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romski··on Will we ever get fusion power?
Find the graph of GW of solar installed over time
romski··on Saving Electricity (1998 – 2023)
Ya agreed about that cost for a backup install - there are some interesting new options that should be less labor from an electrician.

https://us.ecoflow.com/products/delta-pro-transfer-switch

romski··on The proto-fascism of Elon Musk
We don’t need to be “influenced by media” the tweets are there for everyone to see.
romski··on Using LLaMA with M1 Mac and Python 3.11
It’s downloaded over a Torrent seems fine
romski··on DuckDB – An in-process SQL OLAP database management system
Yes using it in production - Stateless and ephemeral. For sure there’s a learning curve.
romski··on Boeing’s last 747 is rolling out of the factory
Good thing they will be flying for the next 25 years!
romski··on On second thought, just throw plastic away
Plastic and glass is ground up
romski··on Lyft to lay off about 700 employees in second round of job cuts
Someone coming from a 350k fang job is not going to work for “35-70k” would you?
romski··on Filthy Plane Videos Ignite Debate About Airline Cleanliness
A monthly disinfect helps you feel better how?
romski··on UBS Acquires Wealthfront for $1.4B
You can create a 2nd investment account and start contributing to that while making minimum payments against your loan.
romski··on By 2500 earth could be alien to humans
Trivial compared to their value.
romski··on Mailchimp insiders react to employees getting no equity from Intuit sale
They are free to quit and find other jobs aren’t they?
romski··on Mailchimp insiders react to employees getting no equity from Intuit sale
The founder organized capital more productively than it sitting earning 3% is thus able to command a large ownership level.
romski··on Electric aircraft set to take flight by 2026 under new agreements
Green aside, this was an interesting video explaining that for short flights electric planes are extremely lucrative https://youtu.be/aH4b3sAs-l8 [wendover]
romski··on Bitcoin may consume as much energy as all data centers globally
ad-tech runs on a fractional of data centers right? So it's already eclipsed by crypto.
romski··on ‘It just blew fire’: Kauai woman watched as an engine fell apart on flight 328
How does the island residency of the person matter so much either.
romski··on Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account
Not necessarily - ideally if you don’t want to live in that kind of a house then someone will want your business and cater to you.
romski··on The potentially revolutionary Celera 500L aircraft
You can fly right now if you want to - flights are very cheap! What point are you trying to make?
romski··on Uber and Lyft competitors ready if service is suspended in California
The occasional failure scenario is well captured by private companies.
romski··on Adult immune systems ‘remember’ germs to which they’ve never been exposed (2013)
It’s the spring in the northern hemisphere, it’s not cold anywhere in the US or Europe. I don’t see how your conclusion is relevant
romski··on Adult immune systems ‘remember’ germs to which they’ve never been exposed (2013)
That was an influenza virus, this is a coronavirus they are completely different. But to your point, there have been numerous flu pandemics since 1918
romski··on Adult immune systems ‘remember’ germs to which they’ve never been exposed (2013)
That’s correct - one of the proposed treatments for coronavirus is synthetically generated antibodies for seriously ill patients; it won’t teach the immune system as you said but reduces viral load.
romski··on Pangolins found to carry viruses related to Covid-19
It’s not DNA, it’s an RNA virus. More changes happen with them.
romski··on Chloroquine, past and present
you're not really an md, are you?
romski··on State projections for Covid-19
more data is needed; the way that article is written is very casual and this is not a peer reviewed paper.
romski··on State projections for Covid-19
the PCR test (throat swap) only test for active infections; we need antibody tests to determine if someone had the decision in the past
romski··on FDA just cleared a $20 Covid-19 antibody test
Link already removed :-(
romski··on California governor issues statewide 'stay at home' order
Dude take a breath, millions die in the US every year
romski··on California governor issues statewide 'stay at home' order
The case fatality rate of being 80 years old is 5.77%. Each year this many people age 80 die of various ailments. I don’t remember staying home for months praying this number goes down.
romski··on 50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic
You sound like someone that works at a company with “unlimited pto” am I right?
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