How is the substation power produced?
Posts by DanceMan
673 publicly visible posts • joined 17 Aug 2009
Elon Musk’s xAI to pull about half of its smog-belching turbines powering Colossus
Oregon State University's Open Source Lab is running on fumes
Hydrotreated vegetable oil is not an emission-free swap for diesel in datacenters
How do you explain what magnetic fields do to monitors to people wearing bowling shoes?
Americans set to pay more on all imports: Trump activates blanket tariffs
Tech suppliers await final grade as Trump prepares to flunk Department of Education
US stocks slip as Trump pulls trigger on Canada, Mexico, China tariffs
Trump says US should kill CHIPS Act, use the cash to cut debt
First private moon lander to touch down safely starts sending selfies
Trump’s cyber chief pick has little experience in The Cyber
Welsh woman fined for flatulence-fueled cyber harassment
Intel pitches modular PC designs to make repairs less painful
Trump 'waved a white flag to Chinese hackers' as Homeland Security axed cyber advisory boards
UK sleep experts say it's time to kill daylight saving for good
UK ponders USB-C as common charging standard
Zen Browser is a no-Google zone that offers tiling nirvana
To crew, or not to crew – that is the question facing Boeing's stricken Starliner
Chrome Web Store warns end is nigh for uBlock Origin
Mozilla's switch to WebExtensions
Firefox with UBO and NoScript. Former user of Pale Moon after Australis but code changes eventually killed my extensions so back to FF. MX Linux has in its menu "Adblock -- blocks adverts via /etc/hosts file" Between that and the browser I see NO ads.
Frustrated with code changes that blow up the customisations I've set to make the browser work the way I want. I really miss Tab Mix Plus.
Norway's sovereign wealth fund aims to zap Musk's monster Tesla pay deal
HP BIOS update renders some ProBook laptops expensive paperweights
Re: What happened? Who to use next?
Happy user of MX Linux on old laptops here, currently on T510/520. This appears to be a hinge point where keyboard and other changes on subsequent Lenovo Thinkoads make them less desirable. Any comments from those similarly inclined as to alternatives? Dell? or stay with Lenovo since HP si shooting itself in thr the foot.
High-flying drones on a leash could blow traditional wind turbines away
Computer sprinkled with exotic chemicals produced super-problems, not super-powers
Congress told how Chinese goons plan to incite 'societal chaos' in the US
Five Eyes intel chiefs warn China's IP theft program now at 'unprecedented' levels
Not even the ghost of obsolescence can coerce users onto Windows 11
Mozilla's midlife crisis has taken it from web pioneer to Google's weird neighbor
EU right to repair updates pass latest hurdle
High severity vuln in WinRAR could allow code to run when files are opened
Pack of GM Cruise robo-taxis freeze, snarl up Friday night traffic amid festival crowds

a consequence of crowds overloading cell networks
This happens all the time in the venues I work in. In the theatres connectivity disappears backstage when the audience comes in. I'm no expert but I put it down to the routers overloading with all the hits from audience phones despite the phones not having the username or password to connect. In a small arena they installed a new led houselight system, part of which connects wirelessly. At least it does before the audience comes in. We have major problems getting the houselights up at the end of shows, necessitating using an override switch.
Anything depending on connectivity in the presence of crowds cannot depend on wireless.
Linux Mint cuts slice of 'Victoria' as 21.2 beta lands with dash of fresh Cinnamon
False negative stretched routine software installation into four days of frustration
Beams from brightest gamma ray burst ever seen were pointed directly at Earth
North Korean spy satellite launch ends in sea smash
Lenovo Thinkpad Z13 just has this certain Macbook Air about it...
Russia-pushed UN Cybercrime Treaty may rewrite global law. It's ... not great
US chip sanctions may push Brazil, others right into China's arms
Defunct comms link connected to nothing at a fire station – for 15 years
Toshiba board supports – without recommending – $15 billion takeover bid
Electronics market shows US-China decoupling will hike inflation and slow growth
Humanoid robot takes a retail job, but not one any store clerk wants to do
I thought I knew the location of this trial but my suspected choice is just inside Vancouver, a Canadian Tire store with a Mark's underneath off a lower parking level. What made this interesting for me is that I won't use this CT store. instead driving further to one in North Van. The Vancouver store has put many items off regular shelves and out of view behind a service counter and has few staff in the public areas to provide directions or assistance. The North Van store is well staffed and well run. People matter and good employees and good management pay off. A robot can't fix this.
OpenAI CEO heralds AGI no one in their right mind wants
I think the important issue with AI is how and where it's used. To use the example of driving aids I fear the reliance of the current younger drivers on those aids diminishes both their skills and the necessary attention driving requires. The broader use of AI comes with the same risks. Be careful what you wish for.
PC tech turns doctor to diagnose PC's constant crashes as a case of arthritis
Telus source code, staff info for sale on dark web forum
China's spy balloon barrage earns six of its companies a spot on US entity list
Realizing this is getting out of hand, Coq mulls new name for programming language
Self-driving car computers may be 'as bad' for emissions as datacenters
Wrong target
The research and expenditure is going at the wrong target at this stage. It should be focused on traffic controls at this point instead of the cars. This may already be the case in areas of freeways and carriageways but my experience and intent is on city driving. My route to work and shopping goes through an urban area with a mix of traffic light intersections and pedestrian lights (also with cross-traffic induction loops). During rush hours the pedestrian lights should be synced to the intersection lights in the main direction of travel and the pedestrian and loops disabled. But this would mean expenditure by the city rather than a venture capital self-driving outfit so it does not happen.
in general work on making the cars communicate with the traffic control systems would yield more immediate results at this point in development.
Apple just cut Tim Cook's pay by 40%. How ever will he get by on that $50m?
Sizewell C nuclear plant up for review as UK faces financial black hole
Liz Truss ousted as UK prime minister, outlived by online lettuce
China could use Digital Yuan to swerve Russia-style sanctions

Re: Last week the cheers this week the Tears
Try learning from history. Chamberlain negotiated with Hitler. How did that work out? Putin is using the same playbook --- I want a piece of that country where they speak our language. Then he wants the reset of it.Then it's more countries.
The daunting lesson from WWII was the total defeat necessary over Germany and Japan to reform them into the democracies they are today. Russia is a vast country. Not a simple task.