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Comment Re:That's Nifty, but consumer? (Score 1) 138

Doesn't exist yet to my knowledge. It is too early. Natron's BlueTray 4000 is a 1U rack mount battery intended for commercial applications.

You could DIY a pack from some of the early Chinese Na-ion cells from AliExpress/Alibaba - if you are so inclined.

GreatScott tested a model of these early Na-ion cells that are showing up on AliExpress:

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3F...

Comment Re:Good (Score 4, Insightful) 19

I don't know why this is being voted down. It is completely accurate. 1/3rd of Japan's energy is coal fire plants.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2023%2F0...

Japan suspended much of its nuclear power production after Fukushima Daiichi - despite causing no direct deaths.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Fworld%2F...

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F...

Sadly people do definitely die from coal plants.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.utexas.edu%2F2023%2F1...

Comment Re:Wow 30 billion USD (Score 2) 161

Wind doesn't always blow. You need reliable base load power plants (like coal, natural gas or nuclear) or large energy storage.

Also nuclear plants last much much longer. They do need updates and recertifications but can legally operate for 80 years (in the US at least). That 80 years value was recently increased from 60 and we will probably see it raised again.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrc.gov%2Freactors%2Fo...

We honestly have a lost knowledge problem with building new nuclear plants. Costs will lower if we keep building more.

SMRs (small modular reactors) also have some hope of significant cost reduction - when/if they come to fruition.

Comment Re:Wait... (Score 2) 31

They're one of the biggest players in making mobile operator equipment. Most 5G and LTE tower equipment is either Nokia, Ericsson or Samsung.

Think of them sort of like the Cisco or Juniper of the mobile providers. Big expensive hardware and big expensive support contracts.

Comment Re:My Wii U Bricked (Score 4, Interesting) 30

Comment Re:Origins of Free Software (Score 1) 118

I do not have a direct source on that threat. Smarter people than me have gone over it. It is my understanding that all source code will be customer only and not to be shared.

So in this example of the printer, they would be in violation of GPLv2 from my understanding.

An article quote:
Benny Vasquez, the AlmaLinux Foundation's board chair, fears that AlmaLniux must follow Red Hat's licensing and agreements in addition to following the software source code licenses. That would also mean, as AlmaLinux understands it, "Red Hat's user interface agreements indicate that re-publishing sources acquired through the customer portal would be a violation of those agreements." This, in turn, would put them in violation of the GPLv2.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zdnet.com%2Farticle%2F...

Comment A reminder that Red Hat/IBM isn't just RHEL... (Score 1) 118

IBM/Red Hat doesn't just make/support RHEL. Ansible, Ansible Tower (and AWX project), Cockpit... That is just off the top of my head.

So many of us have helped contribute to bug fixes from using products like CentOS. But I guess now we are just seen as pirates.

I really hope Ansbile doesn't go down this same road in the future. I know that is a different example, but it wasn't so different from Red Hat Linux previously.

IBM, common... Removing the source from public a GIT repo was one thing. Now also only customers can see source and limited license so users cannot share source code?!

And now forcing projects like Alma and Rocky into grey areas of getting the source code and staying compatible. And now somehow Oracle of all people is playing hero?

I hate this timeline.

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