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The 'wasted' electricity is turned into heat, which should be welcome by their target customer base.

Q: How much power does the lamp use? A: 580 Watts from the wall

Is there any insight into how Starlink solved cooling? One 'expert' insisted that there is no reason to expect that data center satellites would generate any more heat than starlinks.

The optimist in me hopes that the bullwhip effect will lead to cheap ram in a few years, and that the glut allows for the wider adoption and support of ECC memory.

Seems like a boon for small batch 3d printing companies.

I was interested to learn about cold district heating recently, which is basically a municipal scale geothermal system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_district_heating …

I'm in the northern US and am very happy with mine. I self-installed with a county rebate, so the total cost was a Saturday and $700. My old electric unit was EPA rated for $450/year, and …

See also - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46788327

The law covers "monetized bullion" - bars and coins - https://dor.wa.gov/education/industry-guides/jewelry-stores/... …

See also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46824428 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46824558 …

I was imagining a boardroom reenactment of Geri's Game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geri%27s_Game …

How as adoption been for Samsung's DEX?

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/us-investigating-40-million... …

Reddit has a mirror of the video - https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1qos6... …

Modern airport x-ray machines use two frequencies and then estimate the density of objects and liquids. In theory, the can tell the difference between water and vodka. I wonder if the change reflect…

Reminds me of how every single piece of paper on Battlestar Galactica has the corners cut off. Somewhere in their timeline paper became 8 sided, and it's just as odd as our 4 side paper and rect…

One summer odd-job included an afternoon of throwing a few dozen CRTs off a 3rd floor balcony into a rolloff dumpster. I'da done it for free.

China's recent container ship weaponization efforts are .. interesting - https://www.twz.com/sea/chinese-cargo-ship-packed-full-of-mo... Reminds me of the Rapid Dragon missi…

Dropout's CEO has been pretty open about the company, and he described their early efforts as 'Brutal' > No! We tried, but people don’t realize this. The first rendition of Dropout w…

They are also the backend for Dropout, which has just shy of 1m paid subscribers. So I understand your selfish sadness feelings. https://vimeo.com/customers/dropout …

There are several apps that do a good job of alerting users. I use "Aurora Pro", which I prefer because it checks cloud cover and lets you set alert thresholds based on viewing probability.

In my area you can request the last 12 months of utility costs for most properties. It doesn't reflect everything, but the transparency is helpful.

I once had someone at a store ask me what something cost, and then got a blank stare back when I said "$90". I had to 'correct' myself and say "$89.99". We all live in …

Same reason they set prices at $49.95

I think the precedent is big. It does seem like an attempt to adjust of their sudden drop in EV sales last year - https://www.thestar.com/news/canadian-ev-sales-fell-off-a-cl... …

"Canada has agreed to allow an annual quota of 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles into the country at the tariff rate of just 6.1%" https://electricautonomy.ca/data-trackers&#x…