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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • Epäjärjestelmällistyttämättömyydelläänsäkäänköhän.

    It’s the longest word you can make in Finnish without using compounds, which can be infinite length.

    It means, very loosely translated "I wonder if the outcome was a result of their lack of ability to cause others to be disorganized. "

    I know, Finnish is an enviable language.





  • 200 billion? The people’s liberation army is about 2 million strong so that would make 100k per person for salary, side costs, space and equipment. Considering the equipment is pretty cheap, say 3k total, add fifty square meters of office space per officer at 20$/sqm and 10$ per sqm of electricity, water etc, it leaves 79k fir salary and side costs. Assume 30% side cost level for medical and whatnot it leaves 49k/year for salary before tax.

    Can you hire a goon for that in the US? I would assume yes, since the internet tells me the starting pay for a sergeant first class in the US Army is 43k/year.



  • Safer, very high power to weight ratio, better self discharge stability and good temperature range performance are the advantages. The most important one is of course the lack of massive environmental impact of water hungry lithium mining in dry environments and the geopolitical challenges evident in lithium sourcing.

    There are a few electric vehicles with this chemistry and I predict it will replace lithium based chemistries in lower cost, smaller vehicles.