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China's GNE develops lithium-sulfur battery with energy density of 700Wh/kg - Energy Storage
  • While it is definitely true that China puts a lot of questionable electronics into the world, it is still a country with a huge amount of 'independent' tech researchers. Independent in the sense that they pretty much have to keep it all within Chinese circles.

    If you compare it to South Korea, they are on the forefront of certain mainstay innovation tracks by cooperating narrowly with researchers from their target demographic, like the United States. The Chinese don't have that luxury, yet they are conducting the research by buying products from Japan, the US, Korea and Europe, deconstructing and then reconstructing them. For Europe and the US, this is highly illegal due to patent law.

    Thing is, though: there are loads of brilliant Chinese people due to its sheer size. It's a numbers game, if you have a 1bn population, the top of the line folks are going to be numerous. Most of them get their education somewhere outside China and then bring all the knowledge back to their own unis and companies.

    It's really no surprise China has made one of the best electric car, how a company like Xiaomi is present virtually everywhere and Huawei got so far, the US and Europe really had to take a good look if their tech wasn't just a massive spy program. Tencent is so huge, most telco and gaming companies have some collaboration with it. ByteDance is the supplier of the number one spyware app ever with over a billion users worldwide who are happy to provide them with tons of data.

    This is without even mentioning that most of your electronics are made in China anyway, which has given them the edge of seeing exactly how the sausage is made, sausage in this case being lithium batteries. They have figured out long ago that if they can become the sole supplier of batteries, they will be in all devices around the world. They have been keeping an eye on Africa to get a foothold in the lithium mines and they have figured out cobalt is the difficult part. They don't really care about the toxicity and the child labour, but the scarcity and mining difficulties are a concern. So they tried to replace it with all kinds of materials and sulfur seems to be a very promising alternative, and it is as abundant and easy as sand.

    The Chinese know what they're doing and if not for our ideological differences, they could have easily surpassed the United States as the de facto power that everyone follows blindly.

  • How many mental breakdowns does your job allow a month?
  • You get at least one in the mandatory group breakdown session of every second Monday of the month. If you require any more than that, you can book a request in the system for either a small one or a big one, all at 100% pay. Meaning you pay them a 100% of your salary for the hours you're away.

  • Does your cat let you sleep/nap not facing them?
  • We have one that does the hip thing, another that sleeps near the feet end. The first cat I had was also a feet sleeper but would sometimes snuggle like the small spoon. If I were to move at all, it was off to the couch and staring at me.

  • Favourite puzzle platformers?
  • If you haven't tried them, give Ori a go. I finished Ori and the Blind Forest, it was amazing. Then I went on to Ori and the Will of the Wisps which builds on the first one. So in the first one you'll be unlocking stuff and in the second one you can still do all those things and some extra stuff you'll have to select according to the situation.

    Beware though, some of the things they expect you to do can be challenging.

    Play on PC if your monitor supports HDR, otherwise Switch'll do fine.

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    BudgetAudiophile @lemmy.world Vinny_93 @lemmy.world

    Headphone choice

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16623544

    > Hey all, I've narrowed it down to 3 options: > AKG K371 (at €149) > AKG K361 (at €104) > AKG K182 (at €69) > > Use case is just at my desk. I have CX Wireless for on the road and wireless listening. > > I like a full low end and defined, crisp highs. I mostly listen to soft easy listening like Mazzy Star or rougher rock bands like Evanescence, Bad Omens etc. I also listen to melodic electronic music. > > I've read a lot of reviews and I can't really decide on the soundstage. For this I've chosen AKG because I have the K512 mk2's now and I've been very pleased with them. > > As for comfort, I need them not to clamp after an hour or two. I don't mind having to pause every now and then. > > Any other recommendations welcome. > > But bottom line, I think 69 for the K182 is a great deal even though the K3x1s might be better cans.

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    headphones @lemmy.world Vinny_93 @lemmy.world

    Headphone choice

    Hey all, I've narrowed it down to 3 options: AKG K371 (at €149) AKG K361 (at €104) AKG K182 (at €69)

    Use case is just at my desk. I have CX Wireless for on the road and wireless listening.

    I like a full low end and defined, crisp highs. I mostly listen to soft easy listening like Mazzy Star or rougher rock bands like Evanescence, Bad Omens etc. I also listen to melodic electronic music.

    I've read a lot of reviews and I can't really decide on the soundstage. For this I've chosen AKG because I have the K512 mk2's now and I've been very pleased with them.

    As for comfort, I need them not to clamp after an hour or two. I don't mind having to pause every now and then.

    Any other recommendations welcome.

    But bottom line, I think 69 for the K182 is a great deal even though the K3x1s might be better cans.

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    Green or red? Mid-range gpu decisions

    Looking to upgrade my trusty 1070Ti. I use my pc for RPGs (Borderlands, Hogwarts Legacy) , VR fps (Alyx, Arizona Sunshine) and VR simracing (F1 23).

    Deciding between ASUS Dual 4070 (@ €600) or ASUS TUF 7800XT.

    Benchmarks don't really tell the whole story because they rarely include DLSS3, but the games I play don't really support that anyway. TUF is a better cooler, but bulkier.

    I can also just not buy anything and wait for the 4070 Super to come along.

    Thoughts?

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    For enthusiasts of PC Building @lemmy.world Vinny_93 @lemmy.world

    Thoughts on build?

    Hey all,

    Lately my old ATX i7-7700K with custom aio cooled 1070Ti seems to be coming up short. I wanna replace it and look for something smaller to boot. The idea is:

    Intel i7-12700F ASUS ROG STRIX B760-I Gaming G.Skill Trident Z5 Inno3D 4070 Twin X2 Phanteks Eclipse P200A DRGB

    Whaddaya think

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