Software engineer. Tesla owner and shareholder. Not good at talking to humans.
A mote of dust on a sunbeam
Joined April 2021
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Nicholas Shanks retweeted
Years ago I started a job where they had practiced high levels of testing, it was immediately obvious that I could move quickly *because of the tests* and I could code with confidence.
Immediate convert to the power of well built tests and not skipping them to "save time"
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Nicholas Shanks retweeted
If you drive an ElectricVehicle in the U.K. PLEASE support the @EVAEOfficial by signing up to be a member of EVAE for annual fee of £20 a year, by doing so you are really contributing to their work behind scenes (eg with Government etc) to help EV drivers
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Nicholas Shanks retweeted
#SpaceX launches just after sunrise setting up this gorgeous transit shot.
Just over 12 miles away we got this lifer shot of the Falcon 9.
📸 by me for @SpaceflightNow
#Starlink #SolarTransit
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Nicholas Shanks retweeted
🚨 AWOOGAH 🚨 See Richard Dean Anderson, @MichaelShanks @amandatapping @lmoroney @bradtravelers, and @MarcEvanJackson in the action* packed trailer for #Stargate AI 2!
*the action is mostly laughing
Everything you need to know is HERE 👇
go.thecompanion.app/Stargate…
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Nicholas Shanks retweeted
The garden centre part of the shop has been taped off to allow the clutch of eggs to hatch bbc.in/3wq2xdt
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Nicholas Shanks retweeted
I identified dry electrodes last year as a cross cutting battery opportunity. Fraunhofer goes into a lot more detail on the dry electrode manufacturing route - need to read in more detail as this paper has been needed! So many potential pathways that are chemistry agnostic!
Finally - overlaid onto these 3 broad segments, there's various trends and drivers exerting influence on batteries that apply across the segments. These include:
1) LCA Considerations
2) Manufacturing Improvements
3) Safety Considerations
4) Supply Chain Vulnerability
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We got no notice that the pavement in front of our house was going to get dug up, and we would not be able to leave the house today. @NottsCC @McCann_Ltd why not?
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Nicholas Shanks retweeted
I don’t think Putin 🇷🇺 gets many awards these days, and whether he’ll appreciate this one might of course be slightly doubtful. But there is little doubt that he fully deserves it.
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Nicholas Shanks retweeted
Watch as this video sequence zooms into the black hole (Sgr A*) at the centre of our galaxy. Beginning with a broad view of the Milky Way and ESO's VLT, the view moves into the dense clouds of gas and dust at our galactic centre [read more: buff.ly/3PhSuyl]
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Nicholas Shanks retweeted
GB Grid: #Coal is generating 0.00GW (0.00%) out of 33.77GW
Continuous time without Coal: 7 days #CoalFreeWeek
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We finally have the first look at our Milky Way black hole, Sagittarius A*. It’s the dawn of a new era of black hole physics. Credit: EHT Collaboration. #OurBlackHole #SgrABlackHole
Link: eventhorizontelescope.org/bl…
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Nicholas Shanks retweeted
National Science Foundation releases the first image of the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way’s center
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Nicholas Shanks retweeted
Bring your lunch :) I don't think we offer food but for sure, some good food for thought!
#S22MRS
Thursday, May 12
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm
Hawaiʻi Convention Center, Level 4, Kalakaua Ballroom B
mvnt.us/m1313713
#s22mrs
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Nicholas Shanks retweeted
This was supposedly made with @UnrealEngine 5
Video games will just keep getting better! 👏🏻
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Nicholas Shanks retweeted
Being a programmer is going through this 167 times a day
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Tesla’s Impact Report distinctly says the 2030 goal is “to *sell* 20m vehicles”—this would seem to rule out (as a goal) a 100% leasing strategy or substantial self-owned fleet, perhaps?
Nicholas Shanks retweeted
In an unrelated story, Nestle announced their new VP for S.America Pablo Nespresscobar.
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