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I've done it. The larger the grid, the more difficult it is. But as long as you have fuel and an adequately maintained grid, its not as hard as some in the comments make it out to …

No it's not. It's a pain in the ass but this isn't even close to correct. There are rocket launches and nanometer scale chips being built by engineers. Firing up some emergency die…

Beta.

I don't like to drive when I have to pee. I always pee before I get in the car whether I need to or not.

They won't let you until you turn 50, I tried. If you do get it before then, the doctor could get into trouble. That's what I was told.

Japanese auction sites work this way too.

If you make that big of a decision at the dinner table without excel, it implies that you make the decision without doing the math, which implies you are stupid.

Hater.

Trying to make them look interesting is a bad idea, tried numerous times in the past. The best a designer can do is to make them disappear and not draw your eye. Trying to make the…

No it doesn't make sense. Transmission lines should be a boring as possible so you're eye is not drawn to them. There is no way to make them look beautiful. Good designers try to m…

I live in Asia and I'm in charge of air conditioning at my company. A ductless A/c is approximately $1,200 installed. $20k? You should put a split unit in each room. If one breaks,…

Go check if insider trading on either of these markets is even against the law. The SEC makes laws for equities markets, not online gambling.

Me still....

The only thing new here is running them continuously. They were typically on standby for peak shaving or to avoid rolling blackouts during high peak loads or unanticipated continge…

He has the key written on a piece of paper in his wallet. The US government has his wallet. And his Bitcoin.

It's true. They have daily flights to Cambodia. Go there and look at it. It's all casinos and scams and dust.

You want to watch him and his wife?

ApoB is the best measure we have.

Quaaludes should definitely make a comeback.

That's not correct. It's basically cost per distance, unless you're talking huge power over huge distances.

Who told you that? I build power lines. It consumes a couple percent.

Ketamine is dumb. Nothing like a psychedelic drug such as LSD.

The author has yet to reach puberty or move out of his parents' house, so he doesn't yet appreciate the company's products.

These mini grids will never lift any African country into modernity. The cost of renewables is not falling, if you take into account the hours those renewables are not producing po…