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Head of Content at Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a startup developing zero-carbon power plants to help fight climate change. Former science and technology journalist at CNET.

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stshank, to Birding
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I love that we call New Zealanders "kiwis." Anybody else do that elsewhere? Maybe we could call US residents wild turkeys or call Californians acorn woodpeckers.

stshank, (edited ) to random
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Happy LCOE Day to all those who celebrate. Juicy data for energy nerds from Lazard.

https://www.lazard.com/research-insights/levelized-cost-of-energyplus/

stshank, to sustainability
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Singapore buying 2 new 600MW natural gas ("fossil gas," as @drvolts says) power plants by the end of the decade. Power demand is rising, "driven largely by electricity-intensive sectors such as advanced manufacturing, digital economy, and transport" and projected 3.7% annual growth.

https://www.ema.gov.sg/news-events/news/media-releases/2024/ema-launches-second-rfp-for-new-generation-capacity-to-meet-growing-electricity-demand

stshank, to physics
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A good exception to Betteridge's Law: Einstein's 1905 paper on E=mc2. Its title: "Does the inertia of a body depend upon its energy content?"

https://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/E_mc2/e_mc2.pdf

stshank, (edited ) to random
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BEV stands for

stshank, to MIjazz
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"Several Fusion Industry Association member companies have a 'very detailed and long list of things and learnings that they’d like to get from ITER,' but processes to transfer this knowledge are lacking, [FIA CEO Andrew] Holland said."

From https://sciencebusiness.net/news/r-d-funding/iter-drive-share-knowhow-private-sector

stshank, to photography
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Sure would love to see this Sigma zoom arrive on Canon mirrorless full-frame cameras. I'm sure there are compromises with geometric distortion or vignetting, and it's big, but the flexibility sounds good. Sigma 28-45mm f/1.8 DG DN Art:

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/videos/photography/sigma-fast-full-frame-zoom-announcing-the-28-45mm-f18-dg-dn-art-lens

#Photography #lenses

stshank, to solar
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Yesterday on the grid: Early a.m. we charged our EV off the grid (blue). Midday, solar power mostly went to the grid (yellow). Evening, Powerwall battery pumped juice to the grid as part of a virtual power plant (green). Battery fully recharged by 1 p.m. today from solar.

stshank, to random
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"Tornadogenesis" is my new favorite word and BTW, Tornado Alley has relocated east.

"Since 1951, by critical measures (tornadogenesis events, tornado days, and tornado path length), tornado activity has shifted away from the Great Plains and toward the Midwestern and Southeast U.S. In addition, tornadoes have trended away from the warm season, especially the summer, and toward the cold season since 1951."

https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/apme/aop/JAMC-D-23-0143.1/JAMC-D-23-0143.1.xml

stshank, to AdobePhotoshop
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Many of us photographers try to channel Ansel Adams' vision. Maybe someday attitudes will shift about AIs training at scale on millions of images, seeing it more like millions of photographers training at the individual level. Today, it's a fraught issue. #Adobe #AI https://www.threads.net/@anseladams/post/C7nOLfgP3Uf

stshank, to random
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Google wants the cybersecurity industry move past email phishing tests that are annoying but aren't proven to actually be useful. https://security.googleblog.com/2024/05/on-fire-drills-and-phishing-tests.html

stshank, to MIjazz
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No mention of fusion energy at least at the top level of in BNEF's New Energy Outlook 2024 report, which is no surprise given its unproven abilities. But at Commonwealth Fusion Systems, we're working hard to carve out a big wedge alongside solar and wind for zero-carbon electricity. Our first machine is under construction, and we want to put power on the grid in the early 2030s. https://about.bnef.com/new-energy-outlook/

jetscott, to random

My FB posts automatically post to Threads and my Threads automatically to Mastodon but my FB stuff doesn’t go to Mastodon so only the things I post directly on Threads go there.
Also I have a second Mastodon account

stshank,
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@jetscott It's the miracle of federation!

stshank, to random
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Looks like Nvidia kinda Osborned itself. Next-gen chips hurt sales of current-gen chips. https://www.ft.com/content/75ac7f61-071a-437c-a35e-09f968c6a568

stshank, to UI
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In MacOS, I often take a screenshot, right-click on the thumbnail that pops up, then select "Save to Clipboard." I've been doing this for years but still have to parse the words carefully. Why oh why doesn't it just say "Copy"? So much easier at least for my brain to grok.

stshank,
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@mkoek That's smart though not sure it's for me — I'm about 50-50 saving it vs just using it fleetingly via the clipboard. How do you change that preference?

stshank,
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@nyquildotorg I dunno, it's what's been in the menu command for a few decades, no?

stshank, to hiring
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If you're good with social media and are psyched by the prospect of using zero-carbon fusion energy to fight climate change, good news — we're hiring someone to work with me and others at Commonwealth Fusion Systems. We're a startup, but we're not vaporware: our factory is cranking out superconducting magnets and our first tokamak is under construction. HMU if you're curious, but here's the job post.

https://jobs.lever.co/cfsenergy/1fee6477-d52d-45da-8018-3b77ce29a3a2
#Job #Hiring #Fusion #FusionEnergy #Massachusetts

scalzi, to random
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So, hey, I just finished writing a novel. If you want to know what it's called and what it's about (and when it will be out), just follow this handy-dandy link right here:

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2024/05/18/new-novel-finished/

stshank,
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@scalzi Oh no, now the song is playing in my head, and I can tell the situation will happen over and over again. Sci-fi authors should be prohibited from using this kind of growth hack.

nyquildotorg, to random
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Don't do this, geez. Talking to you, @Vivaldi

stshank,
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@nyquildotorg @Vivaldi Boo! This kind of thing prompts me to disable notifications for software.

stshank, to Birds
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An osprey halfway through consuming a pretty large fish, Clear Lake State Park, California.

stshank,
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@alexf24 Well, I mean, come on, it makes the fish lighter to transport — seems the practical decision.

stshank, to random
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I used to joke about my parents having a solar and wind powered dryer, because they used a clothesline. But now when I try that joke, people look at me blankly, thinking they have some renewables option checked on the utility bill. Bummer for my joke, but it died for a worthy cause.

stshank, to ai
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Using AI to oversee dynamic fusion machines is a hot area of research. It doesn't mean generative AI like ChatGPT. It's old-school AI, where you train a machine to recognize patterns in complex real-world data then let it make decisions.

#AI #Fusion #Energy #EnergyTransition #Science #Research https://www.pppl.gov/news/2024/using-artificial-intelligence-speed-and-improve-most-computationally-intensive-aspects

stshank, to science
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Wicked smart scientists calculate how long volcanoes on Jupiter moon Io have been active. Measure relative abundance of 2 sulphur isotopes belched into the atmosphere then reprocessed as crust — bias toward heavy sulphur. Compare ratio to early solar system meteorites. https://www.science.org/content/podcast/very-volcanic-moon-and-better-protections-human-study-subjects
#Science #Vulcanism #Jupiter

stshank,
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@karlauerbach Neat! Also check out radioactive decay used for measuring the age of the Earth (lead and uranium) and of lava flows (argon and potassium).

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/03/3/l_033_01.html
https://www.whoi.edu/know-your-ocean/ocean-topics/how-the-ocean-works/seafloor-below/volcanoes/how-old-is-that-volcano/

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