burritojustice

burritojustice, 12 days ago to random

ok say goodbye to
the next hour of your life (and get ready to be fully annoyed with yourself) god damn you @mattmangels https://mattmangels.com/code/california_counties/

burritojustice, 13 days ago to random

wait what bell

burritojustice, 18 days ago to random

“reconductoring” power lines in news, this paper has bunch of details

• lines made of better conductors more $ but carry more amps
• way faster to deploy lines on existing towers vs permitting new ones
• really only helps up to 50 miles, other tech better for longer distances (high voltage DC, “sectionalizing” long lines)
• traditional power lines get hot and sag (and cause fires)
• insane mix of disincentives for utilities/ISO/RTOs to upgrade, but Fed policies helping

https://www.2035report.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Supporting-Advanced-Conductor-Deployment-Barriers-and-Policy-Solutions.pdf

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burritojustice, 20 days ago to random

‘And really the COVID response was all-consuming in that first year. And what I kind of gingerly tiptoed around, I said
“This COVID response thing that we're doing: we're going to have to take a similar effort on climate for the rest of our lives." And that was not met with a dismissal.’ https://www.volts.wtf/p/getting-ready-for-ira-2

burritojustice, 20 days ago to random

Cambridge Electric Cement!

“So for the Cambridge method, the lime flux was swapped out for the recycled cement paste. And sure enough, not only was it able to purify the steel just fine, but if the leftover slag is cooled quickly in air, it becomes new Portland cement”

https://newatlas.com/materials/concrete-steel-recycle-cambridge-zero-carbon-cement/

burritojustice, 20 days ago to random

“If people become too skeptical about the content they see, they might stop believing in anything at all, which could enable bad actors to take advantage of this trust vacuum and lie about the authenticity of real content” https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/04/25/1091772/new-generative-ai-avatar-deepfake-synthesia/

burritojustice, 23 days ago to random

“The upshot is, if you adopt LLMs into your work flow, you are intentionally adopting a bullshit engine. Nothing that comes from an LLM should ever be trusted. There is no accountability for the inevitable errors and fabrications that they bring to your work.

If ChatGPT were an employee, you’d fire them almost immediately for fraud”

https://jimrion.com/2024/05/24/enough-with-the-llm-bs-already/

burritojustice, 24 days ago to random

ok this seems bad https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/05/what-you-need-to-know-about-record-breaking-heat-in-the-atlantic/

burritojustice, 25 days ago to random

why do neither of these things surprise me

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burritojustice, 27 days ago to random

California’s solar deployment lets operators shift hydroelectric output to the evenings when it’s needed most:

“Lower midday usage of hydropower is highly desirable for the CAISO system as it allows for greater dispatch of hydropower resources during the hours without solar generation - a textbook complementary system... By reducing the need for midday hydropower, a significant portion of a given year’s available MWhs can be shifted towards more critical periods.”

https://blog.gridstatus.io/caiso-batteries-apr-2024/

burritojustice, 28 days ago to random

Ms. Saldana, 64, was exasperated at the sustained outage, the fourth she has had to endure, after Hurricane Ike in 2008, Harvey in 2017 and the winter freeze in 2021.

“I’ve lived in this house for 38 years,” she said. “I am old. I don’t want to do it anymore.”

She said she thought about moving but was not sure where she would go. For now, she said she was taking cold showers and driving her car around the block with the cold air blasting.

“Thank God I have water.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/19/us/houston-power-outages-texas-storm.html

burritojustice, 30 days ago to random

seriously Costco

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burritojustice, 30 days ago to random

‘A Canadian politician has a modest proposal to her city’s drivers: pay a tax equivalent to the current cost of an annual bus pass to register their cars— the equivalent of $858 American dollars a year — or give up those cars altogether and take the bus for free’

“If we could wave a magic wand and double the network, take away the debt and make the bus free — oh my God, why would we not do that? That's an easy decision”

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/05/16/this-city-leader-wants-drivers-to-pay-850-year-to-register-their-cars-and-give-the-money-to-transit

burritojustice, 1 month ago to random

https://press.coop/@Nature/112451626209475743

burritojustice, 1 month ago to random

‘When she came back out, 17 hours later, Gubser was at the Farallon Islands, 29.7 miles away…’

“I was pretty steady for the most part, but at the end we hit a strong current and the water got colder,” said Gubser. “My progress was slowed because I was chilled to the bone. I did not expect 43 degrees. That was nuts.”
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/woman-first-to-swim-golden-gate-bridge-farallons-19457394.php

burritojustice, 1 month ago to random

“A Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm is LIKELY - possibly as early as later today and continuing through the weekend; exact timing remains somewhat uncertain. At least seven
earth-directed Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are in transit

Only three Severe (G4) geomagnetic storms have occurred so far this solar cycle (since 2019); the last was a brief occurrence on March 23. This is SWPC's first G4 Watch since 2005”

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/severe-geomagnetic-storming-likely-continue

burritojustice, 1 month ago to random

omfg TEXTURE

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burritojustice, 1 month ago to random

in which the Vancouver Canucks join together to form one giant goalie

burritojustice, 1 month ago to random

ACCESSING THE PAST AT SCALE
https://hcommons.social/@wragge/112375354334429112

burritojustice, 1 month ago to random

“When the people and institutions that are funded by tax dollars simply choose to stop doing their job or disregard elected civilian leadership at the local or national level, we cease to have a democracy. If what it takes to get police who are well paid to do their job is a veto over democratic elections, then we no longer have a democracy” https://www.sfexaminer.com/forum/san-franciscos-former-da-chesa-boudin-reflects-on-recall/article_36ff9c7a-03fa-11ef-9187-bfb40d473c0b.html

burritojustice, 1 month ago to random

“Just last week, for the first time ever, battery storage discharge exceeded 6,000 MW and batteries were the largest source of supply to power the grid at one point during the day” https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/04/19/californias-grid-keeps-setting-new-clean-energy-records/
https://mastodon.green/@JustinGerdes/112356105490737360

burritojustice, 1 month ago to random

oh wait Washington Post sorry now 10GW https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/california-electricity-data/california-energy-storage-system-survey https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/04/25/california-achieves-major-clean-energy-victory-10000-megawatts-of-battery-storage/ https://mastodon.social/@burritojustice/112322972926799767

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burritojustice, 1 month ago to random

“It's truly absurd that transit riders, cyclists, and even pedestrians are guaranteed travel on a very limited number of streets, while drivers are granted virtually every road and cry discrimination if a portion of one is given to someone else.” https://darrellowens.substack.com/p/businesses-are-getting-their-customers

burritojustice, 1 month ago to random

omfg FLOATPLANE CAMINO

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burritojustice, 1 month ago to random

“The simple fact is the merchants who are protesting safety improvements drive. And they don't want anyone interfering with that” https://sf.streetsblog.org/2024/04/25/commentary-there-is-zero-ambiguity-to-the-west-portal-tragedy