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by scrlk 1y ago
It's a real shame that F1 has become so conservative about wet races. I'd love to see something like the Massa/Kubica battle at Fuji in 2007 ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnxUu36-uYw ) happen today.
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by scrlk 1y ago
Yeah, I don't see the point of having drivers either. Given that F1 cars just need to drive around a circuit in good weather conditions, teams could just install a comma 3X self driving system and replace an expensive driver for $1k.
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by scrlk 1y ago
You can make that tariff work without a battery, just that you need to be flexible when it comes to load shifting to maximise the savings. Moving consumption out of evening peaks would be enough over a course of a year.
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by scrlk 1y ago
Probably on a half-hourly tariff, e.g. Agile Octopus: https://www.octopriceuk.app/agile
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by scrlk 1y ago
Was it Singularity? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_(operating_system) https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/singularity...
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by scrlk 1y ago
Isn't this a stronger argument for making sure that things are communicated clearly?
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by scrlk 1y ago
"I ejected from my F35 and all I got was this lousy tie" https://martin-baker.com/tie-club/
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by scrlk 1y ago
The EUV light source in ASML’s lithography tools is designed and manufactured by Cymer, based on research funded by the DoE in the 1990s and conducted at various national labs.
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by scrlk 1y ago
I’d be very surprised if your EliteDesk never got any BIOS updates. In my experience, business grade PCs from the major vendors (Dell/HP/Lenovo) usually have a pretty solid software support lifecycle. If it’s an EliteDesk G2 Mini,
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by scrlk 1y ago
You can see the male quick disconnect fittings for the liquid cooling at each corner of the server in this photo: https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8aMm!,f_auto,q_auto:... Looks like the power connector is i
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by scrlk 1y ago
Ironic, given that Andy Grove's motto was "Only the paranoid survive". There's a Chinese saying: "Wealth does not pass three generations". Three generations of Intel CEOs after Grove: Craig Barrett, Paul Otelli
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by scrlk 1y ago
This is inspired by the "Nicolas (30 ans)"/"The Social Contract" meme: https://xcancel.com/kunley_drukpa/status/1863959668357296496
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by scrlk 1y ago
Sony still uses FreeBSD for PlayStation.
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by scrlk 1y ago
The regulators determine how much the utilities can spend on maintenance and construction activities, not the companies. If these activities were not capped, the companies are naturally incentivised to build more to boost their regulated as
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by scrlk 1y ago
Windows 11 uses libarchive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libarchive#Users
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AC vc DC: who would win a modern Battle of the Currents?(watt-logic.com)
2 points by scrlk 1y ago|0 comments
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by scrlk 1y ago
In crypto, you have centralised (e.g. Coinbase) and decentralised exchanges (e.g. Uniswap). Decentralised exchanges operate onchain via smart contracts. This article from a16z explains the mechanics of reordering transactions for profit (ME
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GPT-5(platform.openai.com)
5 points by scrlk 1y ago|1 comments
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by scrlk 1y ago
I'm reminded of Grace Hopper's famous nanoseconds lecture: https://youtu.be/gYqF6-h9Cvg?t=78
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by scrlk 1y ago
Starting in 2024, Lenovo adopted the 'conventional' control/function key layout for ThinkPads.
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by scrlk 1y ago
The 25th Anniversary ThinkPad was a modified T470. I assume that the cost issues were related to a requirement to minimise the number of case modifications required from the stock T470. Incorporating a ThinkLight would require a redesigned
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by scrlk 1y ago
> When designing the 25th anniversary ThinkPad, which came out in 2017, Hill brought back the ThinkLight, but he actually wanted to have – for the first time – two LEDs instead of one. The dual lights would have eliminated shadows and pr
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Kioxia unveils highest capacity SSD at 245.76 TB(blocksandfiles.com)
1 points by scrlk 1y ago|0 comments
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by scrlk 1y ago
Yes, it's simple supply and demand dynamics at work. FWIW, I think the treasury companies bear a resemblance to the 'ponzinomics' of Olympus DAO and its forks in the last crypto cycle. They ran to tens of billions in market c
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by scrlk 1y ago
MicroStrategy's average is currently ~$72k: https://x.com/saylor/status/1947266086627360854 There are a now a number of companies attempting to run the same crypto treasury strategy with BTC and alts. I suspe
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by scrlk 1y ago
The incompatibility between DDR4 and DDR5 DIMMS is also enforced by a physically different notch and slot. It's always been this way.
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Office for Nuclear Regulation: Our assessment was not bananas!(onr.org.uk)
3 points by scrlk 1y ago|1 comments
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by scrlk 1y ago
The online article in question: https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-bad-science-behind-expe...
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A Clean, Powerful, Supercharged and Rotary Valved Two Stroke Engine [video](youtube.com)
2 points by scrlk 1y ago|1 comments
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by scrlk 1y ago
What you're proposing regarding communication/control channels is already present: the system operator has SCADA links to transmission connected generators + an energy management system to help them control their system. See Part

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