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[–] acchariya@lemmy.world 93 points 6 days ago (11 children)

Battery prices are collapsing and we are at an inflection point where electric vehicles will soon be more economical to purchase, drive and maintain for a much greater number of people. This is as inevitable as the phaseout of coal.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Solar panels also seems to be on a tipping point

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[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Yeah, I was shopping for lithium on phosphatase leisure batteries maybe two years ago and was looking at spending over £1000 per battery. Now those batteries are not much over £100 and prices still seem to be falling.

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[–] vonbaronhans@midwest.social 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Sodium ion batteries are also supposedly gearing up to be a solid li-ion alternative in the next 2-3 years. Not as energy dense yet but they're closing the gap.

Fingers crossed that pans out.

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[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 40 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Thanks to COVID and speeding mRNA research we are at the cusp of curing many auto-immune diseases. I'm 47 with a kid with diabetes and another with celiac. I'm confident both will be cured in my lifetime

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

Fuck yeah. Science, bitch!

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 161 points 6 days ago (20 children)

My birthday. It's tomorrow.

[–] Macallan@lemmy.world 25 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Wow! We have so much in common! I have a birthday too. 😁

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[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 20 points 6 days ago (4 children)

You've been spinning around a massive ball of fire at 74 thousand miles per hour for a year 🤘

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[–] Dazed_Confused@lemmy.world 35 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I am about to go on a date!

[–] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)
[–] Dazed_Confused@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Well, I was worried that I had forgotten the art of dating, but it seems that there will be another! I don't know how it will end up, but for now I'm happy!

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[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

Have a great time and be sure to tell lemmy all about it afterwards!

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 36 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Hopefully we're about to have dozens of Luigis. That's something to celebrate.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Nintendo should see that Luigi is trending and make some more games. For... Reasons.

[–] Starbuncle@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago

A Nintendo Hitman clone where you play as Luigi and have to take revenge on Bowser's cronies because they stopped Mario from getting treatment when he needed it.

[–] Oka@sopuli.xyz 62 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I might be getting a new job which is better in every way. Only a couple people know about it.

[–] argarath@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Hey!! Congrats!!! That's really nice!!!! What will you do in this new job?

[–] Oka@sopuli.xyz 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Reception, with some managerial responsibilities. There's room to move up.

I have a Bachelor's in Game Programming. The world doesn't need another game programmer right now, but my experience managing projects came in handy.

I currently work in grocery, min wage, as a janitor/stocker.

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[–] MadBob@feddit.nl 28 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There's a bloke on Youtube who actually purveys good news on a regular basis if anyone's interested: https://www.youtube.com/@itsSamBentley

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[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 26 points 6 days ago (5 children)

People now about solar but I think most people don't know that the 21st century will become dominated by solar really fast. The growth will be exponential and in the coming decade we'll really see it happening at a ridiculous pace.

It'll also be really cheap and complemented by cheap storage. It always sounds like it's 50 years away but in reality electrification is coming in so fast and cheap where the developing world will leap frog fossil fuels.

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[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

All those early access games I bought will get updates in 2025.

I'm now on a Early Access conveyor belt. Every few months, something I've been waiting for gets a new update. I got like 10 games that I rotate between, with new ones being added and old ones getting dropped off.

And they're all big with their community support.

Im very excited.

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[–] sumguyonline@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The corporate real estate market is going to tank, people are going to turn their empty office building caused by everyone working from home into apartments, and rental prices are going to crash because of how desperate the corps are to bring in any money. Once rental market tanks, housing market tanks, and all those massive investment firms buying up neighborhoods are going to see their investment shrink like a cold Wang doodle. Expect crying ceo's and a massive government bailout in the next 4-7 yes for this exact scenario.

[–] JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

I know turning office buildings into apartments seems like a fantastic idea on the surface but there are a LOT of reasons this doesnt work, ranging from fire code issues, utility service locations and access and HVAC design. Sorry.

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[–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

people spilling their minds over astrology will be glad the mercury retrograde is going to be over for this year.

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