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by mbesto 9mo ago
This is essentially the "future of work"TM - those who can define prompts will be poised best for the future.
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by mbesto 9mo ago
This is literally what happens all the time with startup, it's called "pivoting".
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by mbesto 9mo ago
Finally, developers are realizing that it's not how you write code or who writes the code, it's figuring out WHAT to write. LLMs are finally exposing this because the feedback cycle is so short.
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by mbesto 9mo ago
> Yes, lots of people want 34kw of standing load, because they want to ensure the offset of their HVAC unit. The author of the post lives in the UK and averages 2kW load, a 4 kW PV system, and 45 kWh battery system. It's literally i
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by mbesto 9mo ago
You keep throwing out specifications without understanding their real life installation use cases and then go as far as to make claims like "EG4 support is bad for DIY'r" which is so far from the truth it's hard to take
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by mbesto 9mo ago
Ok lol...so it turns out you're not even correct on a powerwall's spec...each inverter maxes out at 48A/240VAC...LMAO Be gone troll. https://energylibrary.tesla.com/docs/Public/EnergyStorage/Po.
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by mbesto 9mo ago
> This isn't even relevant but just as an aside, the EG4 isn't even a good value for the DIY scene I would respond to all of your items individually again but its clear by this comment I can't you seriously and now you&#x2
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by mbesto 9mo ago
> Inrush is exactly what it says it is, it's inrush current These are not terms commonly used in the industry, thanks for the clarification. > Lots of appliances in your home have a large inrush, much larger than the breaker they
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by mbesto 9mo ago
I actually own three of 15 kWh versions :) They are cheap and they work but they're not UL listed...so they dont go anywhere near my home.
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by mbesto 9mo ago
Powerwalls don't uniquely solve any problems other brands can't do.
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by mbesto 9mo ago
None of those things matter when your solar array is 4.5 kW and you have a standard 150A/200A grid in.... Like I said, they basically are not sold to scale like a normal household uses electricity. EDIT: What the heck is in-rush and ba
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by mbesto 9mo ago
> Do they fail outright at around 10 years, become unsafe, or do they just lose capacity? LiFePO4 generally degrades to 80% capacity after 10 years, that's it. Safety isn't an issue.
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by mbesto 9mo ago
Ya as someone else pointed out, powerwalls essentially have an inverter built in. But this is really dumb to have inverters tied directly to each powerwall battery. This is like anti-scale.
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by mbesto 9mo ago
That's fair. Better comparison: Author's config: 3x Powerwalls + inverters = 40 kWh 4.2 kW array £39,360 = $53k USD Alternative: EG4 18kPV Hybrid Inverter = $5000 3x RIUXU = $9600 10x Trina Solar 435w panels = $1580 Cabling, insta
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by mbesto 9mo ago
It's wild how overpriced Tesla Powerwalls are. 16 kWh battery with all of the UL supported listings etc = $3300 [0] 13.5 kWh Tesla Powerwall is $12k~$15k You would get your return way back quicker. [0] - https://www.ruixubat
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by mbesto 9mo ago
> everyone trying to fix the medical establishment is immediately called an anti vaxxer, science denier, etc. That's because the thought leaders who are fed up with the medical establishment are gaining traction by spreading anti-va
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by mbesto 9mo ago
> (He did end up moving off the platform once he had enough validation) I'm really curious what this looks like in practice? Like can you just download the whole codebase, throw it against a Supabase Postgres DB, and you're off
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by mbesto 9mo ago
> AI benchmarks suck. Not only do they suck, but it's an essentially an impossible task since there is no frame of reference on what "good code" looks like.
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by mbesto 9mo ago
I think this is exactly it. Replit is a cheap and easy way to get an MVP off the ground ASAP. However, their audience is inherently hackathon attendees, not real businesses. Whether these can turn into real businesses (en masse to justify l
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by mbesto 9mo ago
Also, the headline on HN is downright wrong. "US will ban Wall Street investors" != "Trump says he will ban Wall Street investments..." This a Truth Social post from the President. It doesn't mean it has happened, w
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by mbesto 9mo ago
Agreed. I for one would not want to be involved in a message board full of people constantly saying "yaa you're great, this is great!". Constructive criticism isn't toxic and is incredibly valuable.
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by mbesto 9mo ago
ah I misunderstood...because hilariously my chrome tab is also ~700MB!
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by mbesto 9mo ago
Hacker News is currently sitting at 130 MB. I simply do not understand how these things are calculated but I suspect the calculated amount that the Chrome tab diagnostic isn't a consistent way of comparing to other application memory u
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by mbesto 10mo ago
Ya this isn't true by any objective measure. Two pair of shoes on the top rankings: https://runrepeat.com/catalog/running-shoes The top 10 men's at the Boston Marathon were wearing Adidas, Nike and Asics and
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by mbesto 10mo ago
Said differently - the year we start to see all of the externalities of a globally scaled hyped tech trend.
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by mbesto 10mo ago
Human therapists are trained to intervene when there are clearly clues that the person is suicidal or threatening to murder someone. LLMs are not.
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by mbesto 10mo ago
None of this is how taxes work.
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by mbesto 10mo ago
That might be true, but I suspect my point is rather that Elon attracted the initial talent (likely through compensation) and thats what attracts the next level. In the wise words of my Olympian swimmer friend "The only way I could bec
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by mbesto 10mo ago
> If Elon can be CEO of three companies and the founder of a couple more while also finding time to tweet 50+ times a day, have a failed and embarrassing stint in trying to optimize the federal government, and get K-holed at parties then
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by mbesto 10mo ago
> We are incredibly far from AGI. This and we don't actually know what the foundation models are for AGI, we're just assuming LLMs are it.

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