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721.
by zbrozek 5y ago
Should probably also add ground fault interruption as a protection measure too. I saw a quite-impressive video of some hardware that was going in on parts of the Australian grid that managed to turn off super-quick as the cable arced to the
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by zbrozek 5y ago
Cheaper electricity means more electrification. The majority of my energy use is natural gas (for home heat) due to its low cost relative to electricity. Plus, there's coal and gas plants to shut down and something needs to replace the
723.
by zbrozek 5y ago
Those mitigating circumstances are good things to think about, but aren't applicable to my experience. If you've got hard data, please post it. I was unable to find utilization rates. Total ridership is easy to find, but not answe
724.
by zbrozek 5y ago
The article talks a lot about coverage but not utilization. Searching the domain (I'm not going to read all of its content to narrowly search for something) doesn't surface much data or discussion of bus utilization.
725.
by zbrozek 5y ago
It wasn't as onerous as you make it seem. Certainly that last bit - entering the product key - is way better than what we have today. I can save the key in a text file alongside the installer and the software can be reinstalled compl
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by zbrozek 5y ago
I look forward to your next posts in the series! I'd start by skipping the inverter and using a car USB-C charger instead, then fussing with power settings to drive down the quiescent power of the laptop. Everything after that starts t
727.
by zbrozek 5y ago
Most of the buses I see around here (Sunnyvale through San Mateo is my typical stomping ground) are either "not in service" or very nearly empty. I haven't taken a bay area bus in fifteen years. I routinely outpace them on a
728.
by zbrozek 5y ago
Surely there are studies of LCOE for both when trying to produce baseload capacity. Personally, I suspect nuclear construction costs are dominant, but that should also be addressible through improvements in technology and policy.
729.
by zbrozek 5y ago
Huh, interesting. I disable that feature in Altium because I always want to break the connections when moving components. I will sometimes use the move-without-break tool in LTspice for two-terminal parts just to slide them in one directi
730.
by zbrozek 5y ago
The other price to wonder about is that of the rental vs ICE vehicles. While I daily-drive an EV, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want one for a rental just yet. Charging infrastructure isn't quite to the point that you can telepo
731.
by zbrozek 5y ago
These would almost certainly be required to be LSVs in the US, limiting them to <25 mph and forbidding them from many areas and routes. Those limitations suppress demand - it's a chicken-and-egg problem. Other laws keep ATVs, side-b
732.
by zbrozek 5y ago
Could you explain how the locked-down phone is protection against fraud here?
733.
by zbrozek 5y ago
I wish we had ultracompact city cars in the US. Something barely big enough to hold one person and a smidge of cargo. Would take up about as much floor area as a person and a lug-behind piece of luggage. Basically the scooters you see all o
734.
by zbrozek 5y ago
Google provides attestation and it's a constant cat-and-mouse game that the rooters are usually losing. Websites can't tell, but lots of companies don't provide equivalent functionality via website. I know I can't upload
735.
by zbrozek 5y ago
I would probably not switch if it were only issue #1 or issue #2, but with both it has me shopping. I might fail to find a better alternative, of course, but I haven't given up yet. A different client is definitely the fallback, though
736.
by zbrozek 5y ago
Ah, I didn't check iOS - I would use an Android client.
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by zbrozek 5y ago
Checks out, this is CA after all. NIMBYs are all about their sight lines. Couldn't possibly let a stack of containers diminish their view.
738.
by zbrozek 5y ago
Not sure yet. ProtonMail doesn't work offline either and is apparently not straightforward to use with other clients. I wish it were sensible to host your own email, but I've heard that's a horrible misadventure.
739.
by zbrozek 5y ago
This is the #1 reason why I'm going to switch away from Fastmail when my current billing cycle ends. The #2 reason is that they're Australian. Otherwise I've been super happy with them.
740.
by zbrozek 5y ago
Cerebras I'd bet it's the plumbing. Getting data in and out, supplying something around 10-100 kiloamps, attaching it to anything without it ripping itself off via thermal expansion, getting the heat out - all of that sounds miser
741.
by zbrozek 5y ago
There's lots of places where tiny upsides come with huge downsides. And yet for some reason people still accept them! My partner's manager signed up for a summer energy program that could cut off her HVAC system in exchange for a
742.
by zbrozek 5y ago
The electrical engineer in me wants to see bigger and better grids that allow us to better utilize more renewable (and intermittent) sources. Show me that transcontinental or intercontinental or transoceanic HVDC backbone that lets electric
743.
by zbrozek 5y ago
That's the other half.
744.
by zbrozek 5y ago
Maybe not, but PG&E sure seems to be immune. It's not a great look when you both have very high electricity prices [0] and you're also frequently starting fires and killing people. But good news, shareholders, it turns out tha
745.
by zbrozek 5y ago
If there's another major earthquake it'll take the Bay Area seventy years to get the permits to rebuild half of what was already standing.
746.
by zbrozek 5y ago
Unfortunately many datasheets don't include short codes for the devices they describe. And manufacturers often hide them behind search submissions. Hope you can figure out who made the part you're looking at AND that the totally-s
747.
by zbrozek 5y ago
They're typically on the side of the road for the same kinds of reasons as any other cars - people stopping to fidget with phones or stuck with flat tires. It's reasonable to expect (and reality appears to deliver) long and low-ma
748.
by zbrozek 5y ago
I bet that a lot of tools have been good for productivity, but that the additional drag over the years has more than soaked it up. But I do think you've hit the nail on the head (har har) of the class of tools that have been the most b
749.
by zbrozek 5y ago
Why bother improving construction labor productivity when it's the legal fighting, paperwork, and unwanted-but-necessary shmoozing that grossly dominates project time? It wouldn't surprise me if it dominates cost soon too. Edit: A
750.
by zbrozek 5y ago
Carrier-imposed NAT is a horrible thing, and it isn't clear to me why connections can't be given _at least_ a publicly accessible IPv6 address.

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