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by opo 3y ago
I don't know if IBM created anything in this area back then, but the MYCIN expert system was developed in the 1970s at Stanford. MYCIN was shown to outperform infectious disease experts by 1979 in a blind testing: >... Eight indepen
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by opo 3y ago
If Germany were to rely just on solar and wind, the low capacity factor would likely require massive grid storage. The only large scale grid storage we have at this point is pumped hydro and that isn't scalable. For example, one estima
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by opo 3y ago
>...Shutting down nuclear makes sense, we have much safer ways nowadays to generate (transform) energy. Unfortunately Germany took the approach of shutting down nuclear before they had eliminated all coal plants. An operating coal plant
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by opo 3y ago
>...The Song dynasty collapsed when Genghis Khan invaded China. Not trying to derail your point, but that was Kublai Khan, not Genghis Khan. >...After two decades of sporadic warfare, Kublai Khan's armies conquered the Song dynas
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by opo 3y ago
>...Rooftop solar is a "socialist" solution to power. Noncentralized, empowers the end user, undermines large corporations, bypasses government control of power. Oh wait, that's ACTUALLY almost purely libertarian, but of c
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by opo 3y ago
>When America evacuated the nationalists I am not sure America provided much help on the Kuomintang's retreat to Taiwan. Is there a source for that? While Mao's rejection of peaceful coexistence with the West was one factor, t
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by opo 3y ago
The PATRIOT act itself expired in March of 2020.
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by opo 3y ago
There might be other ways of measuring water efficiency of crops, but from a quick google search, most sources seem to consider alfalfa to not be very water efficient. For example: >...According to an analysis by the conservation non-pro
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by opo 3y ago
>Qualified immunity does not protect government employees who break the law. Well qualified immunity doesn't apply to criminal cases, but civil suits are generally the only way survivors and their families can get compensation for v
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by opo 3y ago
>FWIW, the IPCC advocates for a diversified portfolio which includes nuclear, and this is the general stance of most climate and energy researchers as the simplified version of reasoning (I know, ironic) is "don't take it off t
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by opo 3y ago
>>> I guess I should point out these kind of insults are against the site guidelines. >It's not an insult. It's a clear reference to the fact that your source does not support your claim, and it actually rejects it. If
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by opo 3y ago
>I'm not convinced you read the doc you cited. I guess I should point out these kind of insults are against the site guidelines. >In it, it clearly states that the levelized cost of energy for solar PV rooftop residential ranges
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by opo 3y ago
>I think it's just easier to notice "misleading or false statements" when they contradict what we like to think rather than when they are going in the same direction. That is likely true, but what is your point? The state
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by opo 3y ago
This is not my assertion and has been covered in discussions on this web site for a long time. >Rooftop solar photovoltaic installations on residential buildings have the highest unsubsidized levelized costs of energy generation in the U
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by opo 3y ago
>As an aside, I'm pro- wind, hydro, geothermal, solar, and nuclear. (I'm also very pro-smart-design which obviates the need for created energy.) I think many of the people who aren't anti-nuclear, would agree with all that
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by opo 3y ago
The only senator who voted against the Patriot Act was Russ Feingold. >...On October 25, the Act passed the Senate with a vote of 98–1. Russ Feingold (D-WI) voted "no" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_
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by opo 3y ago
>Saying it's simply a label for attack ignores the real issues... As the wikipedia article says, "trickle down" is a political term. Any proposed tax policy deserves real debate on the pros and cons - using political term
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by opo 3y ago
>Trickle down is a completely different thing: the idea was to give wealthy people extra cash and hope some of it came to the rest of us. Trickle down is a political label used by people to attack policies they don't like by claimin
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by opo 4y ago
>...I like long complex games that make Catan look like Go Fish. What are some good games you would recommend?
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by opo 4y ago
No, the US didn't try and claim the U2 was a weather balloon, though they did try and claim that it was a routine weather survey: >...At first, and before they had confirmation that Powers had survived, U.S. officials claimed that t
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by opo 4y ago
As your source shows, solar can be very cheap (utility grade solar providing power when it is sunny) to the most expensive form of electrical power in the world (residential solar on rooftops). You can also see that if you also want power w
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by opo 4y ago
>...he responded with his choice of weapons: cow dung at 10 paces. That is not correct. >...Since Lincoln was challenged by Shields he had the privilege of choosing the weapon of the duel. He chose cavalry broadswords "of the la
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by opo 4y ago
You bring up a lot of good points. But in regards to: >...This is why high fructose corn syrup is cheaper than cane/beet sugar, and why HFCS is so widespread in US food production. As you point out corn subsidies lower the cost for
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by opo 4y ago
Unfortunately, in medicine, there is evidence that just because a computer program is better then a Dr at diagnosing a patient is no guarantee it will be used. The classic example here was the MYCIN expert system developed in the 1970s. MYC
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by opo 4y ago
No, I am not making that assumption in any way. I might not have been clear enough. I am saying that it is incredibly wasteful for the government to directly subsidize consumer solar when installed and then later forcing less wealthy consu
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by opo 4y ago
Consumer rooftop solar is the most expensive way ever thought of to provide electrical power. Money is fungible. A dollar tied up in building a one-off consumer solar installation is exactly a dollar unavailable for building out utility gra
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by opo 4y ago
A couple of years ago, there was a discussion thread in AskHistorians of "How do you feel about Dan Carlin, accuracy-wise?": https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/k6jyx7/how_d... &gt
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by opo 4y ago
>...We would regularly eat rancid meat (many BBQ sauces were specifically built to hide/safen up rancid meat) I think the idea that spices were used to cover the taste of rancid meat is generally considered to be a myth. >...One
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by opo 4y ago
>...Today it is often better to simply shut down your existing nuclear plant and build a renewable instead. That is ignoring capacity factor. From your link we see that the most expensive power generation of all is residential rooftop so
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by opo 4y ago
The failed drug war has historically been a bi-partisan mess. Here is one example: https://www.salon.com/2013/08/12/where_mandatory_minimums_ca... You can find similar stories for every congressional ter

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