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adaml_623··on AI stocks slide as Texas governor result raises data center risks
Tell me more about "real economic development"

Is it growing wealth for the country? Will everyone's wealth grow equally or will it mostly concentrate in people who are already wealthy.

Maybe real economic development is something different to you??

adaml_623··on BYD sold more EVs last month than the US did all quarter
Yes. China are building power stations to power their country.

I was wondering why you said doubling down and then said the US were increasing their renewable mix when China is doing that as well.

You obviously know the per capita emissions are lower from China because your WWI reference is to per capita.

adaml_623··on After 28 years walking across the globe, he's almost home
What?
adaml_623··on BYD sold more EVs last month than the US did all quarter
Per capita they are correct. Lots of coal burnt inefficiently for heating houses perhaps.

To be honest there are a few red flags in the comment we've replied to if you know what I mean

adaml_623··on BYD sold more EVs last month than the US did all quarter
Can you tell me your source for your comment

Google says that in the last 5 years China has increased renewable from 464 GW to 1,840 GW

And fossil fuels from 1,250 GW to ~1,590 GW

So given they are increasing the mix of renewables I'm not sure doubling down on renewables is a good phrase

adaml_623··on After 28 years walking across the globe, he's almost home
Well maybe public judgement of a father abandoning their child will stop it from happening to a child in the future.
adaml_623··on America has lost 200k of jobs in media, film and the arts. How much is AI?
Saying, "2/3 of the US public lives in a house owned by a resident" sounds like a phrase talking around the problem that young people can't afford to move out of the family home. A true fact but with a story behind it.
adaml_623··on Hand-bent after 3D printing, Oberdoerfer and Krebs' Bend chair
Agreed. And these objects are very striking visually. But if they are called chairs then let's see people sit on them.
adaml_623··on Hand-bent after 3D printing, Oberdoerfer and Krebs' Bend chair
I think anyone who fabricates a chair like that should be forced to use it for a couples of days as a chair.
adaml_623··on The United Kingdom generates less electricity per person than in the 1970s
Original comment mentioned £ so they are in the UK. It's possible and not super uncommon to have electric showers in the UK because the 230V provides enough power for water heating unlike the US.

I'm currently investigating options for kitchen sinks and such. It feels quite silly to have a long length of pipe leading from a central source for a small amount of warm water to wash my hands.

adaml_623··on The United Kingdom generates less electricity per person than in the 1970s
So we're talking "government rationing" vs "economic rationing". Are they the standard terms used?
adaml_623··on The United Kingdom generates less electricity per person than in the 1970s
A common scenario is to have unshaded solid walls exposed to afternoon sun. Without insulation the inside of the house can be high all through the night. A good effect of insulation in summer is to prevent that effect. Important to note that it would be standard to allow cooling airflow in the morning.
adaml_623··on The United Kingdom generates less electricity per person than in the 1970s
Did you consider going with instant hot water at the sink/basin/shower/bath? My house is also relatively small and has little room for a huge hot water tank.
adaml_623··on Mallet Head Angle (2011)
"More printer's printers print prints for printer's printers than printer's printers print prints for printer's projects."

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Zach Freedman's quote lamenting the same thing in the 3D printing world.

adaml_623··on Germany’s RobCo hits $1B valuation
"Should be ashamed" linked to refugees.

This is a clear comment showing that your moral compass is quite broken.

adaml_623··on Rejection Sensitivity in Gifted and Twice-Exceptional Children
Did anybody know of good resources for this sort of thing in adults?
adaml_623··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2026)
It's such a good question. Why can't companies talk about their locations. And if it's London England then where is it? Because it's a big city.
adaml_623··on Kids turned low-traffic NPR Spotify comments into a secret group chat
"I would say that I'm definitely a bit hard to get to know because I don't know a lot about myself yet. But I think if you do get to know me, you'll find out I'm a pretty cool person."

Such an excellent line from a young person.

adaml_623··on There are no "rogue" AI agents
OpenAI trained "the dog". They created the system that would "hack" if given instructions and they gave those instructions
adaml_623··on What is the size of Yemen? (2024)
Legal definition reminder:

Innocent until proven guilty.

Relevance:

Legal protection in place to protect innocent people. Like you and your family.

adaml_623··on Global shortage has led to motor oil rationing at Costco
If you are really a farmer then I would expect you to have more sense than defending all the people who drive to their office job in their massive trucks.

Yes people on farms need big vehicles. We're not talking about them.

adaml_623··on There Is No AI (It's Just People) with Jaron Lanier
The hallucinations from an LLM are still the result of the prompt even if they are totally senseless
adaml_623··on There Is No AI (It's Just People) with Jaron Lanier
Actually Uber drivers will do things even if you don't ask them.

Your attempt at logic is very wrong.

adaml_623··on Mind-altering drugs played key role in rise of Andean civilization
Correlation and causation...

I think there might be multiple groups in play there

adaml_623··on Cherenkov Radiation - traveling faster than light
Not really equivalent because physics can model the difference between "in water" and vacuum quite well. Definitely far better than biologists understand mice and humans
adaml_623··on Cherenkov Radiation - traveling faster than light
I have that question as well!
adaml_623··on Cherenkov Radiation - traveling faster than light
How can something travel faster than light?

Answer: Light slows down when going through water or air or gas. It's only in a vacuum that light travels at 'c' (from Einstein's equation). And it's that speed c that is a limit due to relativity.

But the exciting thing is that when you're not in a vacuum particles can be traveling faster than the local speed of light (maybe 75% c). And that process of a particle zipping along gives off Cherenkov radiation.

I think of it as the light equivalent of a supersonic shockwave and sonic boom. Faster than sound gives noise. Faster than light gives light (or other electro magnetic radiation)

(People with more knowledge might say the sonic boom analogy is very inaccurate but not sure)

adaml_623··on Hitachi launches CO2 heat pump water heaters with solar-friendly tariff controls
I'm going to disagree with you although I'm not an expert so you might be right.

My understanding is that there are large savings available theoretically at the grid level but the capital to build it is limited and the grid interconnects to make it work are limited.

So globally there are huge amounts of battery storage being added to the grid but this is bottlenecked by capital and grid connections. Oh and land/planning permissions.

Long story short, house level battery storage may be worth it for some people

adaml_623··on Hitachi launches CO2 heat pump water heaters with solar-friendly tariff controls
Trends for new refrigerant depends on country... some to R-454B, and some to Propane, doesn't seem like C02 is very common which is a pity because I love the idea of a non-toxic non-flammable super cheap refrigerant.

This is for the Japanese market so perhaps the cons of the C02 systems are outweighed by the safety aspects.

adaml_623··on I-have-ADHD: A skill to stop coding agents from burying the answer
Potpourri is an excellent word to describe LLM output
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