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jackthezipper
·قبل 3 سنوات·discuss
Exactly right, I would've cancelled my subscription after the last price hike if my family wasn't chipping in.
jackthezipper
·قبل 4 سنوات·discuss
>I think it's very uncommon to have this memorized

I think this might be a cultural thing. A friend of mine from Taiwan was perplexed I didn't have this memorized, my reaction was the same as yours.
jackthezipper
·قبل 4 سنوات·discuss
Such a terrible take. Wikileaks did leak Russian intelligence files. The argument that he hasn't leaked the same amount hinges on the assumption that he somehow has access to everything, which is of course nonsense.

Snowden, I think, somewhat blinded by the overwhelming US propaganda machine and the fact that he's stuck in Russia, made an honest mistake. He admitted as much on his Twitter. Nobody's perfect, that doesn't mean they're working for Putin.
jackthezipper
·قبل 5 سنوات·discuss
It's not stealing it's sharing.
jackthezipper
·قبل 5 سنوات·discuss
>Sorry, but you've got that the wrong way round. Assange was the one who wanted careful redaction and it was his media partners at the Guardian and Der Spiegel who were impatient and wanted to publish early. In the end, it was the recklessness (perhaps malice) of the Guardian journalists which resulted in the unredacted cables being released. They published the password to decrypt the unredacted archives in their book (unbelievable, but true).

Thanks for correcting this. It's frustrating how many people get this, and many other so called facts in his case, wrong.
jackthezipper
·قبل 5 سنوات·discuss
>that is only three 18-minute breaks

Those are three _mandatory_ breaks, that add up to almost an hour, in ideal circumstances. To answer your question, not a whole lot, but in that 1% 6 hour drives aren't uncommon at all.
jackthezipper
·قبل 5 سنوات·discuss
>Extremely fast charging [...] can charge 10-80% in 18 minutes, which is enough to travel around 330 km. That's roughly 3 hours of driving in most counties.

This is not very impressive, and exactly where I see hydrogen have the upper hand. I suppose it's a matter of opinion, but _having_ to stop for 20 minutes every 3 hours isn't ideal at all for me.
jackthezipper
·قبل 5 سنوات·discuss
While inefficiency is indeed a problem, I feel like a lot of people overlook the one huge pro hydrogen has over batteries, namely charging time. Of course this might not be important for the daily commute, or 99% of the vehicles' use. But for that remaining 1% it _is_ a huge deal. And most people buy cars to fulfill a 100% of their needs, not 99%.

Now I should say, I know basically nothing about battery tech. But unless full charging time can be greatly reduced, by which I mean under 5 or at most 10 minutes, I still feel hydrogen could have the upper hand even if it is more expensive and less efficient.