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westmeal··on Lithium-sulfur battery retains 80% charge capacity after 25,000 cycles
Everythings ass backwards when bureaucrats or the military get involved.
westmeal··on I found a backdoor into my bed
My room mate had one of these and I found out there was a script online someone put together on github I think to control it over a shell. Was hilarious because I kept turning off their light at weird times.
westmeal··on Chrome browser bringing an IP address privacy tool to Incognito
Hey the Google guy said something about not being evil. You think people would just lie?
westmeal··on Tesla Reported Zero Federal Income Tax on $2B of U.S. Income in 2024
I'm sure citizens United was purely well intentioned.
westmeal··on A layoff fundamentally changed how I perceive work
He cant start one because he doesn't have enough money lol
westmeal··on Gongzilla: The collapsing cost of dumb ideas
I don't mind if people want to consume toxic slop. Its their business lol
westmeal··on Her dad, the 10k records he left behind and a viral lesson in grief
I'm almost 30 but as a stoner back in high school I loved Floyd so much. Their albums were meant to be played back to back as a single unit. Great band. Animals is up there with dark side for me.
westmeal··on Minecraft with object impermanence
I've found your brain is extremely quick to jump to conclusions in a dream. It's surreal sometimes where random connections like your alarm clock suddenly come out of nowhere and draw you back in.
westmeal··on I got a heat pump and my energy bill went up
What about in the case of a township offering "natural gas"/methane that would ordinarily be lost to the atmosphere anyway? Isn't it better to burn it rather than leave it as is? Methane is pretty awful stuff in terms of the greenhouse effect.
westmeal··on TikTok goes dark in the US
So are we at war with china now or what?
westmeal··on TikTok goes dark in the US
Meta.
westmeal··on TikTok goes dark in the US
Sure, they don't like the idea of china influencing the youth but more importantly it's making Israel look bad.
westmeal··on Donut Lab's next-generation in-wheel motors
One thing to add, while your wheels and tires are a big chunk of the weight here - you also have the uprights/knuckle and the wheel hub, bearing, brakes, rotor etc etc. All of that adds up quick. Most times if you are looking to reduce this on a car you will have the most gains (or losses haha) switching to an aftermarket wheel. No wonder the manufacturers slapped alloys on their cars too!
westmeal··on Physicists Magnetize a Material with Light
Divert a percentage of military spending to a pool of money for scientists to use.
westmeal··on I am rich and have no idea what to do
Everybody here is catching smoke Looking for the ephemeral Swallowing the sun in a moonlit room Standing at the foot of a rainbow Everybody here is catching smoke Looking for the ephemeral Riding on a yellow-bellied brown snake Sipping on hedonism
westmeal··on Advanced Civilizations Could Be Indistinguishable from Nature
Maybe we deserve that honestly.
westmeal··on Pink Floyd's 'The Wall': A Complete Analysis
Took me dad in the war yeah
westmeal··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2024)
Awesome email
westmeal··on The First Geared CVT and It Will Blow Your Mind [video]
I think this is just a ratcheting cvt with more parts added to obfuscate the design, it seems to only go one way.
westmeal··on 'The Endless Refrain' asks: Do we even want new music anymore?
Love these dudes
westmeal··on Emacs arbitrary code execution and how to avoid it
This sounds like you shouldn't trust untrusted code. The only real attack vector I can see is if something fucks with MELPA packages that a lot of people use I guess.
westmeal··on Spies Jumped from One Network to Another via Wi-Fi in an Unprecedented Hack
Pretty much the same thing.
westmeal··on The withering dream of a cheap American electric car
Well regulated marketplace huh? You mean the marketplace that forces customers to purchase through a dealership because of dealership lobbies? You mean the marketplace which has those same dealers charge outrageous markups just because the law says they must exist? Ok.
westmeal··on Mark Zuckerberg sings with T-Pain on 'Get Low' remix
Oh no
westmeal··on 300 people applied to rent $700/month sleeping pods in downtown San Francisco
Japan already had this goin on and I remember the 'coffin hotels' in Neuromancer being written about in the 80s so shieeeeeeeeet it's been a long time coming.
westmeal··on Can SpaceX land a rocket with 1/2 cm accuracy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZe5J8SVCYQ
westmeal··on Orion, our first true augmented reality glasses
The MBAs tell them to build invasive, addictive misleading and dangerous products and they have to do it otherwise the software developer gets replaced with another one that will do the job.
westmeal··on Walter G. Ehmer, longtime Waffle House president, dies at 58
Just went to waffle house a bit ago. Its not even amazing or anything but I guess it's better than Denny's
westmeal··on IT workers gather in large numbers to protest 14-hour workday proposal
RIP Trevor, I met him once at a show him and his buddies from wkuk did at a bar and he was super cool
westmeal··on Cyber Scarecrow
Lemme guess you're a manager.
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