Very clear visual. Does anyone have a similar visual reference for how quadraphonic records work?
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wingineer commented on Rivian to lay off 6% of its workforce as EV price war concerns grow cnbc.com/2023/02/01/rivia... · Posted by u/mc32
Just sell me a Miata with 100 miles of range and no weight penalty. I don't want a boat on hard tires; I want something nimble and engaging to, you know, drive. I'll even give up my manual transmission for it.
Sounds like you’re in the market for the EV mini.
Driver is still responsible for vehicles actions.
Which is what makes these misleadingly-marketed features so controversial…
wingineer commented on Mythology could help demystify dog domestication sciencenews.org/article/d... · Posted by u/Petiver
The famous fox domestication experiment that was carried out successfully in Russia over 40 years [1], shows how many generations it takes (40) and what genetic changes occur during domestication.
What I also want to add is that some dog breeders in the late 19th century thought that introducing wolf genes into dog breeds would make better dogs. They ended up creating horrible dog breeds (that still exist) that have the shyness, anxiety, and distrust of wolves.
Can you provide a source re:19th century dog breeding with wolf genes? Very curious!
wingineer commented on Ask HN: What technologies will we still be using in 20 years? · Posted by u/jamestimmins
FORTRAN, glorious FORTRAN.
This is an obvious sham “institute”.
Under what criteria?
> If batteries can power a multi-ton F-150 truck, it is fatuous for landscapers to say that they aren’t strong enough for a dozen-pound leaf blower.
Sure, if the batteries are large enough. I tried Lowe's Kobalt 80V leaf blower, and only on the max speed setting did it have enough power to pull leaves out of the grass. Unfortunately, on that setting the battery would last ~10-15 minutes, which isn't enough time for the front and back yard. Sure, I could get two batteries, but now costs are rapidly rising, and I'm also draining the battery's useful life at an increased rate.
I want cordless electric gardening tools to be great, I really do. I don't enjoy having to deal with clogged jets in my weed eater's carburetor (Husqvarna 4-stroke, because what the article does get correct is that 2-strokes are obnoxiously loud), nor do I enjoy having to drive out of my way to get ethanol-free gas for them. However, I'll take that over mediocre performance and battery life.
What about fuel injected 4-strokes? (Maybe these don’t exist in the leaf blower market yet).
Seems like the most impactful solution would be an EPA or CARB ban on sales of new two-stroke lawn devices. Although this article suggests a switch to battery powered devices, four-stroke replacements more easily fit the niche than something which degrades in charge and takes a while to recharge at that.
wingineer commented on Safety of Nuclear Energy ourworldindata.org/nuclea... · Posted by u/vanilla-almond
But nothing is without tail risk. The more CO2 we release, the more we throw the climate out of its historical equilibrium and risk triggering positive feedback loops that will make the planet permanently much harder for billions of people to inhabit.
Renewables are preferable for new energy development, but turning off existing nuclear plants is not good for the planet's future IMO.
What about the tail risk of mismanagement of spent fuel?
Do you think most climate change believers reasoned themselves into that position? I think for >95% of people, belief in climate change is a purely social phenomenon. The overwhelming majority of people don't understand enough about physical phenomena like blackbody radiation to have any intelligent opinion about climate change one way or the other.