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  1. Comment on Chinese automotive glass giant announces vehicle-integrated solar roof in ~transport

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    Fuyao said the product embeds solar cells within laminated automotive glass, allowing sunlight to be converted into electricity for auxiliary vehicle loads. The company describes the technology as a “solar sunroof,” rather than a photovoltaic system covering the entire vehicle roof. According to Fuyao’s official product information, the electricity can be used to power onboard electrical equipment.

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    Several Chinese automotive media reports since February have claimed that the system was jointly developed with BYD and would be offered on the Han and Tang models for an optional price of CNY 8,000 ($1,190). Other widely circulated figures include a peak output of 720 W and a conversion efficiency of 23.18%, based on heterojunction (HJT) solar cell technology.

    However, neither Fuyao nor BYD has published technical specifications or a joint announcement confirming those figures. During a March investor briefing, Fuyao declined to identify its customers or disclose pricing, saying both were commercially confidential.

    Fuyao recently said its factories in Fuqing Yangxia and Hefei had each reached production capacity of 3 million sets of automotive glass by the end of 2025 and were ramping up production in 2026. It has not disclosed what proportion, if any, of that capacity is dedicated to solar sunroofs.

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    ... Its more immediate role is likely to be supplying low-power auxiliary loads while vehicles are parked, potentially reducing battery drain and supporting ventilation and other standby functions.

    4 votes

  3. Comment on Is there any interest in building a Tildes successor? in ~tildes

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    I don't know, that doesn't sound right to me. Reddit is considered woke by other social media circles and even some redditors themselves. So people saying that Tildes is a woke reddit feels wrong...

    I don't know, that doesn't sound right to me. Reddit is considered woke by other social media circles and even some redditors themselves. So people saying that Tildes is a woke reddit feels wrong and doesn't match what I've seen - not saying that you are wrong or denying what you've seen, to be clear; just expressing that in my personal experience, I'm having a hard time picturing who is saying that.

    PS: it's been years and I still have no clue what "woke" even means. I swear I'm not being purposely dense or cute, I really don't know. It seemingly keeps changing meaning depending on who says it and the situation

    5 votes

  4. Comment on Elon Musk on tomatoes in ~food

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    opened the link, and then closed it. I forgot how much I can't stand the guy But yeah, a billionaire talking about groceries and homegrown plants, I can imagine his opinion on that would have the...

    opened the link, and then closed it. I forgot how much I can't stand the guy

    But yeah, a billionaire talking about groceries and homegrown plants, I can imagine his opinion on that would have the same weight as a small kid's opinion on astrophysics

    33 votes

  5. Comment on Waving goodbye, carrying my bundle on a stick in ~talk

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    I took his post in the literal sense: He's not planning to add any new features, and kindly told people to drop it (i.e. the posts about new tags and features). That was it. Maybe I also missed...

    I took his post in the literal sense: He's not planning to add any new features, and kindly told people to drop it (i.e. the posts about new tags and features). That was it.

    Maybe I also missed some messages between the lines, but I didn't take away that he's planning to kill off Tildes or let it die. It's just on maintenance mode, that's it. Not every piece of software needs to receive new features every year to be considered "alive".

    29 votes

  6. Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official

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    I go to lemmy universe for memes, but nothing else. In my experience, it's just like reddit but smaller - with the same toxicity and other issues included

    I go to lemmy universe for memes, but nothing else. In my experience, it's just like reddit but smaller - with the same toxicity and other issues included

    2 votes

  7. Comment on Another week on Linux in ~tech

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    I use Windows, MacOS and Linux (Fedora). I know, I'm a weirdo. But if you humour me for a bit, here's my two cents: All of these OS's have their own issues and quirks, like you said. But I feel...

    I use Windows, MacOS and Linux (Fedora). I know, I'm a weirdo. But if you humour me for a bit, here's my two cents:

    All of these OS's have their own issues and quirks, like you said. But I feel that Linux is less forgiving - and that regardless of distro, there's always the expectation that you should be able to troubleshoot and fix issues yourself. And if you are your family's IT guy like me, then you would know that that's not a realistic expectation for the average person. (it was more than once that I had to explain to someone what a gmail account was and that they definitely had one logged in in their android phone, let me put it that way)

    For example:

    MacOS puts me in a neat little box. It takes away some control, but at the same time most things will just work™️. When I connect my macbook to an external display, it doesn't matter if it's 1080p or 4k, the image will appear and it will look right.

    Windows, kind of the same thing, but a bit less consistent.

    Linux (Fedora (KDE) and SteamOS (KDE)), are the opposite. Every single time, I have to adapt to whatever quirks the distro or the DE throws at me. The two more annoying recent examples were my gaming desktop and my Steam Deck.

    My desktop, for whatever reason, had almost no issues with my TV while using Windows, but Fedora (and other distros before it) just didn't work and had terrible colours - like a photo taken with the first cell phones with cameras, among other issues. Turns out, the hdmi cable was connected to a 2.0 port on the TV instead of the 2.1 port, and swapping fixed it. But there's the point I made: Windows somehow managed to roll with it, Linux didn't. (more details about this experience here). After that, I had to do some tinkering to make sure it looks right in both my 1080p monitor and my TV whenever I swap between them, whereas on Windows that was never something I needed to do.

    The second example was my Steam Deck while in desktop mode. I connected it to my 4k TV and had to change the scaling. After I was done using it with the TV, I disconnected it, and promptly changed the scaling back to 100% to make the UI elements back to normal. Except the mouse pointer didn't get the memo, and keeps not getting it. Today, I still have a large mouse pointer that won't go back to normal, no matter what I do. There should be a fix, but I gave up and just left it be.

    If from my examples you're getting the impression that it's a KDE problem: sure, maybe it is. But in my over 10 years using and experimenting with distros with different DE's, that's just par for the course to me. I didn't expect it to be different. Linux requires a bit of tinkering from the user. It will improve in the future (we came a long way didn't we?), but for now it's not as tinkering or hassle free as the other two - in my experience.

    That said, I do want to point out that my Fedora desktop has been stable for months now and the experience has been very smooth.

    4 votes

  8. Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official

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    Genuine question: why? Personally, I think it's a terrible idea based on what I've seen happening to other forums and subreddits. But I'm curious about why you would want that

    I wish tildes would remove that invite and open the gate. I don't care about the other features.

    Genuine question: why?

    Personally, I think it's a terrible idea based on what I've seen happening to other forums and subreddits. But I'm curious about why you would want that

    22 votes

  9. Comment on New label suggestion: a removable "One-sided" label that gradually reduces the comment's visibility in ~tildes

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    I’m on board with your tag idea, it reminds me of the community notes in Twitter. As much as I despise that website and its community and its owner, Community Notes is one of the few good ideas...

    I’m on board with your tag idea, it reminds me of the community notes in Twitter. As much as I despise that website and its community and its owner, Community Notes is one of the few good ideas that came from it.

    But it’s like you said, tags by themselves aren’t a solution.

    One of the best communities I’ve been part of was on Discord some years ago. The community was small and most users policed themselves. Bad actors were “shamed” and shunned, which led to them leaving the community by themselves. If someone went too far, the mods were immediately called and said user was banned.

    But then the community grew too much and that self-policing stopped. Not anyone’s fault, I guess it’s just how it is when a group gets large enough.

    I don’t know what the best solution for this is. Maybe it’s more mods, maybe it’s less tolerance for bad behaviors from new users, maybe it’s banning users that prove to be problematic too many times, etc.

    I think that what destroys a lot of communities is the misconception that forums are democracies with free speech. They aren’t. So mods let bad users infiltrate and poison the community until ultimately the good users quit and only the bad remain.

    Not saying this is what’s happening to Tildes to be clear, just saying what I saw several times with subreddits. I consider Tildes a healthy community overall.

    10 votes

  10. Comment on Sanity check - always-on machine + laptop with remote desktop in ~tech

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    Doesn't look like it. My Wan IP from my router matches the IP I get from "what is my ip" Maybe it has to do with my router? It's an Asus GT-AXE16000 (got it for free). Claude suspects - put here a...

    Doesn't look like it. My Wan IP from my router matches the IP I get from "what is my ip"

    Maybe it has to do with my router? It's an Asus GT-AXE16000 (got it for free).

    Claude suspects - put here a huge grain of salt because I didn't validate it in the router - that my router isn't offering UPnP/NAT-PMP/PCP, so Tailscale can't request to open ports. His smoking gun is PortMapping not showing anything when I run tailscale netcheck in my raspberry.

  11. Comment on Sanity check - always-on machine + laptop with remote desktop in ~tech

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    Thanks for the correction mate, I assumed what happened to me was universal. My tailscale, regardless of device, would always connect via relays. I had to open a port to make the direct connection.

    Thanks for the correction mate, I assumed what happened to me was universal.

    My tailscale, regardless of device, would always connect via relays. I had to open a port to make the direct connection.

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  12. Comment on Sanity check - always-on machine + laptop with remote desktop in ~tech

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    I have a pretty similar setup at home, and it works really well despite some caveats. I have a desktop with nvidia, running Fedora and I use it as my gaming machine. It’s connected to both a...

    I have a pretty similar setup at home, and it works really well despite some caveats.

    I have a desktop with nvidia, running Fedora and I use it as my gaming machine. It’s connected to both a monitor and a TV, but when I prefer to be in bed or in another room, I stream games with my Steam Deck. I use moonlight/sunshine for that, which so far has been the pair that has given me fewer issues.

    I also could stream from outside, but I never really tried it. I have a raspberry pi working as a tailscale node exit and running pi hole as well.

    Your plan will work, but there are some things to keep in mind:

    • it’s a nitpick - as I stream games often, so emphasis on this being a nitpick - but I can always tell that I’m streaming, which makes it a bit less enjoyable than just being physically at the PC. There’s virtually no latency and you could play fighting games if you wanted (while on LAN), but there’s always some blurriness in the image. You can crank up the quality of the image at the cost using more bandwidth, but in my experience there’s always a bit of blurriness.

    • make sure your desktop is plugged with ethernet. Don’t even bother trying wifi, trust me

    • I don’t remember if it’s the same with windows, but with linux, you need to give it a monitor or a dummy HDMI in order for sunshine to work. This wasn’t an issue for me, but I remember reading about this. In your case a dummy HDMI should work and trick linux into thinking you have a monitor connected.

    • another issue with linux is that at startup, you need to make it log into your user account without password, as otherwise sunshine won’t run (on Windows this isn’t an issue, sunshine runs while at login screen)

    • ideally, your desktop should render the display at the same resolution as your laptop, else the quality will suffer - I despise streaming in my macbook air, as its resolution is higher than what my desktop outputs (1080p)

    • there are a few games that refuse to recognize your controller. Kingdom Come 2 for example. If I use a controller with the desktop, no issues. If I try using while streaming (be it with my steam deck builtin buttons or a ds4 controller), no dice.

    • You can use moonlight to wake your desktop via LAN - which is what I do. But this won’t work with Tailscale. I don’t remember the technical reasons, it’s something you can’t do (or easily do) with Tailscale. What I ended up doing was building a terminal command on my raspberry, which when triggered, makes my raspberry wake up my desktop.

    • If that’s a dealbreaker, you can use OpenVPN instead of Tailscale. That one works.

    • You will need to open an UDP port for tailscale. The guides I followed focused so much on the idea that you can use Tailscale without opening ports, that they failed to mention that without it your connection suffers. Your phone uses a lot more battery and the connection is really slow without it.

    These are some things off the top of my head. But feel free to ask me anything

    All of this is to say: there will be some caveats, but generally speaking, your plan will work

    14 votes

  13. Comment on Why does Opera GX rarely come up in browser discussions? in ~tech

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    Can't comment on it, I never tried it since it's still in beta. But now that vertical tabs are becoming a thing in most browsers, it's Arc inspirations aren't as interesting as otherwise they...

    Can't comment on it, I never tried it since it's still in beta. But now that vertical tabs are becoming a thing in most browsers, it's Arc inspirations aren't as interesting as otherwise they would be - for me at least, to be clear. No shade meant.

    How does it compare to waterfox in terms of privacy?

  14. Comment on Why does Opera GX rarely come up in browser discussions? in ~tech

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    I've always interpreted it as "it exists, I guess". It doesn't offer anything that makes it different or better compared to other options. If anything, it's worse since it's not open source. It...

    I've always interpreted it as "it exists, I guess". It doesn't offer anything that makes it different or better compared to other options. If anything, it's worse since it's not open source.

    It may be a simplistic view but to me the current rule of thumb is:

    • You want a vanilla chromium experience: Chrome or Chromium itself

    • You want a browser with sane privacy settings OOTB: Brave

    • You want a browser with a lot of customisation: Vivaldi (no contest)

    • You want a browser that lets you use side web panels: Vivaldi or Edge

    • You want an alternative to Chromium: Firefox

    I'm checking their (Opera GX) list of features and almost all of them exist in some form in the browsers I mentioned above.

    The only thing that stands out is "GX Control", which is basically a feature to limit RAM and CPU usage. But I'm thinking to myself, when and in what situations would I use this? The OS and the browser manage these just fine by themselves, realistically you don't need to use it. Or if the idea is to free up resources while I'm gaming, then... I would just close the browser.

    Idk, maybe I'm missing something obvious, but I don't see the point of this feature.

    5 votes

  15. Comment on UBlock Origin got turned off with my most recent Brave browser update. Any alternatives? in ~tech

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    Did you try ublock origin lite? Same dev and everything, just made to work with chromium after the update that killed the original

    Did you try ublock origin lite?

    Same dev and everything, just made to work with chromium after the update that killed the original

    10 votes

  16. Comment on Is there a way to filter out everything posted by a user? in ~tildes

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    Oh wow, didn’t expect so many people coming to this post. Wonder who the guy is and what he’s posting. … Unless it’s me. If it is, please let me know, so I can fix what I am doing wrong

    Oh wow, didn’t expect so many people coming to this post. Wonder who the guy is and what he’s posting.

    … Unless it’s me. If it is, please let me know, so I can fix what I am doing wrong

    8 votes

  17. Comment on Game Pass was supposed to save Xbox – instead, it’s killing the company in ~games

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    If it’s not a problem, would you mind sharing how you would do those calculations? No need to get into the nitty gritty, I would appreciate an overview as well

    If it’s not a problem, would you mind sharing how you would do those calculations?

    No need to get into the nitty gritty, I would appreciate an overview as well

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  19. Comment on Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix 2026 - Race Weekend Discussion in ~sports.motorsports

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    Oh the community is going to destroy Carlos Sainz.... I'm going to wait and see his side of the story, but he did Piastri dirty. Speaking of which, Piastri had a valid crash out. I don't know if...

    Oh the community is going to destroy Carlos Sainz.... I'm going to wait and see his side of the story, but he did Piastri dirty.

    Speaking of which, Piastri had a valid crash out. I don't know if McLaren had already planned to box Piastri but the timing couldn't have been worse. I'm not blaming anyone - Piastri included - if they believe they boxed him just to let Norris through.

    Which, btw, to both Norris and Hamilton, if you believe you are faster than the guy in front of you, then do the thing you should be doing: overtake them! That complaining on the radio tickled me weird lol

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  20. Comment on With swords, axes and shields, competitors from thirty countries are going head-to-head in the grounds of a Danish fortress in a modern version of old-fashioned battle in ~humanities.history

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    While I was playing Kingdom Come 2 (highly recommend it btw), I watched several videos about how life was in medieval times and also how wars were waged. Media today conditioned us to think that...

    While I was playing Kingdom Come 2 (highly recommend it btw), I watched several videos about how life was in medieval times and also how wars were waged.

    Media today conditioned us to think that armours were like paper that you could cut through with a sword. HAH! Not like that at all. A proper steel armour made you a literal tank. The best swordsman in the world would be in trouble against any average joe in armour. Only way to stop you would be to pin you down and either bash your head with hammers, maces, clubs or other weapons of that nature; or manage to find weak spots between your joints and stab there (or your face, also works).

    Although that wouldn't happen often. Someone wearing armour = rich, it was better to capture them and ransom them.

    The downsides they had was that they were heavy, and many wouldn't allow you to move freely. You would get tired quickly, you would never be able to catch up someone running from you, and you would have an especially bad time during battles in hot summers and cold winters. It's yet another thing that media conditioned us, many characters wearing armour wear them like they're clothes that you could casually wear.

    There's some interesting videos on youtube that go over this stuff.

    4 votes