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gamerk2
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Breakthrough 820 Wh/kg battery ditches nickel and cobalt for manganese
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Unless you throw money at it to get something to market. That's the point of subsidies: help eat the costs of production until...
Yesterday at 3:00 PM
gamerk2
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A whopping 80% of new US electricity capacity this year came from solar and battery storage
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As has been noted *many* times here, the worst-case environmental damage caused by battery production/use/destruction is several orders...
Yesterday at 2:04 PM
gamerk2
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A whopping 80% of new US electricity capacity this year came from solar and battery storage
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Nuclear has three issues that need to be resolved: 1: Cost: Spending several Billion per plant is not a long-term solution. And of...
Yesterday at 2:02 PM
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The OLED Burn-In Test: Six Month Update
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^^ This. I run my OLED light on my LG C2 at 30/100. It's still plenty bright. Frankly, the default max brightness is outright blinding.
Yesterday at 9:07 AM
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The OLED Burn-In Test: Six Month Update
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Do remember that even OLEDs do have a baseline level of non-uniformity; I'd love to see a baseline picture for comparison.
Yesterday at 6:51 AM
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The OLED Burn-In Test: Six Month Update
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Some points from someone who's owned two consecutive OLEDs (LG B6P->LG C2): This is the one that got my B6P (admittedly a very early...
Yesterday at 6:48 AM
gamerk2
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PlayStation 5 Pro could be revealed as soon as next month, possibly for $600
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But as we've seen with the S/X debacle, developers will always target the device with the lowest common specification. While a very...
Tuesday at 6:32 AM
gamerk2
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Steam reaches 37 million concurrent-player record with help from Black Myth: Wukong
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It's not even *bad*, it's just too derivative of the stuff we're sick and tired of at this point.
Monday at 1:25 PM
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Next-generation motherboards will make swapping SSDs and GPUs easier
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Guys, if you need an external tool to get to the latch, then it's time to re-evaluate your locking mechanism.
Monday at 6:24 AM
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Star Wars: The Acolyte has been canceled after one season
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Translation: White men should be the main characters because they are white. Because that's *exactly* what you are implying by your own...
Aug 20, 2024
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Star Wars: The Acolyte has been canceled after one season
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Full disclosure: Haven't watched a second. Question: How many showrunners know anything about the series they oversee...
Aug 20, 2024
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Texas Instruments on track to secure $1.6 billion in CHIPS Act funds to build three new wafer fabs
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IP theft I view as a separate issue from manufacturing, but yes, is a concern. Correct, especially if the tariffs are small. But if...
Aug 20, 2024
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Texas Instruments on track to secure $1.6 billion in CHIPS Act funds to build three new wafer fabs
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The discussion was limited in scope to "purely" economics. What's best for American workers and consumers and what's best for limiting...
Aug 20, 2024
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Texas Instruments on track to secure $1.6 billion in CHIPS Act funds to build three new wafer fabs
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My solution: Low-import goods from elsewhere if "fine"; it forces local business to remain competitive. What is *not* find is local...
Aug 19, 2024
gamerk2
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Texas Instruments on track to secure $1.6 billion in CHIPS Act funds to build three new wafer fabs
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Which is why it's important to have oversight, rather then the GOP approach of giving away money and touting "mission accomplished".
Aug 18, 2024
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