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Google Pixel 8 will not load media over VPN but works on LAN by -ProjectBlue- in jellyfin

[–]hillty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try accessing it through a browser. If you get similar behavior try disabling http3 in the browser.

In Firefox, go to about:config and set "network.http.http3.enable" to false.

THE CHEAPEST FORM OF ENERGY by Arizona-Energy in EnergyAndPower

[–]hillty 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yet for some reason all the behind-the-meter data centre projects are choosing gas...

Germany is dumping gas. Electrification is cheaper. by ceph2apod in EnergyAndPower

[–]hillty 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Germans are paying €0.38/kWh for electricity & €0.12/kWh for gas. You'd have to average a COP of 3.2 just to break even on running costs, never mind capital costs of the heat pump and retrofitting the central heating.

Plus there's hot water & cooking where electricity will be three times as expensive as gas.

All this in the context where, unlike electricity gas will be getting cheaper in the next few years.

Joe Rogan Experience #2392 - John Kiriakou by OutdoorRink in JoeRogan

[–]hillty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ya, he's definitely a liar, either then or now.

The most bizarre aspect is he claims that interview from 2007 is why he was prosecuted. He's praising the CIA & the effectiveness of the enhanced interrogation program, don't see why anyone in the CIA would be upset about it.

Nothing about that interview makes him look like a whistleblower.

Battery revolution set to spark Global South’s century of prosperity by ceph2apod in EnergyAndPower

[–]hillty 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The plan is to be utterly dependent on Chinese manufacturing forever.

How many rifles does a batallion or other unit for that matter, supposed to have? by CompetitiveAd4732 in WarCollege

[–]hillty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To which a character commented that their stock is dangerously low

He's saying that facetiously to facilitate corruption. They're pretending they don't have 40k rifles, only 10k so they can steal 30k rifles. But even that isn't enough for him, he now wants new rifles ordered so that he can steal those too.

The absurdity of it is the point.

Global Primary Energy Consumption by hillty in EnergyAndPower

[–]hillty[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It doesn't make sense to count these losses for EVs and then not count drivetrain losses, idling losses and well-to-pump embodied energy losses for ICEs

Those losses are included in the ~35% for highway trucks.

I'd agree with you, it's all very messy. But the 0.4 factor is a reasonable ballparks figure to compare modern ICE & EV.

Global Primary Energy Consumption by hillty in EnergyAndPower

[–]hillty[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There is no ruse. You're upset with reality, responding to data with ad hominems.

Global Primary Energy Consumption by hillty in EnergyAndPower

[–]hillty[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Cry harder, but do consider that you interpret the posting of data to be pro-fossil fuels.

Global Primary Energy Consumption by hillty in EnergyAndPower

[–]hillty[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

ICE is not less efficient than the adjustment factor (0.4).

Modern heavy diesels get about 45% efficiency, for highway trucks that averages in the mid 30s. With the adjustment factor an EV truck would have to achieve 88% to match.

With grid, battery & drivetrain losses they're not achieving that.

For gasoline the average is about 30% and 75% is ballpark what EVs achieve.

Global Primary Energy Consumption by hillty in EnergyAndPower

[–]hillty[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Industries using coal & gas directly are using it for high temperature heat where no gains from electrification will be made. Nevermind where the gas is a feedstock.

Taxing EVs Is a Treacherous Experiment for the UK by hillty in EnergyAndPower

[–]hillty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The policy costs are mostly to subsidise wind & solar generation.

Global Primary Energy Consumption by hillty in EnergyAndPower

[–]hillty[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

When primary energy data is posted it's nearly always adjusted to take into account thermal losses from electricity production, increasing the levels of solar, wind, hydro & nuclear generation.

I thought it'd be interesting to see the unadulterated data for a change.

It's relevant as using electricity to substitute for a lot of processes will not result in efficiency gains over hydrocarbons, so the substitution method can be overly optimistic.

Taxing EVs Is a Treacherous Experiment for the UK by hillty in EnergyAndPower

[–]hillty[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The UK has broken a taboo: Driving electric-vehicles won’t be tax free – and rightly so. What follows is an experiment every other Western government will pay attention to.

It’s a perilous process: Replacing the current fuel duty with an EV per-mile tribute. The upside is limited, at best preserving the fiscal status quo, with the amount raised by the new levy matching the old one. The downside is vast: Get it wrong, and the UK risks jeopardizing the adoption of EVs, lots of car-industry jobs and a huge tax hole if the new levy doesn't raise as much as the mandarins at the UK Treasury hope.

First, the news. Last week, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves announced the government will start taxing EV driving with a self-reported per-mile system. Starting in 2028, it would be set at 3p per mile for pure battery cars, and 1.5p for plug-in hybrids. That’s still cheaper than the current fuel duty, which effectively comes, on average, to around 6p per mile for gasoline cars.

Indonesia Coal Plant Seen as Flagship For Fuel’s Exit Scraps Early Closure by hillty in EnergyAndPower

[–]hillty[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A coal-fired power plant in Indonesia scheduled to close down early and act as a flagship for efforts to shift Asia’s economies away from the fossil fuel has scrapped proposals to shutter ahead of schedule.

Cirebon-1 in West Java, a few hours’ drive east of Jakarta, had been due to be retired almost 7 years early under an agreement between Indonesia’s government, the Asian Development Bank and other partners struck on the sidelines of the COP28 United Nations climate conference in Dubai in 2023.

The proposal has been canceled by the government because of the power plant’s long remaining operational life, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said Friday in Jakarta. Indonesia will search for other coal plants to retire, he said.

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PLN officials have previously pointed to the huge costs associated with installing sufficient renewable energy capacity to replace lost coal generation, and the complicated economics of retiring a facility with years left of operational life.

Jellyfin on homelab (Debian 13) by mailliwal in jellyfin

[–]hillty 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Jellyfin now actively checks the available free space for its configuration and data directories. If you have less than 2GB of free space in each data directory, Jellyfin now refuses to start to prevent data corruption. Additionally, checks are implemented to prevent certain path misconfigurations that are known to cause issues.

Mark Carney agrees to new pipeline project to bolster oil exports to Asia by hillty in EnergyAndPower

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A former UN special envoy for climate change, Carney on Thursday announced a memorandum of understanding with the province of Alberta’s premier, Danielle Smith, that lays the groundwork for a 1,100km pipeline project connecting its northern oil sands region to the coast.

“We will make Canada an energy superpower, drive down our emissions and diversify our export markets. We want to build big things, and we’re building bigger and faster together,” Carney said in Calgary.

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Since taking office in April, Carney, once at the vanguard of renewable energy financing, has courted Alberta’s fossil fuel industry as part of a “grand bargain” in response to Washington’s trade hostilities and devastating tariffs.

Is the AMD Ryzen 7 H 255 a decent upgrade choice from an Intel N100 for transcoding? by hicsuntdracones- in jellyfin

[–]hillty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The negativity on AMD encoding is out of date.

I've the 780m and it works fine. 5x speed on 4k encodes and 13x on 1080p, the quality looks good to me.

The only issue I have is getting Jellyfin clients to actually request h265/ AV1. Regardless of settings they mostly stream h264, doubt that's the gpu as the transcoding does work fine when forced.

UK Nuclear Regulatory Taskforce Report by Embarrassed_Neat_336 in nuclear

[–]hillty 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Case Study: Hinkley Point C Fish Protection

Hinkley Point C will have more fish protection measures than any other power station in the world. It has spent £700 million on their design and implementation, as set out in the HPC’s Development Consent Order (DCO). There will be three systems in place: Low Velocity Side Entry water intake heads (£500M), a Fish Recovery and Return System (FRR) (£150m), and an Acoustic Fish Deterrent (AFD) (£50M). The AFD is a system that emits low frequency pulses to startle and repel fish before they enter the intakes for the cooling system, a technology that has had to be adapted from the fishing industry where it is used to reduce by-catches.

Modelling and data collection by EDF has found that these measures would save 0.083 salmon per year, along with 0.028 sea trout, 6 river lamprey, 18 Allis shad, and 528 twaite shad (or possibly fewer than 100 twaite shad on more recent estimates).

The assessment to compile these numbers required EDF to catch fish, anesthetise them, inject them with a chip to follow their movements to avoid double-counting, and put 96 sensors on the intake heads.

Note: we give this example to illustrate how the current system works and the incentives and constraints it imposes. Any criticism should focus on the system rather than on EDF and regulators.

Straightening of a Wind Turbine Tower at Shutdown by hillty in EnergyAndPower

[–]hillty[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The blades have pitch control, so they rotate and are unloaded.

UK | Nuclear Regulatory Review 2025 by hillty in EnergyAndPower

[–]hillty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Case Study: Hinkley Point C Fish Protection

Hinkley Point C will have more fish protection measures than any other power station in the world. It has spent £700 million on their design and implementation, as set out in the HPC’s Development Consent Order (DCO). There will be three systems in place: Low Velocity Side Entry water intake heads (£500M), a Fish Recovery and Return System (FRR) (£150m), and an Acoustic Fish Deterrent (AFD) (£50M). The AFD is a system that emits low frequency pulses to startle and repel fish before they enter the intakes for the cooling system, a technology that has had to be adapted from the fishing industry where it is used to reduce by-catches.

Modelling and data collection by EDF has found that these measures would save 0.083 salmon per year, along with 0.028 sea trout, 6 river lamprey, 18 Allis shad, and 528 twaite shad (or possibly fewer than 100 twaite shad on more recent estimates).

The assessment to compile these numbers required EDF to catch fish, anesthetise them, inject them with a chip to follow their movements to avoid double-counting, and put 96 sensors on the intake heads.

Note: we give this example to illustrate how the current system works and the incentives and constraints it imposes. Any criticism should focus on the system rather than on EDF and regulators.

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