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Re:Electricity over $900/MWh in most of Western US now
on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @10:46PM (#26175452)
BC and Alberta are part of the Western Interconnection [1].
BC Hydro, via Powerex, trades energy within this region [2].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Interconnection
[2] http://www.caiso.com/Documents/PowerexWillJoinWesternEnergyI...
Re:iMessage: Malformed Message Bricks iPhone
on Monday July 08, 2019 @12:29PM (#20384064)
I've iPhone user I've ever met outside tech circles avoids installing OS updates. They end up updating soon anyway for a variety of reasons (some updated apps stop working, update occurs "on its own" overnight, to get rid of of the notification icon, and so on).
Re:Canada's Toughest Border Crossing
on Friday January 25, 2019 @05:36PM (#19003272)
Blaine. :)
Re:Facebook Q1 2018 Earnings Slides [pdf]
on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @07:44PM (#16927508)
Reported 2018 Q1 Net Income:
Alphabet: $9.4 Billion [0]
Facebook: $5.0 Billion [1]
[1] https://s21.q4cdn.com/399680738/files/doc_financials/2018/Q1...
Re:Facebook’s Surveillance Machine
on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @01:23PM (#16630594)
> Anyone downloading it knew that the goal of it was to help get Obama elected.
Was Obama 2012 restricted to collecting information of its downloaders? Or did it collect all of the downloaders' friends' information as well? Facebook certainly allowed for this (until 2014, that is).
Re:Uber self-driving trucks are now moving cargo for Uber Freight cust...
on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @12:35PM (#16530362)
This represents a fundamental misunderstanding of the rationale for taxation.
There is a societal benefit to efficient means of transportation. You, along with most other people, are reaping the benefits of truckers using roads to deliver cargo.