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by while_true_ 19d ago
El Niño events are more than 36% stronger today than they were 40 years ago due to climate change.[1] [1]J. E. Cole et al., Recent strengthening of eastern Pacific ENSO in the last millennium paleorecord. Science DOI:10.1126/science.a
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by while_true_ 1mo ago
They had 59 votes from Democrats for the public option, not single payer. Public option is to let people choose either a non-profit government insurance plan or private insurers. They needed 60 votes to break a Republican filibuster. Joe
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by while_true_ 1mo ago
Interesting this earthquake struck shortly after a solar eclipse, implying significant spring tide forces were present. The earthquake occurred near dawn, when the sun/moon pair, Indonesia, and the Earth's core formed a right ang
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by while_true_ 1mo ago
California has huge amounts of excess renewable generation nearly every day, especially in spring and fall. Last April the grid operator curtailed 1.47 million MW/hrs of renewables, or about 2 GW per day. That's excess power the g
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by while_true_ 2mo ago
AI, when used in an organized and structured way, is excellent for learning a language. For example: 1. Ask AI for the 10 most commonly used verbs in ordinary daily speech in language X. 2. Prompt AI: generate 4 short sentences for each of
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by while_true_ 2mo ago
Many elderly die primarily from sedentary disease, not from aging itself.
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by while_true_ 2mo ago
Yes, but the bars shown don't match the NOAA data source I found. Also, if the chart goes to 2025 then why was the 1961 to 2020 period chosen for the average? Doesn't make sense.
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by while_true_ 2mo ago
Why was the period 1961-2020 chosen? Why omit the years 2021 to 2025? The X user appears to be a climate denier and is cherry-picking data to support their agenda. In 2020 the average US temperature was 55.7 F. In 2025 it was 57.8 F, an i
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by while_true_ 2mo ago
Too late. My household's desktops and laptop are all on Debian/KDE Plasma linux. Glad I switched, I think Plasma is a better more customizable "windows" than Windows is.
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by while_true_ 3mo ago
Too late. In my household there are 4 desktops and one laptop. Wiped Windows and installed Debian with KDE Plasma. For our use it's a better "windows" than Windows. Not going back.
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by while_true_ 3mo ago
The rapid addition of 16 GW worth of batteries play a significant role in reducing demand for natural gas, especially in summer. On a hot day with high A/C demand batteries can meet the demand around sunset, reducing the need to dispat
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by while_true_ 3mo ago
California often produces over 100% of the energy it uses, is sometimes a net exporter of power, and often curtails in-state solar and wind. For 2026 the import limit is 11 GW, so in-state production won't be less than about 81% at an
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by while_true_ 3mo ago
Large lithium mine under construction in northwest Nevada at Thacker Pass, joint venture with GM. https://lithiumamericas.com/thacker-pass/overview/default.as...
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by while_true_ 3mo ago
Yes. It's as if they think AI will forever be LLM only and won't develop world models that incorporate current state assessment, dynamic next-state prediction, cause-and-effect reasoning, object permanence, etc. I'm not in th
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by while_true_ 3mo ago
Put a tax on AI for each human employee it displaces. Estimate the human labor equivalent of AI each year and levy a tax to replace Soc Sec and Medicare revenue no longer received. Benefits need to be funded for existing retirees and they
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by while_true_ 4mo ago
Makes me wonder if WWV will meet the same fate.
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by while_true_ 5mo ago
Correct. I have the $20/month plan and I just checked, the default is 5.3-instant. I can manually switch it to Thinking is 5.5. I also have it set to auto-switch.
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by while_true_ 5mo ago
IIRC there are other WSJT clones that translate and consolidate the code to avoid the awkward mix of Fortran, C, C++ into one language but they have the same problem, they aren't as good at weak signal decodes. In WSJT-X maybe there&#
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by while_true_ 6mo ago
As one dabbling in Mandarin, this french e, è, é, ê, ë thing makes me chuckle. Mā mà mǎ ma? (Is Mom scolding the horse?)
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by while_true_ 6mo ago
In 2026 utilities will install 86 GW of new generation, of which only 6 GW will be natural gas. The other 80 GW will all be solar, wind and battery storage. Utilities are doing this because of economics. Environment is secondary. Even oil
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by while_true_ 6mo ago
Wind and solar are consistently the cheapest forms of new energy generation. Pouyanné knows that. He is being a politician here, saying what he knows will play well with the current administration. When in Rome...
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by while_true_ 6mo ago
NY Times phrases it as a reimbursement to TotalEnergies for relinquishing wind leases that they paid for. The US made the reimbursement contingent on them investing in fossil fuel projects. "The deal is an extraordinary transfer of ta
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by while_true_ 6mo ago
>> The west coast is the only part that relies on middle eastern oil. And a spike in prices will just get them in line and connected to the rest of the shale powered system.<< Californian here. There is no discussion or any desi
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by while_true_ 7mo ago
"Plasma" is an awkward name for a television app. First image that comes to mind is the old plasma 50-inch I used to have. Damn thing weighed nearly 100 pounds and was really power-hungry.
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by while_true_ 7mo ago
Top philanthropists include Jamsetji Tata (donated $102.4 billion), Bill and Melinda Gates ($75.8 billion), Warren Buffett (is pledging to donate 99% of his wealth). Andrew Carnegie gave away 85% of his wealth -- including construction of o
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by while_true_ 7mo ago
About half of Missouri's electrical power comes from coal. The national trend is utilities ramping up on solar, wind and battery storage while relying less on coal, causing some coal plants to shut down. I wouldn't be surprised i
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by while_true_ 8mo ago
Still using X11, so no Noctia for me. Patiently waiting for somebody/someone to get remote desktop on Wayland. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=481912
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by while_true_ 8mo ago
Suggestion: in addition to the microphone input, allow the user to upload an audio file.
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by while_true_ 8mo ago
For $50 you can pick up a used mini PC with say, i5-6500T and 8GB ram, that'll be much faster than the Pi 5. And it'll be compatible with all Linux distros. Really the Pi 3 is good enough as an edge device where you want to hook
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by while_true_ 8mo ago
Same here in California. Zoning, permits, food inspections and handicap access requirements would make a small snack bar economically infeasible.

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