turtlebits

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by turtlebits 6d ago
$2k for a new product line isn't rough. It's on par with other competitors.
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by turtlebits 6d ago
Solar water heaters (including evacuated vacuum tube) are great for efficiency, but PV has gotten so cheap and reliable that it's almost never worth a dedicated solar water heater unless you're extremely constrained for space.
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by turtlebits 6d ago
Chinese brands have all but caught up, they're within a few percentage points in performance, but 3-4x cheaper. The additional cost barrier being you can't self install or Mitsubishi or get any warranty on a self install, which me
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by turtlebits 7d ago
Why do people keep asking the same question over and over? It's because of market demand. I have an S24 ultra and I had an even bigger Sony xperia a while back. I have an old iPhone SE ( the one in the form factor of the iPhone 4) an
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by turtlebits 9d ago
Yes it seems absurd optimizing to keep on 12v to save on the inverter overhead, but at the same time are running sealed lead acid batteries. Switching to LFP would give them 5-6x the capacity for the same weight. Current rate for LFP is aro
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by turtlebits 9d ago
Unless there is some space/weight constraint, adding additional battery capacity for idle draw and running an inverter is likely less expensive than trying to find 12v only equipment. OP is running sealed lead acid batteries, they coul
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by turtlebits 19d ago
Datastar relies way to much on IDs everywhere that it's not ergonomic and turns into a chore. It's also a bit too complicated for its own good trying to solve everything.
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by turtlebits 19d ago
Supercars aren't the excessively noisy ones. Those are the modified cars. Many have quiet modes that run off battery so you don't wake up your neighbors. IMHO, pollution is way worse. I'd rather a tax on gas so high that co
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by turtlebits 22d ago
Yeah of course you could DIY this or find your own subs much cheaper, but in the grand scheme of things, it's not that bad. You get a finished and conditioned room, and it most likely added value to his house.
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by turtlebits 22d ago
Those are 2x4 studs, so R13, shoving thicker insulation in doesn't change much.
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by turtlebits 22d ago
Theres a baseline cost for work to be done, the OP decided to build an 8x10, but easily could cost a similar amount or a few thousand more for a shed 4x larger.
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by turtlebits 22d ago
HVAC techs are in such high demand, they can charge exorbitant rates to install/service, that its not in their interest to service them, or even install them. It took me a while to find a company to install a mini split I purchased on
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by turtlebits 24d ago
It might be annoying if you already know the content. Frame it for the least common denominator (pun intended) - the person who has the time and needs the repetition to pick up a concept.
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by turtlebits 29d ago
"Someone unlocked this story for you. Log in to read for free." WTF NYT?
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by turtlebits 29d ago
Current administration has gutted the EPA, which means no one cares about going the cheap route and running data centers off fossil fuels and water.
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by turtlebits 1mo ago
I hate being a broken record, but batteries are $100/kWh now, sometimes less. Don't buy proprietary. You can get a 3kW inverter and 5kWh of battery for ~800 USD. Want more storage or output? Just add batteries or swap out the inv
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by turtlebits 1mo ago
I normally don't comment on AI articles, but the TLDR was so obviously AI and a huge turnoff that I closed the tab.
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by turtlebits 1mo ago
Maybe not "fun", but people have preferences, not necessarily rational, in the choices they make. Programming languages, technologies, and even fonts. Some languages are more enjoyable to use than others. I'm sure there are f
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by turtlebits 1mo ago
It barely has enough power to render PDFs, I'm not sure what general purpose use you could get out of it. The limitation is the whole point, it does pen input very well.
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by turtlebits 1mo ago
Carpenters don't just nail things together and expect that to be a usable/useful product. If you can't/won't understand what you're supposed be doing, you're either useless or making useless shit.
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by turtlebits 1mo ago
Understanding requirements means talking to customers. A customer can be anyone, even other devs that consume your code/product.
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by turtlebits 1mo ago
I'm sure the number of submissions has gone up exponentially due to AI. Since real people review apps, Apple should charge per app / version submission.
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by turtlebits 1mo ago
At hobby scale, you don't have to care about the details. Just ship a zip or container image with docs and let the user figure out the rest. Self hosting is going to require some bit of expertise. I personally don't like apps th
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by turtlebits 1mo ago
The problem is that not everyone can afford/wants to spend on a high quality cut. A good cook can make a cheap cut of meat taste great. There's no single right way of cooking a steak and that can include spices/herbs/m
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by turtlebits 2mo ago
Unless there's a material change to the form, why not just update the changed parts? I'd also question architectural decisions if you need to send 100kb+ of html down the wire for a partial.
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by turtlebits 2mo ago
It totally depends on your area. In the PNW I get sap and conifer tree pollen all over my panels and have to wash them at least twice a year.
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by turtlebits 2mo ago
The one day, your chef leaves, the food goes to shit and productivity/output/morale drops. When the new chef arrives, then everyone has to relearn everything. Software shouldn't be bespoke and "artisan".
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by turtlebits 2mo ago
Why can't somebody take simple smartphone hardware and make a modern media player that is not a phone? Because you can do that with any phone and just not use the phone part?
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by turtlebits 2mo ago
I'm on the opposite side of this. With LLMs, I no longer feel the need to use crazy frontend frameworks and abstractions. I'm back to building static HTML with minimal JS (and ideally no build step). Instead of using Tauri&#x2F
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by turtlebits 2mo ago
Great frameworks have great CLI tooling and just work. Be opinionated and consistent. The fact that this supports multiple frontends and multiple runtimes is a hard no for me, already know that it's going to be a massive headache to

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