Squibbles
@Squibbles@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Chart: More and more rooftop solar buyers are adding home batteries 1 month ago:
the newer chemistries like lithium iron phosphate are much more stable and not prone to thermal runway apparently. They are not as energy dense as lithium ion but that doesn’t matter so much for a non-mobile application.
- Comment on How did people poop before smartphones were invented? 1 month ago:
Oops got stuck in another lather, rinse, repeat loop
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Me too, and I remember in the mid 2000’s before flat screens took off the biggest CRT you could get was 36", or there may have been a 40" but it was ultra expensive. One thing though is that the wider aspect ratio of modern tvs inflates the size number if you were to watch 3:4 aspect shows on a modern tv you are losing a bunch of viewing area on the sides.
Regardless, modern tvs are indeed insanely huge, and I’m loving it.
- Comment on Pondering my anomaly 2 months ago:
Good domekeeper joke ;)
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
It’s measuring the distance to your nearest copy of Sid Myers alpha centari
- Comment on Wgen you donate, do you ever think of the person that gets your blood and how high their hospital bill will be? 7 months ago:
Damn draculas
- Comment on Google Is Killing Retro Dodo & Other Independent Sites 7 months ago:
They mention in the article about Reddit now being included in search results and I’ve noticed that as well. The irony there is hat Google results have been so overrun by shitty content farm sites that searching for specific things like reviews or troubleshooting for products or games was virtually useless unless you also included “Reddit” as part of your query since you were more likely to see legit people talking about product issues and solutions. Not to say Reddit isn’t astroturfed but certainly not to the level that Google’s results are. I’m not totally convinced that Google’s deal to crawl Reddit for AI purposes is directly related since bumping Reddit up in the search priority does make search results more relevant in a lot of cases.
It does seem to be an awful time for independent websites and has been for years since the big tech companies have been doing everything in their power to keep people within their walled gardens.
- Comment on Fear of cheap Chinese EVs spurs automaker dash for affordable cars 11 months ago:
They did make the leaf plus that has decent range with the same formfactor though. Also I’m quite sure the batteries are not in the trunk, unless that’s where they put the extras in the plus version or something? Our 2015 leaf had significantly more trunk space than our brand new bolt despite being of similar dimensions. The bolt does have better rear leg room though.
The main issues with the leaf stem from not having any active heating/cooling for the battery and using an uncommon plug for level 3 charging that is going the way of the dodo. If you live in a temporate climate and don’t need to fast charge for road trips the leaf is a totally acceptable car IMO.
- Comment on Why people say good morning (or something like that) on chat after a night? 11 months ago:
It lets the other person know you are up and available for chatting in case there was anything they want/need a quick response to.
- Comment on What happens if flat Earthers go to space? 11 months ago:
Behind the curve, on Netflix I think
- Comment on Fuck those guys anyways... 1 year ago:
Surreal to see the Gastown steam clock in a meme
- Comment on What does it mean to "get low" or "drop it down"? 1 year ago:
That one I always assumed meant to just get your ass out on the dance floor. Not any specific form of dancing