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    Comment #49034727

    Sad comment really. I could make a counterargument that it could've gone to an alcoholic who wasted his liver, which would be equally uncalled for.

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    Comment #49034385

    Very interesting insight. OP essentially lost at playing chicken.

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    Comment #48905347

    > Of course it should be done anyway as there will be a lot of used batteries in near future. The necessity for recycling those batteries, without more, does not logically follow f…

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    Comment #48905261

    Poison hemlock is a carrot. Socrates and I would consider it toxic.

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    Comment #48905216

    There are other toxic substance like phosphorus in "lithium" batteries. Some "lithium" battery chemistries, though reportedly not LFP, contain cobalt, a very toxic heavy metal. Bes…

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    Comment #48905049

    Still slop. This article appears to conflate battery recycling with lithium recovery, two distinct steps to achieve high lithium reuse.

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    Comment #48904929

    Agreed. For example, what does the color of lithium hydroxide used instead of sodium hydroxide have to do with anything? They are both white.

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    Comment #48901715

    Yes, poor comparison to what's now a relatively low end model.

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    Comment #48794882

    "Newly walled towns are a sign of shrivelling state authority" was my thought when I saw the walled off Capitol. It is sad when the government needs walls to protect itself from it…

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    Comment #48776065

    How so? Please elaborate.

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    Comment #48775943

    [flagged]

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    Comment #48682612

    Children can buy their own devices. School issued devices are not under parent control. Parental controls and school controls are laughable. There is no incentive for OS vendors/re…

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    Comment #48682488

    Sounds like presenting no patterns, apparently or otherwise, would be a pattern in itself.

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    Comment #48682089

    [flagged]

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    Comment #48469766

    What does 85% accurate even mean?

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    Comment #48446731

    Archival optical media is likely much better than any kind of open groove technology.

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    Comment #48446705

    Vinyl is not great for archiving. It degrades and is affected by dust.

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    Comment #48446536

    Also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA_equalization

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    Comment #48446402

    You could just sell old vinyl with new labels and sleeves and they would be none the wiser.

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    Comment #48444110

    Libraries, Google and YouTube were/are not nearly as efficient at conveying _targetted_ _actionable_ expertise as AI is.

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    Comment #48444065

    "I'm finding LLMs also competent at explaining and giving advice on other domain stuff I'm totally new to, which I have cross-checked with Legal/Product Managers and is usually rig…

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    Comment #48430736

    A font is not a typeface

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    Comment #48417132

    Probably agentic gone wrong again.

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    Comment #48393225

    Hubris much? I don't see a necessary contradiction in using someone's work to disprove another aspect of that same person's work.