Comment My anecdotal datum. (Score 1) 79
15 Pro Max, 439 cycles, 89% capacity remaining.
80% limit used for all but 12 days of the past year.
Not charged gently.
Comment No, no, no. It has legitimate artistic use. (Score 1) 99
3D Touch has completely changed the iPhone's utility in music production and creation of visual arts.
I'm sorry that it doesn't help you use Waze or Mail any faster. It's not all about that.
If 3D Touch is on its way out, then the iPhone Xs may be in my pocket until it dies and parts are no longer available. I use it every day and it would be a sorely missed piece of my creative suite should it die.
Europe To Import Sahara Solar Power Within 5 Years 450
An anonymous reader writes "If just 1% of the Sahara Desert were covered in concentrating solar panels it would create enough energy to power the entire world. That's a powerful number, and the European Union has decided to jump on its proximity to the Sahara in order to reap some benefits from the untapped solar energy beaming down on Northern Africa. Yesterday, European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger announced that Europe will start importing solar energy from the Sahara within the next five years. It is estimated that the initiative will cost €400 billion ($495 billion). It's part of an EU goal to derive 20% of its power from renewable sources by 2020. From the article: 'The EU is backing the construction of new electricity cables, known as inter-connectors, under the Mediterranean Sea to carry this renewable energy from North Africa to Europe. Some environmental groups have warned these cables could be used instead to import non-renewable electricity from coal- and gas-fired power stations in north Africa.' To this the energy minister replied, essentially, 'Good question, we'll get back to you on that.'"
Comment This curious concern I have... (Score 4, Funny) 134
Does it not seem odd that the Government's reaction to the potential invasion of privacy by a corporation is to... insist upon seeing all of the data?
Comment EPIC. (Score 1) 1582
Why is there not an achievement for having, say, better gear than CmdrTaco?
The possibilities of WoW tie-ins are endless... and terrifying.
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