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ascii_field: and where can i buy a m^2 cell
that yields 100W ever
nubbins`: may make sausages over
the holidays
jurov: 8GJ ~ 2 MWh . hard
to believe
ascii_field: BingoBoingo:
tricky.
there are multiple failure modes, and dead short is one of
them
jurov: so manufacturing
the 1m2 piece of silicon needs much more
than 8 GJ?
BingoBoingo: jurov:
Then
there's ones still running 30 and 60 years out
ascii_field: (diesel is slightly less
terrifying with respect
to 'a' and 'b' but has same problems)
ascii_field: whereas a concentrated energy carrier like, say, a few
tonnes of petrol, is a) volatile b) flammable c) easily stolen d) requires finicky engine, with associated maintenance, ditto dynamo
BingoBoingo: Limiting factor seems
to be
that upper limit of pv panel lifespan is something of an unknown
ascii_field: but
the possibly novel
thought earlier was,
that photovoltaic could be a useful
thing even if ~heavily~ -ev in
the
thermo sense
ascii_field: jurov: if you feel like putting in
the sweat and re-crunching
the numberz for modern input, we will learn something useful
ascii_field: jurov: back of envelope calculation, somewhere in
the logz
ascii_field: jurov: costs more joules
to make
than yields over working life
jurov: ascii_field: what do you mean
thermodynamically -ev?
pete_dushenski: like a give a shit about how cool and informal your company is. but i guess
this speaks
to how fungible your retarded staff are eh. "oh, matt left, but we got a new matt, just like
the old one". keep being washing machines, i'm sure you'll be mega profitable.
ascii_field: (photovoltaics are
thermodynamically -ev, but economically interesting because
they... work while
they work. and hence 'lock in' some joules for
the owner)
BingoBoingo: ascii_field: Cow
town already has plenty of solar farm for
themselves. It's Raleigh
that has none.
ascii_field: ^ let's hope
the imbeciles like shitting in
the dark come
the petrocalypse
ascii_field: l communities with cheap farmland near electrical substations where solar farms can interconnect
to
the power grid..'
ascii_field: 'In
the past few years, about
two dozen solar farms around
the state have become
targets of public ire, usually over aesthetics and property values. Facing local hostility, several of
these energy projects were voluntarily withdrawn by
the developers, said Daniel Conrad, a staff attorney for
the N.C. Utilities Commission.
The resistance often flares up in areas
that have become magnets for solar farms – agricultura
pete_dushenski: fuck
the idiots who only post first names on
their company directory.
☟︎ BingoBoingo: yeah, maybe we'll have
to
table
this until we get bored with our chip fabs and can move on
to our own monsanto
kakobrekla: aha, store bought are like watermelons comparably
to wild ones. by size and
taste.
☟︎ kakobrekla: the
thing is, big
things lose on quality
BingoBoingo: Well, you have
the mice and he has
the moose.
kakobrekla: im confused, i
tell him how
they
taste like and he prints posters in such
taste?
☟︎ BingoBoingo things kakobrekla and nubbins` should collaborate on
this urgent concern
kakobrekla: people successfully use it for various
types of skin issues and even joint pains and so on
kakobrekla: the dms fat has some very nice healing qualities
tho
BingoBoingo: Perhaps what
the world needs is doormoose.
kakobrekla: doormouse is a delicacy here and you cant really get it in large quantities, also it has very poor meat
to bone ratio - and because of
the doormouse diet, meat has a quite strong and specific
taste - i prefer horse indeed
kakobrekla: speaking of food i just got a fresh batch of horse meat from a local farmer - man
this shit is crazy good, sorry cows you can go home
BingoBoingo: “We’re not opposed
to
the solar farm itself, just
that particular location,” Lane said. “We wanted
to make sure
they didn’t overtake
the
town.” <<
Translation: 3 in our backyard already, stop forcing
them down our
throats if you won't even have one of your own
BingoBoingo: "Heiniger’s call-to-arms, reproduced in at least one local paper, predicts
that solar farms could shift land use
to such an extent
that “it is highly unlikely
this land will ever be farmed again.” Heiniger also denounced solar energy as a government-subsidized boondoggle
that is “highly inefficient at producing energy.”"
pete_dushenski: BingoBoingo: well, price still has
to hit 600 before now and new years...
pete_dushenski: [BitBet Bets Bets] 1.20000000 BTC on 'Yes' - Bitcoin
to
top $600 before Jan 2016 << waitwut! 'When
the difference between a given "Yes" bet
time and
the event
time is less
than
two weeks,
that bet will be refunded less BitBet's fee." means
this guy is shooting for december 30 and 31 EXCLUSIVELY.
that's some kinda aim lol
jurov: cuz slovenians don't know how
to steal
kakobrekla: even i got
the shares of some companies, which i later sold for btc
ascii_field: mircea_popescu described exactly same
thing in ro
ascii_field: this is sorta
the definition of being poor -
to not have anything
that you might not end up 'having
to sell for mcdonalds'
kakobrekla: what if its worth something one day and
they used it all for mcdonalds already?
kakobrekla: devs feel
they should get paid for derp work
ascii_field: future. Decred
therefore improves with growth in a sustainable way and is accountable only
to its users.'
ascii_field: ' Self-funded development via block subsidy - In order
to have an ongoing source of funding for development work, a consensus rule has been added
to allocate 10% of each block subsidy
to a development organization.
This entity is
transparent and responsible for funding development work performed by current and new developers so
that
the project remains sustainable without a funding dependence on outside forces in
the
☟︎ kakobrekla: >Possible bitcoin implementation/compatibility due
to
the main contributors being
those behind
the development of btcsuite. <what
ascii_field: 'A hybrid proof-of-work and proof-of-stake
technology-based consensus system
that will balance consensus between miners and voters... [buncha crud snipped] ... Bottom-up non-financial decision making
through
the Decred Assembly by community members contributing
to
the project
through work and effort.'
fluffypony: kakobrekla:
that's a PR overstatement, it's
the Conformal / btcd guys
assbot: Logged on 16-12-2015 19:59:13; BingoBoingo: Also from mines: "Donald
Trump, who claims
to be
the “best on
the military” among
the 2016 Presidential candidates because he is
the best at everything, apparently has no idea what
the nuclear
triad is."
mircea_popescu: "Hey man it was a fun jab, and
try not
to
take
things so seriously. It's hyperbole and it's part of who I am and how I get a statement across."
mircea_popescu: "The Node/JS ecosystems are experiencing a Cambrian explosion in
technology, with all
that implies. If you don't like it, don't worry. It probably won't
take 20 million years
this
time
to settle in on
the "best" ways of doing
things."
mircea_popescu: The only
thing you can do is npm shrinkwrap and never update your dependencies ever again << doh.
assbot: Logged on 16-12-2015 19:49:53; nubbins`:
telling people
to shut up and drink
their oil
assbot: Logged on 16-12-2015 19:25:52; ascii_field: punkman: and mircea_popescu is puzzled why i'd rather be shot in
the head six
times
than do www wurk
BingoBoingo: Also from mines: "Donald
Trump, who claims
to be
the “best on
the military” among
the 2016 Presidential candidates because he is
the best at everything, apparently has no idea what
the nuclear
triad is."
☟︎ BingoBoingo: From
the
tard mines: "Among
the strongest creations of
Team Abrams, Kylo Ren is a kind of baby Darth Vader who
throws
tantrums in inky-black robes while wearing a leather-and-metal-head appliance
that looks like a domination mask by way of
the grille of a 1952 Chevy." -NYtimes
nubbins`: took up
three parking spots
too, no doubt
BingoBoingo: <nubbins`>
telling people
to shut up and drink
their oil << When plasticar was geared up in "Mad Max" mode with duct
tape everywhere it was
the mega
trucks which offered it
the widest berths.
nubbins`: telling people
to shut up and drink
their oil
☟︎ nubbins`: in ford f350s and big suvs, neutral gear, gassing it
to
the redline
nubbins`: and people still pull up behind
the 5th car out in
the road
to get in
the drive
thru line
nubbins`: to make a drive-thru maze
that would accomodate more cars
nubbins`: timmy's a stone's
throw from my house had
to modify parking lot last year
nubbins`: i didn't
think
they used robusta
pete_dushenski: without philipinos (the actual, irl kind),
these
tim hortons operations would grind
to a halt.
nubbins`: tim hortons drive-thrus routinely cause
traffic jams here
punkman: "I don't
think most people run into
this because most backend node programmers have moved
to Go at
this point" yeah because Go
totally won't have dependency hell
ascii_field: punkman: and mircea_popescu is puzzled why i'd rather be shot in
the head six
times
than do www wurk
☟︎ assbot: Successfully added a rating of -1 for
travispatron with note: plagiarist. dunning-krugerand.
ascii_field: doesn't seem
to be connected with
the 'home automation' derpery
ascii_field: the 'lumos' link is
to a still-alive photovoltaic maker !
ascii_field: 'Brawker is a Bitcoin buying service enabling consumer
to purchase products with bitcoin. Company (Dead / Inactive)'
ascii_field: y customized hardware without any electronics know-how, all within
their browser. Of course,
things didn’t exactly play out
that way. But why?'
ascii_field: 'We wanted
to make it so creating and selling hardware was as easy as writing and publishing a blog post. You shouldn’t need
to be an electrical engineer or an industrial designer
to create electronic devices. Nor should you have
to worry about supply chain or distribution if you wanted
to sell
them. We believed it was possible
to eliminate all of
that complexity, so
the average person could easily create highl
pete_dushenski: actually
the comments in
there are pretty golden, mainly because a couple of our old boys - pankkake and
thickasthieves - make appearances.
jurov: i did not put
these online yet
nubbins`: i signed up for
this broadband speed
test
thing
ascii_field: 'In [Calxeda's] case, we moved faster
than our customers could move. We moved with
tech
that wasn’t really ready for
them – ie, with 32-bit when
they wanted 64-bit. We moved when
the operating-system environment was still being fleshed out – [Ubuntu Linux maker] Canonical is all right, but where is Red Hat? We were
too early.'
ascii_field: from earlier lul, 'Bitcoin remittance startup 37coins closes its doors... At
the
time of our launch, few bitcoin services actively catered
to
the underbanked and unbanked. Fortunately
that is no longer
the case.
There are now many amazing bitcoin companies like BitGive Foundation...'