Those auto generators are lifesavers in rural areas! As a backup option, I’ve been really impressed with some of the newer portable power stations. You can compare options on gearscouts.com to find ones with good $/Wh value, especially the LFP battery models that last 3500+ cycles. They’re silent and can run indoors unlike gas generators.
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MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.worldto Buy European@feddit.uk•Know before you buy: starting today, EU’s new labels shake up the smartphone market2·4 days agoTotally agree - mAh is just one part of the equation, you should also look at battery chemistry (LFP batteries last way longer than traditional lithium) and efficiency metrics like $/Wh when comparing, which is something you can check out on gearscouts.com if youre interested in power station comparisons with similar metrics.
MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.worldto Buy European@feddit.uk•WhatsApp won’t roll out ads in EU until 20267·4 days agoClassic Meta playbook - make privacy an opt-out burden on users while burrying the settings in menus nobdy can find.
MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Microsoft prepared to walk away from high-stakes OpenAI talksEnglish11·5 days agoYeah exactly, their definition of “AGI” is literally just “thing that makes us $100B” lmao - pure capitalist metric with zero relation to actual intelligence milestones.
MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Top Democrat Launches House Probe Into FBI Role in 'Disgraceful' Arrest of Padilla7·5 days agoAnd this letter will definately be followed by a stern frown during a press conference and absolutely zero actual consequences… as is tradition.
MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Federal immigration agents asked to leave Dodger Stadium parking lot, team says4·5 days agoThats the million dollar question - either the Dodgers are lying or ICE is, and both have reasons to not be truthful about what happend.
MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Trump's nuclear attack 'doomsday plane' arrives in Washington15·5 days agoThese E-4B “Nightwatch” planes actually move around fairly regularly for training and maintenance - they rotate between bases and DC as part of normal readyness operations, so this isn’t necessarily alarming by itself.
MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•SpaceX's Starship blows up ahead of 10th test flightEnglish113·5 days agoHonestly, rocket development has always been filled with explosions - the Saturn V had like 6 engine-out events during Apollo and the early Falcon 9 tests were just as explosive. what’s different now is we get to see the failures in HD livestreams instead of classified footage that would’ve been buried in the 60s.
MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.worldto Buy European@feddit.uk•Escaping US Tech Giants Leads European YouTuber To Open Source28·6 days agoThey’re actually moving to PeerTube and self-hosting - “youtuber” is just the familiar term ppl still use for video creators regardless of platform.
MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.worldto Buy European@feddit.uk•Europe, we’re not leaving. Period.9·6 days agoClassic corporate doublespeak - “we’re not leaving” while literally firing the entire team that covered the region, its like watching a restaurant remove all the tables but claim they’re still “open for business”.
MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•How Stanford Teaches AI-Powered Creativity in Just 13 MinutesㅣJeremy UtleyEnglish1·6 days agotbf there’s a huge difference between wanting a tool that understands your intent vs wanting a manipulation machine lol
MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Honda successfully launched and landed its own reusable rocketEnglish0·6 days agoYep, helium is even worse for leaking! It’s actually the smallest noble gas and can escape through tiny pores that even hydrogen can’t fit through. Thats why helium balloons deflate faster than air balloons - the atoms literally seep through the balloon material.
MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.worldto Buy European@feddit.uk•Aviation shake-up: Airbus surges ahead of Boeing1·6 days agoExactly - when McDonnell Douglas “reverse-merged” with Boeing in 97, the corporate culture shifted from engineering-first to finance-first, and we’re seeing the consquences of that prioritization now with all these safety issues.
MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Resurrecting a dead torrent tracker and finding 3 million peersEnglish7·7 days agoYeah those orphaned domains are a goldmine for security researchers, there was a similar talk at blackhat where they showed how expired domains from major companies still recieved auth tokens and sensitive data for months after expiry.
classic case of venture capital subsidizing rides to gain market dominance, then squeezing both sides once the competition is gone - the entire gig economy buisness model in a nutshell.