silverspoonin

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by silverspoonin 3y ago
Most outages nowadays are caused by misconfigurations or hacking, not individual data centers going down. Think Azure, AWS, etc. Renewables aren't a panacea, but they exist now and are seeing growing deployment, even without "fuel
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by silverspoonin 4y ago
Climate change is having and will continue to have significant effects on our physical infrastructure, especially in the coastal areas, areas prone to flooding/drought, and wildfires. But I don't see data centers/internet&#x2
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by silverspoonin 4y ago
>But if its talk about presidential elections on a tech show then thats a waste of my time as a technology enthusiast. True; it's not as if elections are tabulated on some sort of "voting machines" that are closed-source a
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by silverspoonin 4y ago
He states pretty clearly that he's fairly liberal. However, in the occasional times there's an important politics angle to a tech story, he does a reasonably good job of discussing it objectively. Even when there are guests across
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by silverspoonin 4y ago
Although it would be nice to save money too, I don't think that should be the main focus here. The main impetus for this project should be the well documented effects diesel exhaust has on the health of school age children.
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by silverspoonin 4y ago
We already have those fast chargers. The average EV gets 3-4 miles/kwh. 50 miles would be about 15 kwh. To deliver 15kwh in 5 minutes, you'd need 180kw charging. The fastest widely available chargers currently go up to 350kw. Kia
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by silverspoonin 4y ago
The PHEV Chrysler Pacifica & PHEV Mitsubishi Outlander came out 5 years ago, and the PHEV Volvo XC90 has been out 7 years. Meanwhile I'm still waiting for Toyota to sell a PHEV 3-row anything (Sienna, Highlander, whatever) in the U
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by silverspoonin 4y ago
>NTRU may not be the fastest or smallest. "It's slower and uses more memory" goes a long way in encouraging the evaluation of other options.
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by silverspoonin 4y ago
I think you are confusing export with consumption. Russia's fossil fuel production is mostly slated for export, and thus they are very sensitive to the international demand for said fossil fuels. In comparison, US production is mostly
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by silverspoonin 4y ago
Neither of those exist without energy, which is a fine distinction from "gas and oil".
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by silverspoonin 5y ago
I'm far from an expert, but to me it seems that a way the little cores can help is by being more efficient (instructions-per-watt). Even in desktop CPUs there are power and thermal limits, and if the littles can take care of lower-prio
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by silverspoonin 5y ago
>There is no requirement to evaluate the truth value of an ill defined, nonsensical or self-contradictory claim. Calling a claim "ill defined, nonsensical or self-contradictory" is already an evaluation of it's probable tr
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by silverspoonin 5y ago
> There is no obligation to provide any alternative, and no obligation to defer to a consensus in the absence of one. ... One does not require a better way of obtaining the truth in order to avoid committing oneself to accepting unjustif
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by silverspoonin 5y ago
> OP's question appears to invert the burden of proof in assuming that a consensus, even of experts, ought to be believed unless there are compelling reasons not to accept it. Again, I pose the question, what is a reasonable alterna
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by silverspoonin 5y ago
Oh, was not aware that youtube was part of the federal government.
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by silverspoonin 5y ago
"Well-established scientific consensus" may not be perfect, but may I challenge you to provide an alternative with a better track record? It generally takes in new information and self-corrects over time. As I mentioned to someone
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by silverspoonin 5y ago
That was not an answer to his question, and I am really curious for an answer to it because I think it's a valid and reasonable point. Also, as to whether believing scientific general consensus should count as "faith" or not,