*banned 4 MarkDown love* @design_RG@social.cleverlibre.org

*Some infinities are bigger than others*
There are two types of infinity, and it doesn’t stop there.

"Few numbers have exercised more fascination, and confusion, than infinity. I can remember asking my father at a young age whether space went on forever. He replied that this must be so because, however far you travelled into space, you could always stretch out your arm into a void beyond.

Same thing with time: will it go on for all eternity, and does it stretch back infinitely far into the past?

Philosophers and scientists have wrestled with these questions throughout the ages, but for most of that time ‘infinity’ as a concept was not well-defined. "

Great article, well explained and not hard to follow.

https://cosmosmagazine.com/mathematics/some-infinities-are-bigger-than-others

You can also see a linked video: https://youtu.be/Uj3_KqkI9Zo

Correction, composition by J.S. Bach, arrangement by Mahler.

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Great station if you like Classical.

Now Playing here... Gustav Mahler, courtesy of WNED, Classical music station in Buffalo, NY.

Live streams on the internet too.

https://www.wned.org/radio/wned-classical-945/

or https://radiobookmark.com/listener-interactive/webplayer/#/fullscreen/station/Tgh4Vx2HBa7NvK3

First World Problems.

And difficult to repair.

From article above:

"The issue highlights the fact that Tesla is not bound by the same rules when it comes to repair as other auto manufacturers. Tesla is not party to a memorandum of understanding signed by other auto manufacturers in 2014, in which they agreed to sell parts to independent repair shops.

As a result, there are very few independent Tesla repair professionals, acquiring parts to repair Teslas is very difficult, and finding or making aftermarket parts is also difficult. Many parts used by independent repair professionals are salvaged from wrecked Teslas. "

I love the idea of an electric car, but why not keep it simple. WE don't need pie in the sky self driving, with myriad sensors and things that will break sooner or later.

Just make a working electric Volkswgen bug kind of thing (the original, hugely popular model), please.

"The issue is with a flash storage chip called the eMMC that is embedded on a board called the MCU1. According to experts who have studied the problem, Teslas are writing vehicle logs to this flash storage chip so much that it eventually goes bad. The issue has been known in the Tesla community since at least May, when Tesla repair YouTuber Rich Benoit spoke to another Tesla repair professional named Phil Sadow about it in a video.

“Tesla’s got a problem. They create so many logs in the car, they write to [the chip] so fast that it basically burns them out. They have a finite amount of writes,” Sadow said in the video. “When this burns out, you wake up to a black screen [in the car’s center console.] There’s nothing there. No climate control. You can generally drive the car, but it won’t charge.” "

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qvgxqp/worn-out-flash-memory-is-suddenly-bricking-tesla-cars

@salad_bar_breath The very beautiful photo is taken on the Salar de Uyuni, which is a favourite for tourists photography.

"Bolivia’s Lithium resources are estimated to be at the level of 9 million tons (USGS), highest in the world as per individual country and 22% of the world’s total. This is significantly more than the second- and third-placed Chile and Argentina, which hold 18% and 16% of the global total resources respectively. The Bolivian government claims that it has 70% of the world’s lithium reserves and the most optimistic estimation claims there is 140 million tons of lithium in Salar de Uyuni."

@salad_bar_breath

http://lithium.today/lithium-supply-by-countries/lithium-supply-bolivia/

"Lithium

Bolivia’s key reserves are in lithium, which is essential for the electric car. Bolivia claims to have 70 percent of the world’s lithium reserves, mostly in the Salar de Uyuni salt flats. The complexity of the mining and processing has meant that Bolivia has not been able to develop the lithium industry on its own. It requires capital, and it requires expertise.

The salt flat is about 12,000 feet (3,600 meters) above sea level, and it receives high rainfall. This makes it difficult to use sun-based evaporation. Such simpler solutions are available to Chile’s Atacama Desert and in Argentina’s Hombre Muerto. More technical solutions are needed for Bolivia, which means that more investment is needed."

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/11/12/after-morales-ousted-coup-lithium-question-looms-large-bolivia

"The resignation of President Evo Morales and other key officials in the line of succession for the Bolivian presidency on Nov. 10 has created a power vacuum leaving Bolivia's political and economic future up in the air.

Morales' announcement, which came amid persistent, widespread protests against disputed election results, capped a series of events that began with the president claiming a fourth term in office after the first round of presidential elections on Oct. 20 and ended with the leader of the Bolivian army asking him to step down.

Accompanying Morales in resigning were the country's vice president, president of the Senate and president of the Chamber of Deputies, leaving opposition politician Jeanine Anez Chavez next in line. Other key Morales allies in the government, including the mining minister, also quit. "

#Bolivia #lithium

https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/bolivia-shaky-transition-lies-ahead-after-morales-steps-down-mining-lithium-protests

Found the original of that Chile protest photo. By Javier Vergara, posted on twitter.

https://twitter.com/javier_vergarap/status/1194074283229810688/photo/1

In the Streets of #Chile...