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cobalt··on BYD EV teardown in Japan reveals secrets to its affordability
Something not said, but China often lets others do the expensive R&D
cobalt··on How to avoid a BSOD on your 2B dollar spacecraft
that doesn't state what uses linux, angular.io is also on there
cobalt··on Krazam: High Agency Individual Contributor [video]
I assume it means that he used his free time + company time (w/out asking) to solve a company problem
cobalt··on BMW Overtakes Tesla in European EV Sales for First Time
most faulty by raw numbers or by %?

Also poor quality of what?

cobalt··on US judge throws out FTC's ban on non-compete agreements
I think this was sarcasm
cobalt··on What would it take to recreate Bell Labs?
Based on the book "The Idea Factory" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Idea_Factory), it sounds like the regulated monopoly forced certain constraints on their business, such that they had to prove they were a utility. This meant not having infinite profits, and that the engineers were generally allowed to think long term since any good idea in the future could benefit the company without short term profitability risk
cobalt··on Wcurl: a curl wrapper to download files
man pages vary in complexity/readability, and for occasional use, is probably way more painful
cobalt··on Tesla owners file class-action alleging repair, parts monopoly
definitely not $4k, but what about oil changes, brakes?
cobalt··on Microsoft Recall should make you consider Linux
were the business/marketing/etc people using docs too? At my last job, those people had office
cobalt··on Addition with flamethrowers – why game devs don't unit test
the original minecraft is in java, it's probably gone through a lot of code transformation. The version you're thinking of is the microsoft version, rewritten in c++
cobalt··on IrfanView
Some alternatives to these items: I like bandizip for zip needs

MPC-BE for video/audio

XnViewMP

Firefox for PDFs

MS office web (no need to install anything)

Windows 10+ includes clipboard history

PowerToys does have a file search, not sure how it compares to Everything

cobalt··on Digitopia is ruining our lives
dygitopia works better I'd think
cobalt··on Unity Software cutting 25% of staff in 'company reset' continuation
Godot is unfortunately no where near ready for prime time, and imo also has some weird design choices that has me preferring unity
cobalt··on Disks lie. And the controllers that run them are partners in crime (2012)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USN_Journal
cobalt··on Disks lie. And the controllers that run them are partners in crime (2012)
file systems already do journaling and a bunch of other fancy techniques. Drives themselves then have their own versions in addition to that

Additionally, apps can do whatever they want in custom partitions if they need better storage perf (databases for example do this). Getting lower level than that is probably doable, but you run the risk of becoming firmware that is tied to particular drive controller design

Remember that computer storage technology is over 70 years old, many many things have been tried/implemented in that time.

cobalt··on Rivian software update bricks infotainment system, fix not obvious
android auto is just a different brand of infotainment system
cobalt··on Unity is offering a runtime fee waiver if you switch to LevelPlay
XNA is only a framework that does some basic low level abstraction. It is no where near a game engine
cobalt··on ASML EUV lithography machine could keep Moore’s Law on track
build your own, it's not that expensive to 4x both those numbers
cobalt··on Government URLs that don't end in .gov
It might be parked to prevent scams
cobalt··on Study finds billions of nanoplastics released when microwaving containers
Silicone
cobalt··on Far Cry 1.34 source code (2006)
A console game will have hundreds if not thousands of API calls, particularly in the io/gfx code
cobalt··on Chipotle plans to ditch gas grills at 100 new locations
most chipotles cook on a flat top anyway, so there is no direct flame
cobalt··on We’re no longer sunsetting the free team plan
you can still download it https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=237...
cobalt··on U-2 pilot's selfie above China's balloon taken over Missouri
weather patterns, intercept radio signals, way closer up photography are some reasons
cobalt··on Making the ultimate-guitar.com web player easier to practice with
TuxGuitar is also great for making your own tabs. songsterr.com accepts its tab format (or tux exports to a common one, I forget)
cobalt··on Kids and music lessons: why do many promising players quit early?
sadly he got into an accident/some other medical issue a few years back and hasn't really been seen in public since
cobalt··on The Physics of baking good Pizza (2018)
while that can certainly help the dough flavor, in my experience, it doesn't really affect baking
cobalt··on The Physics of baking good Pizza (2018)
i dont mean to say the conductivity changes, but the thermal conductivity of steel is too high that when its hot enough it will have too much stored heat and will burn your pizza. stone, having a lower conductivity will release its heat more slowly

also, conductivity is determined by (at least) material, shape, and temperature

cobalt··on The Physics of baking good Pizza (2018)
I have found that steel works up to ~650F but becomes too conductive above that (hence using stone). Stone is not conductive enough below 650F-700F
cobalt··on Half-Price Tesla Stock Is Still No Bargain
the supercharger network shines outside of urban areas, where tesla far beats the competition
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