My money is on the Emu War

Connected to the month of June?

Doesn’t it depend on the war? A lot of good allied soldiers died defeating the Nazis, but a lot of good would-be Nazis also found ways to avoid service.

Every draft dodger in the invading nation is one less soldier you need to defend against.

What are you talking about? In 2023, solar power alone generated 1.63 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity. Twice as much as was generated by coal, and more than half as much as was generated by nuclear. Solar plus wind out performed nuclear by hundreds of gigawatts.

The only thing holding back renewable power is grid level energy storage, and that’s evolving rapidly.

Awesome! Thanks, I didn’t know that.

Love the analogy of visiting Canada as an American to explain how BSD is different from Linux.

Did you read past the headline? They’re restoring add-ons banned by the Russian government, defying Russia.

The Fiat 500e’s battery weighs 295kg.

150km of range usually requires about 200kg of lithium ion batteries. More for larger vehicles.

What’s wrong with charging? At 350KW you can get 150km of range in 5 minutes.

There’s a couple thousand in China for Nio, but they haven’t really taken off anywhere else.

By contrast there’s over 1.8 million public EV chargers in China alone.

Batteries are heavy, which makes them hard to move and requires secure attachment to the vehicle. EV chargers have no moving parts and require much less maintenance.

Swappable batteries are a giant headache, charging is better.

Batteries are lasting longer and longer, LFP are already able to last 20 times as long as typical lithium ion, while using less cobalt.

Modern EV tech is still relatively new. It took combustion cars a long time to get to present day longevity and efficiency. EVs will catch up.

Haven’t seen anyone mention Alacritty yet, that’s my favorite terminal emulator.

Alt-p? I use Mod+d.

Sway is bae.

I was older than 12 when the books came out.

I disagree. In my experience having a lack of restrooms just makes the place nasty and hostile. You can still visit places with plenty of public restrooms, and it’s so much nicer. Every light rail station in Seattle smells like a toilet, the ones in Vancouver are way nicer. Removing restrooms doesn’t remove the need to pee.

What about all the HD Zelda remakes?

You could say that about basically anything: it only takes one or two passionate people to [write a great novel, build a house, invent something new, prove a scientific theory, advance the field of mathematics] in a matter of weeks.

Those are rare and impressive exceptions, it’s not so simple in practice. The Mythical Man Month has some good insight on this. Big projects cost big money, and don’t necessarily get the job done faster.

Yes

The cost of hiring a team of programmers the size of a large class can easily cost millions of dollars. There’s a long history of school projects accomplishing things in computer science that would have cost millions. Look at BSD for example.

I got a PineTab2 for under $200 that has treated me well. No e-ink or symbolic buttons, but it runs Linux and the included cover has a keyboard.

I usually use it as a dummy terminal with a Bluetooth mechanical keyboard.

If you don’t mind me asking, what made you switch from software development to transportation?