zapdrive

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by zapdrive 3y ago
Ok, 25% of 27.5q BTU = ~ 7q BTU So we need extra 7q BTU of electricity, right? Which is about 18% of 37.8! So, not 7, not 9, we would need at least 18% extra electricity. TLDR: Your math was wrong!
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by zapdrive 3y ago
Unless you show us data on how much %age of total energy usage is electricity, there is no relation between the two! According to some sources, electricity accounts for about 20% of total energy usage. So with your numbers, we would need ex
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by zapdrive 3y ago
> We know how many BTU equivalent are used for electricity generation vs gasoline for transportation. And how much BTU equivalent is needed to power electric cars. Show us the data. > There is. There is literally no relation. "Ca
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by zapdrive 3y ago
Not all of us are lucky enough to have an year round sunlight supply.
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by zapdrive 3y ago
> Petroleum for transportation currently accounts for 27% of US energy usage > 25% * 27% = 7% more electricity There is no relation between amount of petroleum used and amount of electricity generated in the data provided by you. All
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by zapdrive 3y ago
Amazon basics landing gear.
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by zapdrive 3y ago
Terrible terrible analogy. It would be correct if EU was asking apple to make their phones be able to use Intel processors. A correct analogy would be if BMW was taking a 30% cut from anyone selling seat covers for for BMW cars and EU telli
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by zapdrive 3y ago
What kind of linty clothes are you guys wearing? I have had usb-c phones for what seems like forever now.. Never had any issues or had to clean it even once.
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by zapdrive 3y ago
Imagine your child taken away from you just on the basis of some assumptions. This makes my blood boil. I have never had murderous thoughts even when I have been wronged really bad. I just forget and move on with life. But I don't thin
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by zapdrive 3y ago
Other countries "armies" are still walking right across the border and into the US.
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by zapdrive 3y ago
>> Total cholesterol and mortality by sex and age: They should have done the study based on gender, rather than sex. This study is discriminatory against trans people so its inherently anti-trans.
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by zapdrive 3y ago
I wish there was a viable alternative to everything Google (search, youtube, android, maps to name a few). I can't wait for Elon to buy Google and end this BS.
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by zapdrive 3y ago
Many of the homeless in SF got here on a one way bus ride, so not much close to family or friends.
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by zapdrive 3y ago
There's always room for more automation. Tesla, for example, is much more automated in many areas.
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by zapdrive 3y ago
> which can be a decade or more for folks from places like India. The current estimate for Indians is 140 years [0]. https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/united-states-green-ca...
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by zapdrive 3y ago
Things change over time. China and India have been having multiple talks over the last few years (after the Galwan incident) to resolve their border dispute. The ceasefire has lasted for decades now. Neither country wants war. Of course the
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by zapdrive 3y ago
There are a bunch of startups trying to develop AI GPUs. Someone linked them in a comment a few days ago.
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by zapdrive 3y ago
He could have been paroled in 2012, but was either paranoid or in a mental state where he didn't understand what they were asking and refused to sign the papers.
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by zapdrive 3y ago
And then you wonder why the crypto keeps going up (I'm talking about long term trends). Many believe that the 2016/2017 spike in crypto coincided with the Indian demonetization of November 2016, when the Indian govt. declared all
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by zapdrive 3y ago
To his credit, Narendra Modi has increased ISRO's budget a lot. Many years they have received more than promised! So he kind of deserves to rake in the limelight.
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by zapdrive 3y ago
Reverse migration has already started. Many Indian students (who usually come with dual intent to study and settle down in Canada) are going back due to lack of opportunity and rising costs of living.
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Russian Lunar probe crashes into Moon – Roscosmos(rt.com)
3 points by zapdrive 3y ago|0 comments
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by zapdrive 3y ago
Don't forget the attacks on the first and the second amendment.
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by zapdrive 3y ago
I am sure the gap has only grown wider.
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by zapdrive 3y ago
How hard is it to manufacture an airplane brake? Surely Russia does have the required precision machining equipment and expertise. Of course a lot of that is being devoted to mass manufacture of weapons and other military equipment. I'
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by zapdrive 3y ago
That joke would stop working in a few years when a banana would actually start costing 10$.
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by zapdrive 3y ago
Most of the school education is simplified to a level. The higher the level the more complicated/detailed it gets.
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by zapdrive 3y ago
Something something free market.
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by zapdrive 3y ago
And some tenants are sucky too. Courts are backed up for evictions due to non payment of rent too.
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by zapdrive 3y ago
Should have tattooed a QR code that auto downloads a malware that bricks A100s.

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