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by probablypower 4y ago
Awesome, I'll stalk your work through your profile, I'm addicted to good scifi. I've mostly written poetry for the last 15 years, but I've been meaning to transition into long form writing. I'm wondering if you coul
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by probablypower 4y ago
As someone who works at a utility, I respectfully disagree. From the wholesale energy market perspective, demand must be met. Sure, you can slowly switch out old production for new cleaner sources of energy. The fastest way to reduce carbon
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by probablypower 4y ago
How do you define "bang for buck"? Would love to see a source stating that renewables are 3-4x more effective in the context of energy security and grid stability.
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by probablypower 4y ago
There are some nice factoids in there, but it felt like someone just searched "causality" on tiktok, jotting down notes as they rode the algorithm. I don't think Judea Pearl would enjoy this article. Malcolm Gladwell might.
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by probablypower 4y ago
I'm not sure batteries are the answer on a grid scale. From the grid/market perspective, they're incredibly expensive energy time machines. They also come with their own environmental issues. Batteries make sense if you need
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by probablypower 4y ago
Fair point. To be precise, I would use the term intermittent or non-inertial but I didn't want to alienate any readers. All generation is unstable, just in different ways, so I don't think it is a useful descriptor.
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by probablypower 4y ago
For power system operations: "Power System Stability and Control" by Prabha Kundur ( https://www.amazon.com/System-Stability-Control-Prabha-Kundu... ) It is the bible of modern power system operations, and it will b
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by probablypower 4y ago
>Why are you writing a program for work unless you are helping to solve a problem? I'm not entirely sure what your point is here other than implying that the programs I/we write aren't solving a problem, which is not the c
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by probablypower 4y ago
For me it is the separation of business logic and data from the programming implementation. Often the workflow in automating a work process is: - Worker has intuition on how things work - Specialist starts automating and running into except
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by probablypower 4y ago
I strongly agree and strongly disagree. Yes, measure as much as possible. No, don't put it in a damn spreadsheet. Put it in a relational database or a streaming pipeline.
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by probablypower 4y ago
You are probably making a good point here, but you're doing so in such a roundabout way that it isn't clear what your point actually is. In the given context, how would you describe a company you would hope to work for?
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by probablypower 4y ago
To the latter part of your question, the main strategy was: - Build incredibly insulated turf+stone housing - Put livestock in the basement - Body warmth of livestock heats up the house during winter - The good insulation keeps the home tem
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by probablypower 4y ago
> It seems the moral argument for Bitcoin is positively correlated with its price. this is specious reasoning. The moral arguments for/against bitcoin have always been there. Judging the validity of arguments based on how often they
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by probablypower 4y ago
This is super cool! One quick suggestion; please add the term "Lindenmayer System" and/or "L-System" to your readme. You'll catch more of the right crowd if that term is searchable.
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by probablypower 5y ago
The work you've done is nice, but using a package for this issue gives off bad code smell. I'd much rather refine my functions and their relations rather than require an extra dependency that reduces readability for my coworkers.
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by probablypower 5y ago
This is fair, but you're only addressing one vector of empire collapse, which is through warfare with external forces. Empires and kingdoms have fallen through internal systemic failures, both political and logistical. The modern preva
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by probablypower 5y ago
Why this isn't fun: - Each cell can only take one of two values, therefore any guess is sufficient to gather enough information to select the right answer on the second try (as long as you understand binary). - The act us converting ba
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by probablypower 5y ago
As someone who has had both COVID (before vaccines were available) and a COVID vaccine, this reasoning seems frankly dumb as bricks. There is uncertainty about long-term effects of both. There is no uncertainty about the short-term effects
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by probablypower 5y ago
>you'd probably want a breakdown of what percentage are foreigners versus residents, and that's not available as far as I'm aware. That data is available here: https://www.covid.is/data Data on vaccination
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by probablypower 5y ago
> * Hydro is crap at startup too (they need black start units, at least the big ones do) * This is a misunderstanding. All generators require an excitation current to start up. Most generators get this excitation from the grid. For larg
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by probablypower 5y ago
I would take that claim with a pinch of salt unless they're able to explain the physics of how one turbine suffers in less energy dense, muddy air whilst another thrives.
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by probablypower 5y ago
> “Modern wind farms are one of the most efficient ways to generate green energy. However, they have one major flaw: as the wind approaches the front row of turbines, turbulence will be generated downstream. The turbulence is detrimental
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by probablypower 5y ago
> minions of the climate cabal denegrating apostate scientists Can you elaborate on what you mean here?
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by probablypower 5y ago
I literally just have some planting trays with a half-inch of gravel that I pour water into every couple of days. Works wonders, is cheap, and easy to clean. Evaporation happens for free if you let it.
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by probablypower 5y ago
This basically touches all the points that I came here to write, except I want to add: - Check-in: Give each attendee 10-30s to just say how they're feeling, either in general or about the topic. This can do a lot to make individuals m
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by probablypower 6y ago
I came away from the article with the same feeling. The article came across to me as a bystander criticizing a hoarder for the colour of their trash. It comes across as "look at this mess" rather than something helpful or interest
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by probablypower 6y ago
You mention economics. Macro-economic theories are based on high-level relationships that economists have observed in reality, and that have some theoretical basis. For example, supply and demand can be represented as curves (aggregates of
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by probablypower 6y ago
>there's really nothing wrong with burying them in a landfill And with one comment, 100 circular economists screamed out in pain.
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Ask HN: What makes a 'good' data strategy?
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by probablypower 6y ago
Hey Adam, the content itself is great and the tips are bang on. However, I think you should proof read the article again. An article on 'Improving Your Writing' loses a lot of credibility when it has sentences like: > The chara

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