also expensive
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The only real tech that has gotten me excited lately is the steam deck, framework computers, and these little info displays called trmnl.
I'm pretty hyped for the new Seagate HDDs with dozens of TB on a cheap external drive.
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The only real tech that has gotten me excited lately is the steam deck, framework computers, and these little info displays called trmnl.
Be me, still waiting for the Deckard...
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I'm pretty hyped for the new Seagate HDDs with dozens of TB on a cheap external drive.
Oh yeah true. I almost pulled the trigger on there 26tb drives that are shuckabke for an extension on my nas
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Be me, still waiting for the Deckard...
That's valve's rumored new vr headset right? I had the index but didn't use it enough so I sold it. VR is cool though.
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I've been having the same thought lately. I feel like consumer tech has stagnated since the early 2010s. I miss watching announcements each summer as companies announced their new products and new features, and introducing literal new ways of life.
These days, there's nothing new anymore. This year's phone is the same as last year's and the year before that, except now it has more AI. This year's game console is the same as the last one, but now it has even more restrictions on game ownership. This year's car is the same as last year, but now it has a monthly subscription for power steering.
It's a plateau. Current tools are good enough and we don't have the technology to do anything significantly better. Apple tried with this silly AR/VR headset and failed. They really put state of the art tech in it and it still wasn't better then normal laptop. Couple startups tried the AI assistant type tools and also failed. I think the next leap will be some brain-computer interfaces but those are probably decades away.
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You know what I miss? PDAs. 20 years ago I had a PDA with physical keyboard and WiFi running Debian. It wasn't even that expensive. Today those simply don't exists. From time to time something gets released on Kickstarter but it's usually very expensive. What happened? I would expect that with all the advances we would have more gadgets like this today, not less. Is it really matter of scale? I'm sure those old PDAs weren't selling in millions. What is it?
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Also expensive
"I miss getting expensive about tech."
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You know what I miss? PDAs. 20 years ago I had a PDA with physical keyboard and WiFi running Debian. It wasn't even that expensive. Today those simply don't exists. From time to time something gets released on Kickstarter but it's usually very expensive. What happened? I would expect that with all the advances we would have more gadgets like this today, not less. Is it really matter of scale? I'm sure those old PDAs weren't selling in millions. What is it?
You can get a GPD pocket and it's basically a PDA.
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That's valve's rumored new vr headset right? I had the index but didn't use it enough so I sold it. VR is cool though.
It is! I have an Index myself that I once used to use quite a bit, but I find I avoid it lately because of how cumbersome it is. I really want an inside out all in one VR setup, as I think it would help me overcome those hurdles, but no way in hell am I buying a Quest from Meta.
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Kinda true... Tech just gets more expensive and locked down while the gaisn get ever smaller.
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Not only that, but tech reach a peak that is hard to create something really new it’s all improvements over what exists already.
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In the energy space, I'm excited about advanced geothermal (basically using the drilling/fracking techniques developed by the oil and gas industry but applying them to harvesting geothermal heat in places previously not practical). It's dispatchable energy that can fill in the difference between wind/solar supply and overall grid demand in a way that might make carbon emissions unnecessary.
I'm also excited about a bunch of rechargeable battery chemistries that might make grid scale batteries much more cost effective (and possibly safer and more reliable).
Energy policy in the US is kinda screwed up right now, but hopefully the tech can be developed/rolled out elsewhere, or the merits of the technology will still lead to rapid adoption even in a hostile regulatory climate.
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Oh yeah true. I almost pulled the trigger on there 26tb drives that are shuckabke for an extension on my nas
Oh shit, that price seems too good to be true. My NAS has a couple of 12TB drives in it that cost more than these.
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In the energy space, I'm excited about advanced geothermal (basically using the drilling/fracking techniques developed by the oil and gas industry but applying them to harvesting geothermal heat in places previously not practical). It's dispatchable energy that can fill in the difference between wind/solar supply and overall grid demand in a way that might make carbon emissions unnecessary.
I'm also excited about a bunch of rechargeable battery chemistries that might make grid scale batteries much more cost effective (and possibly safer and more reliable).
Energy policy in the US is kinda screwed up right now, but hopefully the tech can be developed/rolled out elsewhere, or the merits of the technology will still lead to rapid adoption even in a hostile regulatory climate.
I don't think we need new battery chemistry for grid scale deployment of batteries, the gravity based ones would be sufficient and much more ecologically friendly. Byecause Dr.Goodenough(not joking that is the guy who practically invented current lithium based batteries) deserves some rest.
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Oh yeah true. I almost pulled the trigger on there 26tb drives that are shuckabke for an extension on my nas
I remember when that was the price for a 1 gb full sized sd card.
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I don't think we need new battery chemistry for grid scale deployment of batteries, the gravity based ones would be sufficient and much more ecologically friendly. Byecause Dr.Goodenough(not joking that is the guy who practically invented current lithium based batteries) deserves some rest.
Well, he is resting in peace since 2023, so he's not going to be working as part of further advancement.
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Well, he is resting in peace since 2023, so he's not going to be working as part of further advancement.
Fuck really? Dude did so much to advance portability. What are the kids saying now? Rip in peace?
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Oh yeah true. I almost pulled the trigger on there 26tb drives that are shuckabke for an extension on my nas
I'm gonna buy like 3 of these soon if nobody stops me lol
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I don't think we need new battery chemistry for grid scale deployment of batteries, the gravity based ones would be sufficient and much more ecologically friendly. Byecause Dr.Goodenough(not joking that is the guy who practically invented current lithium based batteries) deserves some rest.
I don't see how gravity storage could possibly scale. Pumped hydro was the dominant storage tech, but is severely limited in geography, so there's no easy way to scale that. Solid weight gravity systems might come online at some point, but nothing about the trajectory of their development suggests they'll leapfrog chemical batteries in overall adoption.
And the battery chemistries I'm most excited about don't involve lithium at all. Sodium batteries are starting to come online, and some metal-air systems seem to be ready to hit the market soon.
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The only real tech that has gotten me excited lately is the steam deck, framework computers, and these little info displays called trmnl.
Already have a stream deck, the framework computer and trmnl look really cool!
... What other cool stuff don't I know about??
