Africa's road map to a bigger, greener power system
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    1d ago 100%

    I think that will be a waste.

    Like if your household usage on average is 100% you might go on holiday and hit 0%. You might have a week where friends come over and you use 200% so you need 200% storage for those edge cases. But as a whole your neighbourhood will use closer to 100% all the time and doesn't need that extra storage.

    So individual is a lot less efficient than grid. Same applies to production.

    If the grid is fucked and doesn't work probably it might be better, but that says more about people controlling the grid fucking up more than it being inferior.

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  • Solar panels between railway tracks?
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    1d ago 80%

    These people can get fucked. Everyone can get fucked. We don't need new ideas we need old ones.

    We need the market to be able to react. Being able to build on land, fuck the NIMBYs. And being able to connect to the grid quickly, there is different ways to sort this but it comes from government intervention.

    Then if you want more progress it's externalities. Tax fossil fuels and use the same money to subsidise renewables and batteries, and grid upgrades.

    Or another possibility is mandate shutdowns based on a percentage over time (this will work better for EVs I think than than utility power. "Oh you want tariff on Chinese cars. Well fine you will have that for 10 years and in return 100% of your sales need to be evs in 10 years and to get you moving in 5 years its 25%, 6 40%, 7 55%, 8 70%, 9 75%.")

    It's getting so tiring now that they have evidence of what works and instead just talk about how the worlds going to be different in 2050. Start building some fucking grid upgrades then. You know it is going to take 10 years tondo anything meaningful, you know you are 10 years behind, you know if you build it they will come.

    Christ

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  • Is it possible to learn this power?
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    Wanderer
    2d ago 100%

    If you receding or going bald. Minoxidil and finasteride will help slow things down or even help with regrowth if you lucky.

    Minoxidil is topical (usually) and finasteride is a pill. You go on fin when you have a hair transplant so if you going down that route you might as well try fin first.

    I bet every actor is on fin.

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  • Magic Mineral
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    Wanderer
    4d ago 100%

    The first time I learnt about my asbestos I was about 12 and my mum was going off at my dad about it. This was after we just took a load of roofing off an old shed without masks or gloves.

    Thinking of it. He also give me fucking tinnitus when I was like 22. Really should have fucking learnt my lesson by then :(

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  • Magic Mineral
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    Wanderer
    4d ago 98%

    God: "I'll make a wonder material. Fire proof. Strong. Insulating. Just dig it up from the ground. Common a fuck. Waterproof."

    "Then they can all get cancer the cunts"

    "Okay I'm done shit posting for now. Where's that big tittie blonde gone"

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  • Tough Shit
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    Wanderer
    4d ago 92%

    Thank god for that.

    Imagine if LLM were made in Oxford in the 1950's.

    It be trained on the fucking Iliad and Shakespeare.

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  • Fun fact!
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    Wanderer
    5d ago 100%

    Mate you got some serious, serious problems. And you need to take a step back and look at your life. You have an internet addition if nothing else. You obsess over arguments and have a superiority complex.

    You need therapy.

    I literally don't care about Columbus. The guys been dead for a million years. Why should I care about him, out of all the millions of people in the history books you seem to have a hardon for this guy. I don't. I don't care. Why him specifically? There are much much more interesting people out there that I just don't care about Columbus even slightly fuck him and fuck you.

    The fuck you is justified because you said this to me

    Maybe you're okay with cutting off the hands of non-white people. Is that it?

    You want a reaction out of me so you can block me. If you are going to hide behind your mod powers because thats all you go, and going to make out people are racist because I don't care about one guy you want to get in an argument about. Then you're a cunt.

    This is the equivalent of describing Hitler as "a guy who helped the German economy."

    What's the comparison exactly? What did i (not you) say about Columbus that is equivalent to that?

    You're full of shit.

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    Wanderer
    5d ago 100%

    He thought the world was smaller than it is and found the Americas.

    I know who he is I just don't care. There are plenty of people in the history books but I don't give a shit about Columbus.

    Even in terms of explorers he's a shit one. I'd rather read about someone else.

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    Wanderer
    5d ago 100%

    I don't know where you got that from. Don't even know the guy.

    Mate your effort levels of shit posting here are unmatched. Kettle black an all that.

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    Wanderer
    5d ago 33%

    So you are just circle jerking over the fact that you all share the exact same idea that didn't need to be said because you all know it. But by announcing it you can all circle jerk over the fact that you all had the same view?

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    Wanderer
    5d ago 20%

    Being a killjoy can be a funny joke.

    Having something of noteworthiness just for being woke is meaningless.

    Like whats the point? Oh wow Columbus is bad. What insightful, thought provoking idea, no one has ever thought that before. It is so original and so funny. Classic. Absolutely brilliant, I wish I could shake your hand.

    No it achieves nothing. It is showing your tribe that you hold a view that is already strongly established in that tribe and everyone congratulates you and themselves for holding a view that everyone holds and announcing it to the world. That's why its woke, its pointless. It's not interesting or funny.

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    Wanderer
    6d ago 12%

    Facts about one of the worst people in history, along with the jokey implication that he's in hell, are so woke, aren't they?

    "Hitler is in hell." Omg that's hilarious. You so wise and witty and funny, what a clever connection you made in a humours way. No, that's not a joke.

    It's woke because it isn't a joke. It is some feel good sense woke people can go "Yea!" too and pat each other on the back.

    Clearly the *non*-woke thing would be to celebrate the guy who was so atrocious to the natives that even the Spanish royals were outraged and had him brought back to Spain in chains.

    No really no. I guess a non woke joke in this context would be more like "hey I'm dead, I can see me uncle!" "Umm... No he's in a different place" "no that totally make senses, I can see that".

    It's not a joke set purely on the premise of circle jerking some social justice statement that people pretend is constructed into a funny joke because people want to feel like they are on the right side. But it does change the pace and direction, which is how a lot of jokes are constructed.

    I don't mind dark jokes and I don't mind clean jokes. A woke joke isn't about being funny it's about commended for having the right view.

    But hey, he "discovered America," am I right? Ignoring the millions of people who already lived there at the time, along with the Vikings who got there 500 years before he did.

    There could be a joke in there but it wouldn't be a good one.

    Just to be clear the additional context someone else added means that joke could have had humour in it.

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    ember-climate.org

    "The UK’s era of coal-free power begins on the 1st October 2024, following a rapid decline over the last 12 years which has seen power sector emissions plummet by three quarters." "This report provides an overview of the UK coal power phase-out, looking at changes in electricity generation since 2012 when coal began to rapidly decline. It provides context on how phase-out was achieved through a mix of initiatives and policy frameworks, and considers how this can inform the next chapter of UK power sector decarbonisation." "Coal power provided almost 40% of UK generation in 2012, shrinking to 2% by 2019, and finally falling to zero by October 2024. In 2012, coal generated 143 TWh of electricity, equivalent to Sweden’s total power demand in 2023."

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    https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/waymo-driverless-robotaxi-expansion-19657064.php

    "the Alphabet-owned company has been allowed to deploy an unlimited number of robotaxis for paid driverless rides in the city [San Francisco] at all hours. In March, state regulators allowed the company to expand its commercial ride-hailing to 22 Peninsula cities. Now, Waymo officials are declaring victory after a year of commercial driverless service without any serious incidents and say it gives them confidence to speed up their robotaxi expansion. David Margines, Waymo’s director of product management, said in an interview that the company’s one-year track record in San Francisco “is a validation” that its robotaxis can “drive safely” and “coexist in the communities that we want to operate in.” “Looking back over the year, I’m thrilled to say that it’s been a big success,” he said."

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    www.canarymedia.com

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/25985192

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    techcrunch.com

    "Waymo regularly takes its autonomous vehicles on winter road trips to test the cars in snowy environments. In 2017, it was Michigan. This year, Waymo will hit multiple wintry locales, including Truckee, California; Upstate New York; and Michigan, from the Upper Peninsula to the metro Detroit area"

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    Seen this on reddit and thought it was an interesting question that largely is not talked about. It is largely an issue that gets sidelined and hidden because people don't want to talk about it or accept that it exists. Hopefully this gets some traction to break that marginalisation.

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    www.bbc.com

    "There is no evidence of a large rise in suicides in young patients attending a gender identity clinic in London, an independent review has found." "Prof Appleby's review concludes "the data do not support the claim". And he added that the way the issue had been discussed on social media was "insensitive, distressing and dangerous". "A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said decisions on children's healthcare must follow the evidence at all times."

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    www.newcivilengineer.com

    The government has announced the immediate lifting of the de facto ban on onshore wind development in England, among other actions to speed up planning decisions. The move, announced by chancellor Rachel Reeves in her first major speech since taking office, has been made as it sets a commitment to double the capacity of onshore wind in Britain by 2030 and boost energy independence.

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    news.sky.com

    cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/36268916 > Exit poll: Labour to win landslide in general election > > "The poll suggests Sir Keir Starmer's party has won with an estimated overall majority of 170 seats - while the Conservatives, led by Rishi Sunak, look likely to record their lowest seat tally in the party's history."

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    news.sky.com

    "The poll suggests Sir Keir Starmer's party has won with an estimated overall majority of 170 seats - while the Conservatives, led by Rishi Sunak, look likely to record their lowest seat tally in the party's history."

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    interestingengineering.com

    "In January 2024, Figure signed its first commercial agreement with BMW to deploy its humanoid robot in the German carmaker’s production facility in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Now, the California-based robotics firm has released a video showcasing its 01 humanoid robot executing its first job by participating in the vehicle assembly process."

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    youtu.be

    BRB going out to buy a cloak.

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    youtu.be

    "Quantum dot technology has been in TVs for years, so why isn’t it already in solar panels? Well, there are a few challenges. If we can engineer around these challenges, then these little devices could have a BIG impact - breaking the limits of our current solar panels, and ushering in a new and radically more efficient age of solar energy."

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    www.bbc.com

    "Wales needs more funding and "economic fairness" from Westminster, Plaid Cymru has said ahead of its general election manifesto launch later. Party leader Rhun ap Iorwerth said the general election was "about one thing - the economy". He said Labour did not offer "meaningful change" after 14 years of "Tory cuts and chaos". Plaid's manifesto, which is being launched in Cardiff, calls for the Welsh Parliament to have more power over natural resources and funding for public transport."

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    https://windeurope.org/newsroom/news/france-announces-winners-of-worlds-first-commercial-scale-floating-offshore-wind-auction/

    "Yesterday France announced the winners of the 250 MW South Brittany floating offshore wind auction, the world’s first commercial-scale floating offshore wind auction. This is a major milestone for floating offshore wind technology. So far Europe has only built small pilot and demonstrator projects. With yesterday’s announcement floating wind took a big step towards commercialisation and large-scale deployment."

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    Sports Wanderer 5mo ago 83%
    [Boxing] Oleksandr Usyk defeats Tyson Fury to win undisputed heavyweight championship – live
    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2024/may/18/tyson-fury-v-oleksandr-usyk-undisputed-heavyweight-championship-live

    Good fight that actually lived up to the hype.

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    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-69006713

    "A year after undergoing a world-first treatment for glioblastoma, Australian doctor Richard Scolyer remains cancer-free. The esteemed pathologist's experimental therapy is based on his own pioneering research on melanoma. Prof Scolyer's subtype of glioblastoma is so aggressive most patients survive less than a year." ... "As co-directors of the Melanoma Institute Australia, over the past decade the pair's research on immunotherapy, which uses the body's immune system to attack cancer cells, has dramatically improved outcomes for advanced melanoma patients globally. Half are now essentially cured, up from less than 10%."

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