Viper_NZ
@Viper_NZ@lemmy.nz
- Comment on How to make an EV tire that won’t pollute the environment 5 days ago:
Much heavier than petrol cars if they’re not on a bespoke EV platform or designed poorly. Slightly heavier than petrol cars if they’re designed properly.
Eg a Model 3 and a Toyota Camry are the same weight and almost identical dimensions.
It’s weird to me the weight thing keeps coming up when discussing EVs but not the petrol cars which have been growing bigger and heavier for years.
- Comment on New Doom Game Could Be Announced At Xbox Showcase In June 1 month ago:
I have a nasty feeling it’s going to be like Halo without Marty O’Donnell - bland music that is completely and utterly forgettable.
- Comment on After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year 1 month ago:
I’ve been with Tidal since. I miss the Spotify recommendation algorithm but that’s it.
- Comment on After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year 1 month ago:
Two to three times what Spotify pay artists per stream.
- Comment on Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day 2 months ago:
I have a front loader that takes anything from 1.5 - 3 hours depending on water temperature, load size etc.
It may tell me 2 hours when I start it, and still be going 2 hours 20 minutes later.
The dryer next to it is even worse when it comes to guessing duration, so having a notification pop up next to me is helpful.
- Comment on Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day 2 months ago:
Mine does too but can run up to 45 minutes over time depending on how it adjusts the load, water temp etc.
The dryer is a sensor heat pump dryer so I have zero idea whether it’s going to take 30 minutes or 2 hours.
It’s a feature I find useful, I can isolate it on my network and I didn’t pay extra for it.
Seems weird to be defending it.
- Comment on Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day 2 months ago:
The laundry is next to the garage and I work from the exact opposite end of the house.
Is also a front loader that’s pretty quiet even when spinning.
- Comment on Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day 2 months ago:
I have my washer and dryer on an isolated network. It’s actually useful to be able to tell if they’re done without walking to the other end of the house to check.
- Comment on Boeing: Last Week Tonight 3 months ago:
Legend. Thank you!
- Comment on Boeing: Last Week Tonight 3 months ago:
Can you share this?
- Comment on Shell Is Immediately Closing All Of Its California Hydrogen Stations | The oil giant is one of the big players in hydrogen globally, but even it can't make its operations work here. 4 months ago:
300kg of battery -> environmental catastrophe
The other 1,500kg of car? Made of unicorn kisses and butterfly dreams.
- Comment on Gel and lithium-ion tech could enable 1000-mile EV range on one charge 4 months ago:
Nope, Toyota.
Since 2008 they’ve been trotting it a story annually that their amazing solid state batteries are only 2-3 years away.
They’ll revolutionise EVs, so there’s no point buying one now. It’ll be a worthless dead end.
Buy a Toyota hybrid instead.
- Comment on Gel and lithium-ion tech could enable 1000-mile EV range on one charge 4 months ago:
It’s not Toyota making the claim this time, it may not be bullshit for once.
- Comment on ‘Enshittification’ is coming for absolutely everything 4 months ago:
The irony of clicking on this link and getting hit with “accept cookies” “Subscribe to unlock this article”.
- Comment on Apple Vision Pro Owners Are Struggling to Figure Out What They Just Bought 4 months ago:
Nah, it just has no apps, a poor battery life and like all new Apple product lines will be massively put to shame by its successors.
- Comment on Instagram finds that AI Mr beast scams do not go against community guidelines. 5 months ago:
This has all been in the last year…
- Comment on Instagram finds that AI Mr beast scams do not go against community guidelines. 5 months ago:
On Twitter I’ve reported:
- Pictures of dead babies/toddlers
- Pictures of murdered people
- Death threats towards public figures
- Illegal videos of terrorist acts
- Ads for illegal weapons (tasers)
- So so much crypto spam
Things found by Twitter to go against their community standards? 0
- Comment on Lucid’s $50,000 Tesla Challenger Under Development, CEO Suggests 5 months ago:
You don’t have to like them, but explain to me how it’s a ‘deathtrap’ if it passes the same safety standards as a car produced anywhere else. A 5 star NCAP car doesn’t become less safe just because it’s Chinese.
6 of the top 10 safest cars tested in 2023 are from Chinese automakers.
They are producing and exporting safe and affordable electric vehicles and they’re seeing great success in Europe and Oceania. Tarrifs are the only thing protecting the US auto market from similar inroads.
- Comment on Lucid’s $50,000 Tesla Challenger Under Development, CEO Suggests 5 months ago:
That doesn’t stop them from existing, or being highly competitive. It’s up to western and Japanese car makers to compete rather than pretend it’s not happening.
The cars also pass NCAP/ANCAP testing with 5 stars.
- Comment on Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium? 5 months ago:
Large car batteries can become second life static energy storage before being completely recycled .
This is one of those instances where capitalism helps us out - there’s money to be made in old batteries.
Single use vapes are pretty damn disgusting all around TBH.
- Comment on Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium? 5 months ago:
I’m not sure on the global percentage, but they’re becoming far more common. Most of the top selling EVs where I live (Tesla Model Y/3, BYD Atto 3, BYD Dolphin, MG ZS EV) all use lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries.
- Comment on Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium? 5 months ago:
There is zero cobalt in a lithium iron phosphate battery.
- Comment on Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium? 5 months ago:
Ok so let’s drill into it further.
Lithium gets mined once and then enters a circular system where batteries can be recycled after 10+ years in service.
It doesn’t exist in isolation either. While lithium is mined, its competitors (oil, coal, gas) are too with significantly higher environmental costs. They’re also not reusable.
Zinc Bromide batteries look like a great idea door static energy storage but if you’re worried about mining, I have bad news.
- Comment on What's up with Epic Games? 5 months ago:
Most of the salt I have for this behaviour from games that were pulled from Steam because Epic threw cash at the developers, or they’re exclusive despite there being no reason to be.
I have no issue with Epic releasing their own games in their store, just like valve do, or EA/Actvision did.
- Comment on Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium? 5 months ago:
Much of the lithium is mined in Australia or via salt brines in Chile.
It’s not worse environmentally than the other mined materials that go into a vehicle.
- Comment on 2024 could be the year the PC finally dumps x86 for Arm, all thanks to Windows 12 and Qualcomm's new chip 5 months ago:
I don’t care as long as desktops remain modular.
- Comment on Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium? 5 months ago:
What makes a lithium iron phosphate battery an ecological nightmare?
- Comment on What's up with Epic Games? 6 months ago:
Paid exclusives locking content away from other online stores. Basically trying to force me to use it is a sure fire way of making me refuse.
- Comment on Lucid’s $50,000 Tesla Challenger Under Development, CEO Suggests 6 months ago:
There are plenty of cars coming out of China at that price point. With decent range figures too.
- Comment on Lucid’s $50,000 Tesla Challenger Under Development, CEO Suggests 6 months ago:
Mass market means mass production. Have they proven capable of that yet?