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Wind, hydro, some kind of storage? Nuclear? Gas and coal peaked plants? We can at least plan for an eventuality that is likely to happen. How much planning is/was there when gas su…

Interesting. How do you prevent rounding errors etc for different screen sizes? Some things could be 1 pixel in one version and 2x2 or 1x2 in another version. And why does it play …

Why no branch predictor at all? Even a brain-dead one that predicts all branches always/never taken is going to provide some benefit, it's not as if the processor can do anything e…

Or the advert increases sales, this paying for itself, and why the advertiser advertises in the first place.

Well yes. That's why you see many westerners complaining about the cost of living even though all things told they have a good life. I would modify this slightly though. I think th…

I also agree. Yes, humans need to be reminded that not all humans are just like their immediate group, but that goes for all humans, not just the white ones. And I certainly don't …

I grew up in a 250 year old weavers cottage. We were weaving wool before the industrial revolution. Yes we probably did dominate during the revolution. Feel free to add your own lo…

Why are we appealing to emotion? Why a shopkeeper on 15 and hour and not Walmart? Why the advertising industrial complex and not some small 1 man advertising firm?

I'm pushing back against the argument that the advertiser make money, ergo we are paying more than we 'should'. That's how businesses work. The shop makes money when you buy things…

I'm not saying the consumer is helped. I'm saying that all businesses aim to make money, so the fact that this one is doesn't make it morally wrong. Further you've ascribed some pr…

"water, gas and light bills" I assume light bills refers to electricity, as, especially pre war, that's what electricity was predominantly used for?

So you are paying more than you should for a loaf of bread because your local shop is making a profit? because if you went to the factory you could buy the same loaf for less? Of c…

I got stuck in a lift once. I mashed button combinations to get eventually get out. I found out after the fact you need to hold down the buttons. User interfaces are apparently har…

>Only with 21st century goggles on does your idea of induced vehicular traffic make sense I live between Manchester and Bradford. 2 towns that didn't exist before the industrial re…

I don't think there was ever a situation of roads getting overgrown. The canals and trains were part an parcel of the industrial revolution. That if anything led to more road traff…

>And historically, roads didn’t improve until after bicycles became common—indeed it seems that it was in part the cyclists who called for the improvement of roads. I don't know ab…

Wouldn't you do better say indexing Wikipedia, then what it links directly, then what those link directly? As you note, you got into an adult content 'bubble'. Going to random site…

Problem is, how do you tell that character X is indeed character X and not something that looks like character X? Further, how far do we take the function names are a language thin…

I think there's also a bit of Unix philosophy in there. If you're using 5 different dsls to write a script, 1 more isn't really an issue. Now the fashion is for 1 big batteries inc…

To extend the metaphor though. An RSS reader that works with atom is the same as a VHS player that also has a beta max player. Or your blueray player that plays dvds and CDs....

I think the move to allow plug in solar is good, but its just a sticking plaster over the issue. And that is rental houses not having solar, or much of anything. In the 60s many ho…

On the other hand you could just not export the coal and leave it in the ground? Unfortunately that will piss off others who want the income. But then those same people won't plan …

>It’s also government picking winners, which historically has never worked, rather than letting private enterprise pick winners, and potentially failing, in an open and free market…

I owned my last house for 12 years, I replaced 1 bulb? Half the bulbs were carried over from a previous house, so some are ~14 years old. Admittedly these were early ones, so the o…

If you aren't using induction, it's also slow, slow to heat, slow to cool. Yes you can get used to turning the heat up 5 minutes before you want hot. A down 5 minutes before your f…