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ProLogium begins mass production of solid-state battery at 381 Wh/kg

akamaka — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 11:57:28 +0000

Article URL: https://finance.yahoo.com/energy/articles/prologium-begins-mass-production-high-070000793.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49671417

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New comment by akamaka in "Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's"

akamaka — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 03:25:06 +0000

You don’t need to be a full blown acoholic to be affected, it’s simply a correlation of more alcohol consumption to faster decline of the brain. Having a job that requires you to be sober more hours of the week might bump you into a lower risk category.

New comment by akamaka in "Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's"

akamaka — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 23:43:43 +0000

I wonder if alcohol consumption plays a role here, since it is a known risk factor for Alzheimer’s. A taxi driver who works 60 hours a week will have very little time left over for drinking, whereas pilots have relatively short work hours where they actually need to be sober.

New comment by akamaka in "We replaced Redis with MySQL for inventory reservations and it scaled"

akamaka — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 22:19:13 +0000

It’s unfortunate that the writing style wasn’t up to par, but I want to point out that I read the entire article and it doesn’t contain any criticisms of Redis. From the sounds of it, Redis worked perfectly and achieved what they wanted, which was beyond the capabilities of a simple MySQL implementation of the system.

In the end, they found a way to make it all work on MySQL, which solved some of the inherent complexity of using multiple databases side by side (but again this isn’t a criticism of Redis, the same problem would exist for any pair of databases).

New comment by akamaka in "We replaced Redis with MySQL for inventory reservations and it scaled"

akamaka — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 01:53:48 +0000

I found Shopify’s post very easy to read, and learned about some features of MySQL. On the other hand, I didn’t get any value from reading your comment. You seem to have a bunch of opinions about how things should be done, but haven’t given any details about how you came to these conclusions.

New comment by akamaka in "IMAX vs. IMAX 70mm: The difference between these two cinema formats"

akamaka — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 18:57:08 +0000

I feel the opposite way. Seeing movies in IMAX is the only reason I still go to the cinema, and it’s maybe the best $20 I spend each year.

New comment by akamaka in "The Strongest El Niño Ever"

akamaka — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:31:04 +0000

Yes, progress on renewable energy has virtually ruled out the extreme climate change scenarios that seemed possible 20 years ago (4-10°C warming).

New comment by akamaka in "The Strongest El Niño Ever"

akamaka — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:29:58 +0000

That’s a true statement about most human endeavours through all of history, so I’m not sure what your point is.

New comment by akamaka in "The Strongest El Niño Ever"

akamaka — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:02:57 +0000

I’ve had the same discussion with many people, and when I tell them how much work is done on cleaning up carbon emissions, the reply is always “well… it’s not enough”. And of course, they don’t have a sense of what is “enough”.

They don’t really understand it in a factual, measurable way, but just are interesting in what the overall story is, and what it says about humanity failing.

New comment by akamaka in "Apple sues OpenAI, accuses ex-employees of stealing trade secrets"

akamaka — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 14:41:46 +0000

All of three of these companies are huge $10+ billion corporations who are capable of doing good and bad simultaneously. If you’re happy painting them as black or white, that your choice, but some people are interested in the specific facts of each case.

All I did was quote a fact without any additional comments, and you are the one being dismissive and handwaving it away.

New comment by akamaka in "Apple sues OpenAI, accuses ex-employees of stealing trade secrets"

akamaka — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 05:54:04 +0000

The $634 million judgement you’re referring to was only for Masimo’s patents, and the other claims they made about trade secret theft were dismissed.

New comment by akamaka in "Apple sues OpenAI, accuses ex-employees of stealing trade secrets"

akamaka — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 05:50:11 +0000

The jury ruled against Apple only on the issue of patents, and the claims of trade secret theft were dismissed. There doesn’t seem to be evidence that the Masimo employees who went to work for Apple brought any confidential information along with them.

New comment by akamaka in "Megawatts by Microwave"

akamaka — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 15:15:34 +0000

Thank you, I found your summary helpful because the article doesn’t start with any explanation about what it will cover.

New comment by akamaka in "5k menus from the New York Public Library’s Buttolph Collection (1880-1920)"

akamaka — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 18:03:44 +0000

It crashed my browser twice on mobile, so I just gave up.

New comment by akamaka in "H.R. 6028 would fundamentally change the U.S. Copyright Office"

akamaka — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:12:34 +0000

It’s not hypothetical at all. The FCC is currently being used for political attacks: https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/28/media/abc-fcc-disney-licenses...

Those who are under attack happen to also be the biggest copyrighter holders, so this would open up a new avenue of attack.

New comment by akamaka in "Sweet Jeebus, macOS 27 Golden Gate Removes the Dumb Icons from Menu Items"

akamaka — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:01:37 +0000

My iPhone 13 performs better since the Liquid Glass update. Animations seem to have been optimized and are much smoother. I also replaced the battery last year, so it might be worth checking if you are getting degraded performance due to a old battery.

New comment by akamaka in "NTSB pulls docket after AI recreates dead pilots' voices"

akamaka — Fri, 22 May 2026 21:42:29 +0000

The article quotes the creator saying he used AI

New comment by akamaka in "NTSB pulls docket after AI recreates dead pilots' voices"

akamaka — Fri, 22 May 2026 21:41:50 +0000

It says in the article that the creator used OpenAI Codex, presumably because the spectrogram image wouldn’t have enough resolution by itself.

New comment by akamaka in "Canada's first sovereign wealth fund"

akamaka — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:46:50 +0000

I have no idea what you’re talking about at this point. Do you have any interest in understanding why CPPIB invests the way they do and doesn’t seek the highest returns?

New comment by akamaka in "Canada's first sovereign wealth fund"

akamaka — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:17:32 +0000

During the Great Depression, the stock market stayed below 50% of its peak value for about 20 years. Imagine that the $600 billion turns into $300 billion overnight. It will only last 5-10 years without inflows, but the GDP has also dropped by 40% and inflows have plummeted.