18107
@18107@aussie.zone
- Comment on A year long study shows what you've suspected: Google Search is getting worse. 10 months ago:
I have used Kagi for several weeks and can’t go back. I can finally find things on the internet again and I don’t want to lose that again.
- Comment on Thank the EU there’s a prominent “Reject” button nowadays 10 months ago:
Interesting extension. I think I’ll give it a try.
It is entirely open source, and the website does a very good job explaining what it does and why.
- Comment on Fortnite has changed 10 months ago:
I find your lack of comma disturbing.
- Comment on Games that force you to make hard choices 10 months ago:
Prey gives you the choices up front, tells you they don’t matter, then gives you a really good game to play.
plot twist
The way you play is entirely up to you, but that’s the point. Are you who you say you are? It’s easy to say whether you’ll flip a switch or push a person when you’re answering questions at a desk, but it’s suddenly much harder when you’re actually faced with the problem. What will you choose?
- Comment on [deleted] 10 months ago:
If you are worried, a qualified medical practitioner is always more reliable than a web forum.
Insufficient or poor quality sleep can cause problems with attention and memory, and can exacerbate existing conditions.
Poor sleep could be caused by a medical condition (sleep apnoea), or psychological (stress). Often stress can be hard to identify, particularly if it’s long term stress.
Again, this might not be your problem, and finding the right doctor who actually listens to you is important. Don’t be afraid to try more than 1 doctor if the first makes you uncomfortable.
- Comment on Electricity Maps 10 months ago:
South Australia has a huge amount of solar and wind, but relativity little storage, and basically no renewable base load (hydro). While the average renewable energy usage is fairly high, the instantaneous renewable usage can drop to almost 0 some days.
Solutions are being implemented, and the renewable mix is gradually improving.
- Comment on Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium? 10 months ago:
piped.video/watch?v=YyzQsVzKylE
Lithium batteries scale power and capacity at the same time. Flow batteries can scale power and capacity independently.
The advantage of flow batteries is that they can have enormous capacities without the added cost of upgrading the power, making it ideal for grid scale storage.
Even if this new flow battery reaches the energy density of a lithium battery, and can output sufficient power, it would still need to reach price parity to be competitive.
- Comment on A cargo plane flew 50 miles with no pilot onboard using a semi-automated system. An aviation expert says the technology could address the pilot shortage. 10 months ago:
Adequate for cargo flights, not happening any time soon for passenger flights. Aviation safety is very strict and slow to change.
- Comment on Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium? 10 months ago:
Flow batteries are great for long duration storage, but not good for high power delivery.
This means they will work far better as grid storage than as EV batteries.
- Comment on What's your favorite note-taking application? 10 months ago:
Xed
It opens quickly
- Comment on Mercedes-Benz debuts turquoise exterior lights to indicate the car is self-driving | A visual indicator for other drivers 10 months ago:
I have a prototype self driving system in my car. It drives logically and consistently, but it doesn’t behave like a human.
This would be a really helpful feature as self driving becomes more common.
- Comment on A minor oopsie 11 months ago:
And people wonder why whales beach themselves.
- Comment on Take your protein pills and put your helmet on 11 months ago:
- Comment on xkcd #2862: Typical Seating Chart 11 months ago:
“It is unlikely that two passengers can match the power of a jet engine. [citation needed]”
- Comment on Bill is a pro grammer 11 months ago:
A better comment would be
delay in secondsas that is the one thing not obvious from glancing at the code. - Comment on fact 11 months ago:
Where is that wire going, and what is it for?
- Comment on Toyota trials hydrogen-powered vehicle on public roads in Australia 1 year ago:
The current cost to drive a car with green hydrogen (from electrolysis, not methane reforming) is roughly equivalent to $50/L (AUD) for petrol, or $120/Gal (USD) for gas. This is one of the reasons most hydrogen today is made from fossil fuels.
- Comment on Toyota trials hydrogen-powered vehicle on public roads in Australia 1 year ago:
A hydrogen engine is so much worse for efficiency than a hydrogen fuel cell, and even that is not good compared to batteries. I’d estimate the round trip efficiency of a hydrogen engine to be about 10-15%. So for the same energy that could be used to drive a battery EV 100km, this car from Toyota could drive 12km.
Additionally, hydrogen is not very energy dense per volume. A compressed hydrogen tank that replaces the boot/trunk of the car would have enough hydrogen for about 100km of range.
Please let me know if I’m wrong about any of these numbers. For Toyota’s sake, I really hope I’m wrong.
- Comment on Samsung joins Google in RCS shaming Apple 1 year ago:
- Comment on World EV Sales Now Equal 18% Of World Auto Sales 1 year ago:
The main problem with the new leaf is the lack of battery cooling. After 3 (sometimes 2) rapid charges in a day the battery is at max temperature and the charge rate drastically reduces.
Unless you already have a CHAdeMO V2G charger, I recommend choosing an EV with battery cooling (almost all of them). You can probably find one with more features and longer range for a lower price than a new Leaf.
If you aren’t planning on using the car enough to worry about battery overheating, and you enjoy the test drive, it’s not actually a bad car. Just a little overpriced.
- Comment on World EV Sales Now Equal 18% Of World Auto Sales 1 year ago:
It is a Leaf.
When the battery does eventually die, I’ll be looking at EVs enhanced for an upgrade. The car is too nice to throw away.
I also have a 62kWh Leaf E+ for highway driving. It’s ok, but the older Leafs (from before the refresh) are much more fun to drive, have more storage space, a tighter turning circle, and are much better value for money. I would recommend almost any EV instead of buying a new Leaf. (Maybe not the Hummer EV).
- Comment on World EV Sales Now Equal 18% Of World Auto Sales 1 year ago:
About 60km from 80%, so I’m guessing 75km (45mi) from 100%.
We rarely drive it more than 10km in a day, and there are chargers every 20km around here.
- Comment on World EV Sales Now Equal 18% Of World Auto Sales 1 year ago:
I have a 12 year old electric car with an old battery chemistry known for it’s fast degradation compared to current chemistries. It still has more than 50% of its original capacity, which is still more than we need.
I wouldn’t be surprised if I can keep driving it for another 5-10 years before selling the battery for grid storage.
- Comment on amazing 1 year ago:
Wow, this one took me too long.
- Comment on Beans. 1 year ago:
This is the worst thing I have seen all year.
- Comment on "TRUST ME. That TV? It's safe." 1 year ago:
especially when it’s Garak
- Comment on Thoughts? 1 year ago:
No, I don’t have any thoughts.
- Comment on Sad Ensign noises 1 year ago:
He did though
- Comment on Rooftop solar eats up all demand in South Australia, world’s most renewable grid 1 year ago:
I managed to get a vehicle to grid (V2G) charger recently. When these make mass market it will be a huge deal.
My car has about 5x the energy storage of a standard house battery, so I can run the house for several days from the car.
A better option is to switch to wholesale prices. When the wholesale prices go negative (which happens fairly often in SA), I get paid to charge my car. When energy prices spike, I get paid a lot to discharge my car. My last energy bill was about -$190 for a month (not a typical month, I got $170 when the grid interconnecter was down for a day, which caused high prices all day).I’ve never had any issues with running out of charge, and I don’t think I’ll ever pay for electricity again.
- Comment on Police use water cannon, detain 2,400 climate activists 1 year ago:
Protests are either inconvenient or ineffective.
I hope these protests work. Fossil fuel companies don’t need more subsidies.