womble2

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by womble2 13d ago
There is no irony there, both statements are equally supported: not at all.
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by womble2 22d ago
A ball dropped near the earth's surface will always fall towards the centre of the earth at ~9.81m/s^2 no matter what it has done previously. A chunk of iron put into a 1μT magnetic field will behave differently depending on what
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by womble2 23d ago
So you think diplomats are executed to send a message, there is just the appearance of them not being? Again, what is meant by a rule based order is not that there are solid rules upheld consistently as in criminal law, just that there are
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by womble2 27d ago
Notably, Shakespeare lived in a time before copyright and famously ripped off plots from his contempories. I dont think he's a great reference for the argument that there would be no writing about the modern world if you removed copyri
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by womble2 28d ago
You could even pick a highly compound number like 2^3*3^2*5 then you could divide it neatly into whole numbers for lots of divisors!
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by womble2 2mo ago
A month is probably excessive, but there are large regions of the world where its not uncommon for both solar and wind power to be running at <5% for multiple weeks in a row.
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by womble2 2mo ago
Seems great, a keyboard shortcut for reading any text is nice and frictionless. I'd love to see a Linux version.
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by womble2 3mo ago
Of what use is an encyclopedia with "trash quality"?
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by womble2 3mo ago
No it isn't. Storage capacity for energy is expensive, if you want to have a grid that is largely dependent on intermittent sources and still have a stable grid providing power at all times you need large amounts of storage as well as
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by womble2 3mo ago
It is British, but actually using it dates you as still being stuck in the 90s (at the latest)
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by womble2 3mo ago
Doesn't matter, if this goes through as is you will have to submit photo-id and/or facial scans linking you to a google account in order to watch any youtube other than the kids section.
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by womble2 4mo ago
They were made into social media, but when they were aquired they were just video hosting and sms replacements with little (no?) social engagement aspect.
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by womble2 4mo ago
OTOH solar is a lot less useful in the UK than in the US. The southern tip of the UK is north of all the major Canadian cities, in the depths of winter we get about 6 hours of daylight with the sun barely reaching 20 degrees above the horiz
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by womble2 6mo ago
They assert that they dont have them, in the same way you (presumably) assert that you do have them. Neither have any further evidence and one is not a prioi more likely than the other.
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by womble2 6mo ago
Not only has the UK not stopped building wind, they have over 30GW of installed wind capacity and sell electricity to Ireland for most of the year.