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Comment No. (Score 3, Interesting) 8

It is not cross-API compatible because it is an API. It's implemented on multiple platforms and it's only supported on platforms it's implemented for.

Also, you seem to be forgetting there are a lot of API specific functions functions: e.g. vkCreateWaylandSurfaceKHR, vkCreateWin32SurfaceKHR, vkCreateXcbSurfaceKHR, vkCreateXlibSurfaceKHR.

Comment Re: Life Expectancy Study. (Score 1) 115

I have never known ICEs to break in snow storms specifically

ICE can randomly break while you're driving for no reason. That's how mechanical system work: they do until they don't.

On the other hand, an EV can lose 40% just from being in -17c.

Why would you think that a discharging battery would be anything but warm? Do you not know that batteries put off heat when discharging?

Comment Re:Still not solid-state. (Score 1) 29

The problem is improperly managed (damage/overcharge/etc) cells self-inflate to become what what the internet refers to as a spicy pillow. If they have eliminated the possibility of creating a spicy pillow then I have overstated the danger. However, so long as battery damage results in thermal runaway that causes a total carbecue then it they need to keep pushing toward making it entirely solid-state. ICE has a higher chance of carbecues but facts be damned, people are sufficiently stupid to hold onto that concern.

When a battery can be damaged without presenting a damage to the car then the battery is sufficiently safe.

Comment Still not solid-state. (Score 1) 29

FTFA (minor clarification be me):

Semi-solid-state batteries significantly reduce the amount of liquid-that-immediately-bursts-into-flames-when-exposed-to-air-and-doesn't-stop-burning-when-you-douse-it-with-water inside the cell, improving thermal stability and lowering the risk of overheating, swelling, or fire.

I think it's fantastic that they are reducing the amount of hot sauce they are putting in batteries but I think they need to push until they completely eliminate it.

A slow burn is better but no-burn is best.

Comment Re: Life Expectancy Study. (Score 1) 115

In that context, yes, both types of cars can drive for the normal lifetime of a car. By this attribute, an EV the better economic choice. Should your car make it beyond the lifetime of the battery pack, it will be more economical to replace the battery pack rather than utilize an ICE car that you have maintained.

Comment Re: Life Expectancy Study. (Score 1) 115

The point is about how long a person could make a car last if they wanted to

That's also stupid because you can turn anything into the Ship of Theseus if you try hard enough.

If you aren't talking about the economics of it then you're just talking about your feelings. Economically, ICE is a failure.

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