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Comment Re:hubble is stil on the 486 cpu? maybe time to up (Score 1) 75

If I'm not mistaken the 386 was the last 100% deterministic x86 chip.
The 486 has a pipeline and needs to clear the pipeline on branch miss (for 486, branch taken = branch miss). In the strictest hard real-time sense it's not deterministic. (It's deterministic in the sense that the branch prediction is static and various outcomes could be predetermined based on input, but the result would arrive at different times depending on the number of branch misses).

Comment Re:What, this again? (Score 1) 325

If you could start with a full battery at each end, you'd need to take three stops to do this trip in one day, total charging time just over an hour with a Model 3 or Model S. Driving 900km you'll need a few breaks anyway, it comes down to perhaps 15-20 minutes of extra waiting. My kids usually appreciate the extra ice cream stops along the way.

Comment Re:What, this again? (Score 1) 325

Having a fully charged car every morning is one of the best selling points of EVs. No more gas stations, no more waiting.
Having to go swap batteries 2-4 times a month would put us right back to the gas station problem.

I've driven electric since 2012. I've spent less time waiting for the car to charge during those 11 years than I spent going to the gas station the last year I had a gasoline car.

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