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3 hours ago, TubularCorporation said:
If it does.
As far as I can tell, the last major advance that has been made in battery technology was when alkalines were developed in the 50s (EDIT: I double checked and this is actually wrong, compact alkalines came to market in 1949 but they were invented in 1901, so every major battery technology in use today is older than 100 years, other thanthat 1949 chemistry tweak that made alkaline batteries mor epractical). The lithium ion tech that electric cars use was developed over 100 years ago, before WWI, even though it wasn't brought to market in a practical form until the 70s. There have ben advances in manufacturing techniques and cost, but the underlying technology is VERY old and pretty much mature.
When I was just out of college, around 2003, one of my roommates was doing a postgraduate research fellowship at MIT in this exact field. There hadn't been a significant advance in decades, and he said it was a field where you kept doing paid fellowships until you either made the one new discovery that revolutionized everything, which he said was less likely as winning the lottery, or retired. He was 40 and still doing research. About 5 years later he quit and moved to Canada.
I hope we get a source of cheap graphene or something that at least lets us make them smaller, that would be the biggest advance in generations even if it wouldn't really be a new technology.
First of all, there's a lot you can do within the current tech just playing with chemistry to make them safer (LiFePO4), with trade-offs of course. I agree that practically all recent "major" battery tech advances, e.g., solid state, are vaporware at this point.
Second, I don't wanna sound like a free-market douchebag, but if the safety profile of current tech poses a significant enough risk as EVs become more prevalent, the market will hopefully incentivize more radical innovation.
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12 hours ago, ignatius said:
the rockets all blew up in the process of making them better. seems to work for them. their stated goal w/this launch was to "clear the tower" so by that metric it was a success. it's a huge rocket. 400ft long/tall and huge cargo pod on the top that can carry cargo or up to 100 people (wtf). so, as for that.. the engineers will get it sorted. there's another launch in a month or so.
he's not the guy designing them or building them. other people do that. he is just telling them what he wants and telling them when it needs to be done by etc.. that's my guess. not saying he isn't smart at some things. he's still a twat.
the whole twitter thing is a shitshow and i suspect a tax write off and whimsical folly for elon the troll 420 69 bro. and being able to shit off $44 billion on something like this is absurd of course.
i finally drove some teslas. they drive nice. they do have tons of torque and drive nice enough but i'm nervous there's no forceable exit tool in the car in case it catches fire and decides to lock me in. i roll the window down when i drive them at work. they are kind of annoying in some ways. every thing you want to do other than roll down the window, windshield wipers, hazard lights, open the door... it's all in the screen. adjusting the side mirrors requires going into the screen to select that page then using the little wheels on the steering wheel to make adjustments. it's annoying. i know that's how they keep costs down or whatever.. so they don't have to make a bunch of small parts and systems for doing all that shit.. but it's not like they're cheap. expensive cars. anyway.. they're decent cars. though i'm well aware of all the problems with them and dangers of battery fires that do not go out.
con man would be close to what he is but he does actually make things.. he's a salesman, a manipulator as much as anything. a troll. he's got an agenda and he'll meddle in whatever way he wants to get there.
To be fair, the whole "EV fire" thing is pretty much FUD. Regular gas cars catch fire at a higher rate. That being said, an ICE fire is easier to put out than a Li-ion battery fire for sure, but safety (and fire-fighting technology) will catch up as EV battery technology advances. We're only using super-flammable chemistry now because that gives us the best energy density / cost ratio and safety was kind of the sacrificial lamb there. Tesla is already using LiFePO4 batteries which are much less flammable, but they are less energy-dense (heavier per kWh) and lose a bit more range in colder weather.
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9 hours ago, zlemflolia said:
well if you look at how the framework of capitalism itself "got things going" it involves
-mass genocide
-land enclosure
-theft of personal property
-privatization of public resources
nothing about that is great
and once it "gets going", how does it expand and make money? literal theft of the surplus labor value of the workers, each of whom is coerced into working there by the threat of homelessness or poverty
Thanks for taking me out of context. I was talking about getting a new business off the ground / creating new jobs. You probably knew that but couldn't pass up an opportunity to troll. I have a feeling that you might be confusing capitalism with imperialism with the whole mass genocide, theft of personal property... stuff wrt what I said.
IMO, the incentives for job and wealth creation for everyone are the most effective in capitalism with respect to creating new and innovative companies. From my experience, smaller, new companies are much more pro-worker. Problems begin to arise when that company grows to a point where it cannot sustain enough growth through innovation and market expansion, and then it has to rely on squeezing the workers and doing more shady things like "cheating" on or evading corporate taxes, or going to foreign countries and taking their land / labor. That's when I believe capitalism fails the working class, and I don't have a solution of what to do after that. Now, aside from changing the mindset of an entire population, I don't see how one could create the same incentives for new companies to be created and accelerate faster in any other system that's out there right now, but I'll admit I am not nearly as knowledgeable on this subject as some of you and I'm more than willing to be educated. I'll also admit that what I said above assumes that the model for an economy should be infinite growth, which I think is something that will have to change in the not-too-distant future.
On a personal note, I'm much more socialistic in my beliefs than you probably think. I work for a giant company and despise it almost every hour of every working day. I have had a front row seat in witnessing my employer do so many truly shitty, immoral things. However, I'm a realist and not about to go live on a commune, so I decided to take my employer for as much money as possible from the inside, and have encouraged many colleagues to do the same. I employ the golden rule, I treat my employer as well / poorly as it treats me. I'm lucky in that I'm somewhat of a specialist which puts me in a position to take my employer for $$$ while pretty much doing as much or as little work as I choose (although my work ethic and morals won't allow me to totally fleece my employer).
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23 hours ago, auxien said:
can't just open up the homes to the homeless, i guess? because of greed? i understand it's a much more complex problem than that, but the solution shouldn't be too far from that.
By and large, the homeless you see are not homeless solely for lack of a home. The overwhelming majority are homeless because of addiction, mental health issues, or both. Give them a house without fixing the underlying issues, and it's likely that they'll lose the house and end up back on the street.
Some portion could probably make it off the street with sufficient social / medical programs and support, and perhaps family support. Note that on average, the USA sucks ass at those things; ergo, this is what you get. America is just ideologically ill-equipped to deal with the underlying causes of homelessness.
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6 hours ago, Squee said:
By the way, has TikTok been banned in the US yet?
No, unfortunately.
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Nah those types of people have always/will always exist. We are just more privy to their stupidity cuz they're prob orders of magnitude more likely to post their stupidity on stupid social media.
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12 hours ago, ignatius said:look at that stupid ridiculous truck
= micropenis
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I'm starting to think that capitalism is great for getting things going, but once a publicly-traded company grows to a certain size, capitalism will always dictate that they continue growing. For bigger companies, this almost always comes at the expense of the employees. Cutting benefits, "doing more with less", mergers, just-in-time supply chains, etc.
When I started working for my employer (Johnson & Johnson) 11 years ago, my division (Consumer Products: slow-growing, steady) was seen as a ballast of sorts. When the pharma and med. device divisions were more volatile, we provided a ballast for the company. We still had a pension plan (lol) and great benefits. The most recent CEO took over and within a year, froze the pension plan, reduced health care benefits for retirees, and spun off my division to become a separate company (because they shopped us around and we were too big for someone to buy). Rumor is that he's going to do the same to med. device, just leaving J&J to be a pharma company, where the stock price can go up much faster (nevermind that J&J actually started as the Consumer business, gauze, Band-Aid, etc.). It's disgusting. Although I'm lol-ing hard that J&J has to keep the (multi-billion dollar) talc litigation liability, even though they shed us, and that their Texas two-step bankruptcy maneuver has just been shot down in appellate court.
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1 hour ago, Upset man said:
Hahaha shit “indicated”
covfefe
I'm no lawyer, but Georgia seems like it would be easier to prosecute compared to Jan. 6th. "We just need to find.... 18,000 votes." Oh okay fuckhead, brb gonna go check the lost and found at the polling stations across the state.
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4 hours ago, zero said:
correct. I have to go in them on occasion for the job. it's a bit of a trippy experience.
Nice! I'm a small rain fan (not near a foamer), even built some tanker cars out of Lego (posted in the Lego thread here years ago).
Plus, I'm a chemical engineer so rail cars are at the intersection on those two things. Always found them interesting.
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1 hour ago, zero said:
when you descend through here:
this is what you will find:
Is that a rail tanker car???
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7 hours ago, toaoaoad said:
I've become obsessed with arugula in the past couple weeks. Always thought of it as kind of a specialty thing but it's been dirt cheap lately, in those clamshell containers of mixed salad greens. Just straight arugula at the same price point. Whatever particular nutrients are in this stuff, my body is just like fuck yeah gimme
It has so much intense flavour, I just eat it right out of the container. I'm dieting right now and trying (mostly successfully) to completely cut sugar and processed foods for awhile, so that could have something to do with it. Things start to taste better with that shit out of your system.
If you haven't tried it yet, try the bowl of arugula with a splash of olive oil & vinegar, and some freshly-cracked black pepper and salt.
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It's all over the New York news that the NYC cops are bracing for demonstrations WHEN Trump is arrested.
Of course he is complaining, but if you don't wanna be arrested, then:
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This is an explosion of sour cherries and I love it.
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She's Finnished
But honestly, who cares?
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3 hours ago, ilqx hermolia xpli said:
i hate numbers like this. it's not $1b worth unless they actually sell it for that, it's probably like $20m in terms of production cost
Agree, but knowing how these big companies work, they've probably borrowed / mortgaged against their projected sales which included this $1b chunk so to them they might realize a loss greater than the production cost if they cannot sell them at what they projected (which makes me lol).
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no I haven't, mainly because I don't really like them (sorry).
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https://tobirarecords.com/collections/ambient
49 pages of ambient releases for you to browse through.
Drone, too: https://tobirarecords.com/collections/drone
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1 hour ago, ghsotword said:
That's what I meant
Yep. Was backing you up.
Most EVs in "one pedal mode" use regen only unless you use the brake pedal (which you shouldn't have to in that mode). The ones with better one-pedal implementations (surprisingly, Chevy) use blended braking (regen and friction) whenever you press the brake even in normal driving mode. Others use less or no regen when you press the brake or have one-pedal as the only option (BMW).
I use one-pedal exclusively on my Chevy and expect the original rotors/brakes to pretty much last the life of the car. Can't imagine never changing brakes on my car. One of the many many things I love about this car.
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No, wouldn't work, there's no free lunch.
And yes, the braking system on most EVs use regenerative braking which sends energy back to the battery as you brake. But because of the 2nd law of thermo., you can never get back more or even as much as you expended due to losses (heat, etc.).
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5 hours ago, usagi said:
from 2:36
there can be no clearer display of the chicanery of these people when you contrast their private, honest statements as shown in the legal evidence vs their on-air antics. but I doubt it'll convince any of their cultist followers of anything.
OK, but when Fox News loses / settles this lawsuit, will they choose to do a mea culpa or use it as more ammunition for ratings/money a la "the woke left is persecuting us and look even the judicial system is rigged because we lost".
Some followers will never believe the truth, but what happens after this lawsuit could have interesting ramifications on the future direction of the shit media in this country.
It has so much intense flavour, I just eat it right out of the container. I'm dieting right now and trying (mostly successfully) to completely cut sugar and processed foods for awhile, so that could have something to do with it. Things start to taste better with that shit out of your system.
How does the World view America these days?
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https://www.npr.org/2023/04/24/1171641969/fox-news-fires-tucker-carlson-in-stunning-move-a-week-after-787-million-settleme