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rtxn , to xkcd in xkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas

Unfortunately, brushless motors are also trivial to waterproof.

rtxn , to xkcd in xkcd #2929: Good and Bad Ideas

Solar cells of comparable scale don't provide nearly enough power to propel any kind of useful mass, and their output is only a trickle compared to even the slow-charging current of a classical EV. A solar-powered car would have to save mass everywhere, including safety devices (goodbye, crumple zones), backup propulsion, and batteries. No batteries means that the car would be limited by weather, time of day, and day of the year (winter -> sun at lower angle -> reduced solar cell power). Solar cells would have to be flush with the car's body lest they turn into sails/wings/airbrakes, which makes tracking the sun for better efficiency impossible. Driving through a city, a wooded area, or inside a tunnel would cast shadows on the car, especially at dawn/dusk.

I could go on.

rtxn , to KDE in Force certain program to use x11 mode on wayland?

Have you tried using Gamescope? It’s obviously made with games in mind, but you can use it to run any application inside a nested compositor.

If not, you could try starting the application in Xwayland, or starting an X session inside Xwayland and then starting the application inside that.

rtxn , to xkcd in xkcd #2882: Net Rotations

We should all start spinning counterclockwise in the north and clockwise in the south to affect the planet’s rotation and create a massive westward tidal wave that will finally take care of Florida.

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