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shortcrct··on Greenvolt begins building 600 MW/2.4 GWh BESS in Poland
The article says the batteries are sourced from BYD, and it's likely lithium iron phosphate batteries.
shortcrct··on Canned air is unexpectedly supersonic [video]
Funny enough, due to a tailwind the other day, flights a couple days ago across the Atlantic actually did break the sound barrier. Look at this IAD>LHR flight that reached 802 mph [0]. (It was a Boeing).

[0]: https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/VIR22/history/202402...

shortcrct··on Marcus Aurelius: The Man Who Solved the Universe [video]
The same thing, for all intensive purposes.
shortcrct··on Microsoft overtakes Apple as most valuable company
Because Apple is willing to play China's game. Google and Facebook's business models (ads) fundamentally don't work with China's government. They sell different products than Apple.
shortcrct··on Market Map
Outside of looking pretty and complex, I just can't figure out what marginal benefit I have looking at this graph vs this one from FinViz [0]. It's clearer, easier to read, and not three-dimensional.

[0]: https://finviz.com/map.ashx

shortcrct··on What If All the Gasoline Cars Became Electric Vehicles?
It would appear that the Ford F-150, the most popular car in America, has an average MPG of 23 mpg [0], so there's possibly some accuracy here. I do understand that's a very American-centric view, but its one explanation.

[0]: https://www.caranddriver.com/ford/f-150

shortcrct··on Do you avoid the news? You’re in growing company
I get your point, but let's not sit here and convince ourselves that the front page of HN is the same as the front page of CNN, Fox, or WaPo.
shortcrct··on Espresso coffee mitigates the aggregation of Alzheimer′s associated tau protein
I briefly looked through the website, does the SCA have a list of "Certified" consumer-level espresso machines specifically? I was disappointed to see that they had certified home brewers for drip coffee and commercial espresso machines that cost $15k, but no espresso machines that I could afford.
shortcrct··on Australians fight for the right to work from home permanently
I wouldn't see the issue here if the employer was willing to "pay handsomely" to have their employees work those hours. Some white collar workers work those hours every week - if not longer - and are paid well for it.