JohnDClay

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[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago

Congrats, your a mod. Sorry I dropped off for a month

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Thank you! What do you mean by ice mod? Did I have a typo or something? I'll get you added.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

A truly enlightened otter enjoying the delights of stick!

 

I realized I haven't been on/active in a while. Sorry, life got more busy, mostly in a good way. So we should probably get another mod so that if I drop off, the community isn't abandoned. Good news is y'all have been very well behaved, I haven't really had to do anything. Everyone pretty much gets the concept of 'stick,' and there have been a ton of good posts! But all the same, it'd probably be beneficial to have someone modding if I go missing. Just leave a comment if you're interested. Thanks!

Criteria: Intend to be active on the fediverse longer term Have posted to !stick before

Aside, I was looking for a picture of a stick for the image, and found this wonderful page reviewing the stick as a toy! https://toyvey.blogspot.com/2020/09/a-stick.html

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

They did some testing with it, but I don't think it is fully qualified.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago (8 children)

They're the only planes that can carry the biggest bunker buster massive ordinance penetrator.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sources? Anyway, to get a good sized grid to smooth out intermittency, you'll need to connect all Europe or more. I think there's already some of that, but the longer distances you go, the more loss. I agree pumped hydro is a good option, but the promising sites tend to be quite limited when you try to scale up to a full grid. Plus the ecological concerns that come with dams need to be weighed too.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Finite resource goes for battery minerals even more so, and solar production capacity is also limited.

Agree on offshore wind, but it's also got intermittency.

You can save money with solar and batteries, but only after about 30 years. That's a much longer payback time than any other forms like nuclear. Plus you wouldn't have representative grid loads overnight.

The costs you cited are just for the panel electricity, not taking into account any storage.

Right now it costs about $400/kwh. You'll need about 12 hours storage to cover over night, which means about $50k/kw. If the lifespan is 20 years, (which is generous) that means the added cost is 28 cents per kwh just for the storage. I'm sure the batteries will get more efficient, but they will also be in more demand, so that price could go up or down.

Do you have better numbers showing 100% solar is cheaper than nuclear? Why is nuclear bad? It's less deaths than even wind energy and is a proven technology to minimize emissions. Why limit yourself?

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I have no idea. But maybe the gravitational location would appear to asymptotically approach the event horizon similar to how light from an object would appear to just approach the horizon and then stay there.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works -4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I'll need substantiation on the cheaper. Batteries are expensive! And transmission loses get excessive after very long to distances.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

Batteries plus solar to equal a constant output power is much more expensive than nuclear. It's when you have other sources that you can have less storage that solar gets cheaper.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (7 children)

It's still to be determined if at a 90% renewable grid whether adding nuclear or wind/solar will be cheaper. You'll need a whole lot more energy storage the closer you get to 100% intermittent renewable, so having some reliable base load with nuclear is likely cheaper.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you thinking of a particular source? I couldn't find substantiation for $45/h.

 

Went on a hike, they loved the sticks, so many to chose from!

 

Tin in solder or some other meals can form spiky crystals when under stress. These whiskers can form short circuits if not properly insulated or not alloyed with other metals.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisker_(metallurgy)

 

Apparently reddits nuclear subs are anti nuclear now, as they won't let this video be posted.

Livestream with more info about Kyle Hill videos beginning banned from nuclear subreddits. Discussion starts at about 17min in. https://www.youtube.com/live/LF-AMZYrLYs

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Just make sure to return them when you're done! Maybe even add a new one if you find one.

The one I used was very nice. Has a nice heft all the way down, and was very straight.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/29486021

cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/2665486

this intricate pattern on a stick found while hiking in sedona, az

This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.

The original was posted on /r/mildlyinteresting by /u/delayed_milk on 2024-04-15 04:56:39.

 

OnStar reports location and speed data to the car manufacturer. Sometimes they will sell this data to insurance companies to raise your premium, as several news stores pointed out a few weeks ago. I couldn't really find an advantage to OnStar, (I have my phone to call emergency services) so I disabled it by pulling it's fuse.

For my 2019 bolt, it's f31 in the instrument panel fuse box, just down and to the left of the steering wheel. The fuse box cover comes off when you pull it hard from the bottom.

I was able to find which fuse went to OnStar in the owners manual and labeled on the inside of the fuse box cover. You should be able to find it for your model car there too if it uses OnStar.

I did have the casualty of my speaker for calls and texts. I'm not able to use it right now. I'll see if I can dig in and reconnect it somehow, but we'll see.

Who knows that other into they're snitching back to GM, or what they could do in the future, so I recommend disconnecting it. Good luck!

 
 

A lightsaber stick or sword stick would also be an acceptable choice

 

I love the noise it makes and how it manages to look like a helicopter and biology inspired. And the wing folded dive to get to the spice harvester is just fantastic.

On the ground

In the air

 

Sticks come in many shapes and sizes, but this is guide to a good vanilla one.

 

I really love the huge sense of scale this ship gives off. Especially when compared to the absolutely massive guild heighliner. huge heighliner disembarking the ambassador's ship

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