Mihies

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Intel to Announce Plans This Week to Cut More Than 20% of Staff⁩ ⁨⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  It still could be a mistake in the long term, though. Imagine the wise US administration slapping 1,220,332% tariffs on Taiwan? Or China wreaking havoc there. I still think Intel could fare well with better leadership handling their fabs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Intel to Announce Plans This Week to Cut More Than 20% of Staff⁩ ⁨⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  AMD did that, but Global Foundry doesn’t do that well, at least compared to TSMC. Also Intel was going strong with their fabs until AMD started building better chips architecture wise. I’m just saying that splitting might not work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Stunning Fusion Rocket Could Cut Interplanetary Travel in Half—and We'll Try It in Just 2 Years⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  C’mon they have a video showing it! It has to be real!!!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Qobuz reveals how much it really pays per stream, and I want to see more of this transparency to help us spend money more ethically⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I moved from Spotify to tidal as well. Tidal is fine except for their catalogue mess. They tend to group different artists with same name to a single artist. Here and there I feedback them, they correct it in a week or so but the first next album is wrong again. But I’m glad that at least it pays music owners better and doesn’t throw money at shit podcasts and such

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Qobuz reveals how much it really pays per stream, and I want to see more of this transparency to help us spend money more ethically⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It works well, what do you want more? Sure, it’s not official but the most of the important bits are official since at it’s core it’s a web app.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chinese EV maker BYD says new fast-charging system could be as quick as filling up a tank⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The official reason for tariffs is government subsidy AFAIK, but in reality the moment they lower the tariffs, US and EU automobile industry is done.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chinese EV maker BYD says new fast-charging system could be as quick as filling up a tank⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not necessarily as they are using LFP chemistry which has much more cycles than the standard one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BYD Unveils Battery System That Charges EVs in Five Minutes⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Indeed. Or American or German or any other. They are all spywares on wheels and this should be regulated - no communication unless explicitly approved by customer at very least.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BYD Unveils Battery System That Charges EVs in Five Minutes⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  TBH nobody can compete with BYD at this point at normal consumer level.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨7 reasons why nuclear energy is not the answer to solve climate change⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You are citing Norway which has very favorable geography. But that’s hardly true in general. About grid - think about long winter nights where people are running heat pumps and worse means of heating tech. Will this grid be able to, let’s say, provide energy for a week? I doubt you could, assuming Norway provides their storage, distribute it all over EU. Biomass outputs CO2 and is only possible at small scale. Where are these hydrogen storages?

  Anyway, I’m all for renewables and non-nuclear if somebody draws a plan that is well defined and realistic. But AFAIK we have no such plan, do we?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨7 reasons why nuclear energy is not the answer to solve climate change⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought it was used a synonym of “reliable”. Now that I think of it,I suppose it was in relation to the power grid?

  Yep, it is a constant flow of energy.

  About the problems - yes, there are problems and not minor ones, but OTOH we don’t have an alternative, do we? Also CO2 emissions are exaggerated - mining and other activities could involve more e-vehicles I suppose. What air pollution we are talking about? CO2?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨7 reasons why nuclear energy is not the answer to solve climate change⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Nuclear for better or worse, is a stable and well known technology. That works. Almost 24/7 and reliably. But renewables aren’t reliable at all, when there is no sun, there is no energy from solar panels, when there is no wind, there is no energy from wind farms etc. Of course, there is also hydro but even that depends on drought seasons and when there is surplus you can’t store it. And options for hydro are geographically dependent and not infinite. Basically, if you want to go full renewable, you need a huge amount of energy storage. Not just huge, but HUUUGE. And we aren’t capable of building these today. Perhaps in the future. You can say there is hydrogen, but it has problems on its own and not feasible today if ever. Bottom line is renewables are not a reliable source of energy without energy storage which isn’t there by far.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨7 reasons why nuclear energy is not the answer to solve climate change⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Renewables have a showstopper OTOH. Energy storage. So nuclear is still a better choice today regardless of the problems. 🤷‍♂️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump says Mexico, Canada tariffs will start March 4, plus additional 10% on China⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  🍿

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Framework’s first desktop is a strange—but unique—mini ITX gaming PC⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  At least memory is soldered on because of high throughout they say.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does AI detect breast cancer better than doctors can?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember, when were learning prolog, that in the 70s, or something like, that they were already experimenting with AI and it was quite good at diagnostics. However doctors were scared of losing jobs instead of embracing it and using it as a tool. So they dropped it at the time. Hopefully they will use it as an additional tool this time and everybody profits.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple is once again advertising on X after more than a year⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That ring, it feels nice to kiss it - Tim Apple

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨French President Emmanuel Macron announces €100 billion investments in AI⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d certainly hope for RISC-V. Perhaps now that we have a little bit more of an incentive, we will make some progress.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨French President Emmanuel Macron announces €100 billion investments in AI⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But outside of TSMC it looks like just Samsung competing in the space, as you said Intel miles behind and AMD sold off all it’s fabs

  Not sure how it is going, but Chinese are also pouring a ton of money into bleeding edge class processes by using an alternative technology than ASML (for obvious reasons). Will try to find the link somebody posted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨French President Emmanuel Macron announces €100 billion investments in AI⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep, and that’s a biggly problem. If EU AI becomes a threat (or perceived threat) to US economic and other interests (and especially when orange is in charge), they would slap tariffs at those at least. If not forbid export.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨French President Emmanuel Macron announces €100 billion investments in AI⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And on what EU hardware it will run?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Give permission. Don't give permission. They know where you are anyway⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Even with Linux it wouldn’t be that safe, if apps were doing this crap.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US bans controversial red food dye, decades after scientists raised alarm⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’ll take at least until 2028 apparently. That’s really late.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Polish president says don't arrest Netanyahu at Auschwitz ceremony⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey, perhaps they merely want to show a genocidal leader in person.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Renewables supply 71% of Portugal’s electricity in 2024, led by solar⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hydro is more or less constant and wind is random. How does one cover a huge amount of solar energy when it’s out? You can’t increase hydro and you can’t force wind to blow.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Renewables supply 71% of Portugal’s electricity in 2024, led by solar⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, I doubt it a bit how much pumped hydro capacity is there in Portugal, but you’d need an obscene capacity if you wanted to go full renewable partially based on solar panels. Found this by quick search:

  "However, the dependency on electricity imports from Spain will increase significantly, especially in drier years. " www.sciencedirect.com/…/S2352152X24037800

  Basically you’d be using Spain as energy source when you don’t have enough energy at hand.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Renewables supply 71% of Portugal’s electricity in 2024, led by solar⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Other things run through night such as heat pumps, water heaters, EV charging etc. And those other sources are usual fossil fuel based which emit a lot of pollution and CO2. And it doesn’t work that well in other countries when you reach a threshold.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Renewables supply 71% of Portugal’s electricity in 2024, led by solar⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are those things called nights, clouds and shorter winter days 🤷‍♂️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Renewables supply 71% of Portugal’s electricity in 2024, led by solar⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Where is even coming from when there is no sun?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Renewables supply 71% of Portugal’s electricity in 2024, led by solar⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not so high without an adequate storage.