xoggy

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[–] xoggy@programming.dev 15 points 1 month ago

When things look gnarly they pull out root.

[–] xoggy@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Here's a more-recent article then: https://carnewschina.com/2026/01/22/catl-unveils-worlds-first-mass-production-sodium-ion-battery-for-commercial-vehicles/

Public buses in areas of China trialed these batteries and they didn't live up to their claims which is they can be bought on Alibaba second hand. I don't have the "energy" to find the articles in English as it's out the scope of my original comment anyhow. It's not just claims around CATL batteries, it's an industry-wide problem.

[–] xoggy@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

I've had underwhelming results with pihole. Consider Technitium DNS Server or AdGuard DNS: https://youtu.be/S5D6uksel10

[–] xoggy@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

No, CATL makes the same wild claims. Just within the last few months they've been overselling the capabilities of sodium batteries.

https://www.livescience.com/technology/electric-vehicles/new-battery-breakthrough-could-make-electric-cars-and-grid-scale-storage-far-safer

The whole industry is polluted with these fluff claims. Of course we want them to be true, but waiting for results to make noise is wiser.

[–] xoggy@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago (6 children)

It's not a "China so it's bad". Moreso to do with the fact this Chinese-based industry constantly make wild claims about batteries with zero backups to their claims.

https://www.livescience.com/technology/engineering/betavolt-bv100-radioactive-battery-can-last-50-years-coming-in-2025

No surprise when people are quick to dismiss a habitual liar.

[–] xoggy@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

And careful with those unix systems. Every time someone compiles Minix, Andrew Tanenbaum shaves a raccoon's ass.

[–] xoggy@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

Pretty well. I did have to create an "old-nixpkgs" variable for some of my packages (deadbeef is currently broken in 25.11 and warsow was removed). Rebuilt my configs on my work laptop, gaming desktop, and 1 of my servers without a hitch. Will wait on my DB server until my next offsite backup just in case...

[–] xoggy@programming.dev 12 points 3 months ago (6 children)

How'd your 25.11 channel migration go, fellow Nix-enjoyer?

 
[–] xoggy@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago

Gary Bernhardt's old talks are a classic. Wish there were more people still doing humorous introspection in the programming landscape like this.

[–] xoggy@programming.dev 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They didn't get bullied. The letter just notified the company the parcel was returned because the US base complies with the host country's import customs.

[–] xoggy@programming.dev 7 points 3 months ago

A light fabric adhering to your top half is generally looked at differently than a light fabric adhering to your groins.

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