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Comment Re:Luckily there is an intertwined multi conductor (Score 1, Interesting) 64

There is galvanic isolation with AC charging, so there are always magnets. Wireless charging uses the inductive power transfer for galvanic isolation. AC charging also needs PFC and the inverter driving the coil for wireless power transfer also does PFC during it's normal function without any extra switches.

So it's not as bad as you might expect.

Comment Re:Amazonian Hypocisy. (Score 1) 92

They likely wanted more consistent marketing images for the franchise than busy movie posters.

After that it becomes hard to predict. Most likely they let someone with a hard on for gun banning write guidelines for the marketing. Would be hilarious if they used an overly safety trained AI model to edit the images and it just removed the guns because of training pressure though.

Comment Re:Everyone running in the same direction (Score 1) 37

This isn't about AI. HUD glasses were always a good concept poisoned by Google and outrage hype, if even Meta can launch HUD glasses the outrage has dissipated. Apple is late to the party, but it's too big a niche to ignore. Much bigger than pass through goggles, especially since Apple is allergic to VR.

Comment Re:EU grid needs inertia or there will be blackout (Score 1) 146

Inertia is pretty much synonymous with grid forming. Small and medium solar generation is not grid forming because that's how it has been regulated. It's not an inherent property.

With the right control algorithm any PV inverter can be as grid forming as a steam turbine with a flywheel and generator. If it has no spare power it can not add voltage support, but it can always carry energy across a cycle through its capacitors to force phase and frequency to change only slowly (ie. have inertia).

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