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by zizee 3y ago
I had thought that this was not a huge win, as lithium is fairly cheap, and not a large portion of the overall cost of a battery. However, my research taught me I was incorrect. Lithium is worth about $40k per tonne, or $40 per kg. A Tesla
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by zizee 3y ago
In people's experience with these sorts of tools, have they assisted with maintainance of codebases? This might be directly, or indirectly via more readable, bette organized code. The reason I ask is that these tools seem to excel in h
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by zizee 3y ago
Having lower total number of cycles, and a tighter operating band has a huge impact on the lifetime cost of operation. How much cheaper are these types of batteries expected to be?
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by zizee 3y ago
Firefox's reader view also does the trick.
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by zizee 3y ago
Replacement rate is generally 2.3-2.4 Of 193 sovereign states, about 74 have a fertility rate greater than replacement rate. It's widely accepted that fertility rates reduce as a country becomes richer. I believe many countries that cu
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by zizee 3y ago
It's interesting to see what is happening in Japan as a crystal ball for all countries. Richer countries can usually offset population declines by "stealing" from less rich countries through immigration. Japan is not doing th
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by zizee 3y ago
What you have described doesn't sound that unique to Europeans. The article this discussion was spawned from describes behaviour by Maori against the Moriori that mirrors most of your described points. I would argue that throughout his
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by zizee 3y ago
They are behind on their projections from 2015, aboutt what would be achieved 7 years later in 2022. How many business plans that are to be executed over a 7 period hit the mark? I wonder if you hold everyone, every business to such a high
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by zizee 3y ago
Musk has since stated that the satellites were always disabled in the Crimea, as per requirements of US sanctions, and that SpaceX would have turned things on if requested by the American government, but no such request was made. Is he lyin
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by zizee 3y ago
They recently started launching highly reflective satellites, which counterintuitively reduces the amount of light scattered in earth's direction.
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by zizee 3y ago
What "meddling" are you talking about?
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by zizee 3y ago
So, in a presentation from 2015, SpaceX predicted 20M users by 2022, and they missed the mark. This was a presentation to investors, to drum up support for their plans. Subscriber numbers are still increasing. This seems like a case of bein
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by zizee 3y ago
My diesel and my wife's petrol card both have electronic handbrakes. I'm not sure what would happen if either has a battery failure.
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by zizee 3y ago
> Aren't assassinations targeted by definition? Sure. I should have said assassinations and targetted attacks. The video shows the ability to target specific races/genders/demographics. > The drone is just a delivery me
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by zizee 3y ago
The entire premise of the video is not what is possible right now, but what could be possible in the not to distant future. I.e. that these drones do become available to anyone. Easy to acquire, maintain, operate and keep hidden. It's
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by zizee 3y ago
I wrote in this way because I do not know which was the case. I was not there, and have not seen any footage. The article is also fairly vague about what happened. What information do you have that makes you so sure of how the situation pla
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by zizee 3y ago
Not necessarily. Having sirens and lights flashing doesn't mean that the emergency vehicle can do whatever they like. They need to navigate red lights safely. So the cruise vehicle could have failed to handle the situation as well as a
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by zizee 3y ago
Is it Spotify treating artists badly? Or is it the labels? Is "terribly treats artists" shorthand for "doesn't pay them a fair amount", or are they doing other nasty stuff? I was under the impression that the labels
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by zizee 3y ago
> 11 companies that received awards are required to invest their own money to pay at least 10 to 25 percent of their projects’ costs. I'm curious to know if these award "winners" expect to make money on terrestrial applica
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by zizee 3y ago
It is your own biases making you misinterpret my words. I did not say Elon singly handedly achieved anything. But it's undeniable that he did put in effort with Tesla, and that helped bring electric cars to market, helping to start the
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by zizee 3y ago
My point was not that Elon is a saint, or the best thing for the planet. Instead that there are so many individuals and companies that are much more deserving of your ire. But you're distracted by Elon's antics that you're ig
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by zizee 3y ago
The point the GP was making is that if merging to main is frequent (bigger team) and build times are long (bigger projects), catching your branch up to master before merging can be hard, as master is moving ahead faster than you rebase+buil
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by zizee 3y ago
> all the talk about becoming an interplanetary (mars) species for our own survival has to be the most absurd statement that can be made to dismiss the very real problems...but billionaires need an excuse to play Tony Stark. This is a th
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by zizee 3y ago
I don't see why this technology would not be applied to minibus type public transportation, and we'll quickly see it enhancing public transportation. These vehicles are also likely to play a lot nicer with cyclists, vs emotional h
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by zizee 3y ago
At least with financial debt, the lender is doing their own due diligence, and is explicit with their book keeping, and repayment terms.
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by zizee 3y ago
What is a better alternative?
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by zizee 3y ago
Well, there are a lot of international agreements to NOT develop Antarctica, and instead keep it as pristine as possible.
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The research is not just "we can grow things", but what is required to do it successfully long term, with significant logistical challenges. You would also bring value to the inhabitants of the base, so it's not just the gain
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by zizee 3y ago
At first when I read this I didn't understand that they were examples of people predicting the failure of newly launched apple products. I was nodding along agreeing with each point. I have used "smart watches" and "ear
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by zizee 3y ago
Are there any good studies into the most prevalent causes of homelessness? I'd be especially interested that are trying to tease apart cause and effect, without the study author trying to prove out their own preconceptions.

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