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davis

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    Comment #48510288

    > based upon recent events Climate change has been in the zeitgeist for decades now. Pretty sure many people are cognizant of this and want to move away from fossil fuels. This is …

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    Comment #47723349

    Damn, this is really cool man. I'm a big fan of Gary Kildall, he's one of my heroes so this is great to read.

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    Comment #47603888

    Do you have a source? Curious to learn more about this

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    Comment #47522630

    Agreed. The Soul of a New Machine is my personal favorite but I think Mountains Beyond Mountains as well as Strength in What Remains are the more powerful and interesting books.

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    Comment #47241202

    I can't believe I had to scroll this long to see this comment. Like what the heck is wrong with people on this site. I thought I clicked the wrong comment section.

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    Comment #46882369

    I've been using Readwise's Reader and have been really happy with it. It's great: https://readwise.io/read

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    Comment #45523990

    Dude is drinking the koolaid for sure. Did you see his take on Meta's Vibes? It was so embarrassing.

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    Comment #45336426

    Exactly this. This is essentially a new consumer tax in your electrical bill. The buildout of the electrical grid is being put on consumers essentially as a monthly tax with the in…

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    Comment #45336360

    Load growth for the last 15 years has been very small but load growth going forward is expected to rise due to electrification of all things to decarbonize the economy. This means …

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    Comment #45111260

    My comment went into details why this month was an outlier by the way.

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    Comment #45109289

    It is an insane number but May 2025 is a bit of an outlier. The entire first half of the year they installed 197.85 and in May they installed 92.92 of that. Much of this solar was …

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    Comment #45109212

    The decline in emissions is due to the massive build out of renewables of solar and wind. The amount they are building is insane. Your theory is ignorant and you are spreading misi…

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    Comment #45030331

    I love this

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    Comment #44770320

    Man, you need to hang around different and good people if this is your world view.

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    Comment #44619912

    Here they are: https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao/114881419368778558

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    Comment #43930100

    Being born in the US means you are a citizen. He holds dual citizenships

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    Comment #43677755

    I saw the Grok image and just closed it. So cringe

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    Comment #43647121

    Articles like this are just such a delight. History + common software + code snippets is a great combo

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    Comment #43646381

    Just curious: where do you work given it is your industry?

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    Comment #42858493

    I think electricity grids are very very impressive. Even the US' which is considered out of date works in that it spreads across the entire country, needs to meet demand and supply…

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    Comment #42702520

    It doesn't matter what the incoming admin thinks, it just matters what makes the most economic sense. If interconnection queues are backed up and the grid is lacking the electricit…

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    Comment #42690812

    Archive link: https://archive.ph/coAvU

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    Comment #41780893

    What type of pipes did you have? How did you know they had lead issues?

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    Comment #40303303

    Another vote for The Soul of a New Machine. It's one of my favorite books.