Electric car motors are not anywhere near high torque. They're mostly designed for high speeds and go through a reduction gearbox (in addition to the reduction of the differential itself). Furthermore, the motors in Tesla cars are pede
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by ferongr 9y ago
>he has lots of experience with high-torque electric motors. From where?
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by ferongr 9y ago
These are not old-timey tourist-trap "streetcars" wobbling around at 15mph. Modern "trams" are fast, quite, provide better ammenities for wheelchairs and strollers and provide greater travel comfort. Like rolling stock
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by ferongr 9y ago
Greece has had actual blasphemy laws and quite a few prosecutions and convictions related to them. We also have a complete shit-show of an "antiracist" law but that's another story.
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by ferongr 9y ago
A "demo" (with all the limitations and corner-cutting that demos usually employ) is one thing, a complete product is a different beast.
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by ferongr 9y ago
The "majority" of games made in Unity are very constrained mechanically and developers have control over the complete experience.
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by ferongr 9y ago
What kind of responsibility did V-man take? He retired to an academic's cushy life of traveling around the world giving lectures and writing.
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by ferongr 9y ago
He's not a hero to this one Greek of the "working class". All he managed to do during his tenure was set in montion a series of events that would greatly worsen the financial condition of Greece.
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by ferongr 9y ago
I don't think it's actually responsible for the problem then. The choice rests entirely with that person.
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by ferongr 9y ago
How does an ad cause poverty?
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by ferongr 9y ago
All-in-one watercooling systems are not more silent. The pump is audible and the lack of radiator surface means you'll hear the fans when they ramp up.
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by ferongr 9y ago
A thermal runway event would be way more gradual and there would be time to react. A rupturing tank would pepper you and everyone within 50 meters with sharpnel. Both are very rare events though but still
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by ferongr 9y ago
>a high-density energy storage device Like a tank full of pressurized air?
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by ferongr 9y ago
An exploding tank is way worse than cells in thermal runway.
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by ferongr 9y ago
I'd rather sit on 1KW/h worth of lithium cells than 1000 PSI tanks and fittings.

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