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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I upvoted... Where's my Nobel?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

It probably boils down to the definition of "user" vs. owner/admin/host ... But I wouldn't be surprised if those definitions were unclear or missing entirely.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Imagine the stuff they wanted to keep secret???

Here's a taste: https://climate-reporting.org/undercover-in-project-2025/

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We are!

Organisers of the Army of Drones campaign say they have built or purchased an extra 3,300 drones. Some 400 people have even sent their own hobby drones in the mail.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-65389215

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Well said. We're on the same page, and I totally agree.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Although I absolutely think we've gone overboard on tipping, I genuinely think tipping shouldn't be completely banned. Rather, ban expected tipping.

For instance, last time my wife and I were in London, we, as a clueless American couple, visited a tavern during their busiest period after work. We left a few pounds above and beyond the bill because it was clear they went above and beyond to serve us promptly and excellently despite the fact that they were literally overflowing with patrons. That's how tipping should work.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, the reporting is incredibly lazy. Such is The Guardian's standards.

Drax is the largest power station in the UK. Assuming the figures in Wikipedia are in the same ballpark as the nameless report that The Guardian is referencing without citation, Drax has a capacity of 3.9 GW. Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station is capable of producing about 2 GW of net electricity. It's doubtful they're actually running either to capacity, but we can estimate that Drax produces roughly double the power as Ratcliffe-on-Soar. That means Drax is still roughly emitting double the carbon per watt.

It would be nice to know whether that figure includes biomass transport across the Atlantic...

edit: typo

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

As they say: Some people want to watch the world burn... Other people want to carry the torches.

I salute your bravery.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

The chemistry is substantially different, so we'll probably have to wait until scientists run some tests to get a more precise set of parameters that affect degradation. I expect failure modes like dendrites are basically impossible with solid-state, but electrode cracking is still possible. There might even be new and exciting ways they can degrade! Regardless, this is still great news.

Engineering Explained has a good summary: https://youtu.be/w4lvDGtfI9U (Piped link: https://piped.video/watch?v=w4lvDGtfI9U)

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago

This seems like misinformation... The House is in recess until September.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Maybe it might override the name in people's minds, thereby stealing attention away from that other guy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's a bit of a paradox, because public unrest is a feature of democracy, not a bug. What autocrats fail to recognize is that the appearance of a peaceful society without conflict is not the same thing as a peaceful society without conflict. Public protest and unrest is a symptom, your society telling you something is wrong, not the thing that's wrong.

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