jacobaul

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   by jacobaul 1y ago

   The same logic applies to energy I think. We don't have to pay money to a wind turbine, or to a coal mine. We only pay money to humans to build the power plants and the grid. If I were writing a sci-fi novel about this I don't kno
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   by jacobaul 1y ago

   To maybe get a little carried away with the sci-fi for a minute, why does the Actuator need to cost anything? When the tree of costs that make up a product are traced, surely all the leaf nodes are human labour? As in, to make the actuator,
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   by jacobaul 2y ago

   Here is a great Technology Connections video which lays out why the sizing issue might not be as bad as you're thinking. The gist is that many people are steered away from heat pumps (or sold very expensive oversized units) by outdated
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   by jacobaul 2y ago

   The readme of repository includes a paragraph suggesting that companies should reach out for a commercial license. For an MIT licensed codebase that is unusual. I believe the top-level commenter is assuming that discrepancy is by mistake an
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   by jacobaul 2y ago

   (As a local) it sounds weird to say "on Vancouver" without the island part. Vancouver means the city. If you want to sound cool you can say "the Island".