Too late. In my household there are 4 desktops and one laptop. Wiped Windows and installed Debian with KDE Plasma. For our use it's a better "windows" than Windows. Not going back.
The rapid addition of 16 GW worth of batteries play a significant role in reducing demand for natural gas, especially in summer. On a hot day with high A/C demand batteries can meet the demand around sunset, reducing…
California often produces over 100% of the energy it uses, is sometimes a net exporter of power, and often curtails in-state solar and wind. For 2026 the import limit is 11 GW, so in-state production won't be less than…
Large lithium mine under construction in northwest Nevada at Thacker Pass, joint venture with GM. https://lithiumamericas.com/thacker-pass/overview/default.as...
Yes. It's as if they think AI will forever be LLM only and won't develop world models that incorporate current state assessment, dynamic next-state prediction, cause-and-effect reasoning, object permanence, etc. I'm not…
Put a tax on AI for each human employee it displaces. Estimate the human labor equivalent of AI each year and levy a tax to replace Soc Sec and Medicare revenue no longer received. Benefits need to be funded for…
Makes me wonder if WWV will meet the same fate.
Correct. I have the $20/month plan and I just checked, the default is 5.3-instant. I can manually switch it to Thinking is 5.5. I also have it set to auto-switch.
IIRC there are other WSJT clones that translate and consolidate the code to avoid the awkward mix of Fortran, C, C++ into one language but they have the same problem, they aren't as good at weak signal decodes. In…
As one dabbling in Mandarin, this french e, è, é, ê, ë thing makes me chuckle. Mā mà mǎ ma? (Is Mom scolding the horse?)
In 2026 utilities will install 86 GW of new generation, of which only 6 GW will be natural gas. The other 80 GW will all be solar, wind and battery storage. Utilities are doing this because of economics. Environment is…
Wind and solar are consistently the cheapest forms of new energy generation. Pouyanné knows that. He is being a politician here, saying what he knows will play well with the current administration. When in Rome...
NY Times phrases it as a reimbursement to TotalEnergies for relinquishing wind leases that they paid for. The US made the reimbursement contingent on them investing in fossil fuel projects. "The deal is an extraordinary…
>> The west coast is the only part that relies on middle eastern oil. And a spike in prices will just get them in line and connected to the rest of the shale powered system.<< Californian here. There is no discussion or…
"Plasma" is an awkward name for a television app. First image that comes to mind is the old plasma 50-inch I used to have. Damn thing weighed nearly 100 pounds and was really power-hungry.
Top philanthropists include Jamsetji Tata (donated $102.4 billion), Bill and Melinda Gates ($75.8 billion), Warren Buffett (is pledging to donate 99% of his wealth). Andrew Carnegie gave away 85% of his wealth --…
About half of Missouri's electrical power comes from coal. The national trend is utilities ramping up on solar, wind and battery storage while relying less on coal, causing some coal plants to shut down. I wouldn't be…
Still using X11, so no Noctia for me. Patiently waiting for somebody/someone to get remote desktop on Wayland. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=481912
Suggestion: in addition to the microphone input, allow the user to upload an audio file.
For $50 you can pick up a used mini PC with say, i5-6500T and 8GB ram, that'll be much faster than the Pi 5. And it'll be compatible with all Linux distros. Really the Pi 3 is good enough as an edge device where you…
Same here in California. Zoning, permits, food inspections and handicap access requirements would make a small snack bar economically infeasible.
Debian stable with KDE Plasma. Plasma is similar in feel to Win 10, but far more customizable. It's the first Linux desktop I've used that feels professional and polished. Short video:…
I think the sweet spot for ARM SBCs are smaller, less powerful and cheaper for headless IOT edge cases. I use a couple of them that way when I need LAN connectivity, either by ethernet or wifi, and things wired to GPIO…
CATO gets it wrong too. Social Security is an insurance program. Employer and employee payments function as insurance premiums. Like most insurance policies if you don't qualify for a disbursement you don't get your…
California found out pumped hydro isn't so "tried and true" when it was shut down during a drought due to lack of water behind the dam.
Too late. In my household there are 4 desktops and one laptop. Wiped Windows and installed Debian with KDE Plasma. For our use it's a better "windows" than Windows. Not going back.
The rapid addition of 16 GW worth of batteries play a significant role in reducing demand for natural gas, especially in summer. On a hot day with high A/C demand batteries can meet the demand around sunset, reducing…
California often produces over 100% of the energy it uses, is sometimes a net exporter of power, and often curtails in-state solar and wind. For 2026 the import limit is 11 GW, so in-state production won't be less than…
Large lithium mine under construction in northwest Nevada at Thacker Pass, joint venture with GM. https://lithiumamericas.com/thacker-pass/overview/default.as...
Yes. It's as if they think AI will forever be LLM only and won't develop world models that incorporate current state assessment, dynamic next-state prediction, cause-and-effect reasoning, object permanence, etc. I'm not…
Put a tax on AI for each human employee it displaces. Estimate the human labor equivalent of AI each year and levy a tax to replace Soc Sec and Medicare revenue no longer received. Benefits need to be funded for…
Makes me wonder if WWV will meet the same fate.
Correct. I have the $20/month plan and I just checked, the default is 5.3-instant. I can manually switch it to Thinking is 5.5. I also have it set to auto-switch.
IIRC there are other WSJT clones that translate and consolidate the code to avoid the awkward mix of Fortran, C, C++ into one language but they have the same problem, they aren't as good at weak signal decodes. In…
As one dabbling in Mandarin, this french e, è, é, ê, ë thing makes me chuckle. Mā mà mǎ ma? (Is Mom scolding the horse?)
In 2026 utilities will install 86 GW of new generation, of which only 6 GW will be natural gas. The other 80 GW will all be solar, wind and battery storage. Utilities are doing this because of economics. Environment is…
Wind and solar are consistently the cheapest forms of new energy generation. Pouyanné knows that. He is being a politician here, saying what he knows will play well with the current administration. When in Rome...
NY Times phrases it as a reimbursement to TotalEnergies for relinquishing wind leases that they paid for. The US made the reimbursement contingent on them investing in fossil fuel projects. "The deal is an extraordinary…
>> The west coast is the only part that relies on middle eastern oil. And a spike in prices will just get them in line and connected to the rest of the shale powered system.<< Californian here. There is no discussion or…
"Plasma" is an awkward name for a television app. First image that comes to mind is the old plasma 50-inch I used to have. Damn thing weighed nearly 100 pounds and was really power-hungry.
Top philanthropists include Jamsetji Tata (donated $102.4 billion), Bill and Melinda Gates ($75.8 billion), Warren Buffett (is pledging to donate 99% of his wealth). Andrew Carnegie gave away 85% of his wealth --…
About half of Missouri's electrical power comes from coal. The national trend is utilities ramping up on solar, wind and battery storage while relying less on coal, causing some coal plants to shut down. I wouldn't be…
Still using X11, so no Noctia for me. Patiently waiting for somebody/someone to get remote desktop on Wayland. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=481912
Suggestion: in addition to the microphone input, allow the user to upload an audio file.
For $50 you can pick up a used mini PC with say, i5-6500T and 8GB ram, that'll be much faster than the Pi 5. And it'll be compatible with all Linux distros. Really the Pi 3 is good enough as an edge device where you…
Same here in California. Zoning, permits, food inspections and handicap access requirements would make a small snack bar economically infeasible.
Debian stable with KDE Plasma. Plasma is similar in feel to Win 10, but far more customizable. It's the first Linux desktop I've used that feels professional and polished. Short video:…
I think the sweet spot for ARM SBCs are smaller, less powerful and cheaper for headless IOT edge cases. I use a couple of them that way when I need LAN connectivity, either by ethernet or wifi, and things wired to GPIO…
CATO gets it wrong too. Social Security is an insurance program. Employer and employee payments function as insurance premiums. Like most insurance policies if you don't qualify for a disbursement you don't get your…
California found out pumped hydro isn't so "tried and true" when it was shut down during a drought due to lack of water behind the dam.