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Comment · 4 years ago
That's how businesses are created.
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Once EVs are produced in the same volumes as combustion cars today then the price for an EV will be the same, and probably lower as EV cars are much simpler and contain less components. Right now there is probably also some markup added just because the manufacturer can charge more for an EV (status, more demand than production capacity etc).

The charging time will likely also go down further which could allow for the batteries to become smaller for most use cases and thus the price come down even more.

And on top of that, if energy prices continue to stay high, the SUV/Truck era might slowly die away and smaller/lighter/aerodynamic cars with better mileage will become the norm. Less metal and smaller motor needed means cheaper car.

Comment · 4 years ago
But you can always change CDN provider in a few minutes, an hour or a day.

You cannot move from Twitter to SomeOtherUnknownPlatform.com or from the App Store to UnknownAppStore.com if those platforms decide they don't want you there. Well you can, but no one will ever see you again. You cannot even move to a well known platform in case your followers are not there (or don't use that OS). At least, it will take years to move them over.

Comment · 4 years ago
"a web application that comes with a Windows installer, macOS traditional installation and a Linux RPM".

I'm curious; how do you implement this (I assume you do not use Electron)?

Wouldn't a PWA (installed PWA) make the web app integrate the way you say with desktop icons, separate window, drag & drop etc?

Comment · 4 years ago
Burglary and robbery.
Comment · 4 years ago
Yes, you are right, knowing the clock rate and duty cycle would be interesting to know. And knowing what the MCU is actually doing. Powering an MCU from a lemon or potato is nothing new and has been done with more than 30 year old MCU's, implementing clock's etc.

More challenging is probably to power a complete system, i.e. everything around the MCU, like driving Ethernet or WiFi or BT as well as some analog sensors and the like. Embedded MCU's do not require much and if you can spread out the computing needs over time, no big deal.

Look at Casio watches and the like which you can run for 10 years and they provide quite some features. It's okay as long as it is features that stay within the MCU/Display realm. Now, the watches which provide BT, GPS, different sensors etc kind of suck in this regard.

Comment · 4 years ago
It's 210M for one year. He just has to wait 10 years to get it fully paid out.
Comment · 4 years ago
Also from a user perspective there are many benefits with a software that exists on many platforms. It's often better with a slightly less good/snappy app that runs on all platforms than a perfect app than runs only on one platform. It's a feature.

It could also be said that it's a feature that the app does not 100% follow the native UI as the experience will be the same irrespective of which OS you are on.

Comment · 4 years ago
Electric wire bus is better than tram as it does not require expensive tracks. It is also much easier to change the route. The tracks also create a lot of noise and vibration that gets into nearby buildings. Tracks are also dangerous for bicycles, and slippery for cars and trams.

There might be benefits with trams, but I do not know what.

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It takes about four years for your solar panels to pay back the co2 used to produce them.

And the co2 eeded to produce your car's batteries I do not know, but probably several years for that too.

So I doubt your daily driving is carbon neutral just yet.

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