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[–] [email protected] 111 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (54 children)

Every day it feels like we're getting closer to battery revolution.

It's been "every day" for as long as I can remember. Some new world-changing battery tech is right around the corner, but never manages to appear in consumer vehicles...

[–] [email protected] 64 points 3 months ago (14 children)

Battery tech is constantly having huge breakthroughs. They are just come in small steps.

I mean a smart phone is literally a battery powered computer. It's absolutely astounding compared to what we had 10/20 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Only thing I'm upset with is that we get more battery capacity, but not longer battery time. I want to clock my phone down to save power, but that's not allowed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah the more power phones have available the more manufacturers use.

It's why I miss replaceable batteries.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

That made me think of the fairly low res picture of the menu screen from Mario Bros on the NES with the caption "this one image takes up more memory than the entirety of the Mario Bros game code.

Good lord...I remember getting a 1GB HDD and thinking "welp, never gonna use that up" then a few years later installing Diablo2 and seeing it was 1.1gb...

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