Not sure it would be enough power but from the summary, "CATL says its discharge power at -30 degrees Celsius (-22 degrees Fahrenheit) is three times higher than that of lithium ion phosphate batteries. " So the Na has 3X the power output at -30C. Granted if Li is down to say 1% @-30, 3X is only 3%.

They are becoming more common. Anker uses LiFePO4 in their solix f3000. 3KWh and you can add a couple more 3KWh to it I think. https://support.ankersolix.com... I got one last year, those things are heavy. 90lbs. Thank god for wheels.

posting about crypto. I'd argue the real reason it is tanking is the meme crowd is all over ai. There was a time throwing the word crypto in you annual report got you a 50% stock bump. Now it is ai in the annual report.

And the perceived adult value of crypto continues to get hammered. https://gizmodo.com/south-kore... I've just never heard of a bank doing something this stupid. And yet you hear some lame brain story about crypto every month or so.

You're being a bit disingenuous I think. Consider the prior trump tax bill also had a sunset. It is the way it is done. It keeps the CBO numbers better.

But I'm not sure, are you really advocating that we should just let the people in the income gap between medicaid and can afford insurance ,die? You may be on medicare now and don't care, I don't know. Oddly, once you cross 65, somehow the consensus is you made it, so affordable health insurance for you.

I was self employed for many years and can say, as you near medicare age (65) that health bill skyrockets. I am healthy so went with high deductible, and even with that it was 8K/yr several years ago. I've had friends not so healthy with 20-30 grand a year in premiums. Now if you say make 60/yr, that puts you over that magic threshold of subsidy, so you are looking at 40-50% of your income to pay health care premiums to stay alive. Your alternative and most take it is to drop coverage. And then society gets to pick up the bill from your ER care, because you went bk from the 300K bill from the hospital for the flu. Or they die if society is lucky eh?

But I can't afford a movie about Barron. Melania has already been done. And the story could be about how he saved the Russian woman in the UK from the bad boyfriend. https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/22... Although it could be dicey as to why the prez's son is hanging with Russian women. Like father, like son I guess could be the angle there.

Someone with a few mil to spare might want to think about it if they need a big tax break. I just want 10% of the tax break you get as a royalty.

KPMG is just hoping on the "wow, we use AI, call us for your accounting needs". Reminds me of when everyone was saying they used crypto. "Look at us, we cool."

It was QE. Money got cheaper after they printed a bunch. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/se... The short story is from 2020 to today, M2 went from around 15T to 23T. That is an extra 8T sloshing around looking for a home. Result: bubbles.

Can't find it at the moment, but I thought dollar was down around 20% relative to the "basket of currencies".

Wow, sometimes the truth hurts eh?

I'm not sure how much longer there will be journalists in the US. WaPo just gutted theirs. And in the same story I saw, it was talking about how the NYT's has become a site of cooking recipes and crossword puzzles. In the same article it talked about how Bezos tossed millions to get that fact based melania thriller to appease his lord majesty, and I guess WaPo journalists are paying for it. I don't think history is going to treat jeffy well, he could be keeping WaPo alive but instead is throwing money at appeasing a wanna be and keeping miss puffy lips happy on the yacht and shops.

I do think times have changed. I worked for a co that had H1B's. It was indentured servitude. They got paid less for a couple years, got the card, and now were free to move to another co. They'd get a raise to keep them at the co if they were good. Another benefit they received was the lawyer to help get them thru the process. That was a different time though. Hi talent wanted to come to the US. Now I'm not so sure. I'm guessing but I expect many more may prefer their own country now and avoid the goon squad events. It is a different time. And even Cal can't protect them when the federali's show up. Didn't many of the cal elite go see the melania screening of all things.

As everyone here knows, you can't throw up a fab overnight. The long term plans indicate the memory guys expect more demand long term. They are doing what they can now to capture the current frenzy. SK for example opens M15X next month and accelerated opening of the plant in Yongin by 3 months starting in 2/27 now. https://www.reuters.com/world/... Micron is accelerating where they can and the NY plant plans indicate a major expansion in memory production long term.

Supply/demand thing. Silver is relatively rare, and demand industrial is tepid, so it keeps price in check. Palladium and platinum are much rarer and are industrial small qty as well. They are much pricier due to rarity. And palladium like silver ends up in contacts too in some cases.

Copper on the other hand is not rare nor is oil. Demand for both is anything but tepid.

Micron is certainly ramping up. https://www.thestreet.com/tech... Both DRAM and NAND. It is a moderately long term expansion(2030).

Technically no, although since the amendments are part of the living constitution, it is there. https://www.au.org/separation-... One could easily argue that mandating the bible's ten commandments into schools is "establishing a religion" in a public school by the government. https://constitution.congress.... If you as a parent want to see religion in your kids school, there are private schools you can send your kid to.