monkeynotes

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by monkeynotes 3y ago
Natural language in place of other inputs, the command can result in summoning up a video for you, or a blog post to view. If I am cooking and can hold a whole conversation with my virtual chef,that beats a video though. Talking through ide
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by monkeynotes 3y ago
I wonder how that will work out. It just looks so clunky and bulky, with limited FOV. I'd feel blinkered and constantly wanting to check my surroundings. For me an iPad is the best thing for movies on a plane. It's small, versatil
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by monkeynotes 3y ago
I didn't say there wouldn't be a screen. But natural conversations will be much more fluid and efficient than a keyboard and google search. Having a conversation is so much better for all sorts of applications. Today's smartp
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by monkeynotes 3y ago
> will be naturally usable all day What do you imagine that device to look like, and cost?
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by monkeynotes 3y ago
And that's my point, it's such a tiny niche usage window, why bother to bring it?
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by monkeynotes 3y ago
No way will this tech destroy phones as you know them today. What is going to destroy phones is natural language. Maybe, maybe in the distant future this tech will be mature enough to provide the visual support to a natural language first d
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by monkeynotes 3y ago
I think this is like a modern example of the Apple Newton in the sense it's impressive, has uses, but it too soon to be widely adopted. I think this device will flounder, early adopters will struggle to make full use of it because of a
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by monkeynotes 3y ago
I don't think it's a very common understanding that on the horizon covers a span of 50+ years. It doesn't conform to any definitions I can think of, I'd hate to wait for a payrise that's "on the horizon" i
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by monkeynotes 3y ago
Apparently using the mars orbiter as a relay they can get up to 30Mbps. I couldn't find out what the transmission rate for lander -> orbiter is though. However lander direct to earth is in the Kbps on a good day.
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by monkeynotes 3y ago
> Cars are only a small part of the total energy pie If 80% of US drivers switched to electric vehicles, the total annual electricity consumption would be approximately 1,013,472,000,000 kWh (or about 1.01 trillion kWh). This calculation
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by monkeynotes 3y ago
Should mention the govt. has to find budget to fill the gap of tobacco budget, but they've been slowly doing this as demand has slumped since 2008.
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by monkeynotes 3y ago
I think it's hyperbolic to look at tobacco like other drugs. Tobacco is a lifestyle thing, it doesn't get you high, it's a cultural habit. There are only upsides to getting rid of the social demand for it. If you think taking
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by monkeynotes 3y ago
Talk to me about how that works when 80% of people are charging every day. That spare capacity goes away as everyone economically chases it to the point of saturation. Everyone can change their schedule and they will all go for the cheapest
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by monkeynotes 3y ago
BC hydro does not reflect the whole country. In NB we pay close to $.14/kWh, and as I said that's going up this year, and the next. PEI and NS are even more, so already today we are seeing ~$40 a charge. That's with just a ha
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by monkeynotes 3y ago
That discount will not perpetuate infinitely. It facilitates people onboarding to EVs, but it has nothing to do with long-term infrastructure problems on the horizon as this stuff scales up to being the status quo for how people move around
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by monkeynotes 3y ago
You didn't really acknowledge the citations or my overall point. "E-cars almost always have charge scheduling built-in, to charge when cheapest" if everyone charges when it's cheapest, it will no longer be cheapest. Dema
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by monkeynotes 3y ago
They don't fade until a threshold is met. This threshold is much slower onset than rotors because of all that mass. But once it's up to temperature they do fade just like rotors and they will struggle to shed that heat quickly. Th
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by monkeynotes 3y ago
Drum brakes generate heat across a larger surface area, which means there is more surface area to dissipate the heat, under normal braking conditions. Technically as much energy is generated, but the heat dissipation is better in regular us
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by monkeynotes 3y ago
Yeah, none of those are comparable. TV never lead to children bullying each other anonymously which then leads to kids committing suicide.
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by monkeynotes 3y ago
Oof.
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by monkeynotes 3y ago
So not cops then. That's exactly what I was saying, the copyright owners usually chase this stuff, not the police. I just can't imagine uniform ever doing this sort of thing.
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by monkeynotes 3y ago
So you think that the challenges keeping grid capacity and stability up with demand are FUD? I think they are reasonable concerns, and seeing early signs of that already here. Our power costs are on track to go up significantly over the com
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by monkeynotes 3y ago
Also social policy enforcement is a generational thing. The UK is only just getting toward outright banning cigarettes by making it illegal for anyone born after X date from ever buying them. Eventually you have a whole generation that isn&
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by monkeynotes 3y ago
No policy is 100% effective. Kids still get into alcohol, but the policy is sound.
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by monkeynotes 3y ago
Gambling is outright banned for a majority of regions in the US, not just kids. I don't think they are equally bad, just different bad. Gambling is addictive, and it destroys people. Social media is addictive and socially toxic, on the
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by monkeynotes 3y ago
Rear drum brakes are actually very effective. Definitely just as safe as alternatives, they are less prone to brake fade so I'd choose them in the mountains. From the Google: "Drum brakes can provide more braking force than an equ
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by monkeynotes 3y ago
Are they relatively new cars? I can't imagine doing this unless I had junkers. I know people driving Civics from 2010 that have no problems.
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by monkeynotes 3y ago
Just wait and see what happens when charging infra becomes more expensive than existing gas infrastructure. I've anecdotally heard from Canadians that they are approximating diminishing gains having an electric car, running costs-wise
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by monkeynotes 3y ago
I think many governments do this for reasons other than piracy. Human trafficking, child abuse, and a myriad of scams, hate groups, etc.
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by monkeynotes 3y ago
Seriously? Do they do the same for places playing music? I thought the copyright holders pursued these offences, I just can't imagine a cop doing a patrol popping into pubs and bars and checking for streaming.

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