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The only reason why some solar customers pay zero is that they _significantly_ overproduce (export more than they use) and overproduction is compensated at the wholesale rate (typically $0.03-$0.04/kWh for PG&E), not the retail rate ($0.11-$0.45/kWh for PG&E).
The straightforward solution would be to fund major infrastructure costs using something other than volumetric pricing. But it’s easier to just impose fees on solar.
There's a substantial subset of high-performance computing tasks that are limited by GPU performance. But that's far from the whole equation.
Maybe central Montana?
At a personal level, the extinction of the giant sequoias or the spotted owls doesn’t seem like a very desirable outcome.
When the presumption of ill intent (and not e.g. confusion or ignorance) is automatic, there’s not much left to discuss.
It’s worth remembering that cis children (and adults) are misgendered too, including for reasons as banal as unorthodox appearance or unusual names.
New EV users often forget that unlike 'gallons of gasoline' or 'kWh', 'estimated miles of travel' are not a true unit of energy.
But claiming that what’s available today from Apple is of great interest to the high performance market is jumping the gun.
There’s also the fact that cost (including peripherals and support) and software availability, not performance and efficiency, are what guide most PC purchases. The M1’s advantages are far less pronounced in those areas.
Tell that to the people living in Appalachia or on skid row in LA.
Like most third-world countries, the US is a fine place to live, if you have money and/or access to power. But if you're not in that category, don't expect anything from public institutions.
That's more than twice as long as the transition from PPC. Sounds like they've not yet figured out how to do high-end. Hopefully, they won't be as quick to drop support on the $6k 2019 Mac Pro as they were on the 2005 Power Mac G5 quad (<4 years from release to unsupported by OS X).
This article has many such gems. Fascinating and well-written.
(Note that it was originally published in 2016).
That's a lot of power. Granted, on non-AVX code, the max they measured looks closer to 190W but that's still dramatically more than the 140W max that the 16-core Ryzen needs.
Their hiring rate has been remarkable. Less than 3 years ago (6/2017) they had 200 employees. Just over a year ago (3/2019), they had ~1000.
[1] https://insideevs.com/news/400529/tesla-battery-costs-droppi...
[1] https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1127590_nissan-leaf-as-...
This is sort of a non sequitur. These calculations are already happening and becoming more common, regardless of whether some individuals choose to move or not.
It's my hope that many people do move away though. Even setting aside the horrible traffic and insane housing costs, it's just not healthy for the region to be so highly dependent on tech jobs.
> 6x6 is based on the same 450GX chip set (previously known as Orion) as competitors' four-CPU offerings. The reason everyone else is shipping four-CPU systems is the chip set's 2-bit CPU addressing scheme -- allowing for four-CPU IDs. What ALR has done is implement two sets of three CPUs, where the missing fourth CPU in each set is actually a stand-in for the other entire group. The Pentium Pro's round-robin multitasking approach is preserved, and the four-CPU limit is broken.
[1] http://www.sandyflat.net/digerati/gatewayalr9000/infoworld%2...
That sounds great. Now instead of having to worry only about the employees at the particular restaurant, you have to worry about whether Subway has properly secured their system from everybody with internet access (including all of their employees).
If the price of a Subway sandwich includes giving PII to Subway, I'll pass.
A file that big?
It might be very useful
But now it is gone.