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thedrbrian··on iPadOS Identified as Digital 'Gatekeeper' Under New EU Tech Rules
> doesn't have to compete with Google

If chrome/google is so good then why aren’t people buying pixels for it? Why does google need the EU to break iPadOS?

thedrbrian··on Apple's risky bet on CarPlay
On the new mazda3 it’s no touch at all. They took it out completely
thedrbrian··on Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
>Not true for the people in his orbit

You mean the other people at FTX or Alameda who knew it was a scam?

thedrbrian··on MTA board votes to approve new $15 toll to drive into Manhattan
just liek stop being poor or sOmEThing....
thedrbrian··on MTA board votes to approve new $15 toll to drive into Manhattan
The last few years have shown that even if something is extremely uncommon you've still got to move heaven and earth to stop it happening. Costs be damned.

Metal detectors at every station entrance , mental health screening prior to boarding perhaps?

thedrbrian··on California Income-based electric bills
Even in summer CAISO admit it's only getting 47% from renewables. YTD from the December report is 35%

https://www.caiso.com/market/Pages/ReportsBulletins/Renewabl...

thedrbrian··on The United States has its first large offshore wind farm, with more to come
>

According to this page [1] it was $2 Billion for the installation of 130Mw of this farm and that it's only got a 20 year lifespan . Say a generous 50% capacity factor gives us 65Mw output or 1560Mwh per day for a total of 569400 Mwh per year. About 11,380,000 total from this farm in the next 20 year.

so 2,000,000,000 / 11,380,000 = $175.62 per Mw and that assumes you bought all of the energy in that initial 2 billion and that there's no maintenance required.

cheap

[2] Assumes a cost for operation and maintenance for various forms of power plants and puts gas turbines at $20 and offshore wind at $181.

still cheap.

How much cheaper is it to have dispatch-able wind power?

[1]https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/renewable/new-eng...

[2]https://www.power-technology.com/features/featurepower-plant...

thedrbrian··on Bob_cassette_rewinder
Dunno if I'd really want to put my hands in dishwasher detergent for long periods of time.

It's bad enough when I get a bit on my hands refilling Bob

thedrbrian··on U.S. Air Force Evaluating Pivotal's Blackfly Ultralight EVTOL Aircraft
>and it's probably not very big on a radar

all those right angles and exposed props make me think otherwise

thedrbrian··on Earth just experienced its hottest 12 months in recorded history
Oh no. People renowned for going against the grain go against the grain.
thedrbrian··on France Cuts EV Incentives for Wealthy Households
Shouldn’t affect EV sales. People will buy them because of the cost savings……… right?
thedrbrian··on Lamborghini licenses MIT's new high-capacity, fast-charging organic battery tech
I’m sure all the fake vents and diffusers are needed.
thedrbrian··on Examples of AI rip-offs making their way into Google News
So is this more evidence for the dead internet theory ?
thedrbrian··on JAL A359 at Tokyo collided with Coast Guard DH8C on runway and burst into flames
I know it’ll be a long time coming but wait for the ATC recordings to come out. They’ll be crystal clear.
thedrbrian··on WWII heroics of 'Bazooka Charlie' doubted until daughter sets record straight
>The article addresses a point that occurred to me when reading the Aviation Geek Club article: Air Force planes didn't land on carriers, so why would they have a tail hook?

Loads of air force aircraft have tail hooks ,they're used to stop the aircraft in an emergency

https://www.quora.com/Why-do-F16s-have-tail-hooks-even-thoug...

thedrbrian··on An underground delivery train comes to the Atlanta suburbs
But VC money to burn…..

They should add AI in there somewhere

thedrbrian··on Texas power plants have no responsibility to provide electricity in emergencies
>The rates I see right now are higher than what my local utility charges, about on par with our all-renewable option,

Thought renewables were cheaper than fossil fuels?

thedrbrian··on Blindsight by Peter Watts (full novel)
>For example, I believe that early on the narrator speaks about his mother 'going to Heaven'

>Of course if that explanation never comes, and the detail is critical to the plot

it's the matrix. Siri's mum ends up in a data centre somewhere with her conscious mind having every whim sated while her unconscious is running vampire Facebook or whatever

thedrbrian··on Life for the Lowest Class in Ancient Pompeii? It Was Awful
how close is it to the life envisioned by the WEF for us plebs.......I mean citizens?
thedrbrian··on Hyundai Uni Wheel electric drive system could revolutionize EV design
So we could have a slightly bigger inside to the usual EV SUV. woo
thedrbrian··on U.S. reenters the nuclear fuel game
seems that wind isn't profitable without massive subsidies either

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/11/14/wind-farm-or...

thedrbrian··on A Nuclear Renaissance Is the Best Path Forward
And sitting in the dark wearing two jumpers
thedrbrian··on Overheating datacenter stopped 2.5M bank transactions
So that’s like a month of bitcoin transactions?
thedrbrian··on Uranium demand hits decade high as nuclear renaissance gains traction
>the price of energy at night will increase

Thought green energy was supposed to save us all money ?

thedrbrian··on Atomic Rocket
>what am I missing?

The wings, wheeled landing gear, all that aerodynamic streamlining,etc. everything that makes it useful to fly in the atmosphere is dead weight on its way to the moon. Best off sending the supplies up in a simple capsule and using something like a space tug to take the capsule to the moon

https://projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/spacetug.php

thedrbrian··on 300K Damage from Airbnb Guest
why not reach out to your business insurance provider and get them to argue with airbnb?
thedrbrian··on Binance US No Longer Allows USD Withdrawal for Users
>421 EH/s

Still 4 transactions per second?

thedrbrian··on Antarctica: Ice shelves shrinking 'with no sign of recovery
>The UK government has just stopped off-shore wind turbine growth for the next decade

surely the power companies can just build them if wind is so cheap

thedrbrian··on Not setting up Find My bricked my MacBook
Log into the laptop?

/s

thedrbrian··on In Defense of Electricity Markets
>The UK is adding scads of wind power every day.

Yeah about that wind

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/08/what-wen...

Surely if the generation is so cheap why won't anyone commit to more turbines?

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