wortelefant

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by wortelefant 5mo ago
Did you ever calculate the cost for a hypothetical battery that could keep solar power available whenever the sun does not shine? This is where nuclear, well, shines
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by wortelefant 5mo ago
You underetimate the energy density of nuclear power. Yes. Uranium needs to be mined - slightly more 3xpensive if you extract it from sea water or recycle the fuel - but you need just one bathtub of fuel pellets to power a plant for 2 years
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by wortelefant 5mo ago
https://atomicdesign.bradfrost.com/
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by wortelefant 6mo ago
Yes, solar and wind has produced a few percents more in total, after years of subsidies with >18 Billion Euro tax subsidies yearly. But we still need gas and coal plants, because wind and solar fail to produce when energy is needed. We h
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by wortelefant 6mo ago
Me and most relatives were exposed to this propaganda in school during the 80s and 90s.we produced more clean energy from nuclear power plants than we do now from solar and wind, if you measure actual power generation and not theoretical ca
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by wortelefant 6mo ago
It is very carefully worded, but variable renewables are holding the smoking gun here. This is why spain now requests a better connection to french nuclear now. This reckless overbuild of variable generation is a valuable negative example,
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by wortelefant 6mo ago
Taking grandmas unpaid care work for granted - no longer possible. Outrage!
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by wortelefant 7mo ago
One use case I see for myself is to scan ccertain Obsidian folders for article drafts, add the cited literature to Zotero , even try to download them, and enhance the article draft with clear Zotero citation placehodlers while I am away. Al
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by wortelefant 7mo ago
If you run it with a cheaper model or just once in a while, it will write sometjing unexpected into its config json, restart and crash. Happens every few days. I learned to back up the config the hard way
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by wortelefant 9mo ago
I wonder what kind of messages they'll receive on the ISS - "Excuse me sir, do you have a moment to talk about our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ"?
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by wortelefant 11mo ago
With some controversial topics like Nuclear Power on the German wikipedia or the Gaza conflict on the English one, wikipedia has become less than useless. Once an activist editor sith too much time gets hold of a page, it is game over for n
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by wortelefant 1y ago
The AI search and multiplayer modes are still a strong differentiator.
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by wortelefant 1y ago
I used to download books when I was still in academia and money was more of an issue. These days with a decent salary, I just buy most books on kindle and don't think twice about it, clicking through the download links on these downloa
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by wortelefant 1y ago
This is not an adequate way to look at nuclear. If you check the stats of established constructions and not first of a kind prototypes (check Barakah instead Hinkley), the construction time is closer to 10 years, often less. With transmutat
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by wortelefant 1y ago
Similar concerns hold for the "adult entertainment" (=porn) industry, including onlyfans and such. Without judging the type of content, there is a massive number of existing revenue streams and millions of specialised creators and
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by wortelefant 2y ago
I am a bit worried for the safety of these devices, due to their energy density. In Germany, a battery storage unit in a house recently exploded https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/Nach-Explo...
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by wortelefant 2y ago
No one expects The Santorinian Explosition!
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by wortelefant 2y ago
I am using lists and have pinned them, it gives me a custom feed as before
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by wortelefant 2y ago
Annas Archive is even more popular these days, these shadow libraries often present a better user experience than many online bookstores as well.
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by wortelefant 2y ago
When I visited the Georgian mountains last year (Kazbegi area), on the way from Tbilisi we passed an endless column of trucks. They were parked on the side of the road, the drivers taking a rest before crossing into Russia. Trade with Russi
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by wortelefant 2y ago
And as a result, EU defense officials watch the US elections with dread, as they would be utterly helpless against a Russian incursion. Unfortunately, the time of the peace dividend we enjoyed is over, at least as long as authoritarian EU n
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by wortelefant 2y ago
Weapon production is something any country wants to build up domestically, otherwise the country wher3 the producer is situated can impose restrictions and political pressure - see the limits the US sets for use of US weapons or the German
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by wortelefant 2y ago
I wish the publishing industry would create a flatrate model for books and magazines, I would gladly pay for it. With the current business model, digital versions are often more expensive than the printed one. Shadow libraries like z-lib, s
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by wortelefant 2y ago
Hegel sells his glib goose
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by wortelefant 2y ago
Higher network costs just reflect added expenses for redispatch and additional grid infrastructure required by variable energy production. The more decentralized and intermittent energy in the system, the higher the cost for infrastructure
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by wortelefant 2y ago
Variable renewable energies like solar and wind are not well suited for continuous power demand - solar is only available during daytime when it is sunny, wind has a capacity factor of about 20%. Hydropower or nuclear are the most reliable
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by wortelefant 3y ago
Most common assumptions about nuclear waste don't reflect the data - it is a solved problem in the industry and much less an issue than expected. A good collection of sources in https://zionlights.substack.com/p/ev
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by wortelefant 3y ago
So after comparing time zones, which is your favorite?
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by wortelefant 3y ago
twitter post from Wasm3 with more context https://x.com/wasm3_engine/status/1736712528883769670?s=20
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by wortelefant 3y ago
see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38681672

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