drusenko

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by drusenko 1mo ago
Ask your favorite AI to give you a crash course, but to start the main models you need to know are the GFS and the ECMWF. In the US where available in high res, the HRRR is excellent, but doesn’t forecast very far out. The PWG/PWE 1km
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by drusenko 9mo ago
That claim would be hilarious and also wildly inaccurate, that OP apparently never heard of a PSPS. California’s grid is not particularly resilient or reliable, and certainly not in the 2016-2020 time frame. Also, the regulatory framework i
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by drusenko 1y ago
Your idea of there being competition for human relationships is super fascinating. In my own life, there are fun/easy relationships, and there are those which push me to think deeply and differently, for any number of reasons. In that
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by drusenko 1y ago
But how can you ever have the confidence that your other options will continue to be worse over a longer time frame? Almost by definition, if you are in the state of mind to consider suicide, you are probably not accurately and impartially
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by drusenko 1y ago
In a two party system, wouldn't any party, no matter how good, always be the second-worst party? Ranking parties in a two party system doesn't really give you much insight into their absolute "goodness level".
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by drusenko 1y ago
That’s interesting! When you are referring to density, are you referring to average density within the event horizon? Isn’t most (effectively all) matter concentrated in the singularity? Would love to hear you elaborate on this thought furt
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by drusenko 2y ago
You’re not wrong, but also, please stop spreading cowardly messages. Take appropriate precautions but don’t be preemptively compliant.
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by drusenko 2y ago
You’re missing my point entirely. VOCs and PM2.5 are bad for you no doubt, which means this study is showing that these non combustible scented candles are producing measurable levels of dangerous indoor air pollution — we’re all in agreeme
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by drusenko 2y ago
I am having a hard time reconciling the claim in the post headline with common sense. One frustrating aspect to the study is that it was hard to determine whether they are comparing like for like per unit time. They say the “operation of a
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by drusenko 2y ago
As someone who has started a company that I grew to over 350 people, I’d like to understand how you’d propose solving a problem we faced without ever discussing race, gender or diversity in the context of hiring. The issue I faced is that m
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by drusenko 2y ago
I’m not sure compelling & bountiful AI films and interest in older films are mutually exclusive. A flood of high quality AI content might devalue it as it becomes too normal, familiar or expected. In a strange way, this might reinvigora
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by drusenko 2y ago
I was initially very excited because this data is not nearly as it should be, especially historical forecasts. However, your pricing model seems to seriously limit the potential uses. I would imagine that most people who have a serious inte
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by drusenko 3y ago
In California specifically, IOUs like PG&E run off of a cost plus model on T&D and make no profit on generation (legacy of Enron) - surprise surprise T&D is growing by a CAGR of ~12% every year. Abhorrent set of incentives and t
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by drusenko 3y ago
Highly controversial for sure. “The Rickover Effect” also a good choice. Dry, long, but full of great anecdotes. All that said it’s tough to argue with his accomplishments. First to a productive/working nuclear reactor, in the hardest
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by drusenko 3y ago
I haven’t seen any in depth analysis but I suspect that it would increase electrical usage and lower natural gas usage (at the home), which is what I suspect this rate reform partly may be targeting. CA’s astronomically high per kWh rates c
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by drusenko 4y ago
Agreed. I think the dominant entrepreneurial trait isn’t risk taking, it’s optimism.
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by drusenko 4y ago
I would say it depends on where you live. The grid in CA has (in some parts) not been reliable for 5+ years. To Chris' point below though, it's not really relevant because gas furnaces need electricity to operate, too.
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by drusenko 4y ago
The issue isn't that an open standard for fully variable speed isn't possible, the issue is that nearly all of the manufacturers to date have considered this proprietary (as they want to own the entire ecosystem from controls >
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by drusenko 4y ago
I've used the PAC-US444CN-1 (at our house) and fully native Mitsubishi thermostat/controls (at our in-laws). The converter is better than a simple 2-stage set up but is still not as good, in my experience, as the fully native one.
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by drusenko 4y ago
Did you ever end up finding any other company making any tiles that resembled slate, out of curiosity?
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by drusenko 4y ago
Big fan of your products :) Have bought a dozen of them personally. From what I understand, excess solar is more common in markets that have asymmetric import/export prices, like Australia, that strongly incentivize self-consumption vs
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by drusenko 4y ago
Nuclear reactors are expensive mostly because the regulatory requirements make them expensive. There is a lot of room for advanced nuclear (e.g. gen III reactors) that can address a lot of the problems and bring down the costs. Unfortunatel
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by drusenko 4y ago
In short, this is probably because climate economic modeling has traditionally focused on estimating more knowable, quantifiable impacts, and acknowledging but not including potential (maybe even probable!) impacts that are too difficult to
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by drusenko 4y ago
If you live in California, even if electricity generation cost nothing at all it would still only lower your bill by ~15%. Transmission & distribution of electricity is the expensive part not generating it. It doesn’t need to be expen
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by drusenko 4y ago
Unfortunately hydrogen has really low energy density, electrolyzers are slow, and it is also pretty explosive. I don’t see hydrogen fuel cells being nearly as attractive as EV retrofits or CCS as an interim solution until battery tech cost
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by drusenko 4y ago
To be clear, those three categories combined probably represent (spitball) less than 7% of total global emissions. We have a pretty clear path towards eliminating 80%+ of overall emissions, and that would buy us some time to figure out solu
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by drusenko 4y ago
"Making a living" is simply doing something that enough people find value in -- the more people and the greater the value provided, the more money you make. Many artists focus on the process of art as one that is for themselves, w
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by drusenko 4y ago
How is growing wide good policy?
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by drusenko 4y ago
The answer is probably shockingly simple: because the AG’s office likely wasn’t aware of the Reddit behavior when they issued the press release.
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by drusenko 4y ago
I can’t find the original article I read but here is one recent one: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/02/republica...

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