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    Comment #49054019

    Ridiculous statement without any evidence. CATL and Changan Automotive are already making and putting them in EVs. https://electrek.co/2026/02/05/first-sodium-ion-battery-ev-d... S…

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    Comment #48912686

    This is true - without Chinese manufacturing of solar cells and panels, solar energy would not be as cheap as it is today. Equally true is that Chinese manufacturing of solar cells…

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    Comment #48904574

    Yes - the regulated offer is capped at 24 kWh per day but some retailers such as Globird and CovaU are offering plans which include up to 50 kWh per day of ‘free’ electricity. With…

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    Comment #48904506

    It wasn’t $40-50 billion. It was estimated to cost $116-$600 billion to build 7 nuclear reactors https://smartenergy.org.au/nuclear-fallout-116-600-billion-t... I think the likely …

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    Comment #48904453

    This article is misleading as it implies that Australian energy retailers must provide every household with 3 hours of free electricity. This is not the case. From 1 July 2026, Aus…

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    Comment #48488439

    This seems like a very complicated way to maintain a menu on a static website. Have you considered using old school server side includes? It’s what they were designed for.

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    Comment #45842748

    The 30% battery discount in Australia is only available to households that also have solar systems. https://www.dcceew.gov.au/energy/programs/cheaper-home-batte...

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    Comment #44243027

    Nice work! This is very impressive and you’ve shown real resilience and perseverance to work through the challenges you encountered while building this.

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    Comment #43768941

    The Economist recently ran an excellent podcast series on the scam industry called Scam Inc. https://www.economist.com/audio/podcasts/scam-inc

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    Comment #43622174

    The author of this article appears to be unaware that very high electricity prices have been the other key driver behind Pakistan’s solar boom along with the massive reduction in t…

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    Comment #42947759

    dabbledb was awesome. Simple but powerful. I still miss it and haven’t found anything like it to replace it at a reasonable price.

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    Comment #42906073

    I am not a lawyer but this CDC order seems contrary to Trump’s recent Executive Order “RESTORING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND ENDING FEDERAL CENSORSHIP”. This Executive Order states in pa…

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    Comment #42688935

    https://archive.md/1w5k1

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    Comment #42201529

    Is Autotab able to scrape data from multiple websites with different structures and combine this data into structured data in one CSV or JSON file? Example: scrape interest rates o…

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    Comment #41945190

    Is Skyvern able to scrape data from multiple websites with different structures and combine this data into structured data in one CSV or JSON file? Example: scrape interest rates o…

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    Comment #39656032

    This sounds like a good solution. Can you provide an example or two of how you format the events in your calendar to allow them to be sent at a scheduled time by the Shortcuts app?…

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    Comment #38865285

    This HN headline is misleading. The article makes it clear that sales of EVs in the US are still increasing but the rate of increase has slowed. It says “…sales of EVs keep going u…

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    Comment #38638300

    Many people underestimate the risks from asbestos as the disease can take 20-40 years to develop after exposure but it shouldn’t be underestimated. Asbestosis killed over 3,600 peo…