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by negative_zero 2y ago
I guess I am showing my age maybe, but 10 seconds for a TV to turn on is insanely long for me and seems even more insane when that is perceived as impressive. Companies love their bloatware.
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by negative_zero 2y ago
And there's the down votes. I sincerely ask the downvoters to please read my other lengthy posts on this subject in this thread.
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by negative_zero 2y ago
Fairphone is a great product and I have a lot of respect for them trying to do what they're doing. But the sad brutal reality is that it's a very niche in the grand scheme of things and won't change things. I equate it a bit
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by negative_zero 2y ago
> Why five years? I have plenty of consumer electronics including phones, tablets, laptops, and computers that keep on trucking well past five years. Why should anything be turned into junk until it's absolutely necessary? I picked
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by negative_zero 2y ago
> Thank you for taking the time to write all this, it's very informative. No problem :) I take the issue with short life products and e-waste very seriously and have given it much thought. > It sounds messy, but then again I can&
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by negative_zero 2y ago
PART 2/2: > Perfect is the enemy of the good. If your phone is a brick and an improper fix makes it useful at a much lower cost than a whole new phone, that's all that matters. Sorry, but your comment just sounds super elitist.
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by negative_zero 2y ago
PART 1/2 (I have learned HN has a max comment length): Please don't misunderstand. I would want something love something like right-to-repair for phones to succeed. I am trying to emphasise that, from an insiders perspective, good
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by negative_zero 2y ago
> I can't get behind what you're saying but I am curious to hear your take. Why do you think right to repair "won't ever work"? hnaccount_rng has already raised good points. I will add to them: 1) Working in prod
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by negative_zero 2y ago
As a hardware engineer: Right to repair is a nice idea and it's heart is in the right place, but won't ever work for something like a consumer phone. Further, IMO, it's really just a band aid for the US's extremely poor
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by negative_zero 2y ago
I haven't been gaslit by someone in the medical profession before, especially one from a field arms deep in a replication crisis. But I guess there's a first for everything...
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by negative_zero 2y ago
Thank you!
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Ask HN: What helped you with long Covid?
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by negative_zero 2y ago
GrapheneOS allows you to do this. The downside is that it only runs on Pixel phones.
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by negative_zero 2y ago
TIL frustratingly hiding basic information within a menu, within a menu, within a menu, within a menu that's within a menu is called "progressive disclosure" (top marks for that amazing euphemism). I really wish it were possi
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by negative_zero 2y ago
Not really. Germany and it's predecessors have a strong history of rule of law. Russia does not.
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by negative_zero 2y ago
Poland was legally obligated to purchase Russian gas based on an agreement signed in the early 90s. The writing was on the wall for years. The difference is that Poland started constructing an alternative pipeline to Norway. Poland also app
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by negative_zero 3y ago
I'll offer up a "maybe hope": It might net neutral or net benefit. Now the lack of maintenance and underinvestment is visible, but you're taking strain off the (mostly invisible and no doubt underinvested in) storm water
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by negative_zero 3y ago
I guess I'm a doomer. I have a bet with my partner unders/overs that there will be 5C of warming. They took overs, I took unders. I'm pretty sure I'll loose. But it was for a cup of coffee which probably will be extinct
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by negative_zero 3y ago
14 years in electronic products (consumer and industrial) including Multi chemistry battery management system (BMS) designs.
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by negative_zero 3y ago
"Your comment kind of implies that 80% charge is irrelevant" I don't mean to merely imply that only charging up to 80% charge is (essentially) irrelevant. I mean to state that it is . What actually happens at around 80%
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by negative_zero 3y ago
There is so much confusion, misinformation and naive testing about this topic. I've only learned about this "80% battery thing" when researching EVs recently and it seems to have been (maybe) spawned by the Nissan Leaf many
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by negative_zero 3y ago
So much this^ It's an extroverts world and we're all forced to conform to the "extroverts narrative". When all the extroverts were losing their minds because of COVID induced forced WFH, I frankly had no sympathy (and ev
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by negative_zero 3y ago
This is something that is in my area of expertise, and your suspicions are correct. Solder can "bubble" but this is a line process issue that is easily picked up even in old AOI systems (automatic optical inspections) from 10-15 y
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by negative_zero 3y ago
Completely agree. Currently I can perform a full bootstrap using information stored in my brain (with my partner's brain as backup). Any new "solution to passwords" that doesn't allow that means an instant NO from me. I
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by negative_zero 3y ago
I disagree. There are plenty of different fabrication technologies to suit different scales. Some listed by other commenters. I agree iteration is good, and good hardware companies do iterate hardware. It's something I have always been
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by negative_zero 3y ago
Absolutely, yes. Think of it this way: If current runs through it, you need to cert it. Period. Edit: I think the Pi might already have FCC so if you are NOT electrically altering the Pi in anyway, then you won't need to re-cert (as yo
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by negative_zero 3y ago
Yes and no and it doesn't matter :) Broadly and simplified: Adding a bluetooth module means that, not only is the device no longer "electrically equivalent" (which means you are re-certing), but you have gone from "unint
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by negative_zero 3y ago
In my experience, if a company is majority software, it's a weird combination of hubris and ignorance that I don't really see in other sectors. I consult on product development and I'd say about 50% the time, software majorit
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by negative_zero 3y ago
Bit late to the thread, but for those interested I found this interview with two scientists trying to reproduce LK99 insightful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFnA8gwnLms Lots of interesting nitty gritty details. Also rai
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by negative_zero 3y ago
Damn :( That's very unfortunate (and I am sorry if I got your hopes up). I should have specified that I've only searched for and purchased hardware specific standards not software ones.

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