While we're dreaming, I'd ask for a Mac Pro in a standard tower chassis that can handle standard PCIe cards. And a pony. But instead we'll keep using Linux boxes.
Got one of their dual Opteron 16-core (2.8ghz) machines right now, the performance is ~20% better than our dual 8-core (16 thread) Intel machine for our workloads. I'm dying to grab a 64 core machine that can handle 128 threads. 2x that? It would be awesome if we could afford it.
My wife's car's got ~210k on it, 29mpg lifetime average according to the dash. The average cost of gas over that life has been around $2.75. That's $19914.
Our other car is an extreme example. Honda Insight, 185k on the clock, 64.5 mpg lifetime average on the dash. 2.75 average cost of gas = 7888. Still about twice that $4k number GP threw out.
You're never going to get anywhere remotely near wholesale prices, honestly.
I would just buy a whole wrecked Leaf, strip the pack out and sell the rest for scrap. You'll get OEM quality batteries and the price will be low, and you'll get 24kwh of batteries.
Looking on car-part, there's a Leaf pack from a wrecked 2014 for $2500 right now. That's $104/kwh.
"...doesn't include college-dorm moves prevalent with 18- to 24-year-olds..." So it excludes what is probably the most common type of move people in this generation make. And, I mean look at the percentage of millennials who went to/are in college vs older generations. This doesn't seem particularly valid.
I put a temperature datalogger under some wadded up white t-shirts in the back seat of my car with the windows rolled up and left it in the parking lot at my work all day each day for a week (usually I crack the windows and put a reflector on the windshield).
NiFe batteries have a pretty atrocious efficiency: ~65% for charge, ~80% for discharge, or approximately 52% round-trip. Although like all batteries, the efficiency varies depending on the SOC. For instance, avoiding the top 25% of charge would bring this up some.
IIRC lead acid numbers vary quite a bit, but a charge/discharge regimen that won't eat your batteries in short order is around 72%, round trip.
Li-ion battery types (and there are lots) can be over 90% round trip.
This is an extremely important bit of data for grid energy storage that I wish had been included.
The base model Leaf is now about 30,700. I guess it has fallen quite a bit since the last time you shopped one. That's MSRP, not post credit.
So around 23,200 for the base model (which is pretty well equipped).
On top of that, there are state rebates for installing your home EVSE where I am, and the power company has a special rate for EV owners (since they tend to draw lots of late night power.
Of course, it's all moot to me since I have nothing but street parking and can't install anything to charge. That's still the biggest weakness to me and what makes a non-gasser a non-starter.
I mean, there's the main menu item "Slide" and "New Slide" is literally the very first item. "Duplicate Slide" is the second. Or you can right click in the slide thumbnail pane and choose "New Slide" there too.
Maybe the last time you looked was on an old version? They've made it MUCH better even in the last two point releases.
Also: They made animations (which you should only ever use for click-to-appear events, come on, don't be that dork) far easier. Easier, even, than Office.
Weird, I use the OK Google thing all the time. Especially when driving. "OK Google, launch Pandora," or "OX Google, navigate to 123 fake street, wherever."
Or when I'm walking at work (I have to do a lot of literal leg work walking all over, often carrying stuff). Sometimes I'll need to look something up and query Google verbally because I find it's much easier than typing when you're walking at a brisk pace.
Have you tried Vivaldi? Made by one of the Opera founders as what the Opera 15+ browser should have been: a true attempt to reimplement Opera on the blink engine.
Only thing I don't like about it is the old Opera's back-caching behavior... that was instant and took me back to exactly what was showing before. Now I hit back to a forum feed and I have to wait while the feed is reloaded, and the place I was in the list has changed. Ugh.
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While we're dreaming, I'd ask for a Mac Pro in a standard tower chassis that can handle standard PCIe cards. And a pony. But instead we'll keep using Linux boxes.
Knock yourself out:
http://www.thinkmate.com/syste...
Got one of their dual Opteron 16-core (2.8ghz) machines right now, the performance is ~20% better than our dual 8-core (16 thread) Intel machine for our workloads. I'm dying to grab a 64 core machine that can handle 128 threads. 2x that? It would be awesome if we could afford it.
Sam
Did you even read the reply he was responding to?
Just verified in Firefox with a private browsing session.
It pops up a corner thing asking if I want to make the default search google.com. Nothing about changing my browser.
My wife's car's got ~210k on it, 29mpg lifetime average according to the dash. The average cost of gas over that life has been around $2.75. That's $19914.
Our other car is an extreme example. Honda Insight, 185k on the clock, 64.5 mpg lifetime average on the dash. 2.75 average cost of gas = 7888. Still about twice that $4k number GP threw out.
Daydream.
My phone's 1440x2560 (538PPI), and in regular use, it isn't much different than regular HD resolution.
But when you use it for Daydream, it's pixelated as hell.
You're never going to get anywhere remotely near wholesale prices, honestly.
I would just buy a whole wrecked Leaf, strip the pack out and sell the rest for scrap. You'll get OEM quality batteries and the price will be low, and you'll get 24kwh of batteries.
Looking on car-part, there's a Leaf pack from a wrecked 2014 for $2500 right now. That's $104/kwh.
"...doesn't include college-dorm moves prevalent with 18- to 24-year-olds..."
So it excludes what is probably the most common type of move people in this generation make. And, I mean look at the percentage of millennials who went to/are in college vs older generations. This doesn't seem particularly valid.
I used my cotton mop to clean up my battery acid spill, but it asploded next time I tried to mop the kitchen.
Cap'n Crunch, no!!!!
I put a temperature datalogger under some wadded up white t-shirts in the back seat of my car with the windows rolled up and left it in the parking lot at my work all day each day for a week (usually I crack the windows and put a reflector on the windshield).
The highest temp I saw was 172F (~78C).
Well, and charge/discharge efficiency.
NiFe batteries have a pretty atrocious efficiency: ~65% for charge, ~80% for discharge, or approximately 52% round-trip. Although like all batteries, the efficiency varies depending on the SOC. For instance, avoiding the top 25% of charge would bring this up some.
IIRC lead acid numbers vary quite a bit, but a charge/discharge regimen that won't eat your batteries in short order is around 72%, round trip.
Li-ion battery types (and there are lots) can be over 90% round trip.
This is an extremely important bit of data for grid energy storage that I wish had been included.
13 year olds trolling Slashdot... what a time to be alive.
Well, that and that Model 3 trunk hatch.
They best do something about that uselessly small opening before launch. I'm wishing for a Model 3 hatchback model myself.
My washer and dryer have NFC (not internet) and can do just this. Actually my fridge has the acoustically coupled modem thing and can also do this.
Download the app->answer 3 yes/no questions, follow on screen instructions, receive diagnosis right on your phone.
Sam
There's a reason that dropping a 2.0L or 2.4L K series into a first generation Honda insight is such a popular mod.
That chassis without all the hybrid stuff and engine weighs in around 1500lbs. All aluminum, short wheelbase... even stock it's a blast to drive.
The base model Leaf is now about 30,700. I guess it has fallen quite a bit since the last time you shopped one. That's MSRP, not post credit.
So around 23,200 for the base model (which is pretty well equipped).
On top of that, there are state rebates for installing your home EVSE where I am, and the power company has a special rate for EV owners (since they tend to draw lots of late night power.
Of course, it's all moot to me since I have nothing but street parking and can't install anything to charge. That's still the biggest weakness to me and what makes a non-gasser a non-starter.
I mean, there's the main menu item "Slide" and "New Slide" is literally the very first item. "Duplicate Slide" is the second. Or you can right click in the slide thumbnail pane and choose "New Slide" there too.
Maybe the last time you looked was on an old version? They've made it MUCH better even in the last two point releases.
Also: They made animations (which you should only ever use for click-to-appear events, come on, don't be that dork) far easier. Easier, even, than Office.
Sam
Heck, the Nexus 4 and 5 proved that.
The Pixel proved that my wife and I aren't loyal enough customers (read suckers) not to immediately jump to OnePlus and ZTE (Axon 7).
Sam
Weird, I use the OK Google thing all the time. Especially when driving. "OK Google, launch Pandora," or "OX Google, navigate to 123 fake street, wherever."
Or when I'm walking at work (I have to do a lot of literal leg work walking all over, often carrying stuff). Sometimes I'll need to look something up and query Google verbally because I find it's much easier than typing when you're walking at a brisk pace.
The best hex color is: #1337af, followed by #b00b15.
Man, I use slices of sweet potato* for my hamburgers. Don't talk to me about this legacy "bread" crap.
*Note, no, I don't.
https://review.lineageos.org/#...
That is heartening.
Work indeed continues.
They've already announced a fork of the project. It's called Lineage OS:
Tagline "Yes, this is us. We aren't going anywhere."
http://lineageos.org/
I bought a ZTE Axon 7 when reading that ZTE was actively working with Cyanogen Inc to get the device on the supported list.
Maybe it will roll over into LineageOS (where Cyanogenmod's corpse is being reanimated)?
Sam
Have you tried Vivaldi? Made by one of the Opera founders as what the Opera 15+ browser should have been: a true attempt to reimplement Opera on the blink engine.
Only thing I don't like about it is the old Opera's back-caching behavior... that was instant and took me back to exactly what was showing before. Now I hit back to a forum feed and I have to wait while the feed is reloaded, and the place I was in the list has changed. Ugh.