Alice: Make me a sandwich.
Bob: No. Go fuck yourself.
Alice: sudo
make me a sandwich.
Bob: Okay. Here you go.
Father; husband; mechanical engineer. Posting from my self-hosted Lemmy instance here in beautiful New Jersey. I also post from my Pixelfed instance.
Alice: Make me a sandwich.
Bob: No. Go fuck yourself.
Alice: sudo
make me a sandwich.
Bob: Okay. Here you go.
If we’re talking about using existing technology to achieve a semblance of Internet functionality without the Internet, that might include Sneakernet, Pirateboxes, and Deadswaps. Or if you want to get sci-fi with it, there might be human couriers or data mules like in Johnny Mnemonic.
The article provides a decent explanation.
Makes sense. Thanks, Gayhitler.
The headline means newly manufactured e-bikes with lead acid batteries.
Are AGM batteries really inferior? Sure, they’re heavier, but they aren’t vulnerable to autoignition and thermal runaway. They also contain less conflict minerals than other types of batteries.
Lol my old Maytag is probably the most polite and introverted appliance in my house.
I think there are sensitive locations in Florida where you are not allowed to carry without a permit, even if a permit isn’t needed elsewhere in the state.
The Houthis have literally fired back at US forces already. It’s embarrassing that an editor approved this phrasing in the headline and body text.
Yes, I was also very happily surprised to hear that. There’s just so much more coverage about all the cynical pardons. I’m hoping there were more truly deserving pardons than just these two. I know Biden did something for non-violent drug offenders, but I think I heard that a bunch of those people were already out.
Have any other good pardons come through?
… to make you realize how difficult it would be to run everything purely on solar and wind …
Who said anything about running everything purely on solar and wind?
Yours is the third reply to me that makes a Factorio reference over the past month. I didn’t realize it was a game until yesterday. I guess I should give it a try.
You’re correct that intermittent power from wind and photovoltaic solar needs to be managed somehow. There are certain energy intensive, productive processes that can be conveniently ramped up or slowed down to meet this requirement. I just think such a system would be more responsible and less exploitative than building these massive battery facilities for speculating on the electricity supply.
Your half-joking idea of converting excess electricity to steam makes sense because steam is itself a useful product that’s needed for heating buildings as well as various industrial processes. Converting it back into electricity isn’t ideal, but that’s all you can do with a chemical battery in comparison.
I would prefer to use energy rather than store it, but yes, pressure vessels are preferable to chemical batteries.
Start with policies requiring technology companies to use computational work as a sink for excess electricity, compelling grid operators to prioritize sharing of intermittent renewable power, and mandating rooftop solar. That will hold us over while we start shutting down fossil fuel power plants and ramp up production of emissions free thermal alternatives and productive power sinks like electrolysis and desalination plants. Small back up power systems can be installed as needed at sensitive sites (similar to what we already do) and the roof top solar requirement will facilitate that. We would never expect PV solar plants to run at night. We’d just reduce computations or hydrogen and fresh water production as the PV solar output falls off.
I’ve never played the games you mentioned. Are there mods for automatic productive power sinks?
They’re people from (illegal) settlements. I think settler is an objectively correct word for them. I’m sure there are also other accurate terms.
The solution is to make sure the electricity supply always exceeds demand even during spikes.
It’s complicated, but in terms of direct kills, hydro power takes the cake. If you’re also considering indirect kills, fossil fuel power is far and away the worst offender and I think that’s before you even account for climate change deaths:
Thermal runaway probably shouldn’t be a realistic consequence of bad quality in any consumer product.