zergtoshi
@zergtoshi@lemmy.world
- Comment on Me when Valve releases a phone 2 days ago:
Me too, even if I could have more bang for my buck elsewhere.
Give it a decent camera, battery life and good security as well as privacy and take my money already! - Comment on Breaking: Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions! 3 days ago:
You’re unfortunately right that a Linux phone wouldn’t solve these problems and I’m with you that devs who bend the knee to Google have no interest in providing a Linux phone version - at least for the foreseeable future.
Once there’s a considerable market share for Linux phones (which may never be the case…), those users are potential customers and the tides will shift.
Until then it would at least provide a portable computer that can do a lot of the things current smartphones are capable of, but without the restrictions created by Google and Apple. - Comment on Breaking: Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions! 3 days ago:
I have a more pessimistic view of bad scenarios.
Combine Google Play Integrity checks with being unable to install apps except they’re from the Play Store and you are at the whim of Google.
Right now I’m battling an app provider (of an app I rely on) who decided to start Play Integrity check shenanigans, although that’s in violation with their TOS. I know about not so great scenarios already. My alternative would be to cave and forfeit GrapheneOS, which I’m not willing to do.
We. need. Linuxphones! - Comment on Breaking: Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions! 3 days ago:
I’m not saying I’m a fan of that, but at least Apple is upfront about the walled garden they offer and ever has been.
Google started differently, but turned around 180 degrees. - Comment on Breaking: Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions! 4 days ago:
I wasn’t aware of that.
Thanks for letting me know! - Comment on Breaking: Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions! 4 days ago:
Google is paving the ground for Linuxphones.
It’s so blatantly obvious how evil they’ve become that it makes striving for alternatives a necessity. - Comment on Sheep Frolic In Massive New Solar Power Plant 1 week ago:
Thank you for reading up on it and letting us know!
- Comment on Sheep Frolic In Massive New Solar Power Plant 1 week ago:
MW is no appropriate unit of energy; it’s a unit of power.
Something’s mixed up. - Comment on Scientists have been studying remote work for four years and have reached a very clear conclusion: “Working from home makes us thrive” 3 weeks ago:
Mandatory WFH isn’t as good as optional WFH.
After all it’s being able to choose, what makes most people with “WFH option” happy and thriving.
It sounds like you have found your balance between office and WFH. Now find a workplace that allows living that balance!
All the best! - Comment on Today's Massive AWS Outage That Took Down Your Favorite Sites Is Still Going On 3 weeks ago:
Lucky me needs Proxmox only for self-hosting and loves it :)
- Comment on Tragic Titan submersible’s $62 SanDisk memory card found undamaged at wreckage site 4 weeks ago:
Especially considering this was losless - strictly speaking only the compression of the SSD was… 😈
- Comment on Microsoft Is Abandoning Windows 10. Hackers Are Celebrating. 1 month ago:
- Comment on 'Windmill': China tests world’s first megawatt-level airship to capture high winds 1 month ago:
I think so too.
With electric energy, there’s no “one size fits all” solution.
These novel approaches will fit somewhere. - Comment on 'Windmill': China tests world’s first megawatt-level airship to capture high winds 1 month ago:
Neither the kite based solution nor the blimp based solution is fit for the purpose of serving single or few people with electrical energy.
For that scenario some kWp based on solar can be had for cheap and some kWh battery on top doesn’t cost a fortune either.
I never insinuated that the kite or blimp are the perfect solution for every scenario - rather that it may be a match for situation that couldn’t be served well by the available means. - Comment on 'Windmill': China tests world’s first megawatt-level airship to capture high winds 1 month ago:
I can see those kites being used at remote locations, islands, remote villages, etc.
Add some battery to it and you have a quite reliable source of electric energy.
What option would be better in these cases in your opinion? - Comment on 'Windmill': China tests world’s first megawatt-level airship to capture high winds 1 month ago:
I don’t know what you mean by mass use. It’s pretty clear that these approaches are meant to add to existing solutions or provide off-grid energy at remote locations.
If you can bring a standard 30 foot container there, you can consider such a kite installation, if other requirements are met.How does an ideal site look like?
Q3: How does an ideal site look like?
The ideal site has a flat topography with no large obstacles in the prevailing wind direction, making agricultural or unused land the ideal choice. However, certain obstacles, like trees, solar power plants, or industrial facilities, are acceptable within the operating area, but specific approval may be required. We are happy to support you in identifying the perfect site for your airborne wind energy project.I don’t see, you can’t use multiple installations at different locations aka scale it.
- Comment on 'Windmill': China tests world’s first megawatt-level airship to capture high winds 1 month ago:
The simpler design might lead to lower prices per kWh, which will in the end play a role together with reliability, e.g min/avg power output, durability, outages.
I find it impressive how creative engineers get. Let’s hope for a third option ;) - Comment on 'Windmill': China tests world’s first megawatt-level airship to capture high winds 1 month ago:
In the end the TCO (per kWh) will play a major role, especially for big installations and for smaller ones the price floor.
I suppose a helium filled blimp with 12 turbines will be more pricey than a kite with a generator. If the kite fills your need, pick that. - Comment on 'Windmill': China tests world’s first megawatt-level airship to capture high winds 1 month ago:
Yah, we need to have them running to get real numbers.
I find both approaches promising.
Ways to make electric energy available without burning fossil fuel are good. - Comment on 'Windmill': China tests world’s first megawatt-level airship to capture high winds 1 month ago:
Fair, but please name one single way to generate that kind of electrical power that can be fixed by a layperson in case something crashes.
- Comment on 'Windmill': China tests world’s first megawatt-level airship to capture high winds 1 month ago:
How so, when skysails talks about “Venyo harnesses the power of high-altitude winds with speeds of 13 m/s and a continuous output of up to 200 kW.” while the S1500 is featured with “Inside this duct are 12 turbine-generator sets, each rated at 100 kW.”?
It’s more like factor 5-6. - Comment on 'Windmill': China tests world’s first megawatt-level airship to capture high winds 1 month ago:
You want this but with kites?
Here you go: skysails-power.com/how-power-kites-work/ - Comment on 'Windmill': China tests world’s first megawatt-level airship to capture high winds 1 month ago:
This one in particular: maybe.
The approach in gerenal: not so much.
Have a look here: skysails-power.com/systems/venyo/ - Comment on 'Windmill': China tests world’s first megawatt-level airship to capture high winds 1 month ago:
It’s a novel approach, but the Chinese aren’t the only ones trying to harvest energy from high winds: skysails-power.com/how-power-kites-work/
- Comment on A broken clock is right twice a day, but a wrong clock is just wrong. 1 month ago:
A broken clock can be a kind of a wrong clock.
Stopped clocks are the real deal! - Comment on Can you think of any now? 1 month ago:
My favourite DMA game was Blood Money.
Good old times!
Thanks for bringing that memory up! - Comment on Real milk proteins, no cows: Engineered bacteria pave the way for vegan cheese and yogurt 3 months ago:
If the cheese aged for enough time, it’s getting practically lactose in the process.
- Comment on It really works! 3 months ago:
While ionized particles stick to other things, they do not really stick together - at least if they are the same type of particles or rather carry the same type of charge, respectively.
- Comment on Scientists in Japan develop plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours 5 months ago:
I have a name for that boat: Cybersunk
- Comment on [deleted] 6 months ago:
Conservative is a misnomer used for propaganda purposes.
After all conservative aren’t really in the game of conserving.