torpfactory

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by torpfactory 2mo ago
Worst case scenario we dig up more lithium. I'm convinced the Nickel and Cobalt will be recycled. Lithium is a small percentage of total mass, 1-3%, and is abundant in the earth's crust. Maybe 5-10kg of lithium in a pack. Compare
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by torpfactory 2mo ago
These are old talking points from the fossil fuel industry. The batteries themselves will be recycled to recover their valuable minerals. The process will certainly require care to avoid localized pollution. Compare that with burning fossil
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by torpfactory 3mo ago
On top of the obvious grift and bribe seeking potential there is also now an obvious mechanism for ideological control. Govt doesn’t like the way the model describes the events of Jan 6? We’ll have to see how many people get to use it… We a
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by torpfactory 4mo ago
Why not also require that cell companies share up to the second location data with authorities? It would be so much easier to catch criminals!
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by torpfactory 4mo ago
Just to expand on my ideas above about how we might manage them: (1) Entities creating these data sets should require licenses to do so. (2) Creation of real-time location data sets would itself be a criminal offense without a license. (3)
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by torpfactory 4mo ago
I don't think any entity (including but not limited to the government) should be allowed to create or maintain data sets of people's near or real time location data. Think about all the ways this data can be misused. We are truly
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by torpfactory 4mo ago
The problem is right now LPR data is available to just about everyone who wants it for any reason as long as they are part of law enforcement. They are using it, for example, to crack down on dissent, to stalk ex lovers, and to enforce abor
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by torpfactory 5mo ago
What are the alternatives for Europe? Continue to import oil and gas? Have some of your most important economic inputs price and supply controlled by the dumbest egomaniacs alive? Nuclear? Good luck building it on time and on budget. Also w
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by torpfactory 5mo ago
We aren’t making a very good case for ourselves on the world stage are we…
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by torpfactory 5mo ago
Solar and wind are scaling much faster than gas and oil right now. After the recent Iran war I think it would be insane to rely on new oil or gas. Yeah let’s rely on this commodity whose supply and price are controlled by the dumbest egoman
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by torpfactory 5mo ago
You can scale battery installations basically arbitrarily to the size of the grid connection you have. Put the batteries at the end user if you can. Then they get power outage protection and the grid gets much of the same flexibility.
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by torpfactory 5mo ago
Atomic power is in a bit of a sour spot as a technology. The large size of plants means we don’t build very many means we don’t get much cost reduction from learning curves. Wind and solar are getting much much better cost reductions over t
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by torpfactory 6mo ago
That land is producing food for cars. If we covered half in solar panels we’d have almost enough energy to power the country. Turn the other half over to food production and you’d come out ahead on both energy and food.
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by torpfactory 6mo ago
It’s really not niche anymore. It’s the dominant form of new electrical power generation and has been for a few years. https://www.publicpower.org/system/files/documents/Americas-...
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by torpfactory 7mo ago
It’s weird that he’s so in the numbers but then doesn’t carry through with the battery electric truck calculations. He just dismisses it out of hand. Your cargo may be reduced but your fuel costs will also be reduced. It’s quite a complicat
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by torpfactory 7mo ago
It is totally nuts. We will see I guess. If there will be a ground invasion, people will see the convoys moving into position. You can’t really hide that much stuff.
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by torpfactory 7mo ago
My read is most likely some kind of strike on the cartels. There hasn’t seemed to be any significant US military buildup so it’s something they’ll be able to do with a smaller force. The trapezoid makes me worried about a ground incision th
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by torpfactory 7mo ago
My bet is a showy armored advance though the open terrain near there… it’ll look great on camera! /s
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by torpfactory 10mo ago
I'm just going to copy my comment on a previous post about this topic: You think that Trump won't demand something in return for this? I keep telling everyone I know that AI will be enshitified just like every other internet busin
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by torpfactory 10mo ago
You think that Trump won't demand something in return for this? I keep telling everyone I know that AI will be enshitified just like every other internet business. Tell me why the incentives will be different this time around. Putting
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by torpfactory 1y ago
Tbh an intensive class dedicated to teaching kids how to put their phone down would really be a good idea!
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by torpfactory 1y ago
That sounds like dystopia to me… the smartphone is such a crazy distraction to deep learning why on earth would you bring it into the space willingly.
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by torpfactory 1y ago
What’s the skill though? Most everything you do on a smartphone is trivially easy thanks to all those hard working app developers. We all know from experience that the vast majority of actual phone time is spent consuming some kind of media
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by torpfactory 2y ago
I’d argue most of the cost of scare housing is supply limits imposed by ridiculous over regulation of new construction. It’s not like we forgot how to build houses and apartments we just aren’t allowed to.
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by torpfactory 2y ago
What the actual fuck are you talking about. Gonna need some proof that isn’t a 4chan sewer please.
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by torpfactory 2y ago
Hear me out. Elon wants ultimate control over people’s lives and choices. Why he would want this is a psychological question about which we can only speculate. This is a change from (at least in appearance) his previous libertarian leanings
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by torpfactory 2y ago
It’s a bit like the old saying about the banks: “If you owe the bank $10,000 it’s your problem. If you owe the bank $10,000,000 it’s the banks problem”. If everyone in class is using LLMs to cheat, it’s really the university/instructor
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by torpfactory 2y ago
Eh, they make precision stuff like this all the time. If they wanted to make a bunch they would first standardize the sizing then create production tooling for the grinding setups. Those gears would come out basically perfect every time. Th
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by torpfactory 2y ago
There’s a very sizable number of low paying, dirty, dangerous, and/or boring jobs that we can’t find enough locals to do. Think farm hands, home care aides, meat processors, etc. Unskilled immigrants do those jobs because that’s what i
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by torpfactory 2y ago
It seems like the killer apps for generative AI right now are: 1) Automating boring reading and writing tasks. Think marketing copy, recommendation letters, summarizing material, writing proposals, etc. LLMs are pretty good at this stuff bu

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