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barney54

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barney54
·ayer·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
·hace 11 días·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
·el mes pasado·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
·el mes pasado·discuss
I also had a Kelty pack. It was great for the time.
barney54
·hace 2 meses·discuss
Types of energy are not fungible. In some circumstances they are, but not always.
barney54
·hace 2 meses·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
·hace 2 meses·discuss
Nor does it say how much subsidence the satellite documented.
barney54
·hace 2 meses·discuss
I mean, the likely democratic senate nominee literally has a nazi tattoo. Fascism still has its fans.
barney54
·hace 3 meses·discuss
I read some AI slop earlier today and then read this. The AI slop was better than whatever this is.
barney54
·hace 3 meses·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
·hace 3 meses·discuss
It’s funny that you say that tweets are US policy when the Supreme Court struck down Trump’s tariffs.
barney54
·hace 3 meses·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
·hace 3 meses·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
·hace 3 meses·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
·hace 3 meses·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
·hace 3 meses·discuss
I don't know why you are getting downvoted for this comment. Bondi's promoting the DOW during a hearing was bizarre.
barney54
·hace 5 meses·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
·hace 6 meses·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
·hace 6 meses·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
·hace 6 meses·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?