Yeah they can’t match top of the line Li-Ion like lithium-cobalt batteries. Neither can LFP, but LFP is good enough for lower range EVs cars as they’re already used in such. Sodium ion has even lower density than LFP but not dramatically so and it’s still early days so their density is likely to improve. Look at these two cells currently on sale:

The first one is a CATL-made LFP. The second is some smaller manufacturer’s sodium ion. The 729Whr vs 713Whr, 1944cm³ vs 2593cm³. If the sodium ones can be made cheap enough, these are already usable in low range vehicles like Nissan Leaf or equivalent. And then there’s buses, trucks, other ICE powered equipment.

For a moment I hoped this could be out of desire for adventure and not need. Sigh. I didn’t mean to sound insensitive.

How’s the van life?

Beyond EVs, the much cheaper sodium-ion battery is entering mass production in China. We can already buy B-grade cells on AliExpress. This will have implications for all sorts of use cases that could use batteries but don’t due to cost.

It’s not just show though. The restriction keeps the pressure that helped the Chinese advances. They also need it in order to accelerate the development of domestic hardware. So the restriction has a necessary purpose.

Hardware embargo seems to be working great!

This is the version I setup just yesterday. Much simpler setup than the AIO. The AIO controls Docker to manage its collection of containers.

Shitty ass thin client running cheap hw that can’t do anything, a.k.a. Chromebook.

And when they do, you take care of it. Also, if you use Tailscale or equiv, you can stop Syncthing’s exposure to the internet. Then you can stay on a fixed version across clients and limit unexpected breakage that comes with autotomatic updates.

Build a Syncthing Android apk yourself. You don’t need to update to every release. I’m still using 1.30 with 2.x.

The warm and cozy feel of a VC-funded social network.

Is there difference in how much storage space is needed between the two approaches?

It’s pretty jarring how almost every mainstream media conversation on Iran or Venezuela doesn’t mention the sanctions as major contributor to the plight of the respective people.

How does this compare to redarc? It seems to be similar.

Still, those students who WANT to learn will not be held back by AI.

Our society probably won’t survive if only the students who want to learn do so. 😔

Whack-a-mole that creates plausible deniability to be used when someone is harmed or dies.

Ramp-up capacity and let us buy some on Ali.