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manarth··on The United Kingdom generates less electricity per person than in the 1970s
Most British homes haven't been built to support AC. Retro-fitting a heatpump for heating is relatively straightforward, as the heating delivery mechanism (pipes to transmit hot water to wall-mounted radiators) is already in place.

Although you could pipe cool water through the radiators, it's an ineffective form of cooling compared to blown-air systems, and retro-fitting a blown-air system is much more costly than a heating-only heat pump.

manarth··on The United Kingdom generates less electricity per person than in the 1970s
Racism and immigration are the main topics which have recently generated violent protests.

Climate change and oil use have generated predominantly non-violent protests.

Palestinian rights have generated direct action protests but not riots.

Energy hasn't really been on the radar (except in the context of climate-change protests).

manarth··on Secret of Orange Cats Revealed After 60-Year Search
Only a ginger should call another person ginger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVN_0qvuhhw

manarth··on Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7?
+1 for LXCs.

I only started using them last week and have already deployed them across half my home-lab (replacing full-fat VMs and docker containers).

The tooling's not at the same level as Docker, but the efficiency makes up for the initial hassle.

manarth··on Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7?
Thrift stores will often sell used DVDs for $1. No piracy involved, no copyright issues as it's a physical disk which can be legally sold on.

The "questionable" piece is ripping the DVD to a home media library to play via Jellyfin. Which might be fair use in some countries.

manarth··on British PM says it is 'clear' Russia interfered with Brexit vote
Are you able to share any examples of misinformation for this claim?
manarth··on British PM says it is 'clear' Russia interfered with Brexit vote
When it was a member of the EU, the UK had an opt-out for the Euro currency (as well as other accommodations).

It's likely that most of those accommodations would be a requirement for the UK to rejoin the EU.

manarth··on A Cray-1 supercomputer replica from 30 "obsolete" Mac Minis
It's the original housing and dimensions. 2012 Mac Minis were around 20cm × 20cm square × 3.6cm high
manarth··on House with 15m underground tunnels for sale for 300k
That hidden underground complex definitely has "growth" potential with "green" credentials
manarth··on House with 15m underground tunnels for sale for 300k
What could possibly be more definitive than the monarch's whim?
manarth··on House with 15m underground tunnels for sale for 300k
In granite bedrock areas such as Cornwall, yes, radon is a significant concern that requires measurement and usually remediation (extraction fans).

The chalk bedrock in Reading isn't generally susceptible to radon.

UK radon mapping data: https://www.ukradon.org/information/ukmaps

manarth··on House with 15m underground tunnels for sale for 300k
Auction pricing.

It'll start out at £300k (to market it attractively) and end up selling for £500k+.

manarth··on The art of defusing a second world war bomb
If you're a diver in the water, the water transmits the shockwave very effectively, and is dangerous.

If you're outside the water, the density difference between air and water acts to diffuse the shockwave.

Water is a really good absorbent of explosive energy (as long as you're not also in the same water).

manarth··on The art of defusing a second world war bomb
Water is a great blast-absorbent material.

If 15m of water can't contain the blast, adding concrete or similar is more likely to add solid projectiles to the explosion than diminish the force of the blast.

manarth··on Powerless F1 drivers frustrated by Bahrain F1 software glitch
Formula E and Extreme E have managed some pretty spectacular crashes without battery fires.
manarth··on Powerless F1 drivers frustrated by Bahrain F1 software glitch
there's no traction control or other driver-assistance aids (ABS etc) in f1 cars
manarth··on The post-Enron auditor reforms are being rolled back
https://archive.is/LKpjQ
manarth··on Why No One Wants to Date Tech Bros
https://archive.is/cmqEw
manarth··on London's schools are running out of children
https://archive.is/waYp0
manarth··on Japanese used bookstores see 5x sales surge as books are being bought by the ton
Once upon a time, Hansel and Gretel were walking through the woods when they met a Sleeping Beauty called Snow White. As they tried to wake Beauty, a naked Emperor walked in screaming "Off with his head" before a Big Bad Wolf started huffing and puffing.
manarth··on [dead]
Yahoo news silently changes the URL in your address bar as you scroll.

Scroll down and the link changes to https://uk.news.yahoo.com/trump-humiliated-u-n-speech-172143... which is the DailyBeast page embedded on Yahoo News.

Not sure how that translated to the direct DailyBeast link, but Yahoo changing the URL as you scroll is an "unusual" user-experience choice!

manarth··on Helium balloon lifts up two tons of building material over Tibet's mountains
Possibly meant to be this link?

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/giant-helium-balloon-lifts-two-120...

The current link goes to an article about a UN speech, which is unrelated to the title.

manarth··on Teen Autopsy Marks Arrival of Deadly Drug Cychlorphine in San Francisco
https://archive.is/mw02S
manarth··on T. Rex Had a Body Temperature of 97°F
At sea level (or more precisely, at an atmospheric pressure of 101325Pa).
manarth··on T. Rex Had a Body Temperature of 97°F
The cassowary is here and alive today, but you wouldn't want of them in your backyard!
manarth··on Mullenweg has returned as CEO after attempted board ouster
More like impotent. They attempted to take action, but were stymied by Matt's voting power.
manarth··on Tesla owners to get insurance discount if they use self-driving
https://archive.is/4MvA4
manarth··on Why George W Bush is Africa's favourite US president
TLDR: PEPFAR – a health initiative combatting HIV/AIDS.
manarth··on Why George W Bush is Africa's favourite US president
https://archive.is/wbedM
manarth··on Matt Mullenweg tells Automattic staff in Slack he's back in control after ouster
He controls roughly 84% of the share-stakeholder votes.
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