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931.
by zbrozek 6y ago
No; those are independent state variables. If they weren't, your air conditioner wouldn't work. Compressing something does work, which raises temperature, but you can extract that heat and cool it down without reducing the pressur
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by zbrozek 6y ago
Personally I'd rather not promote additional tracking and surveillance. Simple measures, while they might not be perfect, at least have easy-to-predict outcomes. Directly taxing what you want less of (e.g., CO2e) doesn't require c
933.
by zbrozek 6y ago
Pushing down the cost of electricity would be a really good way to get folks to prefer it over other energy sources. Then making the grid more efficient and lower emissions benefits all the downstream applications without needing to wait fo
934.
by zbrozek 6y ago
AFAIK Japan does this and it works out OK for them. But I'd love to read more about it if there are decent English sources.
935.
by zbrozek 6y ago
I completely agree. They're not as reliable as buttons. A single failure breaks everything. They're not particularly robust to temperature extremes. I can't use them by touch alone. They don't work with gloves. In fact,
936.
by zbrozek 6y ago
_harmonics_ means more than just the first odd harmonic. With 20 kilowatts flowing it's very believable that the comb reaches quite a ways up the spectrum. And the radiator doesn't have to be tremendously efficient or focused with
937.
by zbrozek 6y ago
"What about" arguments deflect attention without addressing any real issues. The closest you can get to justifying using one is to acknowledge that regulators have finite bandwidth to deal with issues and that some prioritization
938.
by zbrozek 6y ago
Yeah I had exactly the same question. I'm unable to tell from their page. I tried to follow the flow to buy the SIM to see if more details would pop up, but I eventually got stuck in an infinite loop clicking on "Sign Up Now"
939.
by zbrozek 6y ago
I've never had a complaint about those in bathrooms, but I hate them at laundry and kitchen sinks where I almost always actually want some quantity of water and these just make getting it slow. And my usage in such circumstances is a c
940.
by zbrozek 6y ago
Wow, I'm astounded this comment got a negative score without a follow-up from those doing the downvoting.
941.
by zbrozek 6y ago
I believe that all data will be used for not-the-original purpose. The moment that a bit hits nonvolatile memory it's only a matter of when-and-how, not if.
942.
by zbrozek 6y ago
There's too many parts trying to do too much. The seals leak, the sliders bind, the whole thing is large and difficult to maneuver. It's better to remove the filler assembly and just pour out, maybe using a funnel if the target is
943.
by zbrozek 6y ago
Only anecdotally. I've definitely run in to that in the wild.
944.
by zbrozek 6y ago
I refuse to own toilets with this misfeature for a number of reasons: - Complexity is bad, especially in plumbing. I also refuse electronics between me and waste removal. - It's confusing. - I don't think the difference in water u
945.
by zbrozek 6y ago
You can short or open them to achieve zero power. Neither is detrimental.
946.
by zbrozek 6y ago
I'd like a Randall Munroe what if on this.
947.
by zbrozek 6y ago
I really want something like a Gogoro stateside. Sadly nice electric scooters don't seem to be a thing here.
948.
by zbrozek 6y ago
> This is a PG&E problem. Yes, but also a CPUC problem. Together they are a flaming disaster.
949.
by zbrozek 6y ago
We've also made it extremely slow to do anything. A million small rules. Now the planning department has to check every detail of your plan against all of them. And it means that it takes at least a year and a huge amount of labor to e
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by zbrozek 6y ago
PG&E and the CPUC need significant attention to come to serve the people. CA pays some of the highest rates in the nation but gets some of the shoddiest infrastructure in return. Check out slide 28 in [1] and read the entirety of [0]. [
951.
by zbrozek 6y ago
My oven has a numpad. I punch in the temperature I want. It's great! GE Profile dual oven circa 2000.
952.
by zbrozek 6y ago
True, but if you're netbooting you're probably not going to the internet.
953.
by zbrozek 6y ago
I did this, but using a more traditional server. It was... OK. The pi3b+ bootloader was flaky and I ended up needing an SD card with just the kernel on it, but I wanted it ro. This made updating kind of touchy. I can imagine that if they&#x
954.
by zbrozek 6y ago
Yeah I wanted to make a small change to Prusa's mk2/s extruder a long time ago. Rendering that design takes five or six minutes on my relatively-fast desktop, and it's an extremely simple thing. It was not clear to me why it
955.
by zbrozek 6y ago
It's not news. Fire management folks have been preaching controlled burns for decades. https://www.propublica.org/article/they-know-how-to-prevent-...
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by zbrozek 6y ago
You're right that it does draw attention to other systemic problems that we need to address. Forest management in a changing climate needs to change and we're definitely socially negligent there. But let's not apologize for P
957.
by zbrozek 6y ago
Yet good luck traveling without actually surrendering them to all kinds of places you'd rather not. Like hotel clerks basically everywhere.
958.
by zbrozek 6y ago
Success is due to nice weather. Now that that's gone, well...
959.
by zbrozek 6y ago
If only. Despite having a franchise agreement to make service available at every residence in town, it's impossible to actually get broadband at many homes here. I just cut a large check and signed some papers to be the first community
960.
by zbrozek 6y ago
You could bring them back with you to reuse at the grocery store to balance use as liners vs new consumption. That's what I did before the plastic bag bans went into effect. Now I buy liners.

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