Qwertious

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by Qwertious 1mo ago
It means that for any patches submitted directly to Debian, they can blanket reject it if it has signs of AI without having to properly evaluate the patch on it's merits (which is onerous and easily DDOSed).
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by Qwertious 1mo ago
Nuclear is good for the last 10% (and very contextually - it maybe makes a lot of sense in Alaska but far less sense in Arizona, for example), but mostly we should be building more solar/wind/batteries, as they can be built both f
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by Qwertious 1mo ago
Electric trains can ship overland cheaper than diesel trucks. If we'd put half the money we put into free/subsidised highways into rail instead, the problem would already be solved. The last mile could be fairly easily electrified
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by Qwertious 3mo ago
Plus he can hail you a cab.
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by Qwertious 3mo ago
Skylights are usually terrible because they heat the most at midday (when it's already the most hot) whereas conventional windows heat the most at dawn/dusk when it's colder. Skylights also suck because they're exposing
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by Qwertious 3mo ago
I'm pretty sure the subtext of that comment was that the benefit of electric motors in retro cars is the emission reduction (and possibly cost and maintenance reduction), and not improved specs/experience. Saying "ye but it w
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by Qwertious 6mo ago
Renewables are very predictable, they're just intermittent.
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by Qwertious 6mo ago
Facebook/etc aren't a free-for-all, they're much worse than that - they selectively provide a stream of news designed to drive "engagement", of which angry obsession is one type. Social media aren't "platf
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by Qwertious 6mo ago
Housing is also really weird: - the main input (land) is also an output, so when the price of the output goes up, so does the value of the input. - economies of scale don't really work, due to the impracticality of transporting the goo
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by Qwertious 6mo ago
So you want all parents to be helicopter parents?
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by Qwertious 6mo ago
A CD is 100% technologically capable of having the duration and physical size of a vinyl.
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by Qwertious 6mo ago
I don't dispute your own personal motives, but if it's never been a goal for most people , then CC0 would be more popular than the BSD or MIT license - it's simpler and much more legally straightforward to apply.
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by Qwertious 6mo ago
PACs.
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by Qwertious 6mo ago
Certification isn't a moat; either the software is certified as safe/bug-free or it isn't. If it's safe, that just makes it more valuable to pirates.
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by Qwertious 6mo ago
Okay, but you don't have to - and "efficient" coders won't bother, thus starving the commons.
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by Qwertious 6mo ago
>They are largely concerned about employment (and more generally economic stability) and to that end seek measures intended to protect workers. Pffft no. Most of us think that AI is being used as a political trick - like firing unionized
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by Qwertious 6mo ago
That would be insane for aerospace software, where you might spend most of that time getting the code certified (required to break the $0 revenue threshold), let alone paying back your costs and then making an actual profit. Meanwhile, th
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by Qwertious 6mo ago
Lots of people who don't read the HN Guidelines, apparently: In Comments Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a
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by Qwertious 6mo ago
Chinese state govt is building them in response to poorly thought out federal govt incentives. That plus backup plans (since China had plenty of coal but needs to import gas, so it could easily be navally blockaded by the US). Also gas turb
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by Qwertious 6mo ago
Now ask it whether it produces more renewable energy than the rest of the world combined. BREAKING NEWS: China is big.
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by Qwertious 6mo ago
There's at least as much battery production of batteries in Ireland as there are viable coal mine sites.
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by Qwertious 6mo ago
Indonesia would be the obvious replacement - Indonesia is a pacific island nation (the islandiest) which exports a ton of coal.
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by Qwertious 6mo ago
Nuclear also relies on sea imports - nuclear fuel still needs to be imported, unless Taiwan has a uranium mine on the island. So nuclear doesn't solve the problem, it just kicks the can down the road.
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by Qwertious 6mo ago
>Snarky response deleted. We appreciate your restraint.
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by Qwertious 6mo ago
It is. But solar produces most around midday and then tapers off toward dawn/dusk, so it might supply 100% of demand at midday but only 10% around sunset. If you build more solar it'll meet 100% of demand for a larger portion of t
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by Qwertious 6mo ago
>Only if you ignore all externalities Not even then. Coal is dead, and gas killed it. The externalities are a distraction, coal plants are just straight-up uneconomic.
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by Qwertious 6mo ago
>It's because of the rules of the European Energy Market where all electricity has to be as expensive as the most expensive source. Are you talking about the marginal cost? Don't blame the govt, blame the economics textbook.
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by Qwertious 6mo ago
>Coal is cheap No it's not. I'm not talking about the environment either, coal plants are just straight-up more expensive than gas plants and renewables. Coal plants are necessarily steam turbines and not internal combustion, b
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by Qwertious 6mo ago
>Anglo-Saxons like to make fun of the French for surrendering easily but as a regular citizen, it actually makes logical sense. I think it just shows that the government is better aligned with the interests of the people. >Strategic s
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by Qwertious 6mo ago
Iran's theocracy is pretty ideologically motivated, they're not just in it for the money.

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