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That’s correct. But don’t let that put you off. They’re simply for different things!

I have both an S30 Pro and an 8” motorized SCT. The wow factor of a real scope is not lost, I can assure you.

But I don’t take my big telescope camping, for example. It’s too big and awkward. The Seestar fits in a backpack, and spits out beautiful galaxy photos to use as phone wallpapers. I just leave it running all evening. It’s very neat.

Is it perhaps a scintillating scotoma? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scintillating_scotoma

If you are a migraineur, you will discover these being the purest of the pure of red, green and blue you will ever see.

Look at the replies. You’re telling junkies to stop using. It won’t work. This is addiction.

Think it's often depression rather than addiction that's at the core. Trying to get depressed people to stop ruminating and to start engaging with the world is a notorious challenge, though in terms of potential quality of life improvements, it can be worth putting in the effort even if it feels like you're talking to a brick wall.

Mistakes aren’t glitches when the environment is so dynamic. I imagine they are making errors constantly, and constantly learning from them.

When a robot car makes a mistake, all robot cars learn from the experience. When a human messes up, only that human learns from it.

You’re simply never going to get through to someone who has internalized the idea that AC is perfect and free. They have accommodated to the luxury and will burn the planet to keep it.

We have more energy hitting the planet every second as radiation than we can possibly use. This is a non-issue for any civilised society switching to solar.

Going for an AC before you even have shutters or anything on the outside is like sending an audio file of you reading a pdf per email because the "record reply" button is right there, but figuring out where on the filesystem the PDF you have open on your screen would take 5 seconds. It's not about whether you can afford it or if the recipient can, but more what it says about you and your whole approach to this life thing.

By all means, install off-grid AC powered by solar on your roof. Please report on how well it goes.

Why is off-grid a requirement?

I’m in central Texas and it isn’t uncommon for rooftop solar to generate enough power to cover central a/c. Peak sun and peak a/c happen at the same time.

It proves the system is self-contained, with no side effects other than cooling.

yup https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status

> imagine you develop a product with a number of features with a public API, and telemetry points that a feature goes unused

The cost of maintaining a book is much, much less than a product feature!

I think the implication is they focussed on the huge efficiency gains, and didn't focus on the small ones?

At least for Nvidia and AMD desktop GPUs/cards, the priorities are:

#1 (by far) "can it play [hot game of the moment] in 4K?"

#2 (maybe) "is the fan noisy in desktop mode?"

#3 (for nerds) "can I run LLMs on it?"

I don't think top efficiency in desktop mode is on anyone's list, and even if it were, it would be hard to come up with a design that uses hundreds of watts when running top-tier games or LLMs, but also uses as little as possible when idle?

No, rather that they focused on peak performance, i.e., "churn out the most raw throughput at 400W+", rather than "get as close as possible to 0W when idle or in common uses".

Very different metrics - the former is about optimizing your architecture for pushing the most operations, the latter is about being able to power as many things off as possible.

One very practical reason that comes to mind is waterproofing. Kitchen counters get wet, and office desks do not. Anything with a plug is at greater risk of shorting.

I tried to figure out how to buy that exact kettle recently because I typically store mine away in a cupboard (and so a "cordless" kettle with separate base is just an annoyance to me) and couldn't find it anywhere.

I had to settle for a Proctor-Silex branded unit that was only sold by Home Depot online. It does not have a detachable cord.

A plugged-in kettle is not as likely to fall into a bowl of water as a hand mixer.

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C13/C14 connectors are even known as "kettle leads" in some places.

Kettle plugs in the UK, close enough. I'm not sure if most kettles even use them at this point.

I'm from the UK (although haven't been there for a decade+) and remember "lead" being used in place of "cable" or "cord" by those around me. Plug would be the other end, which goes into the Mains.

“Kettle lead” is definitely good here too. It is, after all, more than just a plug.

Yeah, I know, I was just giving the colloquial name for them in the UK. We like calling things plugs, including what you might call a socket or outlet. Not exclusively but very commonly.

Commonly referred to as "jug plugs" in Australia.

Sure but that's what gfci is for no?

Anyway IMO lamps are usually the worst offenders.

Not every house has GFCI, and old ones are not always retrofitted.

From top of my head, there are two main reasons:

1. C13/C14 is a bulky set of connectors, and fitting them to compact(er) things are not always easy. This also means cable needs additional care to keep somewhere else and label. Why label? See 2.

2. Not all appliances use the same amount of power. C13/C14 is an overkill for a small, non-grounded appliance. Use a figure 8 then, alright, but what happens when you mix your coffee grinder cable with your powerful hand blender's cable and use it at max power? Hot things. Not the soup, but burning cables.

In this age where we use aluminum cables because it's cheap, mixing low and high power appliances' cables will become a liability fast. Using unique connectors will make the reason to have detachable cables moot, and drive up the price.

Standardization? The awesome thing about standardization is, three are too many standards to choose from.