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by scrlk 3y ago
IMO this should be left up to pricing to decide, not legislation. Want to have a firm and interruptible supply? Pay more for your energy, as the grid will require reinforcement to make that happen. Want more people to start flexing their de
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by scrlk 3y ago
"Why is it so hard to display the birthday date on the settings page? Why can't we get it done this quarter?" "Look...I'm sorry, we've been over this, it's the design of our backend." https:/&#x
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by scrlk 3y ago
Out of interest, what issues did you have? Most of the time when I read a car review, they seem to praise the ZF 8HP 8-speed.
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by scrlk 3y ago
Looks like aluminium smelter demand flexibility is already in use, but it doesn't rely on process temperature variation: https://enpot.com/ https://aluminiuminsider.com/trimet-aluminium-betting-enpots..
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by scrlk 3y ago
https://www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/helium-shortage-4-0-wh... Seems a bit short sighted to close the helium reserve and sell it off. The last 3 years have taught the value of having some slack in the supply chain.
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The UK is at risk of running low on water. Why?(ft.com)
4 points by scrlk 3y ago|2 comments
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by scrlk 3y ago
https://archive.ph/pevDy
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SwissMicros – Keeping the iconic HP RPN calculators alive(vintageisthenewold.com)
2 points by scrlk 3y ago|1 comments
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by scrlk 3y ago
> email customer service Did you try reaching out to executive customer relations, either through ajassy@amazon.com or jeff@amazon.com? (FWIW Jeff's address still works despite him stepping down 2 years ago) Always had a very quick
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by scrlk 3y ago
Co-location of storage with renewables is a very popular option these days, at least from what I am seeing in the UK.
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by scrlk 3y ago
> but why pay a premium to rent instead of buy? I think that most customers lease their mainframe. IIRC IBM will often ship more hardware than the customer requires, with additional CPU/memory etc. being activated if a licence is pu
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by scrlk 3y ago
The class of 1915 had 36% of its 164 graduates go on to attain the rank of general. John Keliher (rank 159) made it to Brigadier General. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_class_the_stars_fell_on
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by scrlk 3y ago
Looks like it depends on where you are in the world. "Financial year" appears to be the preferred phrase over in the UK.
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by scrlk 3y ago
Financial years are named by the calendar year that they end in, so FY24 is the financial year ending in 2024.
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by scrlk 3y ago
"In the short run, the market is a voting machine but in the long run, it is a weighing machine."
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rustworkx: A High-Performance Graph Library for Python(github.com)
4 points by scrlk 3y ago|0 comments
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by scrlk 3y ago
Perhaps the South African "Blaster" anti-carjacking device from the 90s could be adapted for solar panels? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLhWzMOccTg
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by scrlk 3y ago
So I need the correct "old boys" school tie and a pair of red trousers to get funded by UK investors? :^)
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by scrlk 3y ago
UK engineering jobs typically have uncompetitive compensation.
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by scrlk 3y ago
F-1: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1973239/000119312523...
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by scrlk 3y ago
Good question. Sam Trabucco might end up as the equivalent of Lou Pai from the Enron scandal. Left just in time before the whole thing came crashing down and escapes all criminal charges.
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by scrlk 3y ago
It's still in print - it's listed on Amazon UK for £37.95 (~$74 AUD). If you're lucky enough to know someone with the right IEEE Xplore subscription: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/book/5989703
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by scrlk 3y ago
> Most electric utilities have programs designed to reduce load because they don't want to expand capacity. Programs like replacing your inefficient old fridge, or incandescent to LED bulbs and such. I don't think there's
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by scrlk 3y ago
IIRC locked bootloaders on Qualcomm variants was found on US market phones, with non-US (e.g. Hong Kong) markets having a unlockable bootloader.
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by scrlk 3y ago
Wouldn't be surprised if it was an Exynos bug either. Samsung LSI haven't produced a decent flagship Exynos SOC for multiple generations now. Always behind Snapdragon on overall balance of performance (CPU/GPU/radios), h
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by scrlk 3y ago
I think you'll be in for Another Massive Disappointment (AMD). The software/driver woes in their graphics division have been going on for years at this point with no clear path forward, just some statements about how they plan to
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by scrlk 3y ago
> "Economy faces risks, not recession: Bernanke" (2007-11-08) > "Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told lawmakers on Thursday the U.S. economy did not appear headed for recession, but warned growth could prove weake
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How bonds ate the entire financial system(ft.com)
2 points by scrlk 3y ago|1 comments
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by scrlk 3y ago
https://archive.ph/TnK9F
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U.S. prosecutors worry Binance charges could cause run on exchange(semafor.com)
4 points by scrlk 3y ago|0 comments

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