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Comment Re:TIOBE is bullshit (Score 1) 84

The emergence of LLMs is another factor that makes the TIOBE index irrelevant. Two years ago, people looking for programming language help would ask a question in Stack Overflow, which would then get indexed by search engines. Today, they'd just ask ChatGPT, and the question will be invisible to search engines and TIOBE. In 2025 a higher TIOBE rank probably means AIs suck at that language and people are resorting to looking for answers the old way.

Comment IMO: Gov should ETF Index fund as bases for money (Score 0) 125

That way we have money that is actually worth something and would reflect that nation's actual wealth.

The S&P ETF SPY is about $645 right now. So that would be one share. Then have deci, centi, and milli, and micro shares. Just use decimals.

For example a car might cost 45.145 shares. Shoes might cost about a deci-share or 0.12 shares.

The value of money would be set by the market, instead of cabal of investment bankers. We have deflation, instead of inflation.

Comment Re:IP68 (Score 2) 9

It doesn't, actually. The official description from the IEC says:

Ingress of water in quantities causing harmful effects shall not be possible when the enclosure is continuously immersed in water under conditions which shall be agreed between manufacturer and user but which are more sever than for numeral 7.

Emphasis mine. The standard test for IPX7 is submersion in still water to a depth of 1 meter for 30 minutes. IPX8 is "better than that". Apple, Google, Samsung, etc. all define how much better on their own. CNBC has an excellent video explainer on what exactly all this means.

These companies are designing to protect against people dropping their phone in the toilet, or maybe a kiddie pool. And yeah, as called out in the CNBC video, the advertising is very deceptive and unfair.

Comment Re:ICCU problems (Score 1) 103

I'm aware of how they handle the recall. My 2 year anniversary with my Ioniq 6 was last Friday. (No more free EA DCFC for me.)

My point was the total number of cars that were repaired after an ICCU failure is very small. Lots of manufacturers have recalls, including for parts that can cause a vehicle to stop running. Ford is the worst. Every vehicle lineup has their issues, so just putting it in perspective.

2 years for me, no ICCU issues. No charging issues. They did replace my interior door panels under warranty for peeling clear coat.

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