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Phoenix3875

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  • [discussion] DC (direct current) power network

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  • Sorry I wasn't being clear. AC is used for connecting within areas of densely populated cities, e.g. British National Grid. If we are talking about really long distances (> hundreds of kilometers), HVDC is indeed preferred.

    I was talking about a trend of some factories replacing AC from power grids (possibility generated in nearby cities) with DC from solar panels on their rooftops. So it's a long distance compared to that.

  • [discussion] DC (direct current) power network

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  • Power grids would mean long distance power transmission, so AC has an advantage. If the point of consumption is near the point of PV generation, DC can and is already being used.

    I know factories with solar panels on their rooftops to cut down power bills and instead of converting to high voltage AC, a custom-built DC power system is used.

  • Autocorrect Rule

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  • California woman fed up with stolen mail sends Apple AirTag to herself to catch thief

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  • What happened to the beeping anti-stalking feature?

  • 'Let's Go!' Top Economist Applauds as Harris Signals Support for Billionaires Tax

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  • The article cited the 2025 budget [PDF]. It's under the section "Proposes a Minimum Tax on Billionaires".

    To finally address this glaring inequity, the Budget includes a 25 percent minimum tax on the wealthiest 0.01 percent, those with wealth of more than $100 million.

    Though the Harris campaign is not directly mentioned, I think we may assume it's coming from both Harris and Biden.

  • Liz Truss leaves stage over ‘I crashed the economy’ lettuce banner

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  • Such a shame on the activists to spread disinformation. It was Lizzy who crushed the economy, #NOT THE LETTUCE!

  • Helth

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  • You are literally designed to eat craps found on the ground.

  • U.S. Athletes Are Taking Full Advantage of Free Healthcare in Olympic Village

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  • Be the top player of the world and you too can enjoy a trial period of free health care.

  • me_irl

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  • Not from Taiwan, but the way it works is that there's a unique ID on each of the receipts. The ID is there anyways, so no additional things to be done at this point. What's different is that a lucky ID is announced e.g. every month, and the person with the receipt can collect a small amount of money.

  • Mixed-race voters say Donald Trump’s attacks on Kamala Harris’ race are painfully familiar

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  • Dutch toilets

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  • Comments on toilets of France, England, and Germany by Slavoj Zizek: https://youtube.com/watch?v=8mtZmBvat4k

    Another good bit (not in the video) is that Zizek thinks that's why Germans can endure great pain and sacrifices for an ideal…if you are strong enough to observe your shit for health reasons, there's nothing you can't do!

  • Based on a true story

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  • For true immutability, burn something like tails on a read-only CD.

  • Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled

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  • From my understanding, MV3 kills vital features of ad-blockers in that

    1. Some filtering rules do rely on the ability to read the content of the webpage, which can't be migrated, per the FAQ linked in the article
    2. The declarative API means an update to the rules requires an update to the plugin itself, which might get delayed by the reviewing process, causing the blocker to lag behind the tracker. It might not be able to recover as quickly as uBO in the recent YouTube catch-up round.

  • Elden Ring Player to Sue FromSoftware Over High Game Difficulty

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  • They git gud…at suing!

  • How to deal with bad feelings

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  • Step 1. Acquire Jar

  • Darkness reigns over Wikipedia as official dark mode comes to pass

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  • Wikimedia Foundation (the org behind the Wikipedia and similar projects) does get more donations than their operational cost, but that's expected. The idea is that they'll invest the extra fund^1 and some day the return alone will be able to sustain Wikipedia forever.

    Although, some have criticized that the actual situation is not clearly conveyed in their asking for donation message. It gives people an impression that Wikipedia is going under if you don't donate.

    Others also criticized that the feature development is slow compared to the funding, or that not enough portion is allocated to the feature development. See how many years it takes to get dark mode! I don't know how it's decided or what's their target, so I can't really comment on this.

    They publish their annual financial auditions^2 and you can have a read if you're interested. There are some interesting things. For example, in 2022-2023, processing donations actually costs twice as much as internet hosting, which one would expect to be the major expense.

  • President Biden Announces Bold Plan to Reform the Supreme Court and Ensure No President Is Above the Law.

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  • "No one is above the law" seems a bit of circular with the fact that the law is what the Supreme Court says it is. Similarly, who would decide whether a Supreme Court judge violates the purported Code of Conduct?

    I guess it would all come to the legislation branch, but even if the reform goes through, I'm afraid that the political division in the Congress would limit its effectiveness.

  • electrical engineer rule

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  • Conceptually yes, but you can achieve better efficiency by putting multiple adders together with e.g. a Wallace tree.

    There are more efficient ways to expand adders than simply chaining them as well.

  • 77% Of Employees Report AI Has Increased Workloads And Hampered Productivity, Study Finds

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  • The link to the study is just a "Paid Search Ad" page. Ouch for the professionalism of Forbes.