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811.
by adrianN 2y ago
Is black hole evaporation experimentally confirmed in any way?
812.
by adrianN 2y ago
DBs can compile and run complex queries in that time budget. What did the click handler do?
813.
by adrianN 2y ago
I would hope that the hyperscalers have sufficient economic incentive to optimize this without an X-prize.
814.
by adrianN 2y ago
Most people don’t care about most things we need laws for, that’s why we generally don’t use direct democracy.
815.
by adrianN 2y ago
Animal welfare is pretty bad right now, so that is consistent with nobody caring.
816.
by adrianN 2y ago
Since farmers act in a fairly efficient market, unless animal wellfare somehow improves the bottom line, they will be outcompeted by people who do not care about the animals. That's why we need laws that enforce minimum standards.
817.
by adrianN 2y ago
The state of industrialized meat production seems to suggest the opposite.
818.
by adrianN 2y ago
A lot of people would starve without industrialized agriculture.
819.
by adrianN 2y ago
A lot of those stories try to teach children that going alone into the woods is a very bad idea. You have to read them in the historic context; don’t think they’re particularly suitable for modern children.
820.
by adrianN 2y ago
I think paying to bias AI answers in your favor is much more attractive than plain ads.
821.
by adrianN 2y ago
One can plausibly argue that finding out how the universe works is one of the things that matters least.
822.
by adrianN 2y ago
Since EVs are heavier and accelerate better they probably produce more tire dust.
823.
by adrianN 2y ago
I too look forward to my 200lbs puncture proof bike.
824.
by adrianN 2y ago
Aluminum is not particularly healthy either. I heard it’s implicated in dementia.
825.
by adrianN 2y ago
Preparing a Michelin star worthy meal is orders of magnitude harder than checking a cheese for defects.
826.
by adrianN 2y ago
People might be more tolerant to quality issues for pornhub‘s content than Netflix‘s.
827.
by adrianN 2y ago
The allies tried to make Germany robust against this.
828.
by adrianN 2y ago
More room for panels.
829.
by adrianN 2y ago
> because some did not install updates of some component on the webserver But how many of those updates fix memory issues?
830.
by adrianN 2y ago
Total system cost is what matters, efficiency is only a small part of the equation. As far as I know a mixture of batteries and hydrogen in a renewable grid looks like the cheapest solution. Storing hydrogen is trivially done in salt cavern
831.
by adrianN 2y ago
Which part of gas turbines and electrolysis doesn’t exist yet?
832.
by adrianN 2y ago
In terms of national security you want hydrogen turbines, electrolysis, and batteries.
833.
by adrianN 2y ago
No, you need more gas turbines, you don’t need more gas.
834.
by adrianN 2y ago
Nuclear is not financially viable in a market dominated by renewables.
835.
by adrianN 2y ago
Small children are devoted for years to learn the language. Being unable to communicate your basic needs is a strong motivator.
836.
by adrianN 2y ago
I don’t understand the analogy. What’s the water and what’s the bucket?
837.
by adrianN 2y ago
If the world is warming up it is not in equilibrium, or an I missing something?
838.
by adrianN 2y ago
We're working on fixing that part though.
839.
by adrianN 2y ago
Nuclear can’t (cheaply) replace gas.
840.
by adrianN 2y ago
For the purpose of "burn your house down", the energy is usually extracted fairly efficiently from both coal and a battery.

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