It's not a bug if it's the expected behaviour
It's not a bug - it's a feature.
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bitlevel commented on Twitter/X will let people you've blocked see your posts theverge.com/2024/9/23/24... · Posted by u/Kye
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> For now, the concrete supercapacitor can store a little under 300 watt-hours per cubic metre – enough to power a 10-watt LED lightbulb for 30 hours.
> The power output "may seem low compared to conventional batteries, [but] a foundation with 30-40 cubic metres (1,060-1,410 cubic feet) of concrete could be sufficient to meet the daily energy needs of a residential house", says Stefaniuk.
This made me suspicious, because it sounded too low. But it turns out it's true ... for an average British home that's heavily dependent on gas.
40 m^3 * 300 watt-hours/m^3 = 12 kwh. I.e. 500 watts for a whole day.
Apparently the average American residential electricity use is 10,791 kwh/year, which is ~1,231 watts, whereas the average British home is only 2,700 kwh/year which is ~308 watts. I had no idea that the difference was so large.
https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=97&t=3
https://www.britishgas.co.uk/energy/guides/average-bill.html
Simplest explaination - air conditioning - which isn't much used in the UK.
bitlevel commented on Apple apologizes for iPad 'Crush' ad that 'missed the mark' theverge.com/2024/5/9/241... · Posted by u/linguae
Very true- I wonder if the prevailing interpretation would be different if this was 20 years ago. The destruction of all those tools would probably have a much more "punk rock" interpretation from people if Apple weren't the megacorp they are today.
I found it super ironic how they blathered on about all of the recycling going on in their products, then blatently show all those items being destroyed when they could clearly be recycled.
I do think that the 'rendered' idea was the best - almost thinking differently, or something...:S
bitlevel commented on Manta Ray UUV prototype completes in-water testing darpa.mil/news-events/202... · Posted by u/Luc
Saw the headline, immediately thought of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea with Seaview and the smaller Manta craft.
Fewer humans onboard though...
bitlevel commented on Passkeys: A shattered dream fy.blackhats.net.au/blog/... · Posted by u/nmjenkins
The vast majority of popular content can be bought/rented online via platforms like Amazon. It's just very expensive in comparison to streaming.
It really depends on how much you actually watch on a service.
I thought that £7.99 for D+ was pushing it as there was a limit to the content that we wanted to watch.
Pay for that over multiple months, and you own nothing at the end.
Should have bought the discs instead. At least then I could continue to watch that content at leisure, without spending any more.
bitlevel commented on Shaving is an example of how consumer products extract more money johnwhiles.com/posts/shav... · Posted by u/jwhiles
OP is simply referring to the Gillette Model [1] of business practice. I've been spotting, and avoiding it like the plague, for years.
Just wished that more people saw, understood, and voted with their wallets - the world would be a less costly place (both to ourselves, and the planet).
bitlevel commented on The Windows 11 taskbar is an annoying step backward pcworld.com/article/54957... · Posted by u/userbinator
The strange trend of "authoritarian minimalism" design that seems to be working its way through the majority of newer software is very strange. I wonder who actually wants this stuff, and is not content to merely make it a default, but instead forces it to be the one and only way.
Monitors are bigger than ever with huge resolutions, and yet UIs are being dumbed down to uselessness and alienating an increasing number of users.
A recent related article https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29954266 seems to indicate that not even people inside Microsoft --- who are being forced to use Win11, because MS --- have any say in the matter. It's almost like some tiny extremist faction has gained control of Windows and is determined to show everyone else how much power they have by making these changes and gloating sadistically at seeing everyone object, but still end up using Windows.
I wonder how much damage they will inflict before people start turning to WINE and a saner Linux distro, just to run their Windows applications.
>before people start turning to WINE and a saner Linux distro, just to run their Windows applications
I jumped to Linux when Windows 11 was announced. I tried it (W11) in a VM and it convinced me that things are only going to get worse.
Must say that I couldn't be happier for the move. I still get to run the vast majority of software via WINE (Affinity products need to up their game though) to boot. Games are much better supported nowadays as well, so it's all good, and no Windows 11.
I've always found that to be the case - which is partly why I love cats so much I guess? :)