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Sometimes code gets in the way. E.g. in the school I went to growing up they had to have firealarms in all kind of closets and storage rooms. We got at least once per semester a firealarm when some teacher went in to sort stuff due to the dust.

To capture it? Quite a few I'd imagine. The energy you could collect though from one hit is quite low.

FWIW a brass macbook would be pretty dope

Thanks oleg! I have, but have been lazy and not yet showed up :D

Huh, that's a lot more affordable than I thought. I think I'd prefer an inside cabin anyway, on a ship like that you don't really wanna spend time in the cabin.

Definitely can't afford that, this is going to be one of those life regrets I think that I won't be able to do.

I've been thinking similarly, that we're quickly going to want to start minimising dependencies and code size in the programs we make to try to reduce attack surface area.

Claude, make me a baby. Make no mistakes.

> Automating or streamlining human/animal trials with 24/7 monitoring and AI check-ins would be huge.

Yikes

Mainly thinking 48V as that is already a standard in the marine and automotive world. AFAIK 120V DC is not a commonly used standard ? (Maybe in aviation?)

In lower latitudes, yes. Where I live December has an average of 4 hours of sunlight (yes, the entire month).

With enough renewables the cost peaks are in the morning and evening when the sun is rising/setting and people are at home cooking.

Spain suffered a black out partially due to the lack of momentum (spinning generators).

For Europe to get rid of more fossils without putting the grid at risk we will need more storage.

Yep, I live in Finland where we are quite far ahead of the curve when it comes to renewables and nuclear. This is one large problem. When it's winter and cold and dark, solar does not help. Wind only helps when its windy.

Batteries are coming, and will solve it, but it will still take time for them to be come cheap enough.

Only once we have ~7 days of storage (~100 GWh of storage) will we be able to get rid of the last fossil plants.

AFAIK problem with all physical energy storage solutions is just one of cost.

Batteries are scheduled to become so cheap that these type of physical storage systems just won't be able to keep up in terms of cost.

Most pumped hydro projects are now put on hold as batteries have been coming down.