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Hyperloop One to Shut Down After Failing to Reinvent Transit in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Why not just make a tunnel and forget the vacuum? It's just a subway system, but it's efficient

Edit: France & England might have dug a tunnel but Paris and London just have a subway. And train to move around the country.

Edit2: fixed wording

Baldur's Gate 3 Is GameSpot's Game Of The Year 2023 in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 21 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I don't think any award in any field is supposed to be "original". No game released the last ~5 years comes anywhere close to what Larian achieved. Why would anyone comment negatively on them getting an award for that?

If you needed motivation in c/memes@lemmy.ml

[–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 15 points 11 months ago

OC has been suspiciously silent since they learned crackheads breathe

This Southern California solar farm is using retired EV batteries for storing the power and then send to the grid when needed. This way the retired batteries can extend their usefulness for several... in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Good idea but good luck to the people who will try to take the fire out

Edit: I'm not saying that it's bad, of course renewable, solar, electric is good. But knowing how horrible electric vehicle fires are to put out, I don't see a fire of piled up batteries being an easy challenge for firefighters