CompactFlax

@CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is coal and fossil fuels still used?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I recently set up some solar panels. Turned them on very close to noon. Well, look at that! So much power! Four hours later, i was getting 10 percent of that number.

  I know that solar power levels change throughout the day. But when it’s put into concrete terms like “I can run my refrigerator on this … oh, only for 2 hours a day” it helped me really understand.

  So to answer your question - we use fossil fuels in the grid to as a disposable battery to handle changes in demand and times when renewables aren’t available.

  As for EVs - many train routes aren’t electrified. EV trucks are impractical for long-haul, and the infrastructure is nowhere to be seen. Even in EV friendly areas, it’s hard to find a charger that is easy to reach with a heavy-haul truck. That’s before we talk about whether there’s trucks to drive, and the cost of the truck. For individuals, an EV is simply beyond the finances of many people. Road trips are an edge case, but some people travel a lot for work and can’t afford to stop every 3 hrs for 30-60 min, if the charger is available, and twice as often in winter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If it's good enough to keep your house warm, it's good enough to keep your insides warm⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Ugh, I resemble this comment. I need to wear more PPE around the house.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Seriously Jesus, who was doing that for that to be added 😭⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Milk-braised veal is a thing; perhaps it is tasty.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Duolingo said it just doubled its language courses thanks to AI⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I am not a biscuit.

  The owl has a menu. I do not have a menu.

  How much worse can it get?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It can be disabled.

  You need the PIN.

  You’ll also need to leave the Apple Family.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you hate French people too? If so, why?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Cheese-eating surrender-monkeys, the lot of them!

  But don’t impugn Captain Picard.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Even his doctors are full of it⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s no way he’s 100kg.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The 1 year chart puts it in perspective. DJIA 1 year chart

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do people really think setting up domestic manufacturing in the USA is easy?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In both scenarios the profit margin is removed, or the customers are bearing the significant increase in cost. Hence the recession - the stock market plummets or inflation goes up. Or both.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We should talk more about air-conditioning⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, let’s just gloss over the cost of heating - which relies heavily on fossil fuels or smog-producing fuels, or both.

  Datacentre thermal management (especially for AI)isn’t even in the same ballpark as cooling for homes. One produces pretty charts for management, the other keeps people alive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Snow White’, Poisoned By Controversy At Box Office, Won’t Have A Happy Ending With $115M Loss: What Went Wrong⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The original movie was made very much with an audience from 100 years ago in mind. Boomers have nostalgia for it, so can’t change the script too much. Meanwhile, millennials are socially aware and see the problems with the story. Disney tried to make everyone happy, and generate a little bit of free press, and failed to make anyone happy.

  This was a remake that should never have gotten off the ground.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony Closes Simon Pegg & Nick Frost’s Production Outfit Stolen Picture⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Sony took full control of Stolen Picture in 2022 after originally buying into the outfit in 2017. As part of the 2022 deal, Pegg and Frost resigned as directors and have since stepped away from day-to-day operations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hate the modern web⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re there, but harder to find. And some are closing. I’ve had two or three in the last couple years that closed, in the reasonably popular world of cars.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hate the modern web⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s the problem isn’t it? We used to have forums where people discus things and blogs where people share what they’ve learned, now it is all Reddit and discord and absolute trash in between.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What TV shows have aged the best, and what TV shows have aged the worst?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Some parts of MASH hold up pretty well. Some parts do not, but I think they’re the minority.

  Battlestar Galactica (new) - just watched this the first time through with my partner, second time for me. It’s doing really well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Russia strongly condemns Israeli attacks on Gaza⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Stopped clocks and black kettles and all that