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Re:Storage ‘not fundamentally needed’ for future power grid,... by skybrian on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @11:57AM (#14595625)
I think this might just be disagreement over what "unattended" means. To me, being in the same house (and not in the same room) is closer to "unattended" and perfectly normal.
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Re:Storage ‘not fundamentally needed’ for future power grid,... by euyyn on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @01:56PM (#14596891)
The context in this conversation is leaving the drier on while sleeping at night, though.
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Re:Storage ‘not fundamentally needed’ for future power grid,... by PeterisP on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @08:08AM (#14602979)
I see no significant difference between sleeping at night or watching TV in another room - in either case, I'd notice the dryer malfunction only by the sound of the fire alarm.
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Re:Storage ‘not fundamentally needed’ for future power grid,... by Naritai on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @06:08PM (#14599037)
right, which means a fire alarm is a perfectly good method of alerting a nearby human of a problem.
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