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barney54
·yesterday·discuss
I write Donald sometimes. If you say Donald in the right context we know who are talking about. Or Kier or Emmanuel. There is nothing wrong with first names of public figures.
barney54
·11 days ago·discuss
So far, the data are clear--data centers are not increasing electricity rates. Those are the facts. https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/the-grid/the-numb... This may change in the future, but so far, there is no statistically significant correlation.

Not only that, but states with increasing electricity consumption have lower rates. So it's possible data center will lead to lower rates.
barney54
·last month·discuss
Except the environment in the U.S.—better air quality than almost all of Europe. Except natural beauty in the U.S.— the U.S. has some truly beautiful places to visit and to live. The people are very friendly, especially outside of the cities. These are all good things about the U.S. that has nothing to do with the fact that the U.S. is rich (actually the U.S. being rich is one reason air quality is improving and better than Europe).
barney54
·last month·discuss
I also had a Kelty pack. It was great for the time.
barney54
·2 months ago·discuss
Types of energy are not fungible. In some circumstances they are, but not always.
barney54
·2 months ago·discuss
That may be true, but also according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, global oil production is up over 8% since 2017 (2017-2025). https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/data/browser/#/?v=6&f=A&s=...
barney54
·2 months ago·discuss
Nor does it say how much subsidence the satellite documented.
barney54
·2 months ago·discuss
I mean, the likely democratic senate nominee literally has a nazi tattoo. Fascism still has its fans.
barney54
·3 months ago·discuss
I read some AI slop earlier today and then read this. The AI slop was better than whatever this is.
barney54
·3 months ago·discuss
The article concludes, stating that LLMs are the “apotheosis of knowledge stripped of animating spirit and reduced to mere utility.” Maybe, but LLMs have far more utility than this directionless essay.
barney54
·3 months ago·discuss
It’s funny that you say that tweets are US policy when the Supreme Court struck down Trump’s tariffs.
barney54
·3 months ago·discuss
What is this corruption you are talking about? What specifically are you talking about? Things you don’t like aren’t necessarily the result of corruption.
barney54
·3 months ago·discuss
The U.S. can build trains and has a good rail system—for freight not passengers. It’s not obvious how Japan moves freight, but the U.S.’s rail system evolved to move freight efficiently. That is a huge difference and not necessarily the result of corruption or incompetence.
barney54
·3 months ago·discuss
What is seldom mentioned in these conversations is that the United States has a very good rail system—-for freight. That’s what the U.S. system did well, not passengers. From the article it isn’t obvious how Japan moves freight, but they obviously aren’t moving a lot of freight on the Shinkansen.
barney54
·3 months ago·discuss
I don’t think it’s a question that Linux has more jank. I recently installed a fedora spin on a laptop that came with regular Fedora installed originally and the WiFi didn’t work. That’s some janky stuff right there.
barney54
·3 months ago·discuss
I don't know why you are getting downvoted for this comment. Bondi's promoting the DOW during a hearing was bizarre.
barney54
·5 months ago·discuss
Are you saving that an organization should be able to put together a documentary to criticize Trump and his supporters? Because that’s what Citizen’s United allowed. If you don’t support that, then the criticism will only come from rich individuals.
barney54
·6 months ago·discuss
That’s because net metering is a transfer from people who can’t afford solar to the rich people who can. https://energyathaas.wordpress.com/2024/04/22/californias-ex...
barney54
·6 months ago·discuss
And it really want's Ewan that was put out about the KTM rejection--he wanted to ride the BMWs, but Charley Boorman was pissed. Charley had dreamed of the KTMs for years.
barney54
·6 months ago·discuss
Wow this is dumb. The reason I’m on Windows is because of Office. For my needs Office on Windows is the best—otherwise I’d be on a Mac or Linux. I use AI everyday and never found a use case for Copilot. So why rebrand Office, their best product after Copilot, their worst product?