keckbug

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[–] keckbug@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago (2 children)

As with nearly everything in astronomic optics, it’s named after people associated with its creation. Robert Jones and Thomas Bird are the two in this case. Here’s a thread on Cloudy nights with good info.

[–] keckbug@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Technically, TSLA peaked in 2021 and has been already stumbling for 3 years. This does feel like a precursor to a major drop though

[–] keckbug@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I’m actually shocked at the inefficiency of the electric powertrain tbh. An F-150 Lightning gets twice the distance per wh, a Model Y is quadruple. I’m not entirely sure if it’s just simply the size, but the lightning has a comparable gvwr. Just seems weird to me

[–] keckbug@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Cool, but tricky. It’d have the effect of simply contracting out loads of positions to sketchy labor companies

[–] keckbug@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

In fact, in a few certain situations you can actually purchase higher-end hardware than the pros use. UCI has restrictions on shape and weight that need not apply to non sanctioned riders, and there are improvements that are available in both aero and weight. Notably, Triathlon specific bikes are often markedly faster than UCI compliant bikes due to the aggressive aerodynamic optimization.