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by wklauss 10y ago
One of the commenters on Electrek points to this: "Panasonic's existing panels have low temperature coefficient, so their performance doesn't drop off as much with heat. If they also add in Tesla's Silevo technology whic
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by wklauss 10y ago
It was obvious that pay you for power was not scalable. Eventually you'll see people disconnecting from grid altogether to avoid fixed rates.
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This is a 4/5 year development project. And that's being optimistic. On top of that, I'm not sure AR needs that kind of power. It's not VR. Just needs to display some objects and text on field of vision. Hololens, for ex
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by wklauss 10y ago
Who says this has to come from the desktop/laptop hardware side of things? They make the fastest and more powerful mobile chipsets (including GPU) right now...
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Experts have been questioning Singapore numbers for a while now. They are probably not that low and theres plenty of evidence of drug use in the country: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSIN135004 On top of that, how
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> Those who have already got hooked are pretty much doomed already That is definitely not true (you can recover from an addiction and there are examples all around you) and a really bad policy to follow if you really want to eradicate ad
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What part?
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> China has the world's second largest economy and is growing at an astronomical rate. Far from astronomical. 6/7%. It's very good compared to developed countries but the key for percentages is always understanding what is
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>How is it that China flourishes without immigrants and with restricted trade? China has a lot of immigrants. Mostly from rural areas to urban areas. They are Chinese, sure, but because the different laws governing rural areas vs. cities
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"A Mecca for X" is a very common expression in several languages and AFAIK it never had a bad connotation. https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=a+mecca+for&ye...
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by wklauss 10y ago
Manhattan is a big island. You can buy a 2br (and not in a terrible location) with 150k/yr.
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by wklauss 10y ago
I think the overall design of Joule is better, but the fact that you are forced to use a phone or tablet to control the Joule is a big drawback. Is there a specific reason your prefer it?
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> So I strongly oppose when the benevolent/malevolent dictator decides that you have to leave this piece behind. You don't have to leave it, you just cannot sell it on the App Store or run it in modern devices. By all means, op
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by wklauss 10y ago
Around man-made structures you'll not appreciate it because the trend is the opposite, we usually gain land to the sea with construction. Shoreline of San Francisco in 1900 probably reached far beyond the actual point in the developed
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by wklauss 10y ago
Man made climate change, AKA, the extreme levels of change in temperature, atmospheric composition and acidity levels in the oceans we are experiencing right now. I think splitting hairs over the term is unnecessary. I'm sure there are
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He has been a climate change denier for a long time now. I think he genuinely believes -and surrounds himself with people that believe- that climate change is a disputed fact.
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> What exactly is he afraid that'll happen? [1] Why all of the resistance? He is afraid of being proved wrong. It's a very common problem with climate change deniers. Facts and figures keep piling up but they always grasp any p
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by wklauss 10y ago
Maybe, but I don't think FOIA will last long, to be honest, given the steps the current administration has taken in the first 5 days.
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Medium and Ghost have two different goals, AFAIK. I'd say they I see Ghost closer to the Wordpress ethos. For media companies lack of control over look and feel in Medium has been a friction point, I think Ghost offers a lot more flexi
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by wklauss 10y ago
I'm quite surprised with the battery life numbers they are reporting: - Macbook Pro Escape: 18.75 hours - Macbook Pro 13": 15.25 hours - Macbook Pro 15": 17.25 hours I've tested both the Macbook Pro Escape and the Macboo
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by wklauss 10y ago
Unlikely. Volume of voice input for Siri probably is still orders of magnitude larger than those Alexa or Google Home handle. It also does so internationally and multilanguage. Once you start looking closely advantage is not really that big
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YMMV depending on what Android phone you want to compare it to, but it's still not 100% there, even in expensive ones. That being said, it's not longer a deal breaker, I think, for most of the people that used to complain about it
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Difference between 6s and 6 were also small and so are the differences between a Samsung Galaxy S7 and a S6, for example. I'd venture that is very rare these days to have a phone that justifies buying the immediate next generation one.
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How do you feel about the odd placement of the camera? I'm considering it but a couple of design choices always make me doubt I'll enjoy it as much. Camera is one of them (I use videochat a lot)
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> So, Apple's high profits depend on a whole lot of government subsidies in China. And then Apple takes that cash and protects it from US tax rates by storing it in Ireland. And now, some interesting questions are raised about the l
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It's unlikely that you'll hit those wait times due to other cars at the same supercharger, I think. Not all trips require a visit to a supercharger and unlike ICE, owners of electrical recharge daily at their homes. It could happe
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by wklauss 10y ago
> I just can't help but feel it's all a little overblown. Sure, look at the alternatives – a nice Dell running Linux, or a Surface or whatever – and if they suit your requirements better, cool! But I just can't see the abr
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Would they need it?
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Why undesirable? I found call log sync quite useful.
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At this point they don't have many options. Google seems determined to limit Assistant to their hardware. That being said, I'm not sure the developer community has enough interest in supporting that many AI assistants on their app

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