You’re a fucking idiot

Still no clarification on why Meili is there…

Have you not been paying attention? She can control ma-beasts and was keeping them away from the group the entire time. They plainly explained it in both this and the previous episode

No, no it’s not

Vim doesn’t suck any less because something else is worse

You can build your own router fyi

And you can even mix-and-match cells of both types in a vehicle to better fit a target demographic. It’s not simply one or the other.

That being said, it’s better to have a car with a 200 mile range sodium battery and a small range extender for that 2-4 times per year trip

There wasn’t really a reason to boycott it anyway.

Yes there was. It’s called “fuck those monopolistic cunts at EGS, they don’t get my money”

Fuck off with your false equivalence bullshit.

EGS has used anticompetitive and anti consumer practices from day one, all because Tim Swiney is a petty asshole that wants to be at the top of the pile.

Meanwhile Valve has generally been pro-consumer and built a relatively good service

GrapheneOS is looking like a really good prospect nowadays

You know what this is called? A healthy and competitive market.

Yeah, I get there’s layoffs, but that’s mainly at AAA studios and is a symptom of a previously unhealthy, highly consolidated market. The job losses suck, but now diversity and competition is coming back, and that’s generally a good thing for consumers.

Huh. Just found out that Bandcamp isn’t owned by Epic Games anymore. It was sold off to someone else back in 2023. Guess I don’t have a reason to boycott it now

Theoretically, both could be done. Theoretically.

Not forever

I’d rather we get rid of oil subsidies first

Except nickel is fairly rare, driving up the costs. Sodium isn’t

Because guns are bad, mmmkay?

/s

Sodium batteries are cheaper, safer, and last longer than lithium batteries. That’s exactly what you want for grid-scale energy storage. So yes, sodium IS better than lithium for grid-scale energy storage

What’s better depends on application

Go reread the thread. You’re (hopefully unintentionally) arguing against using sodium batteries for grid storage because lithuim has more energy density.

Cost, high longevity, and heat tolerance are way more important for grid storage than energy density. Sodium batteries are perfect for that, and were poised to start being supplied for that application until the price of lithium tanked at the start of the year.

Also, the sodium batteries that are (and were) about to go to market have enough energy density that manufacturers were considering adding them to cars by mixing and matching sodium and lithium cells in varying ratios to match various use cases. The two chemistries aren’t mutually exclusive in any field

Not forever

I wish the alpakka 2’s kickstarted had exceeded. That would have been sweet