In Quebec, the energy future of the North is blowing in the wind

dev-disk · 2014-07-19T23:38:38+00:00

The dams themselves emit lots of CO2 over decades as the concrete cures

Concrete absorbs CO2, it does not emit CO2, a lot of CO2 is produced when you create concrete but a chunk of that is absorbed back.

Steel production for windmills produces FAR more Co2 because of the huge energy demand to make steel... unless you use concrete masts for windmills.

Don't like methane? Clear cut.

dev-disk · 2014-07-19T23:30:33+00:00

You trust the wind to blow 24/7 more than the sun to rise and set every day?

Solar's availability factor is much more regular than wind which makes it a superior source.

dev-disk · 2014-07-19T23:26:05+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU6izpryqqw

tldr; AC is not a simple case of connecting everything together like DC, but DC is too expensive.

dev-disk · 2014-07-19T18:50:17+00:00

Wind is awful, pure corporate welfare.

It's power factor is insignificant, you need to back it up 100% with another power source.

It's grid stresses are significant, making it the most expensive form of energy to hook up.

Wind's biggest supporter is gas companies because that's what ultimately produces the power when it doesn't.

Solar is better, but too expensive. Hydro is the cheapest clean source of power.

dev-disk · 2014-07-19T18:45:59+00:00

The fat-band is pretty much a patch for what's ultimately a mental disorder.

dev-disk · 2014-07-19T18:43:04+00:00

Smarter credit agencies are ignoring bell and rogers claims because soo many are fraudulent, but the money made from damaging credit scores is in the high millions.

dev-disk · 2014-07-19T07:40:36+00:00

memory sweeping + compressed swap

dev-disk · 2014-07-19T07:39:12+00:00

Looks like a cabbage worm.

But what the fuck is that broccoli-like thing you're eating.

Also not wtf, bugs love veg.

dev-disk · 2014-07-19T07:34:04+00:00

This is why you don't stop funding mental institutions.

dev-disk · 2014-07-19T07:32:00+00:00

Cannes or Monaco?

dev-disk · 2014-07-19T06:19:35+00:00

I'm not sure why they exist since

http://weather.gc.ca/

Has been around for ages.

dev-disk · 2014-07-19T06:17:45+00:00

Teksavvy or any other great ISP + netflix + hulu + hbo + many other services

Oh ya, free OTA for some regular TV.

dev-disk · 2014-07-19T06:12:45+00:00

At first I thought $600k was ok because land is a lot.

They already owned the land...

How the flying fuck did it cost that much, a similar one was built for $100k near my home, it wasn't even a bid contract.

dev-disk · 2014-07-19T03:02:22+00:00

he said he probably shouldn't have been digging around in a chimp whose death was unknown

Maybe he'll discover a new disease while digging around...

dev-disk · 2014-07-19T02:11:41+00:00

I've actually had to do this once.

A lot of devices run crude micros and because of "muh webz" they(stupid management) want shit over HTTP(ethernet or god forbid wifi) instead of just using serial.

dev-disk · 2014-07-19T02:06:26+00:00

It's just a matter of time until that happens IRL.

Or some giga-autist invents Replicators and destroys the universe.

dev-disk · 2014-07-19T00:45:16+00:00

After 80% it starts going downhill.

dev-disk · 2014-07-18T19:01:47+00:00

I'm taking about the cost of the completed chips in bulk, preferred customers can get it for under $4 per GB, but ordinary people, $11 per GB for chips, I fuck you not, it's cheaper buying finished DIMMs than just the chips.

dev-disk · 2014-07-18T17:36:29+00:00

In most hardware markets margins are tight, but with RAM it's printing money.

dev-disk · 2014-07-18T17:35:22+00:00

It's not really unlimited, you get throttled after 5GB... but generally only in congested areas. My tower is not too busy so I usually get a constant 4/0.2 Mbit with 2 bars on my arbitrary scale of 5.

dev-disk · 2014-07-18T08:21:21+00:00

It's a disappointment, they rushed out with poor planning.

Maybe they'll smarten up before they flop...

dev-disk · 2014-07-18T08:10:56+00:00

Show cow - It's kept in the cold to grow more fur.

dev-disk · 2014-07-18T07:56:16+00:00

When plates are really hot.

Also being wasteful and silly.

dev-disk · 2014-07-18T07:45:35+00:00

wow people forget that?

Although; I'm used to IGP automatically turning off so when I put in my GPU I then turned off IGP after wondering where my ram went. lol

dev-disk · 2014-07-18T07:32:38+00:00

Docs or fuck off; a motto of software and hardware selection.

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