• @[email protected]
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    16 months ago

    Ever look at a weather report? Predicting the future according to a model whose inputs are measurements of things we can’t directly perceive is something we do all the time.

    • @sudoku
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      16 months ago

      You can predict things when you

      • know how things are now
      • have seen how similar events unfold in the future

      Now who is keeping current performance data for every single battery batch? For every single battery model ever produced?

      • @[email protected]
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        16 months ago

        You’re seriously gonna argue that having a complete history of a battery’s usage and data from phones of the same model doesn’t tell you anything more than a user’s gut feeling about how well the battery is performing?

        • @sudoku
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          16 months ago

          Oh it will show the actual capacity. But who knows when will it fail (i.e. start degrading a lot faster)?