ponector's comments

On: Sodium-ion EV battery breakthrough delivers 11-min charging and 450 km range

[ponector]

Southern hemisphere receives roughly the same amount of sunlight as northern.

Solar is a win everywhere with a sunny weather.

[SkiFire13 → ponector]

But land is not distributed equally in the two hemispheres. In the southern hemisphere it's generally concentrated near the equator, where it gets more sunlight.

On: Our commitment to Windows quality

[ponector]

Depends on who is shoving it. If Apple - people will happily eat everything, but not from Microsoft.

On: A rogue AI led to a serious security incident at Meta

[ponector]

It has never been serious about security, quality and performance. Only new sloppy features. And now everyone is bragging on LinkedIn how fast they create more slop: "Look, CC generated thousands lines of code for me! Approve and merge!"

On: Iran war energy shock sparks global push to reduce fossil fuel dependence

[ponector]

That's not true, you can get a cheap new EV, pricing for electric Dacia without subsidy starts from €16k. And used Zoe or i3 are really cheap.

[pjmlp → ponector]

That is still expensive versus traditional cars.

[ponector → pjmlp]

Is it? You can't even find a German car in the same price range.

[pjmlp → ponector]

Not everyone buys German cars, rather something that simplifies their daily lives, with a motor and some amenities.

That looks like a bit Apple mentality applied to cars.

On: AI coding is gambling

[ponector]

Right, you need to hire a scapegoat. Usually tester has that role: little impact but huge responsibility for quality.

On: Obsession with growth is destroying nature, 150 countries warn

[ponector]

While there was a rat race in the city, typical farmlife was more brutal: work from early childhood and then from dawn to dusk. City dwellers had at least one day off per week, while working with animals is a job without holidays.

[keybored → ponector]

That was not what ourworldindata chose (or had the data for) to showcase.

On: The 49MB web page

[ponector]

Developers do that as well. Especially now with llm-assisted coding. Accept half-baked solution and go to the next ticket.

I've had recently a case at work, while filling a contact form to add a new party there were 300+ calls to the validation service to validate email and phones. Three calls per every character entered to every text input!

On: Asian governments roll out 4-day weeks, WFH to solve fuel crisis caused by war

[ponector]

996 is already a thing outside of China.

On: Agents that run while I sleep

[ponector]

If you are paid hourly and not per task than what is the point in finishing your task faster?

On: Germany's Solar Boom Eases Power Costs as Gas Price Jumps

[ponector]

>> Energy independence is extremely valuable.

Not if your top politicians are on putin's payrol like Orban and Merkel.