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IoT Radio – Batteryless very cheap radios(web.stanford.edu)
60 points by spenrose 12y ago|10 comments
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by spenrose 12y ago
That distinction is obvious to some people, and obviously invalid to others. In a gender-laden way. Which is the point of the article.
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The one thing you need to know about diet and weight loss studies(vox.com)
1 points by spenrose 12y ago|0 comments
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Powering the World’s Poorer Economies: A Response to Bill Gates and Jigar Shah(greentechmedia.com)
1 points by spenrose 12y ago|0 comments
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by spenrose 12y ago
EPRIs Board of Directors appears to be dominated by executives from large power monopolies: http://www.epri.com/About-Us/Pages/Board-of-Directors.aspx Yes, there are other members, but PG&E does not join group
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Sowing Confusion About Renewable Energy(forbes.com)
1 points by spenrose 12y ago|0 comments
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by spenrose 12y ago
I highly recommend Krauss' book A Universe From Nothing on this topic.
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by spenrose 12y ago
China matters, and it can bypass procedural democracy. Large, slow-to-deploy nuclear still has to compete with quick-deploying, cost-decreasing solar and wind (and serious efficiency measures) while it is on the costs-rising-due-to-learning
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by spenrose 12y ago
The interweaving of complex shifting regulations with the economics of $B plants that take decades to build and involve tremendous amounts of radiation and energy is not some random coincidence, nor is the absence of Buffets and Icahns lini
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Why “Official” Nuke Plant Cost Estimates Are Like Campaign Promises(carbontax.org)
1 points by spenrose 12y ago|0 comments
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by spenrose 12y ago
The problem with nuclear power is not the primary fuel; it's the economics, especially the economics of big engineering: http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2013/11/21/why-officia... http:/&
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The History of Python: Early Language Design and Development(python-history.blogspot.com)
3 points by spenrose 12y ago|0 comments
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by spenrose 12y ago
Python was heavily based on ABC, a language which targeted new programers and made syntax choices based on user testing: http://python-history.blogspot.ca/2009/02/early-language-design-and-development.html It
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by spenrose 12y ago
"The book about the "Chandler" project (forgot it's title) is also a particular good read. Those two in particular are interesting reads about why things fail." Dreaming in Code, by Scott Rosenberg. Highest recommen
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The Science of Geoengineering(annualreviews.org)
1 points by spenrose 12y ago|0 comments
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Non Compete Clauses Reduce Innovation(marginalrevolution.com)
102 points by spenrose 12y ago|52 comments
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by spenrose 12y ago
Wow, hate-haters gonna hate my hate. The slowest metric for the old code is about 1/3 of a second -- how much benefit does slicing that deliver in real world 0install invocations? "Easier to maintain and extend" -- well, he j
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by spenrose 12y ago
A year. A year of an apparently excellent programmer's output -- perhaps 2% of everything he will ever accomplish. To port a stable project to an 18 year old language.
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June 2 is the most important day of Obama's second term(vox.com)
2 points by spenrose 12y ago|0 comments
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by spenrose 12y ago
The burning creates about half the CO2 as coal does. Unfortunately unburned methane is a worse GHG in the short term (when it matters). That said, old coal plants are much worse than the best new coal plants, so the regulations are importan
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by spenrose 12y ago
"Accounting for the damages [of unpriced externalities] conservatively doubles to triples the price of electricity from coal per kWh generated" http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.
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by spenrose 12y ago
Outsourcing manufacturing to China can increase emissions; closing coal plants in the USA does not affect in or outsourcing; therefore your summary is false.
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We don’t need solar roadways, we need to help unleash current solar panels(gigaom.com)
1 points by spenrose 12y ago|0 comments
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by spenrose 12y ago
[Edit: I misunderstood fiatmoney.] Strength is not a metric if your goal is to require moral perfection from those representing workers before placing any burden on law-breaking capitalists -- a not uncommon perspective among those concerne
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by spenrose 12y ago
Wow, does your last sentence turn 180 from the (otherwise excellent) analysis. If class actions don't help plaintiffs enough, shouldn't we be looking for a stronger solution?
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by spenrose 12y ago
On a mostly-renewables grid: http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/12/the-grid-of-2030-all-... The culture of budgeting new nuclear plants: http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2013&#x
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How Google Can Steal Facebook's Candy(bloombergview.com)
2 points by spenrose 13y ago|0 comments
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The Great Dithering(medium.com)
6 points by spenrose 13y ago|1 comments
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by spenrose 13y ago
Two articles on why nuclear will never* scale up: http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2013/11/21/why-officia... http://www.forbes.com/sites/energysource/2014/02/20&#
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by spenrose 13y ago
Troll: Is Edward Snowden a traitor or a hero?

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