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Comment Re:Not only that... (Score 1) 73

I do this for most stuff. Works pretty well. I also aggressively filter by IP since I run my own mail server. Very little comes thru as a result. As a last defense, I use alpine which is a text only client. Funny, several companies seem to believe their emails are not coming thru. They are, but their "magic pixel" is not being activated.

Comment Re:Ian Betteridge laughs... (Score 1) 138

I've no idea why, but it looks like stormweaver is also in US like me. I don't know how UK is so inexpensive relative to US, but it is. I've considered buying a Silverado for its 200KWh power pack. Because in the US getting a 200KWh battery for 100 grand is a deal, 500/KWh. Commonly it is closer to 800/KWh for a battery in the US. Bonus, it can be used as a truck when not used as a battery standby.

Comment Re:Climate (Score 1) 138

I've lived in LA and SJ in my life. Neither place did I ever have AC. And in LA, barely ever used the heat. I was fortunate in LA to be in South Bay beach communities though. Fantastic weather. I've also lived in IN and TX. Heat & AC are a requirement in my opinion in those states. I've also been in New Orleans and Miami when you could swim in the air it was so humid. Location, location, location.

Comment Re:Sounds like a good lawsuit (Score 3, Insightful) 60

"It was only after repeated emails to both Facewatch and Home Bargains that she eventually found there had been an allegation of theft of about £10 worth of toilet rolls on 8 May. " The article doesn't say how many specifically, but clearly more than 1. And I would also guess no phone number was available either. Probably not much different than google. Society has really let this idea of large org's being unreachable become way too common. I'd hope a big slapdown. A slapdown so large Facewatch is no more.

Comment Re:Big Bang (Score 1) 29

Really I'm confused by the article. It sounds like all they are really adding is temperature sensing to the standard pressure sensor. Problem is, that is anything but "new". HiPo cars have had this for at least 10 years now. Vette's added this in the C7(2014) and I know Porsche has it as well, just not sure when. I read the article, and I did not see any more than adding temp. It did sound like maybe they added some more to the car software to watch temperature more precisely than the HiPo cars do. Nominally HiPo's just modify the stability, ABS and traction control algorithms to account for temperature. This is usually more important as HiPo's often have "summer" tires which are very sensitive to temperature. Think ice skates at around 45F. Think glued to the road at 90F.

Comment Re:If you don't grow it and harvest it, (Score 5, Informative) 86

I don't think it is copper/al that is the bottleneck. I own some mining stocks and watch commodity prices, Cu and Al are not at peaks. The summary sort of infers it, and the article is paywalled. This site https://www.eescable.com/high-... gives a bit more info. At the HV level I guess it is not what I see at distribution lines which is usually a steel core for strength with Al wrapped around it for conduction. At HV it looks like manufacturing is quite complicated and that is the bottleneck. Even wire has gotten complicated.

Comment Re:This rhetorical question seems easy to answer (Score 2) 153

Not sure if true for all species of mosquito, but certainly true of the type found in northern climates. You just would not expect a place like Alaska to have huge mosquito issues and yet they do. https://www.bellsalaska.com/mo... Buggers lay eggs that survive the winter very well.

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