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  • You bring up heated water as a method of storage, and it reminds me of a neighborhood in Alberta, Canada that uses geothermal + solar heated water storage for 52 homes. They've been able to successfully heat the entire neighborhood with only solar over the winter in 2015-2016 and have gotten > 90% solar heating in other years.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_Landing_Solar_Community

    There's a huge number of new storage technologies being developed, and the fact that some even work on a seasonal basis for long term storage is amazing.

  • I think The Onion has better taste than to joke about this topic.

  • Definitely dangerous, but I'm less scared of that one. I've got detectors for that, and that's more of a "go peacefully in your sleep" kind of danger.

  • Ironically the one thing computers are normally good at.

  • Less used than the Code key apparently. Their editor must crash A LOT if they need a dedicated button to launch it more than A or Space

  • Well, now this is on my list of invisible things that scare me:

    • Radiation
    • Methanol fires
    • Supercritical steam jets
  • I believe the lifecycle goes ExceptionLayer, ExceptionIncubator, ExceptionHatcher

    It's critical you don't throw your exceptions too early, they need to learn to fly first 🤣

  • My biggest problem with it is that those aren't verbs. You might have LegCount -> Countable and FleaCount -> Countable though.

  • They did publish a video of a crash test, but I think Tesla did it themselves and didn't publish any data, just a "comparison video" with an F150 Lightning.

    It didn't look great... A lot of people were pointing out how tiny the crumple zone is, and the stop seemed more violent than most vehicles.

  • I'm definitely a fan of the Lightning, but it's a huge truck, similar to a Raptor in length. It wouldn't fit in my driveway. They need an EV Mavick or Ranger. (I've heard rumors of a Ranger PHEV, which could be a game changer for EV towing)

  • There's actually an official transparent case Steam Deck too. They had the limited edition OLED when it first came out.

  • It's more than a clickbait headline, the first paragraph is just flat out wrong:

    Perhaps best of all, it consumes no energy doing it.

    Obviously it's consuming energy going uphill. Just because the power source is gravity doesn't mean it's not consuming energy.

  • Is that if the channel is inactive, or the viewer's account? It seems like if you watch anything else, it's not a problem, but if you're only subscribed to 1 infrequent channel you might have that problem?

  • I'd click on the link, but then I'd be contributing to the stats.

    I do remember seeing this tweet quoted on the Elon missed prediction tracker: https://elonmusk.today/

  • Taylor Swift moving to another platform would absolutely cause a massive crowd to follow. Maybe we'll see it happen one day.

  • Oh phew, I don't have flowers on my blanket either. I guess I'm safe too. Otherwise I'm in exactly the same position as this meme, and that would make me have to think about my life choices.

  • I really enjoy programming, but generally I dislike cooking. I just want to eat, not spend time preparing to eat.

    My experience with cooking has been that because I don't do it enough, I'm constantly dealing with food expiration dates and having to plan carefully around them.

    In comparison, I've got some servers that have been running maintenance free for 5+ years. (Probably not the most secure thing, but meh, I don't have customers other than myself)

    I think programmers often have hobbies that are more physical though. For me, I like working on my car because turning bolts and working with my hands lets my brain turn off for a while. I could see cooking and following a recipe being in the same category for others.

  • "I'm going to shoot you in the face" - Man who can't stop lying if their life depended on it.

    "I don't believe you" - Last words of person shot in face.

    shocked pikachu face
    Maybe lets not risk it.

  • Trump has also tried to cut medicare several times, while Harris wants to put a cap on out-of-pocket prescription prices and actually improve things instead of blaming everything on immigrants.

    I don't appreciate your whataboutism. You're arguing like it's one or the other, bodily autonomy or better healthcare. The goal should be both. They're not conflicting issues.