rrr_oh_man

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Comment · 3 hours ago

> Russia still has good long term energy plans for Germany

What do you mean?

Comment · 7 days ago

I thought it was for distributed DBs?

Comment · 8 days ago

You can also start a fire by letting your pan get too hot, but nonetheless you make your own eggs.

Comment · 8 days ago

> In general, the spec must be human readable, and I believe to achieve that we must do away with SQL

Eh. Carthago delenda est? Why?

Comment · 10 days ago

A ton of YC advice (e.g. I remember a Mondo co-founder) is "We did X, and it really worked, but it was a really bad and dangerous idea, so don't do X" without stopping to think whether X might have been the reason the company survived in the first place. Basically: do as I say, not as I do / did.

Comment · 10 days ago

> Once 30% of the country is on it, expect buffets to go out of business and restaurants to need to shift to smaller portions in response

It's funny how a buffet in almost every other country really just exists for the self-serving simplicity/cost-savings and a broad-ish selection for customers, not to trigger overeating.

Comment · 10 days ago

Nah, the better analogy is "don't spend more than you make".

Comment · 11 days ago

> It's just a somewhat narrow, (in this case) inconsequential, but also valid, nitpick.

YES. You got it, thanks! That's why I was referencing #386 :)

Comment · 12 days ago

Possibly we are talking about different things. I am not prescribing or postulating anything. This is just reality.

  Average Revenues/Sales (¢/kWh)

  End-use sector    July 2026
  Residential           18.31
  Commercial            14.53
  Industrial             9.77
  Transportation        14.97
  --
  Total                 14.99

Source: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/update/end-use.php

The reason is mostly higher consumption = lower average price.

Comment · 12 days ago

I didn't express myself correctly.

The analogy is false.

Domestic electricity is priced per kWh, wholesale electricity is priced per kWh, the latter is, as a rule, cheaper. It is not fixed vs variable rate.

Comment · 12 days ago

> This is analogous to variable vs fixed rate electricity. Paying the real time wholesale price is a massive economic advantage if you can figure out how to control the demand side of the house.

Wholesale electricity is almost always cheaper.

Sorry, I have to be that guy... https://xkcd.com/386/

Comment · 13 days ago

> But I’ve noticed that most people when faced with the same person can’t help but try and figure out what makes them tick, or their redeeming qualities, or if even anything can be redeemed. It seems to be a social equivalent of “nerd sniping”; most people just have a very hard time declaring “this person is worth 0 additional seconds of my time” and actually following through.

I don't think I've ever seen anyone put this into words.

Thank you. A very compelling thought.

Comment · 13 days ago

Don't Tread on the Bear!

Comment · 13 days ago

> fish cannons

It's absurdly funny/weird/scary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGzdOpCisnQ

Comment · 15 days ago