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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
That's fair. If self-driving cars pan out, then ideally, we'll soon be able to live in a world where we can all ride in electric cars without owning one. These self-driving electric taxis can then charge at fast chargers on lots s
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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
Would like to see some stats, specifically what percentage of their yearly spending goes into clean energy. Also useful to know what they consider "clean energy", because there's no such thing as "clean natural gas"
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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
I'm pretty sure you can opt to not pay the monthly fee to have an internet connection in your car, if you get a Tesla.
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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
Car charging can also be scheduled to happen off peak if possible.
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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
Yeah I used to have a decent ebike I bought for 2K, and even at that price point, I didn't bring it anywhere that I couldn't keep a constant eye on or bring inside. With a 15K ebike, you need insurance.
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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
I was shocked when I started shopping for an electric bike, to see that in my city, there are multiple bike shops selling e-bikes from 5K to 15K a piece. I'm surprised that these businesses can all survive, because the median income be
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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
> Facebook aren't stupid, they must have a reason for collecting all this stuff. Perhaps it's just in case they might find a use case some day? The most obvious use, I would think, is to train machine learning model. Not necess
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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
It's not just Opera though. Microsoft Edge is using also Webkit. I'm legit worried that if Mozilla ever tanks, we could have a complete WebKit browser monoculture.
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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
Sure, but like I said, having some JS support is one thing, building a fast JS engine is another. The same goes for canvas, I mean, you have to realize, there is WebGL support on the web now, but also the Web Audio API, WASM, etc. It never
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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
IMO, it's more that the standards are overcomplicated as a result of (unhealthy) competition. This is maybe less true now, but my impression has been that until recently, Firefox and Chrome were both always racing to implement some new
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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
I mean, it kind of is. You can make a basic browser, sure, but you'll have a hard time implementing video playback, canvas, JavaScript and everything else, while also delivering good performance and rendering everything accurately. Yes
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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
Not many hobby projects of any kind for that matter. IMO he gets this kind of support not just because of the value added by SerenityOS itself, but because of the value he adds by making YouTube streams and other content. People feel like t
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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
Competing with Elon Musk on space domination.
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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
It's not just bots writing articles, there are already bots posting in online forums. Most people tend to align with the predominant opinion, and these commenter bots make it seem like the public opinion goes a certain way when it does
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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
Personally, I got to the point where I realized that trying hard to make software that's useful can turn a side-project into something stressful, essentially a second job on top of my regular full-time job, which I just can't do,
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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
In other news, Marlboro has found, through rigorous scientific study, that cigarettes do not increase the risk of cancer. In fact, they may help reduce the risk of developing cancer by reducing workplace stress.
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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
Twitter is worse than other platforms because the format is really contrived. The 280 character limit doesn't give people space to write a nuanced, fair, well thought out response to things. Also, if you contrast twitter and reddit, I
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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
Hopefully the market will eventually sort it out.
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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
Definitely. A huge chunk of Python and Ruby packages are written as "C extensions", and if those C extensions are going to get compiled on some platform the developers haven't tested them on, it will make for fun surprise bug
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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
Or maybe it's a personal assistant that lives in your phone and asks you how you're doing everyday, acts like a friend, inquires about your mental health and well-being... And then subtly nudges you in the direction of buying X,Y,
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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
This video is so silicon valley, it's amazing. They've obviously spent a lot of money producing it, but it's all vague claims, there isn't even a compelling demo. I'm guessing they're aiming for an audience of
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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
People are downvoting you but you're not wrong. One of the biggest factors behind Apple's success is that they've positioned themselves as a status symbol. They're the Prada of the tech world. I switched from an iPhone t
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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
If anyone is curious what this automated missile defense looks like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biyUjm4KZio It's an automated, super fast, self-aiming gatling gun.
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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
> Unpopular opinion but the central banks are the main source of inflation. I mean, that seems obvious, there can't really be inflation if the money supply doesn't increase, can there? If the money supply stays fixed, then some
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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
> From what I've seen, there are a lot of right-wing people in tech circles expressing a support for capitalism. However, very few of these people know or care how the economy works. Fair point. Most people don't know or care h
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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
To expand on this, when you're a kid, things that affect you emotionally can seem to have disproportionate impact on your life. When you're older and more experienced, you've been through many crisis situations, and you'
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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
From what I've seen, there are a lot of people in tech circles expressing anti-capitalist sentiment. However, very few of these people know or care how the economy works. This is very unfortunate, because I think it's useful to tr
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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
> My two cents is that Musk (being on the spectrum) is driven in a different way than Bezos (and therefore, being obsessive to a greater degree [1], making him more involved "on the ground", leading to SpaceX's success). M
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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
Why isn't Linux configured to better preserve battery life on laptops by default? Power usage has been an issue for over a decade. If it's just a matter of a few tweaks, surely it could be done?
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by tachyonbeam 5y ago
Here is a post from 2016 outlining the same problem I was describing: https://superuser.com/questions/1103966/windows-update-doesn... There is a bug in the Windows Update client on Windows 8.1, and it can't u

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