rurounijones

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Comment · 7 months ago
The issue is that if my electricity I am using now is 99% renewable and 1% gas then I am paying as if 100% is gas. That is why prices are so high.

The video goes into much better detail but the keyword if you want to search yourself is "marginal cost pricing.

You can still have dispatchable gas without this pricing structure.

Comment · 7 months ago
Comment · 2 years ago
It would be an embarrassment if the reason it outlived its usefulness is because it got it got circumvented by hostile actors.
Comment · 2 years ago
> is there any advantage (military or otherwise) for China to persist with obfuscation?

I don't think so but it would be an embarrassment for the government to admit it no longer serves a use and such an action would be anathema to them.

Comment · 2 years ago
The channel "Reporting From Ukraine" posts frequent videos providing updates in the Russia-Ukraine war. Supporters of Russia have long been trying to shut it down by weaponising the Report button and it seems they have finally succeeded with the channel now scheduled for deletion along with all the channels that features translated videos.

They seem to be unable to get in contact with a human at Google with authority to investigate and evaluate things outside of the mighty algorithm so we are going to lose a valuable resource.

Comment · 2 years ago
Accordong to https://transsyst.ru/transsyst/article/view/10739

> The Japanese Shinkansen N 700 records the maximum value for Wheel-Rail systems at speeds up to 300 km/h. At a constant speed of 300 km/h, it has a specific energy consumption of 28 Wh/Pl/km (Watt hours per seat and per kilometre)

A train can carry 1,300 passengers depending on the number of cars.

Comment · 2 years ago
Touch screens are cheap and allow for post-release UI modifications.
Comment · 3 years ago
Amazon PIPs happen in Japan but I don't know how the process may differ from an American PIP.
Comment · 3 years ago
That fact your reply to a comment about having a structured way to fire someone could be called a "performance improvement plan or PIP for short" is hilarious to me.

It seems you have accepted that PIPs are just a tool to fire someone but still think calling it a PIP is perfectly logical and desirable to the point that you snarkily suggest that this is what it should be called.

Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
Has it happened in DCS in the past? I know of the instance where an Eagle Dynamics employee got nabbed due to possessing documents but I don't know of an instance where a community member has posted docs publicly.
Comment · 3 years ago
Protocol 3: Protect The Pilot.
Comment · 3 years ago
The power of large corporations and their marketing departments.
Comment · 3 years ago
BlackRock and co trying to buy every house they can get their hands on are not helping.

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