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Mutually assured destruction

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On my first car the mechanism that is supposed to adjust the headlight level was broken so the lights "fell" into their lowest position so only the front of my car was lit up. On my second car i took the time to fix everything and adjusted the headlights to a correct position but the bulbs themselves were old and probably had weaker or less brightness than new halogen bulbs. As far as LED bulbs, i only use LEDs in my high beams. I don't want to be that guy who blinds everyone with their cheap LEDs but with high beams you're supposed to switch them off anyway. Doesn't really make much of a difference to me if you use LED high beams or if you add a LED Bar (so extra lights) to your car. LED high beams just don't add an ugly extra lights to your car while also being a bit weaker, so if you forget or drive on a windy road then you don't blind others as much.

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I heard the same arguments about 20 or more years ago. "These new damn headlights are too bright. They blind all the oncoming traffic. These headlights should be banned by law." Ofcourse the one making these complaints was my dad and xenon headlights were becoming quite common at that point, even on some cheaper cars. The only time i've had problems with "bright" headlights is when the car that i'm driving has either terrible lights (so old and tired bulbs) or the lights are not adjusted correctly and point down way too much. Funnily enough the 2 cars i head with terrible lights both had xenon bulbs. The last 2 cars that i've had so far both have halogen bulbs. No issue with headlights that are too bright. Then again me not having any issues doesn't mean that complaints from others arent valid but incorrectly aimed lights with bad bulbs are already an issue in my circle so i'd imagine that these are the people that complain about LEDs the most. I also live in the EU so yearly inspectons atleast don't let you pass if your headlights are terrible.

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Japan finds a way to recover 90% of lithium from old EV batteries

"The process starts with old batteries being separated and burned to strip away non-metal components. What's left gets crushed into something called black mass. This is essentially a powder packed with recoverable metals. From there, a water-based chemical treatment called hydrometallurgy pulls the lithium out. One clever distinction in this new process is that the recovered lithium hydroxide actually replaces a chemical traditionally used during refining. This cuts the carbon footprint by about 40% compared to older methods."

Article also said that previous methods got about 45% of the lithium from recycling.

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Meta Is Dying. It’s About Time.

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When an aging business starts to take on water, the quickest, easiest — and most destructive — solution is to make moves that will generate more money now but may cost the company later. And that’s exactly what Meta has started to do. In the first three months of this year, the company started cramming more ads onto its platforms while charging advertisers more. Those choices may have allowed the company to increase its revenue per user by a significant 27 percent in the first quarter of 2026, but they are also likely to further alienate users (and annoy advertisers).

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‘China is watching’: Finland warns defeating Russia’s invasion of Ukraine key to stability in Indo-Pacific, says Australia has 'tremendous' role in supporting Kyiv

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I don't think they mean that Australia has to give more. They mean that Australis helping Ukraine in general is already a big message to China. If Australia is already willing to do "the right thing" involving a country that is so far away then you can imagine what they are willing to do when the threat is a lot closer to them.