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by ragebol 4mo ago
There was a Dutch bid apparently, but a few million less than Kyndryl. And even the Dutch govt was asked to bid or something IIRC but said no at the time, before there was a shitstorm in the Netherlands over this.
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by ragebol 4mo ago
Sale was happening soon, couldn't wait longer, IIUC.
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by ragebol 5mo ago
Never realized this, mind blown :-)
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by ragebol 5mo ago
I thought time zones were difficult & a PITA, but at least I understand the words used with those. I can't imagine the amount of work, over generations/centuries(?) that this library is based on. And now available for free for
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by ragebol 5mo ago
Spain's neighbors could also have lower energy prices with more interconnection to Spain. The whole network diversifies, which would be more beneficial for Europe as a whole.
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by ragebol 5mo ago
Have been using GeoJSON, very handy and human-readable, but we recently switched to GeoPackage files, as it allows for different layers, each with a different schema for additional data. GeoPackages also allow to set a proper CRS, which is
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by ragebol 5mo ago
But not while all inside a van right? Plz...
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by ragebol 5mo ago
> families IDK about you, but traveling with a family would be an effective anti-conception for me (also Dutch) And effective for my folks as well when they took my siblings to tour the west coast in an RV when we were teens, AFAICT. Tra
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by ragebol 5mo ago
In a functioning democracy, this should not be possible. There should be check and balances. Reading a bit about Wilhelm II: so many parallels indeed. "Dreamt of a great colonial power", had to deal with some form of democracy, ma
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by ragebol 5mo ago
All true, but that does not create a fossil fuel dependency, it just prolongs an already existing one.
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by ragebol 5mo ago
I don't agree with those a lot. At some age, ones use of language stops/slows evolving I suppose.
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by ragebol 5mo ago
Corrected
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by ragebol 5mo ago
The more shocking thing might even be that this whole mess is allowed to continue and that there is no way to stop an out of hand situation. The whole US system can't be trusted even when this administration is gone, it's just bro
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by ragebol 5mo ago
How do renewables create a dependency on fossil fuels? This dependency already existed before renewables in the current sense were a thing. If anything, renewables help existing stock of fossil fuels last longer as you don't burn as
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by ragebol 5mo ago
It's still baffling to see the US lose so much face in so short a time. There is definitely truth that Europe has relied on US defense for too long, but what the US got in return is hard to put into words and economic terms. We bought
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by ragebol 5mo ago
Have you heard of Kessler Syndrome? More satellites means higher risk on that happening and not going to space until all the debris of a collision deorbits.
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by ragebol 5mo ago
Yeah, I kinda get why astronomers are not particularly happy with satellite constellations.
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by ragebol 6mo ago
Can fit more if you tilt them a little bit. Also easier for maintenance/access, although they don't need much if at all beyond some cleaning.
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by ragebol 6mo ago
Yep, sounds all too familiar. I installed a east/west facing set myself on our flat roof. Looking at dynamic power prices of the preceding year, multiplied by expected power output. Even wrote a simple space optimizer for this one tim
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by ragebol 6mo ago
Thnx! Seems to match my experience as well, I got a set of 12 south facing panels and a set of 12 split over east and west on my flat roof. The E/W start and end a bit before/after the south facing set.
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by ragebol 6mo ago
Thanks, interesting to see!
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by ragebol 6mo ago
Tilt should correlate to latitude for panels with an azimuth due South. For panels with east/west azimuth, the tilt should correlate with where the sun is at 7-8AM and 17-18PM, at least in my area. ((I think you have your concept of az
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by ragebol 6mo ago
Would be kinda interesting to see a histogram of the azimuths and/or tilt angles. In my native Netherlands I'd guess to see that peaking at ~south at say 15-30 degrees, with some lower peaks at east/west combos. Curious to se
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by ragebol 6mo ago
Yeah, I guessed so. Using it as a home battery with incur a lot more cycles I suppose. Although if the battery is large enough so that a day of powering a home only drains the battery eg. 10%, how does that factor into the cycle count? Is t
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by ragebol 6mo ago
Does that warranty still apply if the battery is used for other applications besides it's core function of powering the car?
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by ragebol 6mo ago
That is an good next step, but also kind-of moving the goal posts. Albania is fairly industrialized though I'd say: ~20% of GDP as per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albania?useskin=vector#Economy vs 15% of US econ
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by ragebol 6mo ago
> How is it decentralization Producers of electricity being everywhere is more distributed than relatively centralized power generation stations. Regardless of who paid (part of) it
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by ragebol 6mo ago
Yeah, that table is going to be quite the natural selection filter I suppose. Crash pad is on the way.
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by ragebol 6mo ago
Ha, very curious what the issue was and what textbook
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by ragebol 6mo ago
https://imgur.com/a/2TIye34 not much to see yet: square panels with a lot of M10 holes and edges (also the edges of the holes...) sealed. I just got the holds, bolts etc the other day. I sanded the panels & primed

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