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2026-04-11 19:44 UTC
@feld @liaizon That's cool to hear that the hardware is holding up so well. But I am particularly interested in the LiFePo4 because their specific chemistry makes the batteries themselves last a lot longer than LiPo batteries. Lithium mining is a nasty business so I want to help minimize that damage.
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@feld@friedcheese.us 2026-04-11 20:00
@praxeology @liaizon I'm gonna get like 600 cycles out of each of these batteries that costs a couple dollars each, idk if it's worth the effort to get a different chemistry just for more cycles > Lithium mining is a nasty business so I want to help minimize that damage. there's like a mouse fart's worth of lithium in these batteries. it's not like you're personally ordering the manufacturing of the batteries :) they'e already been produced and are sitting in a warehouse somewhere, just use them. they'll be phased out before long when sodium ion becomes the standard