jacklbk

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by jacklbk 10d ago
> EV batteries - and many of the other components in this plan - can be recycled And not many of them are recycled, because making new ones is cheaper. Unfortunately it's true for most of the stuff you see. So no one is incentivized
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by jacklbk 10d ago
> Eh, once you have built your grid in solar and wind, you don't really depend on the countries that sold solar panels and wind turbines for you. You don't account for repair, replacement and upgrade? You don't want to exp
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by jacklbk 10d ago
It's not that solar cannot scale as is, it simply cannot scale as a power grid (see frequency sync issue as an example, even in day time). As I said in the previous comment, you need alternate sources to maintain the power grid, even i
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by jacklbk 12d ago
> switch completely to renewables (solar, maybe wind), EVs, green hydrogen/ammonia and synthetic fuels You think other countries can't restrict those things? Restricting components related to those things will work just fine. B
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by jacklbk 5mo ago
Love cmux but lately it's having performance issues. It is not responding for a few seconds when I switch between terminals in the same workspace. I'm tired of it and just use ghostty. I miss the notification from cmux though :(.
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by jacklbk 1y ago
Also gave up Thunderbird years ago because of the same reason. Just wanted something stable and chose Spark. Works on every device, not a problem for years.
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by jacklbk 2y ago
As an Asian, the DEI idea and how it was executed puzzled me as well. Apple's first VP of diversity said [1]: > “Diversity is the human experience. I get a little bit frustrated when diversity or the term diversity is tagged to the
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by jacklbk 3y ago
Steam (and every other storefronts) has been taking 30% since its beginning. When did it become "greedy"? Is EGS offering the same quality of service as Steam? Is EGS making profits? Is 12% really sustainable?
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by jacklbk 3y ago
Not the same thing. I want them to be completely separate, just like Chrome profile.
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by jacklbk 3y ago
Yes. I replaced Docker Desktop with it and I haven't found anything lacking for my use cases so far. It's a great alternative, just install and a few clicks, that's it.
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by jacklbk 3y ago
Well shoplifting is too common in SF now because people don't report crimes like that anymore. I'll give you one example, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr-kGYTNaxc If they are comfortable stealing on camera
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by jacklbk 3y ago
Same. My first job was to write perl test script in a fortune 100 company. Then I pretty much used it for every scripting stuff. After I moved on to the next job, working on Python was so much easier. I have never written a line in perl sin
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by jacklbk 4y ago
> open platforms > introduce 3rd party exclusivity on PC I don't think that's him sticking to a "certain principles", he's just doing whatever it takes to make people think Epic is the "good guy", as