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Comment Re:Before jumping to conclusions (Score 1) 328

This.

Doesn't Tesla guarantee a certain amount of storage for so many years? If you deep cycle your batteries, I believe you will reduce their lifetime / capacity. If you reduce their lifetime, you increase the probability that Tesla will have to replace them under warranty. If they have to replace their batteries, it increases the cost to Tesla cost. They pass that cost (or savings) on to you.

That being said, riding in a P100D with ludacris PLUS in launch mode is a life altering experience.

Comment Priv (Score 2) 34

BlackBerry Priv is the best phone I have ever owned. Hardware keyboard on a high end Android phone is a dream.

The other cool feature is the extended keyboard acts as a touch sensitive scroll control and a cursor.

And the screen is the same size as a iPhone 6+ but the priv is smaller due to a smaller bezel.

Great phone!

Comment Re:Magnetic bullet? (Score 4, Informative) 431

The small amount of plasma is confined using magnetic forces.

If they lose containment, the pressure and temperature on the plasma reduce significantly and the reaction no longer takes place. There is no runaway scenario AFAIK.

I have been down the hall from a tokamak when it is firing. I have also walked next to a tokamak when it is off. I have crawled through stellarator rings. These things are not scary, they are impressive.

Comment Not new, HDR LCD has been around for a while (Score 1) 103

This has been out for a while. Dolby bought BrightSide which first pushed individual LED backlighting for HDR LCDs AFAIK.

Maybe they have now gone to individual pixels instead of white LED? Same idea, just higher res and probably lower cost.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrightSide_Technologies

2005 BrightSide Demos
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2005/10/04/brightside_hdr_edr/8

Comment Frankenstein's monsters? (Score 2) 35

I, for one, welcome our new zombie rat-stingray overlords.

Seriously, add some fiber optics, LEDs, and a Raspberry Pi and we have some awesome robots. Think BigDog / PetMan but organically actuated. Encapsulate the fibers in the special fluid that keeps them alive and we have a cool metal-free actuator (that currently only lives a week). Still very cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

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