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psolidgold

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    Comment #49234325

    Yep and China is leading the world in recent and active construction of traditional hydro (dams) and pumped hydro storage to reduce their reliance on coal for baseload. I'm done wi…

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    Comment #49232598

    Clearly there is no industry in Canada then! /s

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    Comment #49231944

    Yes - what's your point? It seems like coal wasn't the golden ticket you're making it out to be so they built alternatives.

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    Comment #49228029

    You realize that link shows the exact opposite of what you're saying it shows, right? It shows that the percentage share of electricity generated from coal in China peaked at ~80% …

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    Comment #49227903

    Oh you ran the numbers!? If only you had led with that. Even China has seen a stark reduction in the percentage of electricity generated from coal plants over the past decade. Are …

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    Comment #49227666

    You've been confidently wrong a couple times now - or maybe intentionally misrepresenting the facts? In the US there are several states where hydro is the majority source of baselo…

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    Comment #49227277

    Comparing 24/7 AI training to operating hospitals 24/7 is a bit of a false equivalency, don't you think? Besides, hydroelectric is commonly used as baseload where available. Additi…

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    Comment #48224440

    Indeed. Looking back at the previous blog posts by this author from 2020 shows the same isms. Maybe AI trained on these posts instead of the other way around.

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    Comment #47284654

    Nice shots! Do you have any information posted about your observatory build and specs?

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    Comment #46054060

    This is addressed in the article. This really shines when you have sibling dependent layouts.

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    Comment #45942405

    Frame stacking and compositing is so common in astrophotography that it would be more unusual if he didn't composite additional frames. Would you say the same thing about HDR brack…

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    Comment #45243871

    The human intention doesn't disappear just because the execution involves algorithms instead of paintbrushes - digital or otherwise.

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    Comment #45241669

    Stop trying to impose your narrow-minded definition of art onto other people. If you disagree, that's fine, but you've lost my respect the moment you tell someone else that their d…

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    Comment #45228920

    Did you read the sentence above this quote? > "These are self-imposed limitations that fit my preferred-style for model design" If you have a different preferred style, then write …

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    Comment #45119601

    Farmers spend millions on seeds partly because they are/were contractually obligated to NOT harvest and reuse seeds gathered from the patented GMO plants. While you're correct that…

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    Comment #45035641

    The keyboards have full NKRO support and are fully mappable with QMK firmware, plus they offer blank key caps AND a macro or numpad input module. That feels like plenty of leadersh…

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    Comment #43955060

    Why would you assume that instead of the more likely scenario of them using DD/MM/YYYY format? The CVE linked has a date in 2025. Not everyone uses the insane American date formatt…

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    Comment #43660847

    Pretty fun and challenging! That Q really had me stumped for a bit. May I suggest removing the audio all together or making it mute by default? It was a bit startling. Otherwise, g…

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    Comment #43478238

    Worked for me with a clarification. Looks pretty great, actually. https://imgur.com/a/V8eQWi6