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New comment by peterlada in "The case against boolean logic"

peterlada — Fri, 22 May 2026 12:13:38 +0000

Yes. In opposites and in lack of data (null). Ternary thus fits better.

Back in ancient CS classes my prof said that was a Russian attempt of building ternary processors with +1, 0, -1 represented as voltages.

Another strike in for-ternary column is that it's the most efficient in the number of digits for representing numbers. Pi is optimally efficient but non-integer bases would break anyone's brain, I think.

New comment by peterlada in "The locals don't know"

peterlada — Sun, 10 May 2026 19:09:35 +0000

100%. I've lived in Paris well over a year and finally walked up on the Eiffel Tower and I enjoyed it. But of course not in July or August! But being local means you can go on an unexpectedly sunny March weekend.

New comment by peterlada in "Reddit pushes web visitors to app"

peterlada — Sat, 09 May 2026 20:40:11 +0000

It's an absolute shame.

New comment by peterlada in "Removable batteries in smartphones will be mandatory in the EU starting in 2027"

peterlada — Mon, 04 May 2026 17:39:45 +0000

This is solid. I like it.

New comment by peterlada in "The Science Behind Honey's Eternal Shelf Life (2013)"

peterlada — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:42:14 +0000

Check out the M&M factory honey story, that was my most interesting one.

New comment by peterlada in "3.4M Solar Panels"

peterlada — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:04:08 +0000

Lot of people died for that pragmatism. Froze to death in the outages of winter storms or overheated in the summer ones. Sustainability was the last resort.

New comment by peterlada in "Tim Cook's Impeccable Timing"

peterlada — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:01:43 +0000

100%

New comment by peterlada in "EV sales soar in main European markets as drivers shun expensive petrol"

peterlada — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:54:56 +0000

Geez, Hillsdale College. Worldwide authority on all economics from the theological perspective. Congrats on picking information sources.

New comment by peterlada in "EV sales soar in main European markets as drivers shun expensive petrol"

peterlada — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:50:35 +0000

What? Where? In face that statement is not true pretty much everywhere. 50% of electricity in Hungary is nuclear. 80% in France. 50% coal in Poland, 30 % solar in Spain.

New comment by peterlada in "An unstoppable mushroom is tearing through North American forests"

peterlada — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 22:33:25 +0000

Sadly a missed opportunity for calling it mushroom pilfering.

New comment by peterlada in "Lock Scroll with a Vengeance"

peterlada — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 12:17:55 +0000

I was today's years old when I learned what Scroll Lock was used for. And I've not had a keyboard with it for about 15 years.

New comment by peterlada in "Banned in California"

peterlada — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 20:16:23 +0000

To this day if you walk on the beach your soles or the soles of your shoes will get sticky tar spots. You need baby oil wipes to clean them up before entering your home.

And some of it, if not most of it is not natural seepage but early environmental catastrophes in the 50s and 60s, particularly around Summerland.

(Source ex-resident)

New comment by peterlada in "Lena by qntm (2021)"

peterlada — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 08:04:14 +0000

100% agree, but I relish the works of Willam Gibson and Burroughs who pose those questions AND getting the future somewhat right.

New comment by peterlada in "xAI joins SpaceX"

peterlada — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:26:13 +0000

100%. Next is Tesla.

New comment by peterlada in "Adoption of EVs tied to real-world reductions in air pollution: study"

peterlada — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 09:23:11 +0000

Battery degradation is largely overhyped and there is growing real world data to illustrate that in practice it's not a dealbreaker. Million mile batteries now exist.

Show me a million mile gas/diesel engine.

Also let's not forget that Toyota has a well funded corporate program rewarding employees to spread anti-EV propaganda.

New comment by peterlada in "Using fewer syllables to express numbers"

peterlada — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:41:35 +0000

Sez -single syllable

New comment by peterlada in "Read Something Wonderful"

peterlada — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:50:40 +0000

This needs a subscribe or RSS feed

New comment by peterlada in "Netflix kills casting from its mobile app to most modern TVs"

peterlada — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 15:35:35 +0000

This sucks for hotel dwellers.

New comment by peterlada in "Americans no longer see four-year college degrees as worth the cost"

peterlada — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 12:50:10 +0000

In unrelated news: China graduates more engineers then ever before.

New comment by peterlada in "PEP 638 – Syntactic Macros"

peterlada — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 11:21:51 +0000