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craigcabreyon Tesla Acquires Canadian Battery Specialist, Hibar Systems

> Can we please get standard battery form factors, voltages and connectors: like AA, AAA, C, D, 9 volt, etc, but in a larger size similar to lantern batteries and car batteries?

This exists already. 18650 is in widespread use and now 2170 is gaining traction. Each cell is already a standard voltage, 4.2V at the top end, 2.75V on the bottom end (or lower depending on whether you want to risk permanent damage).

> Can we please get batteries with built-in protection circuits? I want to wire them in series or parallel at any voltage and have them "just work" and never explode. Bonus: please do this with solar panels as well.

These also already exist. Tesla will never use them because the BMS handles that job, which is more effective and cheaper.

craigcabreyon Our long term plan to make GitLab as fast as possible with Vue and Webpack

Misleading title, from the article:

> We are not rewriting GitLab's frontend entirely in Vue.

craigcabreyon Apple Said to Work on Mac Chip That Would Lessen Intel Role

You make it sound like they've never done that before (Universal binaries).

craigcabreyon First Nokia-branded Android smartphone to be released exclusively in China

Err, my Z3 didn't get Marshmallow until more than half a year passed from the release date.

Marshmallow was released in late October 2015 [1]. Meanwhile, the Z3 only just started rolling in early April 2016 [2]. That's pretty mediocre if you ask me.

[1]: https://android.googleblog.com/2015/10/get-ready-for-sweet-t... [2]: http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/04/09/marshmallow-update-r...

craigcabreyon Ask HN: Why don't people just stick to something universal for APIs?

Because having a one size fits all mindset is a narrow view to hold.

Use cases should drive engineering decisions, not a grand vision of the world in someone's head.

craigcabreyon Project Flogo – Open Source Framework for IoT Integration

You're absolutely right, of course. But I never implied it was. I highly doubt this would be an OSI approved license.

https://opensource.org/faq#unlisted-licenses

craigcabreyon Project Flogo – Open Source Framework for IoT Integration

>Internal Use Only License Grant. TIBCO hereby grants you a limited, non‐transferable, non‐exclusive license to use the software solely for your internal business purposes.

"open source"

craigcabreyon Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app

You haven't needed a full FB account to use Messenger for over a year now [0].

[0]: http://lifehacker.com/you-can-now-use-facebook-messenger-wit...

craigcabreyon Curl author asks Microsoft to remove 'curl' and 'wget' aliases from PowerShell

Agreed. The irony here is their first human response sounded more robotic than the initial CLA bot response.

craigcabreyon UEFI on top of U-Boot on ARM

Not invented here syndrome.

craigcabreyon Master Plan, Part Deux

Care to provide a source to back up that claim?

craigcabreyon The Ethics of Unpaid Labor and the OSS Community (2013)

Is it just me or does this article twist the (rather simple) idea of meritocracy?

What you contribute and the quality of what you contribute defines the respect and influence you receive as a result (in a given community, of course). I don't see how that can be tied into "normal" social statuses as this author is trying to imply.

Thoughts?

craigcabreyon Help the Gnome Foundation Defend the Gnome Trademark Against Groupon

As a college student, this is my first time donating to a FOSS organization like the Gnome Foundation, but damn does it feel good.