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  1. Comment on The invention of buses in ~transport

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    Incredible history. Great example of innovation being later and in a different form than you would expect.

    Incredible history. Great example of innovation being later and in a different form than you would expect.

    4 votes

  2. Comment on US battery industry cuts losses, shifts to new ventures amid electric vehicle bust in ~transport

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    Thanks for the correction, I was mixing things up there. The exemption in the US is indeed CAFE. A separate issue is the lax overall testing of things like pedestrian safety for US cars which...

    Thanks for the correction, I was mixing things up there. The exemption in the US is indeed CAFE. A separate issue is the lax overall testing of things like pedestrian safety for US cars which makes most SUVs illegal in Europe, but that does not factor into cost I think.

    5 votes

  3. Comment on US battery industry cuts losses, shifts to new ventures amid electric vehicle bust in ~transport

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    The US automarket has an artificial preference to SUVs because of safety excemptions on light trucks. This status quo is being held up by auto manufacturers, because SUVs make the big profits, but...

    The US automarket has an artificial preference to SUVs because of safety excemptions on light trucks. This status quo is being held up by auto manufacturers, because SUVs make the big profits, but I think it will slowly kill the remaining US industry slowly. Suvs only make sense as the average car when they're gas powered and gas has low tarrifs (like in the US). A battery powered SUVs is ridiculously expensive, just like the gas variant should be and is in other nations. European and especially Chinese manufacturers know this, and produce cars accordingly, the US is stuck in the past.

    8 votes

  4. Comment on Typst 0.15 contains multitudes in ~comp

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    Just started using Typst and ran into the fonts issue, so very happy to see they're tackling issues head-on.

    Just started using Typst and ran into the fonts issue, so very happy to see they're tackling issues head-on.

    4 votes

  5. Comment on What do you think is the best sandwich? in ~food

  6. Comment on What do you think is the best sandwich? in ~food

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    Interesting! I'm not a simpsons person either, but Steamed Hams has kind of trancended being a meme and has become a sort of template to try cool video stuff with, like animation or showcasing the...

    Interesting! I'm not a simpsons person either, but Steamed Hams has kind of trancended being a meme and has become a sort of template to try cool video stuff with, like animation or showcasing the medium of Ottoman Shadow Play (yes really). The rabbit hole is endless!

    2 votes

  7. Comment on What do you think is the best sandwich? in ~food

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    The reference is from Steamed Hams. Interesting to hear that you have places in the US that call them toasties, I always thought the Dutch term "tosti" had no English equivalent and that grilled...

    The reference is from Steamed Hams. Interesting to hear that you have places in the US that call them toasties, I always thought the Dutch term "tosti" had no English equivalent and that grilled cheese sandwich was the only translation.

  8. Comment on Google Chrome to fully remove legacy support for manifest v2 in ~tech

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    I just use Firefox for 99% of websites and keep Ungoogled Chromium around as a backup and to use for one specific site/web-app that does not work well woth FF

    I just use Firefox for 99% of websites and keep Ungoogled Chromium around as a backup and to use for one specific site/web-app that does not work well woth FF

    5 votes

  9. Comment on What do you think is the best sandwich? in ~food

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    "And you call it melted, despite the fact that it's obviously grilled" "Yes 😄"

    "And you call it melted, despite the fact that it's obviously grilled" "Yes 😄"

    2 votes

  10. Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food

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    If you don't mind em: beans. They're cheap, easy to cook, healthy and chock full of flavour. If I can't be bothered to cook something complex but want to cook something, I just start the rice...

    If you don't mind em: beans. They're cheap, easy to cook, healthy and chock full of flavour. If I can't be bothered to cook something complex but want to cook something, I just start the rice cooker, throw some cans together and season to taste, mostly umami (soy sauce, Woostershire sauce), a splash of sour (plain white or white wine vinigar) and some spice. Maybe add a bite like falafel or maybe some meat (I prefer vegan/vegetarian food), let it sit for a bit and you're ready to eat. Bonus: you can freeze it in very well.

    1 vote

  11. Comment on Code is cheap(er) in ~comp

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    Great essay from Carson Goss as always. I learned a lot from his articles and his book "Hypermedia Systems".

    Great essay from Carson Goss as always. I learned a lot from his articles and his book "Hypermedia Systems".

    2 votes

  12. Comment on Battery costs just plunged 70% — this changes everything in ~enviro

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    Even small plants do not fit into a picture where renewables are dirt cheap. With cheap electricity, we need storage and flexible assets, not baseload.

    Even small plants do not fit into a picture where renewables are dirt cheap. With cheap electricity, we need storage and flexible assets, not baseload.

    1 vote

  13. Comment on Battery costs just plunged 70% — this changes everything in ~enviro

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    I am one of the people who think the idea of baseload is outdated. If solar is say, 30% of the price of nuclear, even using it through (inefficient) storage is cheaper than using nuclear....

    I am one of the people who think the idea of baseload is outdated. If solar is say, 30% of the price of nuclear, even using it through (inefficient) storage is cheaper than using nuclear. Frequency was the main argument for a long time, but frequency regulating batteries are proving very effective (there is a big installation in Scotland I know of, and probably a few in Australia as well).

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Battery costs just plunged 70% — this changes everything in ~enviro

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    That is true for existing nuclear yes but only marginally. For new generation, it's not even close, and with solars learning rate, that picture will change as well in a few years time. The main...

    nuclear energy cost per kwh is from what I have read the cheapest.

    That is true for existing nuclear yes but only marginally. For new generation, it's not even close, and with solars learning rate, that picture will change as well in a few years time. The main insight imo is that batteries and solar prices are going down so rapidly, that pretty much nothing else is able to compete on price. The learning rate we are seeing is in a way similar to computers or the internet: I think we are at the "that internet thing is pretty neat for ordering books" state of solar.

    2 votes

  15. Comment on Battery costs just plunged 70% — this changes everything in ~enviro

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    I've been saying this for years now: solar combined with wind and storage are inevitable. Government support is nice, yes, but there is no way back now. Coal was already on the way out, gas is...

    I've been saying this for years now: solar combined with wind and storage are inevitable. Government support is nice, yes, but there is no way back now. Coal was already on the way out, gas is next. Phasing out nuclear won't make sense for a while, but building new plants does not make financial sense anymore.

    8 votes

  16. Comment on Bun has been rewritten in Rust in ~comp

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    Interesting theory, hadn'r linked those two events together. I don't think they'll have an easier time making similar PRs to the Rust project though.

    Interesting theory, hadn'r linked those two events together. I don't think they'll have an easier time making similar PRs to the Rust project though.

  17. Comment on Bun has been rewritten in Rust in ~comp

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    Maybe, yes. I agree with that Rust probably would've been better for this particular usecase, from what I can see at least. I don't know if it was stupid though, there are certainly legitimate...

    Maybe, yes. I agree with that Rust probably would've been better for this particular usecase, from what I can see at least. I don't know if it was stupid though, there are certainly legitimate reasons to use Zig and some projects use it with great success.

    2 votes

  18. Comment on Bun has been rewritten in Rust in ~comp

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    So, when Bun was created, they very loudly chose for Zig over Rust, because it gave them the memory control they needed for their very high performance standard. And fair enough: this is one of...

    So, when Bun was created, they very loudly chose for Zig over Rust, because it gave them the memory control they needed for their very high performance standard. And fair enough: this is one of the main selling points of Zig and something Rust is explicitly not designed for (not as a main goal anyway).

    And now, they come out with a fully generated AI PR, completely unreviewable code, probably also AI slop, saying: yeah, we didn't need that control after all, Rust is actually better because it gives more memory safety.

    This was clear from the start, why did you suddenly change now? Was it because Zig was the language of the day at the time? The whole thing just makes me doubt about their initial reasoning, their ability to use AI responsibly and also makes me worried about Astral/UV and OpenAI.

    8 votes

  19. Comment on Nobody understands the point of hybrid cars in ~transport

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    Really interesting video, cleared up some confusion of my assumptions about it being an EV with a generator.

    Really interesting video, cleared up some confusion of my assumptions about it being an EV with a generator.

  20. Comment on Pawmometer uses real-time weather data to estimate ground temps and flag unsafe surfaces for dogs in ~life.pets

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    Idk, the combination of "vibe-coded", "non-developer" and "Crypto" doesn't sound great to say the least.

    This vibe-coded tool tells dog owners when pavement is too hot for paws

    Gregory Paige isn't a developer. He's a product marketer at Circle, the company behind the USDC stablecoin

    Idk, the combination of "vibe-coded", "non-developer" and "Crypto" doesn't sound great to say the least.

    5 votes