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by while_true_ 9mo ago
Debian stable with KDE Plasma. Plasma is similar in feel to Win 10, but far more customizable. It's the first Linux desktop I've used that feels professional and polished. Short video: https://www.youtube.com/watc
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by while_true_ 9mo ago
I think the sweet spot for ARM SBCs are smaller, less powerful and cheaper for headless IOT edge cases. I use a couple of them that way when I need LAN connectivity, either by ethernet or wifi, and things wired to GPIO pins. I don't n
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by while_true_ 9mo ago
CATO gets it wrong too. Social Security is an insurance program. Employer and employee payments function as insurance premiums. Like most insurance policies if you don't qualify for a disbursement you don't get your premiums back
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by while_true_ 10mo ago
California found out pumped hydro isn't so "tried and true" when it was shut down during a drought due to lack of water behind the dam.
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by while_true_ 10mo ago
Duplicate https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46282605
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by while_true_ 10mo ago
I think the sweet spot for EVs are for small, compact crossovers, hatchbacks and sedans, not large trucks or SUVs. Batteries don't scale up well. I have a Chevy Bolt EUV and it's great, the most economical vehicle I've ever o
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by while_true_ 10mo ago
"Used electric vehicle (EV) prices are currently lower than those of internal combustion engine (ICE) cars, with used EVs averaging about 8.3% cheaper than used gas-powered cars." Late model used EVs can be good bargains.
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by while_true_ 1y ago
FUD about battery life and having to spend over $10k to replace one was a large factor in EV depreciation. Some people assumed car battery life was like that of a cell phone or a laptop, perhaps 3 years. There is increasing evidence that EV
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by while_true_ 1y ago
Interesting, I have the opposite opinion. I'm considering switching from Windows to the KDE Plasma desktop and so far I'm impressed with it. Plasma is the first Linux desktop I've used that feels polished and professional. It
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by while_true_ 1y ago
On the MENSA IQ test GPT-Pro got 34 out 35 correct for an IQ of 148. Very good. Rumor has it the one question it missed had something to do with instances of "b" in "blueberry."
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by while_true_ 1y ago
20 year old cars tend to be heavy polluters because they don't meet the latest emissions standards. Here in California the state will buy old cars and scrap them to get dirty emitters out of service. Also, nearly every day electrical g
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by while_true_ 1y ago
That 1985 Toyota emits more GHG and NOx per mile than a new vehicle because it wasn't built to meet the latest US or Canadian emissions standards. Older vehicles emit more pollutants so in some US states the government will buy the ca
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by while_true_ 1y ago
https://futurism.com/companies-fixing-ai-replacement-mistake...
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by while_true_ 2y ago
Investigation might not be complete, they could add an espionage charge later. Depending on what US code section they charge him with it could be up to 10 yrs, 30 yrs or life.
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by while_true_ 2y ago
It irks me so many physicists/cosmologists jump from the mathematical GR singularity at the center of a BH to "matter there has infinite density." That's highly unlikely, it's probably quark plasma.
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by while_true_ 2y ago
At the rate we are going with quantities of satellites and orbiting space junk we just might get new rings due to the Kessler Syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome
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by while_true_ 2y ago
Yes, and battery storage is why California got through a severe heat wave in July without rolling blackouts or major outages. There wasn't even a FlexAlert. Batteries time-shifted excess solar power from noon to the early evening, when
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by while_true_ 2y ago
Four reasons I prefer my 100% EV over a hybrid: - EVs never need oil changes. Hybrids still do. - I really like charging up in the privacy of my own garage. Hybrids have to refuel at a gas station. - EVs have no cat converter to steal. Hybr
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by while_true_ 2y ago
True, but with the BBT-affirming discovery of the cosmic microwave background in 1965 they've been hand-in-hand ever since.
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by while_true_ 2y ago
Expanding universe and Big Bang Theory go hand-in-hand. There are multiple independent observations besides the red shift that make it nearly certain there had to be a BBT event to explain what we see. The universe is too hot, chaotic and c
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by while_true_ 2y ago
The DoE report on California is skewed by rural areas that suffer outages due to wildfires and winter storms. There have been no extended outages that effect large cities on the scale of Houston.
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by while_true_ 2y ago
Not true about California. Outages in storms are highly localized. Some rural areas get power turned off but only when fire risk is extreme. There have been no large cities without power for a week like Houston.
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by while_true_ 2y ago
Right, but California took aggressive action to stop market manipulation. That was 20+ years ago. In the last several years the state has increased generation capacity, greatly increased renewables, and improved grid reliability.
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by while_true_ 2y ago
It's a real head-scratcher why Texas, with abundant oil, gas and wind energy resources, can't build and maintain a hardened and reliable grid to deliver that plentiful energy to themselves.
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by while_true_ 2y ago
Enron is the poster child of how opening the energy grid to an unregulated free market makes it ripe for price rigging and manipulation. Enron was famous for trading strategies like "Fat Boy" and "Death Star" where they
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by while_true_ 2y ago
I would make your website a daily destination if it had -- ability for user to add/delete/modify the topic tabs. Let me define the topics of interest. -- Algolia or similar search box at bottom like HN has
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by while_true_ 2y ago
At the other end of the spectrum, I've always appreciated the density of FINVIZ: https://finviz.com/#
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by while_true_ 2y ago
I believe the highest achievement in music as an art form occurs when complex, stimulating lyrics are married to equally complex music. In rock music I think "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" by Genesis achieves that pinnacle. Afte
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by while_true_ 2y ago
Pretty good deals to be had buying an EV from Hertz. I bought one a few weeks back; they had a bunch to choose from and some had low miles and in near mint condition, with little or no apparent wear, priced near the bottom of KBB.
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by while_true_ 2y ago
Huh? Literally millions of people worldwide have replaced their ICE vehicles with EVs. Granted, there are some use cases where ICE is the better choice, but no one is seriously suggesting that EVs will replace ICE 100 percent.

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