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ch00f , 9 days ago to Fuck Cars in G.M. Sold Millions of Cars That Were More Polluting Than Allowed, E.P.A. Says| The agency reached a settlement with the automaker over the sales of S.U.V.s and pickups that emitted excess CO₂

Yeah I get that. I think it’s just odd to phrase it as emitting too much CO2, and not getting poor mileage.

ch00f , 10 days ago to Technology in Amazon is bricking its Astro business robots less than a year after launch

4 gigs of ram, 100+ gigs of storage, and a cute design. Meh. At least it’s not totally useless.

ch00f , 10 days ago to Technology in Amazon is bricking its Astro business robots less than a year after launch

I bought a Rabbit R1 for half off used on eBay, but only after I learned you can install full Android on it.

ch00f , 10 days ago to Fuck Cars in G.M. Sold Millions of Cars That Were More Polluting Than Allowed, E.P.A. Says| The agency reached a settlement with the automaker over the sales of S.U.V.s and pickups that emitted excess CO₂

How do you emit excess CO2? Like I can imagine if it isn’t burning clean and shitting out CO or particulates or something, but wouldn’t “excess CO2” just mean they’re just inefficient?

Do they not meet their mileage ratings?

ch00f , 12 days ago to 196 in 40 Kilobyte Rule

Thx

ch00f , 13 days ago (edited 12 days ago) to 196 in 40 Kilobyte Rule

Yeah, but the same is true for .kkrieger which is more impressive imo.

ch00f , 15 days ago to Technology in EVs still have major quality problems, and it’s mostly about the software

How did you feel about the L3 charging rate? 50kW isn’t super fast.

ch00f , 15 days ago to Technology in EVs still have major quality problems, and it’s mostly about the software

I just want an EV company to make the equivalent of a shitty Toyota Prius.

ch00f , 16 days ago to Technology in Elon Musk Openly Advocates for Overthrowing the Government of Bolivia, The Country with the Largest Lithium Reserves in the World

Yeah, but he’s right about that part. Hybrid cars are just BEVs with more steps that can’t be recharged at home. Maybe useful for planes and other specific applications. Dumb for cars.

ch00f , 16 days ago to Technology in Elon Musk Openly Advocates for Overthrowing the Government of Bolivia, The Country with the Largest Lithium Reserves in the World

Techbros love reinventing trains https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5M7Oq1PCz4

ch00f , 16 days ago to Technology in Elon Musk Openly Advocates for Overthrowing the Government of Bolivia, The Country with the Largest Lithium Reserves in the World

If you want to spite this guy, ride a bus.

ch00f , 17 days ago to Technology in NBC to use AI-generated version of Al Michaels' voice during Summer Olympics

Huh. Didn’t know TiVo was still around.

We use a Tabo at home. Like TiVo, but primarily for network access from phones/media streamers. Has a similar lifetime subscription too.

ch00f , 17 days ago to Technology in NBC to use AI-generated version of Al Michaels' voice during Summer Olympics

You could even use one from the 1940s if you want!

Assuming your tuner was manufactured later than around 2005 and supports ATSC digital broadcasts. Also makes me wonder when you got your TiVo. I thought they were dead long before everything went digital.

ch00f , 17 days ago to Technology in NBC to use AI-generated version of Al Michaels' voice during Summer Olympics

What a coincidence that the best broadcaster who ever lived or will ever live happened to be alive in time for us to record him and immortalize his voice to use for generations to come.

That's why we're doing this, right? Because there's no other human alive who is capable of reading a script as well?

ch00f , 17 days ago to Technology in Using The Wind And Magnets To Make Heat

Yeah, mine can boil a liter of water in 101 seconds at 450ft altitude.

I had a unique opportunity to directly compare my infrared cooktop (which I mislabeled as resistive) and my new induction cook top, so I did a little experiment to compare them: https://www.reddit.com/r/Cooking/comments/seaint/for_anyone_contemplating_upgrading_from_an/

TLDR: It boiled water in half the time using roughly half as much energy. Part of that may be due to the test pot being smaller than the burner, but this was the case for both stoves. It's just the induction doesn't heat the space around the pot.