pretendgeneer

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by pretendgeneer 15d ago
At the repair cafe I volunteer at. Dyson vacuums are the only items I've had to hand back without being able to open up fully to find the problem. I like our Dyson vacuum but now knowing what to expect when it needs fixing. Not a chanc
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by pretendgeneer 2mo ago
I think you're misunderstanding "codeberg is political". Everything is political, FOSS is political, GitHub is also political. When people say "We're not political", or "That's not political". Wh
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by pretendgeneer 5mo ago
A 1m2 heatsink/fan on earth can sink kWs. My heatpump is about 1m2 area and can sink 15kw. Seems earth is at least 20x times better.
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by pretendgeneer 8mo ago
Not all of libc is syscalls. E.g. strlen() is zib libc but open() goes to system libc.
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by pretendgeneer 10mo ago
I did, you clearly didn't. > For instance, the emission footprint of a US resident is approximately 15 metric tons CO2e per year22, which translates to roughly 1.7 kg CO2e per hour Those 15,000kg of CO2e are emitted regardless of th
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by pretendgeneer 10mo ago
> And when you have the opportunity to use human labour or AI, AI is almost certainly the greener option as well. For instance, the carbon emissions of writing and illustrating are far lower for AI than for humans: Do you plan on killing
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by pretendgeneer 2y ago
This is just an advertorial for Amazons "AI" tool. I wouldn't put any weight on any of the claims.
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by pretendgeneer 2y ago
> HSS share roughly the same probability of catching fire as tumblers Does "tumblers" in this context mean tumbler dryer? I've only ever heard tumbler meaning the type of cup.
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by pretendgeneer 2y ago
Louis is outspokenly against professional certification for repairs...
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by pretendgeneer 2y ago
The need to electrify the economy is why nuclear is so bad, it simply can't compete on cost even. This article is about a power plant that cost £46Billion and nameplate of 3260 MW Assuming 100% load factor for the plant (looks like 70-
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by pretendgeneer 2y ago
One thing I found out recently found out about nuclear that really shuts down home "great" it is as a fix for climate change is how limited fuel is for it. Some numbers Nuclear currently uses about 60,000 tonnes per year of uraniu
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by pretendgeneer 3y ago
I'd say it's both. The old stuff Human created fakes have always drawn criticism but the amount and distribution was so limited that it was easy for people not directly affected to ignore or not know about it. Now the new Generate
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by pretendgeneer 3y ago
Climate change can be an existential threat to humanity and Geo-Engineering can make it worse at the same time.
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by pretendgeneer 3y ago
Being against Carbon Capture and geo-engineering is just following the science. Carbon capture has constantly been shown to just not work at any scale. and geo-engineering causes so many extra problems and will absolutely lead to terminatio
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by pretendgeneer 3y ago
I agree, we should limit flight to exclusively across large oceans. And replace flights over land with more practical low carbon options like high speed trains.
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by pretendgeneer 3y ago
That's not true. Heat pumps are cheaper to run than gas heating, I removed my old single room gas heater for a ducted split system total cost reduction was 30% even before Russian invasion caused gas prices to spike. And house is much
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by pretendgeneer 3y ago
Facebook has never lied about numbers as a way to kill off competitors. So There's no reason to think their reported numbers aren't perfectly correct.
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by pretendgeneer 3y ago
You'd love Sam Zeloff http://sam.zeloof.xyz/ he makes DIY transistors
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by pretendgeneer 3y ago
Funny how now is never the right time. It's always just gone or some time soon .
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Gitlab now putting ads for “AI” in Git push messages
6 points by pretendgeneer 3y ago|1 comments
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by pretendgeneer 3y ago
Seems like you were doing more to protect that guy than the union was.
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by pretendgeneer 4y ago
If the system your building is "mathematically impossible" to explain in a way that would be expected of every other system. Maybe you shouldn't be building that system.
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by pretendgeneer 4y ago
Albanese included a "Assistant Minister for the Republic" in his government so possibly soon.
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by pretendgeneer 4y ago
Interested to hear what you think is "Political" vs "Non-political".
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by pretendgeneer 5y ago
The difference is something like storing your comment was made at 2022-03-13+10:40. Which the time zone has been set and will always be the same at as it's in the past vs "set an alarm for 2023-03-13+6:00" I want the to happe
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by pretendgeneer 5y ago
The surveillance and lockouts bitcoin allows makes even the most Authoritarian government blush.
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by pretendgeneer 5y ago
I use linux at home, and work I'm required to use a windows laptop but that is just a wrapper to the ssh session on the linux servers I develop on.
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by pretendgeneer 5y ago
Can't believe we'll get Nuclear Subs but not Nuclear power to combat the actual looming threat of climate change.
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by pretendgeneer 5y ago
Automation doesn't stop you from getting fired because the boss is having a bad day. Strong labour laws and unions stop you from being fired because the boss is having a bad day.
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by pretendgeneer 5y ago
Remember, Tesla isn't reluctant to start dealership franchises because of reducing consumer costs. It is 100% due to their aggressive any right to repair stance. Most places have the laws that require any tools/diagnostics availab

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