themurphy @ themurphy @lemmy.ml

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Yeah, it's not like they don't have competitors, but this makes it sound like they're alone on the mountain.

FYI Biggest competition is Google right now, and they don't run Nvidia cards.

It's like saying Microsoft bought more Intel chips than Apple, while Apple makes their own.

I'm actually going to disagree a bit here and say, I think it somewhat makes sense.

Buses have specific routes, and can be trained to perfect those. Not all routes will be suitable, but some will.

Hope they make a public database for these routes, and are able to use the self driving data to learn from it.

In theory yes, but it's just not realistic for the whole world. In the western world, yes, we can isolate us if we want. It's just not that easy everywhere.

Polio can't be compared to COVID when you talk about vaccines.

COVID mutates like the flu, meaning a vaccine was never meant to eradicate it. It simply can't.

COVID vaccines still help to prevent severe illness, but it was never a permanent cure.

People were morons, but even if we all did what we were told to do, COVID would still exist.

I use PiHole and installed Wireguard on my RaspPi. Works really well, and I can bring the PiHole-functionality everywhere while easily toggle it on and off.

Agreed. Twitter was still a shitshow, when he sold it. Just not as bad as now.

I'm already looking forward to the anniversary of this. I always see your posts.

I remember seeing Day 1. Didn't think I should see Day 149.

Keep it up, Atticus.

My head hurts

Nice choice. You not switching is exactly what these companies wanted.

Also very obvious when an app or website have an US and an EU version. You just know they buttfuck the Americans because no rules.

Even Apple had to make two versions of iOS.

I don't know if they could, because they will probably compromise all information into the wallet.

But it's a good idea. I hope that it can be implemented like you said in a secure way.

They don't need to take your phone with them. They literally can just scan the code, because it sends all the info to their screen, that they were gonna look up anyway.

No way the government implemented an app for this use case. That's extremely inefficient.

I thought you actually tried, that they took your phone?

*USA

I don't think you get the EU. It's a democracy and everyone can submit proposals.

This is a proposal from pro-Russian Orban from Hungary, and not EU's opinion.

And hopefully they'll do that. The shit you can find on Twitter is alot more sick than TikTok, and you can be sure Elon would make it the same shitshow.

I use generative AI to remove objects in Photoshop, because it's alot faster than doing it myself.

It might only take me 2-3 minutes, but the AI finishes in seconds. And when you do that often enough, it's extremely helpful.

I also use it for translation and to proof read grammar. Time saver as well.

Tech companies will use the power no matter what. Might as well use nuclear, even if it's only 50% of the demand.

And about AI, I'm sorry you can't use it to anything. I'm using it daily at my work. Both Adobe's and LLMs. Time saver.

The upside, in short, is density.

The silicon batteries can store alot more power in the same size and weight.

That means you can put alot more power into your existing size of hardware.

It's also extremely beneficial for electric cars, which can either lower the weight on the car or put more juice in it. Both increasing the range.

For your point about replaceable batteries, it's true. If we can replace batteries, the hardware will not be lost. But everything comes down to how often we need to replace them. How fast does these batteries really degrade in real world use? It can leave us with even worse ecological challenges and might be very expensive. We need a strong reuse culture for this to not be a new catastrophic environmental case.

The real deal is this though:

A third option is Solid State Batteries and is still the best solution for the future, but it's not fully ready for commercial use yet. They do not seem to have any of the downsides from both lithium and silicon. But again, it's not ready.

Yes, in phones we can limit the damage by using slow chargers.

But when it gets hot, it's also a lot worse than with lithium. Not only do they degrade permanently, but they also loose more power while in the given operation.

Meaning while hot, your battery might burn 10% but only use 5% worth of power.

Some phones also gets hot when gaming or shooting pics or videos because of the CPU. If the thermals are manged poorly, it can permanently damage the battery as well, which we do not see in lithium.