GreyEyedGhost
@GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
- Comment on New Teslas might lose Steam 1 day ago:
Not even just waiting to charge. Picking someone up, but your schedule gets you there 15 minutes before they’re available? Why not put that computer to use?
- Comment on Wish for your greatest desire 5 days ago:
And now you know why genies turn evil.
- Comment on Existential trolley problem 6 days ago:
Yes, because he’s finally rolling the boulder down a hill.
- Comment on Biden really, really doesn’t want China to flood the US with cheap EVs 1 week ago:
Where I live, the base model of the Chevy Bolt is $41k, and doesn’t have heat pump climate control (or isn’t talking about it). It also doesn’t look like it would seat 5 comfortably. Now, even without the spectre of financially supporting Elon’s antics, I don’t see a lot of reason to pay another $10k for a reasonably similar car. People are weird. 🤷♂️
- Comment on Biden really, really doesn’t want China to flood the US with cheap EVs 1 week ago:
If this was true, the Chinese EVs could be allowed in and no one would buy them. I personally want a smaller car that can comfortably seat 5 and has additional safety and comfort features (backup cameras, lane assist, heat pump climate control, etc.). This could easily be done with a sedan, hatchback, or station wagon. The only cars that have these features that I know of are SUVs.
- Comment on Here’s How That Disney 360° Treadmill Works 1 week ago:
Yeah, there’s friction, just like there is friction from walking on marble steps, such as those in the Tower of Pisa. But since they are mostly moving with the object on top of them, wear is reduced. In the end, the little wheels will be working in concert to move whatever object is on them in a given direction, but they are round and so will have a bit of drift in short order, which is managed by putting the wheels at angles so only a portion of one side is touching the object. They are likely made of a moderate friction substance with high durability and are probably replaceable, just like the tires on your car.
- Comment on we love those power laws 2 weeks ago:
NonCredibleDefense, not sure which instance it’s on, but they hot all on the regular.
- Comment on Windows 11 just isn't enticing Windows 10 users to upgrade, and its market share is actually falling 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, it’s really a question of time or money for me. Whichever I have enough of first will decide which option I go with first. I don’t expect I’ll be buying Windows again.
- Comment on Windows 11 just isn't enticing Windows 10 users to upgrade, and its market share is actually falling 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, I’ve tried a few times before and got stumped with various configuration issues. I actually have a saved post where gaming-specific distros are discussed in the hoped of getting past those issues. Now the big question is time or money. Depending which I have enough of first will determine which one happens first.
- Comment on Windows 11 just isn't enticing Windows 10 users to upgrade, and its market share is actually falling 2 weeks ago:
Due to changes in my life and career, the only reason I’m stuck on Windows is gaming. I’m not sure which will happen first, buying a Steam Deck or converting my computer to Linux for gaming, but at least one of those will happen before I upgrade to 11.
- Comment on Thomas Edison was the Elon musk of his era 2 weeks ago:
Steve Wozniak was an amazing computer geek, and designed an incredibly useful computer for the time. Steve Jobs popularized and marketed the idea. He didn’t do a lot on the technical side. There was the Blackberry and resistive touch phones before the iPhone, and they had serious problems. Anyone could have made the first smartphone - Windows Mobile was released in 2003 and certainly had the money to take on this project - but Apple did. And yes, Apple did a lot to make it painful for their customers to stray from the Apple ecology to the company’s benefit, and the detriment to the market as a whole, which is pretty on-brand for Jobs.
- Comment on Thomas Edison was the Elon musk of his era 2 weeks ago:
People often imagine things they don’t do can’t be that hard. Marketing is important because no one will be interested in your product if no one knows about it. Being able to envision products that the average person will want is another one that good business leaders often do.
Steve Jobs, for example, was very good at envisioning what people would be interested in. From the Apple to Macs to the iPod to the iPhone, he hit a lot of winners. This isn’t an endorsement for him owning the company, or even as a person, but he undeniably had a skillet that others around him often lacked.
- Comment on There it is 3 weeks ago:
There are at least twice as many icons s on his desktop as on mine!
- Comment on How did we get humans on the moon in 1969 and are still struggling to get the Starship rocket to launch properly? 3 weeks ago:
And we, worldwide already have plenty of LEO lifters. Why do you want another, when the government can just pay for one?
- Comment on How did we get humans on the moon in 1969 and are still struggling to get the Starship rocket to launch properly? 3 weeks ago:
Do you know how you get new things? Not by not researching them? You should see the amount of money the US government alone has spent on fusion, and still nothing. Look at the money DARPA has spent! Sure, we got the internet, among others, but these people got the money before there was a finished product! And some of those projects failed!
- Comment on Chinese battery developer unveils new tech with 1,300-mile range that could revolutionize EVs: 'An important piece of the puzzle' 3 weeks ago:
Then I’ll go to the basics. This which is asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. You made your assertion, I provided evidence. You dismissed it with “Well, everybody knows.” And yet, new discoveries are made all the time, research continues apace, and technology advances. Believe what you will. Your faith, or mine, makes no difference.
- Comment on Chinese battery developer unveils new tech with 1,300-mile range that could revolutionize EVs: 'An important piece of the puzzle' 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, I’m really sick of the hype train, so that was the only info I looked for. Honestly, I was a little surprised it was that easy to find, and that is still no guarantee it’s accurate.
- Comment on Chinese battery developer unveils new tech with 1,300-mile range that could revolutionize EVs: 'An important piece of the puzzle' 3 weeks ago:
Me, too, man. Saying the same thing so many times.
- Comment on How did we get humans on the moon in 1969 and are still struggling to get the Starship rocket to launch properly? 3 weeks ago:
Well, that dollar value seems to be a big deal to you, but you brush aside the costs of SLS, and completely ignore the many billions spent to make the SLS components even possible. This has sunk cost fallacy vibes to me.
- Comment on Chinese battery developer unveils new tech with 1,300-mile range that could revolutionize EVs: 'An important piece of the puzzle' 3 weeks ago:
Sorry, I forgot that some people say quaint little phrases like “never heard about them again” to mean “still haven’t seen a product released to market.” I also don’t live in a world where companies start multi-billion dollar partnerships with no belief that the corporations will get a return on that investment.
- Comment on Chinese battery developer unveils new tech with 1,300-mile range that could revolutionize EVs: 'An important piece of the puzzle' 3 weeks ago:
That was sarcasm.
- Comment on How did we get humans on the moon in 1969 and are still struggling to get the Starship rocket to launch properly? 3 weeks ago:
SLS is a disposable product based on existing technology. Starship intends to be reusable and is an evolution based on tech developed in the last 20 years.
Neither private companies nor the DoD is interested in using the SLS once it has been proven in the Artemis project, and given the project is based on the time-honored tradition of government pork, it’s doubtful it will ever be economical. Every indication I can see is that the Blue Origin and SLS contract are to hedge bets in case Starship fails. After all, we know SLS will work, but it will always be cost-ineffective just based on the nature of the beast. Blue Origin might work out, but they’ve been around as long as SpaceX and have achieved suborbital flights so far. Meanwhile, SpaceX has had 332 successful launches in 14 years, with 2 failures. Their team seems to know what they’re doing.
- Comment on How did we get humans on the moon in 1969 and are still struggling to get the Starship rocket to launch properly? 3 weeks ago:
SLS is also ridiculously expensive. They hope, with time, to bring the cost down to $1 billion per launch. And the first one took 6 years longer than expected. If we’re going to get to the moon more than one more time before I die, this isn’t the vehicle I’m going to pin my hopes on.
- Comment on Chinese battery developer unveils new tech with 1,300-mile range that could revolutionize EVs: 'An important piece of the puzzle' 3 weeks ago:
We’ve gone from the most reliable battery being an alkaline through 3 different rechargeable technologies as well. Too bad that research never pans out…
- Comment on Chinese battery developer unveils new tech with 1,300-mile range that could revolutionize EVs: 'An important piece of the puzzle' 3 weeks ago:
Chase it down? It says 720 Wh/kg in the thumbnail image.
- Comment on Chinese battery developer unveils new tech with 1,300-mile range that could revolutionize EVs: 'An important piece of the puzzle' 3 weeks ago:
So I went to my search engine of choice, typed in solid state battery, set the time range to 1 month, went to the news tab, and this is the first link. 2 days old.
Just because no one went out of their way to remind you that researchers are continuing their research doesn’t mean they stopped doing it. And when the bar is this low to satisfy your curiosity, it really is on you. It would have taken less time to get the highlights than it would to post your comment.
- Comment on Boeing retaliated against its own engineers working for FAA, union says 3 weeks ago:
This is always the problem with laisse faire capitalism. People have shown time and again, they will do whatever they can to increase profits. If we don’t have regulations to stop them, and strictly enforce them, corners will be cut and profits will increase until people start dying in large numbers.
- Comment on Modernizing the best Woodworking Joint to use for 3D Printing 3 weeks ago:
And this is, in fact, a dovetail. It slides into place. He just happened to do it on a curve. He shows it in motion at 4:00.
- Comment on Spurred by Teen Girls, States Move to Ban Deepfake Nudes 3 weeks ago:
But not that way…
- Comment on Tesla recalls all 3,878 Cybertrucks over faulty accelerator pedal - The Verge 4 weeks ago:
I didn’t take it that way. From what I’ve heard, it’s a very challenging process, and I’m not sure it’s worth it for this use case. It also sucks that it’s so damned ugly. And there’s all the good will he burned, ki d of sad.