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ufocia
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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
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Comment #48682683
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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
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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.