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Comment Re:Said another way (Score 2) 60

Actually they didn't have the key. It was in a flash chip on the computer board that had to be removed and placed in a working camera from the manufacturer and then it was able to read the card. It's beyond me why they felt the need to run a fully encrypted file system on an SD card inside of a hermetically sealed camera unit that would normally never be opened by any customer. Companies have strange ideas about preserving their trade secrets I guess. Like instrument makers that require hardware keys for their software. Surely a million dollar instrument is a good enough hardware key!

Comment nothing about from space in official reports (Score 1) 54

Near as I could tell the idea that this was something from space originated from a random Twitter post by someone who claimed to know someone who was on the flight (but obviously not in the cockpit). Scott Manley covered this pretty thoroughly on his space oriented YouTube channel. But the plane definitely hit something and if it had been hit in slightly a different spot it might have killed a pilot. So serious stuff.

Comment Re:Batteries are too big (Score 1) 249

How many truckers in the UK don't sleep in their own bed at night? Is a "sleeper cab" even a thing in Europe?

Do you know how big Europe really is? Just watched a two-part video of a German long-haul trucker who made a trip from Germany to central Turkey, and back to Portugal. Took him many days (two weeks I think) with an average driving speed of 80 kph for several of those days. Some days were 500 km, some were 800. Took him over 24 hours to cross the border from Turkey into Bulgaria. There were hundreds of trucks lined up there. And every where he goes, there are many, many trucks with drivers who are very far from home. And the open nature of the EU makes it even more likely that a lory you see on the road is from a far country.

Oh and by the way he was driving a new Mercedes Eactros 600 truck, fully electric. Charging coincided with mandatory breaks periods, which worked out great for him. I can't remember the total distance he covered but Germany is roughly 3000 km from Turkey. And Turkey to Portugal is about 5000 km.

Pretty interesting to watch his travels with electric, long-range semi trucks.

Comment Re:Not cheap enough yet (Score 1) 249

Yes my ICE vehicles lose 15% range in winter. Partly from the cold in general, but also because of ethanol in the gasoline.

I'd say real-world EV experience in cold climates seems to show about a 1/3 decrease in range in cold climates, such as you'd find in Alberta, Sask, Manitoba, North Dakota, etc. Up in the northwest territories I have not heard any data but I would not be surprised to see 50% when it's -40 for any length of time.

As for towing, even ICE vehicle can lose significant range, so it's no suprised EVs would too. I have a pickup truck that fuel economy drops in half (or worse) with a large trailer.

Comment Re:Don't quit just yet. (Score 1) 127

No oil? What are you talking about? Norway's economy has been powered by oil exports for years. They have so much they put the oil money in a big fund called Oljefondet (oil fund) which is now valued at $2 trillion! They wisely use all this money to invest in hydro and other renewables, and to push the EV transition. Very wise on their part. But make no mistake, their wealth came from oil!

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