davis

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by davis 3mo ago
> based upon recent events Climate change has been in the zeitgeist for decades now. Pretty sure many people are cognizant of this and want to move away from fossil fuels. This is just a boost to do so.
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by davis 5mo ago
Damn, this is really cool man. I'm a big fan of Gary Kildall, he's one of my heroes so this is great to read.
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by davis 6mo ago
Do you have a source? Curious to learn more about this
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by davis 6mo ago
Agreed. The Soul of a New Machine is my personal favorite but I think Mountains Beyond Mountains as well as Strength in What Remains are the more powerful and interesting books.
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by davis 7mo ago
I can't believe I had to scroll this long to see this comment. Like what the heck is wrong with people on this site. I thought I clicked the wrong comment section.
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by davis 8mo ago
I've been using Readwise's Reader and have been really happy with it. It's great: https://readwise.io/read
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by davis 11mo ago
Dude is drinking the koolaid for sure. Did you see his take on Meta's Vibes? It was so embarrassing.
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by davis 1y ago
Exactly this. This is essentially a new consumer tax in your electrical bill. The buildout of the electrical grid is being put on consumers essentially as a monthly tax with the increase in electrical costs. Everyone in the country is payin
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by davis 1y ago
Load growth for the last 15 years has been very small but load growth going forward is expected to rise due to electrification of all things to decarbonize the economy. This means home heating, electrical cars, heavy industries, obviously d
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by davis 1y ago
My comment went into details why this month was an outlier by the way.
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by davis 1y ago
It is an insane number but May 2025 is a bit of an outlier. The entire first half of the year they installed 197.85 and in May they installed 92.92 of that. Much of this solar was rushed construction to get them in before the new electricit
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by davis 1y ago
The decline in emissions is due to the massive build out of renewables of solar and wind. The amount they are building is insane. Your theory is ignorant and you are spreading misinformation and nonsense.
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by davis 1y ago
I love this
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by davis 1y ago
Man, you need to hang around different and good people if this is your world view.
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by davis 1y ago
Here they are: https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao/114881419368778558
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by davis 1y ago
Being born in the US means you are a citizen. He holds dual citizenships
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by davis 1y ago
I saw the Grok image and just closed it. So cringe
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by davis 1y ago
Articles like this are just such a delight. History + common software + code snippets is a great combo
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by davis 1y ago
Just curious: where do you work given it is your industry?
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by davis 2y ago
I think electricity grids are very very impressive. Even the US' which is considered out of date works in that it spreads across the entire country, needs to meet demand and supply down to milliseconds, has do many points that withdraw
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by davis 2y ago
It doesn't matter what the incoming admin thinks, it just matters what makes the most economic sense. If interconnection queues are backed up and the grid is lacking the electricity required, offgrid might be the way to go: https:&#x2
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by davis 2y ago
Archive link: https://archive.ph/coAvU
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AI set to fuel surge in new US gas power plants(ft.com)
3 points by davis 2y ago|2 comments
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by davis 2y ago
What type of pipes did you have? How did you know they had lead issues?
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by davis 2y ago
Another vote for The Soul of a New Machine. It's one of my favorite books.
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by davis 2y ago
We are trading partners for sure but the American model and Chinese model are fundamentally opposed. For the last 10-15 years, tensions have been getting hotter because Xi has been consolidating power and flexing his strength across the reg
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by davis 3y ago
Wow, that's absolutely fascinating. Thanks for sharing that history
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by davis 3y ago
It's also partially self inflicted due to the Jones Act which means boats to do the work need to be made by the US. A special boat that has legs that makes installation possible is required to do the work but we can't just use for
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by davis 3y ago
Building more housing (of all kinds) == cheaper housing. Sorry but it really is that simple.
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by davis 3y ago
We've known this for over a decade at least https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-03/how-time-flie...

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