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by to11mtm 3y ago
I would assume that historically, cold snaps like the ones resulting in the Texas 2011/2021 blackouts were far less common. To that point, an article [0] published shortly after indicates that 61% of all homes in Texas used electrical
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by to11mtm 3y ago
Didn't a few of the companies who provided fixed contracts go under as a result too though?
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by to11mtm 3y ago
> But that was a gamble, and in the ice storm they lost hard. It wasn't necessarily a fair gamble. It was determined after the fact that for 2 of the 3 days, it shouldn't have been kept that high. There's still questions a
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by to11mtm 3y ago
The most 'fair' math classes (specifically, I'm thinking of algebra and calculus type courses) I have been in, allowed a good in-between. Basically, you were totally allowed to use a Calculator, even one with a built-in CAS,
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by to11mtm 3y ago
> what about if you go to jail for more than 2 years, or you're in poor health for multi-year stretches? Then pay for a cheap Google One subscription, export your data with Takeout, or have a trusted friend log in once a year. At le
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by to11mtm 3y ago
> Here's an excerpt from a recent talk by the original creator of Phoenix giving a demo of stuff that "just works" when using Elixir/Phoenix because of its concurrent nature, that would be a lot harder with any other
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by to11mtm 3y ago
> Let's skip over "low-latency", because virtually all programming languages and VMs are "low-latency". It's not fair to skip that one, because the way the beam scheduler works is pretty dang magical. My (ad
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by to11mtm 3y ago
"Effective Altruism", which sounds nice but when you look at it from the right angle it's just a form of 'public lobbying' rather than direct government lobbying. "Oh, this person donated X/Y to Z/Q c
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by to11mtm 3y ago
reducto ad nounium is a poor argument.
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by to11mtm 3y ago
> Carmakers are ‘pushing’ SUVs because a large fraction of buyers want SUVs. I think this is an overgeneralization, and there are a few factors at play: Carmakers and dealers push SUVs because typically they have a better margin. I know
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by to11mtm 4y ago
> all instructions should be the same size in classic RISC. IIRC yes, and also I think it's a matter of (at least in classical RISC designs) all instructions being fairly simple and being of close enough latency that, for the most p
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by to11mtm 4y ago
My 22 Ford has problems with the volume. Sometimes it just keeps pumping to max and you have to fight with it for up to 30 seconds as it's blasting your ears out. That's kinda the problem; these 'Infotainment' systems ke
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by to11mtm 4y ago
Subaru embraced belt type CVTs because they provide better mileage than an automatic. The CVTs do have issues (mostly around cooling, is my understanding) but Mileage/Emissions are already hard for them I'd imagine. > untenable
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by to11mtm 4y ago
> with applicants who place 15% to 20% down payment experiencing the biggest increase in fees…. This is the biggest smell to me. Here's the thing about FHA mortgages compared to conventional; If you don't pay 15-20% down, you c
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by to11mtm 4y ago
Emissions changes and Crash Regs for starters. One can look at the Chevrolet Spark; it is not really much larger than the Metro, but only gets MPGs in the upper 30s AFAIK.
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by to11mtm 4y ago
I remember a conversation with my (now) Ex-wife when we started playing an MMO together regarding her nickname; They would use a name that was vaguely ambiguous on gender but was far more likely to be considered Male than female, and it w
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by to11mtm 4y ago
The 'Toyota'/'Honda' tax on used cars is real. I'd say Toyota is the main one who has earned it [0] The 'Subaru' tax less so... [1] Mazda is somewhat the exception here; a lot of their stuff is some b
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by to11mtm 4y ago
> 15 year old German cars That's a masochistic trait if I ever saw one.
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by to11mtm 4y ago
Had this problem in a Star Trek game. Pakled is a specific race of aliens in the game and universe (TNG Samaritan Snare), but would get caught in the filter (Assuming due to Pakistanis?)
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by to11mtm 4y ago
> It could be there is some other AI-related problem for Pokemon Go hidden in one of the other articles (they all seem to be about unrelated things - one is about Jynx, one is about the experiences of a black person playing the game, ano
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by to11mtm 4y ago
I think an interesting unspoken problem is the 'Disneyfication' of many modern businesses. That's anything from overblown 'cult cultures' to 'we are a family!' In environments, many times a company winds u
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by to11mtm 4y ago
> Are you empowered to fix it instead of just reporting it? How much effort to fix it? Sometimes the effort to do the fix is smaller than the work of selling the problem and jockeying for priority in the issue reporting process. Especial
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by to11mtm 4y ago
I'm guessing at least some consumer batteries (i.e. laptop/phone/ebike/etc) can also be recycled at the same facilities; These are often of similar chemistry but may have lower lifespans and there would be no reason the
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by to11mtm 4y ago
My understanding of OnStar is that you have to disconnect some things to -truly- disable it. (Probably to let people 're-subscribe' if they try to use the thing when they aren't current customers.) Other systems... I can say
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by to11mtm 4y ago
Interestingly, the paper mentions that the reactions do produce (some) hydrogen, which could perhaps be recaptured. However, a bigger concern upon a glance is that this process does produce NOx emissions...
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by to11mtm 4y ago
> From iron ore to steel, how much waste is there? Depends on how we define 'waste' and at what part of the process. When they start with the rock from the ground/pit, the rocks/etc are often crushed, running through
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by to11mtm 4y ago
> The business/enterprise stuff is meant to last because they cost a lot going out the door, and so are built robustly. You just have to ensure either a low page count, or some sort of proof that the machine had been serviced regula
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by to11mtm 4y ago
> Wait, do you know that most printers have the ability to clean these clogs (by wasting a large chunk of the ink)? You don't really need to throw the cartridge away. This is why I say that printing the rated amount of pages is diff
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by to11mtm 4y ago
> If a civil engineer signs off on a bridge and it collapses during rush hour, he doesn't get to just say, "Whelp, boss rushed me, blame him." I'm willing to bet that the civil engineer in that case has much better wh
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by to11mtm 4y ago
> We're going to need software engineers to be accountable for things we've done and signed off on. Only if management is held equally accountable. I've worked at places with dedicated security teams, that acted as a &#x27

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