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Re:A Kantian Critique of "Sorry" by Justin Bieber on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @03:57AM (#49430443)
This should be a PhD thesis.
Re:Iranian hackers shut down UK power plant for 4 days on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @03:34AM (#49430276)
I run a power grid. We have our own fiber optic network, run on the towers. 100% air gapped. No working from home. No IOT. Nothing fancy. SCADA control center staffed 24/7. If I want to know something I call them. This is the only way.
Re:The Sloppification of Peptides on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @02:14AM (#49429715)
I've been buying peptides for over 10 years and know all about them becoming popular in the news. I live in Asia. Living in Europe isn't an excuse. You're indeed under a rock. I've never been to silicon valley.
Re:Nobody understands the point of hybrid cars [video] on Thursday May 07, 2026 @09:07PM (#48057257)
No.
Re:How the world’s first electric grid was built on Thursday March 26, 2026 @11:45PM (#47538925)
I've done it. The larger the grid, the more difficult it is. But as long as you have fuel and an adequately maintained grid, its not as hard as some in the comments make it out to be. Better regulation would make it easier. For instance, in Singapore emergency diesel or some other method for black start is a requirement for most generation stations. The rest of the world likely has more lax requirements.
Re:How the world’s first electric grid was built on Thursday March 26, 2026 @11:40PM (#47538895)
No it's not. It's a pain in the ass but this isn't even close to correct. There are rocket launches and nanometer scale chips being built by engineers. Firing up some emergency diesel generators and syncing loads isn't easy, but don't be silly. I'm in charge of black start for a power grid. I've done it once and not looking forward to doing it again, but I'm not stressed out about it. And I'm not super smart.
Re:The Pleasures and Pains of Coffee (1830) on Thursday February 26, 2026 @07:37PM (#47174616)
Beta.
I don't like to drive when I have to pee. I always pee before I get in the car whether I need to or not.
They won't let you until you turn 50, I tried. If you do get it before then, the doctor could get into trouble. That's what I was told.
Japanese auction sites work this way too.
Re:Taking money off the table on Sunday November 02, 2025 @12:45AM (#45787895)
If you make that big of a decision at the dinner table without excel, it implies that you make the decision without doing the math, which implies you are stupid.
Re:I Love My Wife, My Wife Is Dead (1946) on Sunday November 02, 2025 @12:27AM (#45787840)
Hater.
Trying to make them look interesting is a bad idea, tried numerous times in the past. The best a designer can do is to make them disappear and not draw your eye. Trying to make them look interesting generally isn't the way to go. It's been tried and abandoned in California and numerous other places. I'd add some citations, but most writing about transmission lines is internal to the companies building and maintaining them. You can't make them into a beautiful sculpture because you ultimately need their utility of supporting the conductors, and that hardware is difficult to make aesthetically pleasing.
No it doesn't make sense. Transmission lines should be a boring as possible so you're eye is not drawn to them. There is no way to make them look beautiful. Good designers try to make them disappear to the extent possible.
Re:Harnessing America's Heat Pump Moment on Sunday October 26, 2025 @04:48AM (#45710129)
I live in Asia and I'm in charge of air conditioning at my company. A ductless A/c is approximately $1,200 installed. $20k? You should put a split unit in each room. If one breaks, go sleep in the other room. I have 6 of them installed in my apartment.
Go check if insider trading on either of these markets is even against the law. The SEC makes laws for equities markets, not online gambling.
Me still....
Re:Using jet engines for power generation at AI centers. on Saturday October 25, 2025 @11:08PM (#45708835)
The only thing new here is running them continuously. They were typically on standby for peak shaving or to avoid rolling blackouts during high peak loads or unanticipated contingencies. I operate 15 "747 engines" to produce electricity. They were installed in 1995.
He has the key written on a piece of paper in his wallet. The US government has his wallet. And his Bitcoin.
It's true. They have daily flights to Cambodia. Go there and look at it. It's all casinos and scams and dust.
Re:How has mathematics gotten so abstract? on Friday October 03, 2025 @03:38AM (#45460153)
You want to watch him and his wife?
ApoB is the best measure we have.
Quaaludes should definitely make a comeback.
Re:Solar-plus-storage technology is improving quickly on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @05:44AM (#44657360)
That's not correct. It's basically cost per distance, unless you're talking huge power over huge distances.
Re:Solar-plus-storage technology is improving quickly on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @05:39AM (#44657333)
Who told you that? I build power lines. It consumes a couple percent.
Re:Bill Atkinson's Psychedelic User Interface on Saturday July 12, 2025 @10:43PM (#44547073)
Ketamine is dumb. Nothing like a psychedelic drug such as LSD.
Re:The Hollow Men of Hims on Thursday June 26, 2025 @04:37PM (#44391072)
The author has yet to reach puberty or move out of his parents' house, so he doesn't yet appreciate the company's products.
These mini grids will never lift any African country into modernity. The cost of renewables is not falling, if you take into account the hours those renewables are not producing power. If a country cannot build a basic power grid, they will remain a village, most likely with widespread poverty.
I live in Asia. Passengers are treated with respect, I've never seen a 'surely' employee, nor do I remember seeing a misbehaving passenger, other than a drunk Russian guy who had shit himself by 9am while checking in. His wife didn't look happy.
The Yamagata was my favorite strain.

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