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It refers to the annexes you see growing out of the back of the house. People used to (and sometimes still do) start with a modest house, and then as time went on and money came in, build out into the yard, adding a new kitchen, toilet, shed, veranda, etc.
It has since also come to refer to things that get extended and patched up over time without a lot of coherence or forethought, like our tax codes (they just add rules, bonuses, penalties, etc. on top of the baseline instead of doing a thorough tax reform)
Back to the Future's 1.21 gigawatts sounds huge, but is it? We compare different power levels of common objects to see how much energy a gigawatt really is.
No, an average nuclear plant outputs 1 GW. That means 1 GWh per hour or 24 GWh per day. Watt is how far you pull the handle for the tap, Wh is how much water comes out in an hour. So lightning is 10 GW, but for less than a second, which means the kwh is maybe in the hundreds somewhere, not anywhere near what a nuclear plant produces in an hour, let alone a day.
But if you need a very short burst of electricity for something, lightning is indeed the best way to do it.
A nuclear power plant doesn’t pollute either of those more than any other large building, and sure uranium mining is still mining, but renewables and battery storage also depend on raw mined materials.
The meme may be true, but it is less meaningful than you might assume at first glance. The obvious comparison is those memes comparing wages or dollar values with house prices, where obviously inflation has made a huge difference in 100 years. However, you should compare it to other types of investment, so does a stock index grow as fast as home prices or not?
The 5000 refers to cars with bigger batteries than a 10.000 dollar car. Those might go down to 7 or 8 K, but new cars sold in Europe or the US will not likely go back down to below 15k. The necessary safety and environmental requirements, and minimum expectations on comfort, features and performance will likely keep prices relatively high-ish. Even the Citroën Ami is still 9k, and that’s a 2 person city car with low range, barely any features, and loads of cost cutting. Awesome car, though.
According to MIT, this technology works even at small scale, with one the size of a suitcase able to desalinate 6 litres per hour, and only needing to be serviced every few years....
Paying 5 dollars per transaction (more if it actually does see an increased use as currency) seems like a bad deal for most transactions outside of large international payments, and even then there’s the hassle of conversion to a locally usable currency.
I guess the question is whether or not the exposed sides are integral to sushi or not, and I think they are. It’s like the ‘how many holes does a straw have’ all over again Edit: nevermind they said slice. So yes, definitely sushi. Although the jury is still out on a full stuffed crust pizza, or a jelly filled donut for that matter.
I think it was awful of @nytimes to publish. Triggering for me to read— not because the writer mentioned my nearly ending my life— but seeing a public person’s sexuality being discussed is upsetting....
It’s an election year, so the usual suspects are going to be screaming that any good person will vote party line Democrat and if you don’t you’re letting the fascists win and you’re a a bad person and a bad liberal/leftist/anarchist/communist/whatever....
I’m just an outsider, but it seems to me that in 2016, many people on the left/anarchist /socialist/liberal whatever weren’t enthusiastic about Clinton and didn’t vote or voted third party. This led to Trump winning and subsequently nominate enough Supreme Court justices to set back abortion rights 50 years among many other things that probably are worse than whatever Clinton could have done.
You can express your preferences in primaries, local elections, in movements to change voting laws, but once candidates in a first past the post system are locked in, it’s intentional ignorance to pretend like it won’t be one of the two major party candidates that will win, and not voting for one helps the other one. If you’re okay with that, fine, but don’t pretend that not voting is a neutral act. You’re giving away your voice to whoever is voting one of the two major candidates, and I assure you the right does not care about their candidate’s past or unsavory aspects.
Scientists find buried branch of the Nile that may have carried pyramids’ stones (www.theguardian.com)
O.J. Simpson, Athlete Whose Trial Riveted the Nation, Dies at 76 (www.nytimes.com)
I have a slight suspicion that it is a scam (file.coffee)
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Plants VS Rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
How Much Power Is 1.21 Gigawatts, Anyway? The Science Behind Back to the Future (www.syfy.com)
Back to the Future's 1.21 gigawatts sounds huge, but is it? We compare different power levels of common objects to see how much energy a gigawatt really is.
People Hate the Idea of Car-Free Cities—Until They Live in One (www.wired.com)
Is nuclear power a fix for climate change? Experts think it's too dangerous (www.salon.com)
Tinder to ban web developers who use 'engineer' in their bio (www.theolognion.com)
Pierre Poilievre says minors should not have access to puberty blockers (www.cbc.ca)
Hmmm (startrek.website)
Gold for house (lemmy.ca)
wood for sheep?
your video will play after this ad (lemmy.ml)
CATL expects to sell batteries at $60 kWh or less in mid-2024, that 12 months ago it sold for $125 kWh. With further predicted price falls, this will knock $5,000 off the cost to make EVs by 2025. (cnevpost.com)
MIT Passive Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water, scales down to the size of a suitcase. (news.mit.edu)
According to MIT, this technology works even at small scale, with one the size of a suitcase able to desalinate 6 litres per hour, and only needing to be serviced every few years....
Crypto collapse: SEC takes on Terraform and Coinbase, ETF fallout continues, Tether is for crime (davidgerard.co.uk)
r/flashlight (feddit.de)
is a hot dog a sandwich (lemmy.ml)
Hogwarts Legacy Just Broke A 14-Year Games Industry Streak – For the first time since 2008, something other than Call of Duty or a Rockstar game was the best-seller (kotaku.com)
What are some good games that have a bad reputation due to unreasonable expectations?
For consistency sake, let’s say that any game that’s >or=7/10 at what it’s trying to do while having a popular perception of being a
Country Singer Chely Wright Calls New York Times Op-Ed Speculating About Taylor Swift’s Sexuality “Upsetting” (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
I think it was awful of @nytimes to publish. Triggering for me to read— not because the writer mentioned my nearly ending my life— but seeing a public person’s sexuality being discussed is upsetting....
it's an election year. don't vote shame. (jacobin.com)
It’s an election year, so the usual suspects are going to be screaming that any good person will vote party line Democrat and if you don’t you’re letting the fascists win and you’re a a bad person and a bad liberal/leftist/anarchist/communist/whatever....