swamp_donkey

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by swamp_donkey 3mo ago
Why did you stop using Victoria metrics and what are you using instead?
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by swamp_donkey 4mo ago
Vancouver development is in bad shape now thanks to these taxes and a glut of new supply that was built with financing not available to the average developer Pre sales are dead. Some projects are in receivership. New Projects are not going
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by swamp_donkey 6mo ago
I’ve done small systems less than 2 MW with 2-3 generators, a mix of hydro and diesel, and only distribution level voltages. It seems like you would black start some plant using its backup diesel generator to power pumps and controls, proba
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by swamp_donkey 6mo ago
Ah! Perhaps you are a member of the gigawatt club? Eligible for entry once you have accidentally tripped off 1000 MW of load or generation! No sweeping that under the table
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by swamp_donkey 6mo ago
Do you have first hand experience re-energizing an entire grid, section of the power system, or individual generators after an outage?
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by swamp_donkey 8mo ago
First responders would carry narcan or equivalent. I am sure it is readily available in areas where people are dying daily from overdoses.
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by swamp_donkey 1y ago
How does residential solar increase grid stability? The “Stability” of a power system would relate to the ability to withstand changes in load conditions. I don’t see how residential solar contributes positively to that.
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by swamp_donkey 2y ago
My recollection is it also dimmed the areas of the Speedo that were far from the current speed
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by swamp_donkey 2y ago
Maybe the demographics of HN are such that a bunch of people just had kids.
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by swamp_donkey 2y ago
A downside to these schemes is that the stability of the electric system now also depends on large communication networks and some computer solving some algorithm. I can imagine the outages. I prefer my power outages to be caused by good ol
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by swamp_donkey 2y ago
“Nodal pricing” exists in several markets but isn’t often used. One example is in Ontario the nodal price in Thunder Bay was always very low since industry there had collapsed but there were still three coal fired power plants. They could b
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by swamp_donkey 2y ago
I think it is different than other commodities since it is very expensive to store electricity. A diesel powered generator and tank full of diesel is probably the best option.
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by swamp_donkey 2y ago
>The overprovisioning of solar is going to create so much cheap surplus energy during summer and during the day I associated this cheap power during summer days as when prices approach zero or even go negative. Power you have to pay to h
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by swamp_donkey 2y ago
Who will pay to build these solar farms whose output is worthless?
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by swamp_donkey 2y ago
Is there any substitute for chrome cast audio? I love being able to play in sync audio to the group of receivers I choose throughout the property, using any amplifier. I’m not even using the digital optical input and I love them
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by swamp_donkey 2y ago
TIL
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by swamp_donkey 3y ago
The fields decrease in strength with distance, the square of distance for electric fields. Your cellphone transmits at 1 watt and you put that at a distance of zero from your brain and reproductive organs. If you are worrying about power li
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by swamp_donkey 3y ago
TIL VLC supports chromecast from the GUI!
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by swamp_donkey 3y ago
I think the valuation is based on potential for growth. People expect Tesla to grow by doing new things that other companies don’t have the ability to do, either because they have a cash cow they don’t want to disrupt, they don’t appreciate
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by swamp_donkey 3y ago
There are probably a dozen articles on the issues in that pique news paper spanning a decade. Lots of finger pointing between the parties responsible for the design, installation and maintenance. The Vocal group of owners got bailed out by
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by swamp_donkey 3y ago
This was tried using money for 2010 olympics in Whistler BC as the athlete accommodation was sold as subsidized housing to local workers after the olympics. The geothermal district heating project had many ongoing issues with repair costs
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by swamp_donkey 3y ago
I’ve filed a few returns in new zealand and it seemed pretty simple, I was a simple case though
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by swamp_donkey 3y ago
I used to use qiqqa for exactly what you describe but I think zotero has won this space
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by swamp_donkey 3y ago
Qiqqa used to be my choice in this space but the devs have moved on
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by swamp_donkey 3y ago
How many cycles is the battery good for? Do you want to use up half of them running your house loads to save $2?
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by swamp_donkey 3y ago
I designed control panel modifications and programmed an upgrade to a hospital diesel generation system so they could transfer from diesel back to utility without an outage, and have planned transfer of load to diesel without turning the li
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by swamp_donkey 3y ago
I’m running three of them, they work perfectly with audio in sync outdoors and different rooms indoors. I wish there was some equivalent still available.
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by swamp_donkey 3y ago
The physical dynamics of the processes are the interesting parts for me. Ladder is good for representing Boolean logic but the paradigm has been stretched too far beyond its area of strength.
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by swamp_donkey 3y ago
What platform allows use of git? My process lends itself to function block programming so generating useful diffs requires quite a lot of effort.
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by swamp_donkey 3y ago
Because they have signed 40 year contracts so that the people that built the power plant could get financing

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