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by ParksNet 4y ago
What was the national background of the candidate?
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by ParksNet 4y ago
Each car is typically driven 35 miles daily in the USA. Against a capacity of ~250 miles, this represents many days of non-charging, and thus a lot of flexibility in when charging occurs. EVs can potentially strengthen the grid: if they are
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by ParksNet 4y ago
Given the demographic challenges of Europe (sub-replacement fertility of the most productive and the vast influx of net-negative aliens), it is wise to crash the system: Abandon welfare, pensions and subsidized healthcare. With those shackl
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by ParksNet 4y ago
Why use voting machines at all? Just stick to pen and paper.
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by ParksNet 4y ago
The USA is emptying the Strategic Petroleum Reserve at a rate of 1 million barrels per day. Crude is typically extracted from the ground at about 15 million per day by that country. When the SPR draining is finished (for midterms), upward p
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by ParksNet 4y ago
Also vast demographic differences in the subway riders.
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by ParksNet 4y ago
Defund Universities: pull Government-backed student loans. Let people pay out of their own pocket if they find it valuable.
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by ParksNet 4y ago
We need to drastically increase pension ages and even abandon retirement as a mainstream concept. Working part-time in 60s and 70s should be commonplace.
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by ParksNet 4y ago
Overall daily profitability on a 3060 Ti is down from $1.56 pre-merge to $0.36 as of writing: https://www.nicehash.com/profitability-calculator/nvidia-rtx... Seems logical to just sell the GPU for $300 on the used mark
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The End of /R/GPUMining(old.reddit.com)
49 points by ParksNet 4y ago|17 comments
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by ParksNet 4y ago
Or use electric pressure cookers. A lot of heat energy is lost to steam in regular pots.
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by ParksNet 4y ago
Make sure to also cap your FPS or use Vsync. No point pumping out 100fps when you have only a 60hz TV, etc.
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by ParksNet 4y ago
The typical American kitchen doesn't exhaust cooking fumes out of the house - the rangehood (typically part of the microwave) just sucks the fumes up and blows them over the head of the cooker, distributing food particles and steam aro
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FTC proposes rule to ban junk fees, bait-and-switch tactics plaguing car buyers(ftc.gov)
198 points by ParksNet 4y ago|180 comments
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by ParksNet 4y ago
Looking forward to the Digital Foundry video.
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by ParksNet 4y ago
This is where voluntary euthanasia, as is being practiced in Canada, would be suitable option. I wouldn't want to continue living if I was a burden on society and my family.
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by ParksNet 4y ago
Can we ever reasonably expect to use our cars for that, with vehicle2grid? I have a ~60kWh battery sitting around in my garage, that I typically only use 10% for daily driving.
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by ParksNet 4y ago
ProTip: Run your AC hard overnight, when temperatures are in the low 70s, and use your house as a thermal battery (assuming its reasonably insulated).
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Pelosi Unloads Millions in Nvidia Stock (July 2022)(forbes.com)
9 points by ParksNet 4y ago|0 comments
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by ParksNet 4y ago
California is following the WEF Agenda on Digital Identity: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/digital-identity/ The goal is to de-anonymize all dissent, and unperson anyone who dares criticize the regime. See: Canadi
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by ParksNet 4y ago
Even regular tap water in many US cities is contaminated with PFAS and other pollutants. When water does reach a house, only about 5-20% is used for cooking or drinking - the rest for watering plants, showers, toilet flushing, washing. Is
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by ParksNet 4y ago
American Federal Spending is driven by social security recipients - the elderly and disabled (60% of Federal Spending and rising) https://www.nationalpriorities.org/analysis/2015/presidents-... We can no longer af
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Swath Grazing(extension.sdstate.edu)
2 points by ParksNet 4y ago|1 comments
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by ParksNet 4y ago
Mandating payment provider or store competition has no clear end result, with significantly more overhead for everyone. Countries around the world already regulate pricing on things like Credit Card transaction fees. This should be no diffe
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by ParksNet 4y ago
No one can making any money except platform holders. 30% commissions are egregious. These aquisitions are just the side effect. We need a commission cap on all platforms that do over $1billion in annual sales. The Apple vs Epic trial reveal
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Who said: if you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together?(andrewwhitby.com)
2 points by ParksNet 4y ago|0 comments
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by ParksNet 4y ago
The bus and bus network of the future is more likely to be built and operated by Elon Musk than any Government agency. Auto-routing, and segregation by socio-economics (based on rider ratings and enforced subscription fees) is the killer fe
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by ParksNet 4y ago
Its unclear if we even have the metal mining capacity (or the ores in the ground) to do this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBVmnKuBocc
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by ParksNet 4y ago
Why don't we just burn all these plastics in waste2energy plants? Even with perfect recycling, the limitation seems to be on collection and separation.
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by ParksNet 4y ago
Not if we figure out vehicle-to-grid.

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