• sudoku@programming.dev
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        10 months ago

        does it see future? all it knows is the current calculated capacity and cycle count. the battery might continue degrading linearly, or it might go down a cliff. nobody knows.

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          10 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.

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            10 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?

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              10 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?