mmalc

@mmalc@mastodon.social

Content developer/instructor with Software University. Interested in energy, electrification, efficiency. And subjects like health and photography whose names don’t begin with “e”. And EVs.

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DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to auscovid19
@DenisCOVIDinfoguy@aus.social avatar

🇦🇺 Australia: COVID keeps killing more people every month than flu does in a year.

“In other words, there were three times as many confirmed Covid-19 cases as influenza cases,” Adrian Esterman, professor of biostatistics at the University of South Australia, told TND.

“And the death rate associated with Covid-19 was about four times as high as for influenza.”

He said it was “completely crazy that face masks are not mandatory in all health care, hospital and aged-care settings”.

@auscovid19

Source: https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/2024/05/22/covid-kills-more-people-than-flu

mmalc,

@DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19

Does anyone know of a report somewhere of “average number of sick days per capita per year”?

It's only anecdotal, and may be subject to confirmation bias, but I'm sure I'm seeing more colleagues off sick for longer than I have done in the past. (It's also possible it's just because I can see status in Slack.)

arstechnica, to random
@arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar

New research shows gas stove emissions contribute to 19,000 deaths annually

California is considering a law that would require warning labels on gas stoves.

https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/05/new-research-shows-gas-stove-emissions-contribute-to-19000-deaths-annually/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

mmalc,

@arstechnica
To bring a point up to top-level, for those who assert that "all people need is a hood over the stove”: It doesn’t necessarily vent very well:

"Pollutant capture efficiency (CE) ranged from <15% to >98%, varying across hoods and with airflow and burner position for each hood.”

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/es3001079

And of course that's only if people switch them on.

MissingThePt, to random
@MissingThePt@mastodon.social avatar

Biden and Trump agree that RFK Jr. may join their presidential debates but only if he is first dewormed.

mmalc,

@MissingThePt

Oh the irony, that would be the correct use of Ivermectin.

augieray, to ai
@augieray@mastodon.social avatar

Anyone else find it disconcerting that the US has to "press China and Russia to match U.S. declarations that only humans, and never #AI, would make decisions on deploying nuclear weapons?" Handing nukes to AI could:

  • Result in a War Games-like realization no one wins🎉 ,
  • Allow AI to figure whoever strikes first is mostly likely to win😱 , or
  • Allow AI to realize we humans are dysfunctional and destroying the planet and decide Earth is better without us🤯 .

https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-china-meet-geneva-discuss-ai-risks-2024-05-13/

mmalc,

@augieray

See also:

Isaac Asimov - The Machine That Won the War

https://mcraenglish.weebly.com/uploads/1/5/8/7/15876062/the_machine_that_won_the_war01.pdf

GreenFire, to random
@GreenFire@mstdn.social avatar

California state transportation officials are looking for drivers to participate in what will likely be the final test on a new system aimed at replacing the gas tax with a more reliable funding source based on the number of miles you drive, not how many gallons your car guzzles.

This latest study is looking for participants statewide who will pay the mileage-based travel fee every month, but also receive a credit for the gas taxes or EV registration fees to ensure they aren't double-taxed.

mmalc,

@GreenFire

Thank you for the heads-up!

https://caroadcharge.com/engage/contact-us-pilot/

mmalc, to random

A bit overcast here this morning, but still managed to get a great view of
It's noisier than I thought it might have been

cc @MissingThePt

GryphonSK, to random
@GryphonSK@techhub.social avatar

mmalc,

@GryphonSK

https://www.boredpanda.com/privilege-explanation-comic-strip-on-a-plate-toby-morris/

mshaw, to random
@mshaw@eldritch.cafe avatar

I think the mistake a lot of people make with so-called AI is in assuming it's an innovation analogous to like, the internet or automobiles, when really a better point of comparison would be DDT or radium toothpaste

mmalc,

@mshaw

I think a mistake a lot of people make with AI is evidently not knowing anything about its multi-decade history and the benefits it has already provided and will continue to do so, and basing inane comments on a small fraction of its scope

arstechnica, to random
@arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar

FTC fines Razer for every cent made selling bogus “N95 grade” RGB masks

“Deceptive advertising and misinformation posed a risk to public health."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/ftc-fines-razer-for-every-cent-made-selling-bogus-n95-grade-rgb-masks/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

mmalc,

@arstechnica

I'm glad there's been some action on this, but a $1M fine is pathetic.

This was knowingly and willfully endangering public health (as well as probably contributing to the fallacy that “masks don't work); there should be jail time for those responsible.



augieray, to random
@augieray@mastodon.social avatar

Take advantage of every opportunity to socialize safely. On a gorgeous (but windy) 80-degree day in Milwaukee, we dined in an empty restaurant next to open window ( 2:30 pm lunch with CO2 at 500), had cocktails in a bar with open garage doors (CO2 450), and enjoyed an electric cello concert outdoors at a bar. There's never zero risk, but I believe I can effectively minimize risks with smart decisions.

mmalc,

@augieray

https://mastodonapp.uk/@ThunderHoneySnow@mas.to/112343574798565270

“… opening a window may be more powerful than originally thought . . . causing the virus to become inactivated much faster"

CelloMomOnCars, to random
@CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social avatar

Just wondering idly if solar farms have rubber mats they spread out on the PV panels when there's hail in the forecast.

(This may be yet another advantage of tiltable PV in agrovoltaics that can go vertical to let the tractors go in between).

mmalc,

@Chancerubbage @CelloMomOnCars

https://aptera.us

CelloMomOnCars, to Batteries
@CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social avatar

" the biggest player again as renewable records smashed in , reach 156 pct of load

Last week battery storage became, for the first time, the largest supply source in the evening peak of what is one of the world’s largest grids. On Tuesday, it discharged more than 6 GW for the first time, providing up to a 25 per cent share of supply, and was the biggest provider on the grid for two hours."

https://reneweconomy.com.au/batteries-the-biggest-player-again-as-renewable-records-smashed-in-california-reach-156-pct-of-load/

mmalc,

@CelloMomOnCars

Usefully the figure includes residential as well as commercial and utility-scale installations.

(https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/california-electricity-data/california-energy-storage-system-survey)

Residential seems to be under-emphasised in general. Given changes to net metering tariffs (quite apart from grid unreliability), it really makes sense for Californians to pair solar installations with batteries, and for California to subsidise them.

And then to better support residential B2G for “staggered" delivery.

daringfireball, to random
@daringfireball@mastodon.social avatar

No Notes
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/04/16/no-notes

mmalc,

@daringfireball

“I believe it is [profitable],” replied Mr Schiller, who has been in charge of the App Store since the beginning. “I’m simply saying ‘profit’ as a specific financial metric is not a report I get and spend time on. It’s not how we measure our performance as a team,” he said.

An on-the-money quote if ever there was…

Oh, wait.

GottaLaff, to random
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

lol

#Trump

mmalc,

@GottaLaff

NFL

I think you meant “loll”?

(🙂)

GottaLaff, to legal
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

🧵NEW THREAD STARTING HERE. 1/…

We start with a big ol’

Via Klasfeld:

Breaking

Trump LOSES his renewed motion to recuse Justice Merchan from presiding over his New York criminal trial.

The judge quickly DENIES Trump's motion from the bench before the beginning of jury selection.

mmalc,

@GottaLaff
Good.

mmalc, to ai

This was unexpected, and looks interesting:

https://www.limitless.ai/#pendant

A $99 piece of unobtrusive hardware that serves as an intelligent diary and aide memoire.

I’ve been using (subscribed to) Rewind since it started, and it really is a remarkable and genuinely useful application.



mmalc, to random

Support a beam on an elevated pivot point, and using rope attach level platforms to each end of the beam.

Put a woman on one of the platforms, and an aquatic fowl on the other. If the beam remains horizontal, the woman is a witch.

GottaLaff, to random
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

Thermal energy storage was new to me. 👇🏼

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/thermal-storage-explainer-1.7163743

mmalc,

@GottaLaff

There have been a few large-scale implementations, in particular Finland (claiming "First” — https://newatlas.com/energy/sand-battery-polar-night/)

@mattferrell did an excellent segment on Undecided recently discussing potential for "residential” systems:

https://undecidedmf.com/how-a-sand-battery-could-revolutionize-home-energy-storage/

schwa, to random
@schwa@mastodon.social avatar

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    mmalc,

    @schwa
    And it's pronounced “trois-ple” (as in the French for 3)

    mastodonmigration, to random
    @mastodonmigration@mastodon.online avatar

    Might be wrong here, but seems like this may be a bigger deal than a clerical error as is being widely reported:

    Rejected and ‘returned for correction’: Docs for Trump’s $175M bond get bounced >>> https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/rejected-and-returned-for-correction-docs-for-trumps-175m-bond-get-bounced/

    It may be that the bond company didn't report their financials because they have insufficient collateral to secure a bond of this magnitude. In which case the bond is no good, Trump doesn't have a bond, and he is out of time.

    Let's see how this gets resolved...

    mmalc,

    @mastodonmigration @GottaLaff

    “Trump posted a $175 million bond on April 1"

    Apt.

    peterbrown, to Barcelona
    @peterbrown@mastodon.scot avatar

    After almost a century and a half, construction work on the Sagrada Familia in is finally coming to an end.

    O sea que la obra ha durado bastante más que el Escorial 
    https://www.tourism-review.com/construction-of-the-sagrada-familia-to-end-in-2026-news14289

    mmalc,

    @peterbrown

    “The name [Bradford] is derived from 'broad ford' because of the river crossing here, which was wide and convenient for dumping stolen Escorts. Originally a small Saxon village, little of the original settlement survives, apart from a fine 15th century cathedral, which took 194 years to complete. A construction period of nearly two centuries may seem ridiculous to us, but of course builders were a lot quicker in those days.”

    Humphrey Lyttleton,
    (http://isihac.uk/Humphs_Intros_Page.php)

    kitoconnell, to Health
    @kitoconnell@kolektiva.social avatar

    “I was trying to prioritize my physical health because I couldn’t lift things; I couldn’t open things. I didn’t understand why I was getting weaker.”

    Even a single infection can destroy the lives of young, healthy Texans, as my feature from @TexasObserver magazine, out today, reveals: https://www.texasobserver.org/long-covid-texas-clearing-the-air/

    mmalc,

    @kitoconnell @TexasObserver

    Glad to hear

    I wonder how many were ridiculing those who continued to before this infection though

    MissingThePt, to random
    @MissingThePt@mastodon.social avatar

    Breaking: At a press conference outside Chicago’s O’Hare airport, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stressed that flying was the safest way to travel as he sidestepped falling plane parts.

    mmalc,

    @MissingThePt

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qir4EEpawE&t=18s

    MissingThePt, to random
    @MissingThePt@mastodon.social avatar

    Driving a cybertruck is a great way to make new friends.

    Cybertruck stuck on road with a bunch of people milling around
    Cybertruck stuck on beach with two people pushing from front.
    Cybertruck on road about to be towed.

    mmalc,

    @MissingThePt

    Obviously you’ll need them after losing all your old friends because you bought a Cybertruck

    jensorensen, to transit
    @jensorensen@mastodon.social avatar

    This week's comic on the blind zones of America's gargantuan trucks and SUVs.

    mmalc,

    @dascandy42 @jensorensen @peterbrown

    Seems about right

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