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the progress is on multiple fronts. Vertical transistors, backside of silicon used for power and signal distribution, uv lithography, software. Nvidia current chips delivers a million times more flops than 10 years ago but the price only gone up much less than e a thousand times. So performance...

Would you still be pleased if starmer won?

I asked Tongsheng precisely this question, they say don't. They say the torque will remain the same at 42NM for this motor, only the speed is increased. They would have to modify the firmware for running at 48V. I guess they are worried because of the diminutive size of this motor.

the 85SX has 42NM torque, 1.8kgs, is perfect for my weight (75kgs + bike). https://www.aikema-e.com/product/59.html The integrated pedal, torque and speed sensors inside the motor give a very clear feedback. It's difficult to explain but you can feel everything you expect through your chain. The...

We didn't use the house much in the last 25 years, so electric heating was fine. I don't have town gas where I am, so it's out of the equation. If gas was available, natural gaz costs about half per kwH (9p/kwH), the cost would be similar to heat pump except heat would be instantaneous.

Electricity in France is mostly from renewables, so heatpumps are heavily promoted with state's renovation 'primes'.

I have heat pump at my house in France for the first time last winter. There are quite a few issues with getting more heat out of the pump. On very cold days, ice forms around the pump. The extra noise is not too bad but I am still looking for ways of reducing it. The house was heated with...

Heat pumps make sense only if your electricity is from renewables.

the USA didn't send in troops to persuade Ukranians. Putin threatens his neighbours including NATO countries and props up dictators. He is a clear and present danger.

it's wrong to put economic migrants and asylum seekers in the same group. Just look at our own statistics, asylum seekers constitute less than 10% of total immigration. Surely they cannot be the source of all the things that have gone wrong in our society. I am quite happy to leave this subject...

I like to see the UN charter, international borders and the right to asylum of all human beings are properly respected. I am convinced that Putin, Trump, Orban and quite a few other populists are bad. I would like to see them leave and we'll never agree on populism. Time will tell.

You know that past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. We have to stall Putin's war, ramp up our capabilities and slowly push him back. Hopefully, the Russian people will see that NATO is for self defense and force Putin out.

At least a dozen NATO countries are involved. But you know that already. We have to stop Putin. There is no way around it.

not so. At the moment, Ukraine suffers greatly from daily bombardments by Russian flying bombs. Each carries between half a ton of explosive to 1.5 tons. If your building is hit by one of them, the whole building will be reduced instantly to rubbles. Ukranians can try to shoot them down but...

I don't mean the tax codes. Follow Norway example. If it's public knowledge that we how much the billionaires who live here pay actually in taxes, governments can go after them for any shortfall.

I think the problem with our western democracies is too many voters want their cake and eating it at the same time. If we do like some nordic countries make tax returns public documents, half of the problems will disappear. When rich people have to pay their fair shares of taxes, they won't need...

You can't easily change the Camino nor the Gran Camino. a) it's expensive and b) it's probably not necessary. edit: let me rephrase that, you already got the TS kit so it's not expensive for you because starting from a Camino, you only have to whip out the bottom bracket to fit the TS kit...

that's the difference. I don't think autocracy is the answer. In the West, we don't have to swallow the lies if we don't want to. In China and Russia, they don't have that choice.

I don't think a few F16's are going to start WW3. Putin thinks the West is so corrupt that it won't dare poking the Russian bear when he sent his troops over the border. Still, if Ukraine can control more of their skies and should down all the flying bombs that Putin lobs into their country...

I get it now. Thank you for clarifications.