iamatworknow

What about the latent heat of vaporization?

You're just never going to get a smart ring with a battery that lasts longer than a year or two until different/better battery technology becomes commonplace.

I've had a RingConn ring since December 2024, and I went with them primarily because they don't charge a monthly fee like Oura. But at this point the battery that originally lasted 2 weeks lasts only about 2 days. It's about the best you can expect from a ~30mAh lithium cell. Once it finally dies completely I won't be replacing it.

On that same note I'm still upset Apple acquired Dark Sky. Apple's own weather app got _a little_ better after that, but they've never gotten close to the the accuracy and reliability that Dark Sky had for everything local climate/weather related.

I was totally unaware of this. I haven't quite been ready to pull the trigger on something like FastMail or ProtonMail, but I have a few domains kicking around and figure it's worth a shot to try it out. Thanks!

If only it were that simple.

Recall the "Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act". The legislature _did_ pass a law banning software then and the executive just ignored it.

While we're at it, term limits for everyone. All levels of the judiciary and legislature.

Can confirm many of our West US resources have been out for like 40 minutes.

Why are you responding as if that was an attack? Not everyone needs to know every intricate detail of a system to use it. Nor should they.

That type of thinking is like saying unless you can cook a gourmet restaurant quality meal you don't deserve to eat at a gourmet restaurant. Absurd.

Yeah, that totally makes sense to me.

I did the same as a kid. Like if I was in a classroom with noisy classmates ("study hall") I'd shut my eyes and actively try to not hear them and embrace the nothingness "around" the voices. Kinda interesting that I have distinct memories of doing this _years_ before I was ever exposed to "meditation".

Yeah...I messed up. Damn window size and two different drivetrains for the Ioniq. Side note, web design sucks.

Yeah, I missed that there were the two lines for the Ioniq 5 weight based on the drivetrain, and a column that was not obviously hidden with my window size, my bad.

To me it all still comes down to charging infrastructure. The current state of batteries is good enough for me, but I live in an apartment and can't charge at home, and the availability/reliability local charging stations are a crap shoot, nevermind charging on a road trip.

But when (if?) I own my own house and can charge at home, I'll be in even with the current state of batteries.

Look into autocross, if you haven't before. It's probably the most accessible way to get a taste of time-trial racing in real life, and events are held all over the place -- basically anywhere there's a community and a free, empty parking lot. You just need a car (any car as long as it runs and is safe), a helmet (probably the most annoying part), and usually less than $100 for admission.