kalkulat

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[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

From your description 'too low to the ground' sounds like it was probably ball lightning ... which can do all kinds of goofy shit depending on the weather or how it was created. I've never seen any good videos of BL on Youtube, but there might be newer ones.

Don't know D.C. at all but if you were anywhere near a marsh, maybe 'swamp gas'?

[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Hmmm. You might have a look at the Arch Linux wiki. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Main_page Those guys are more likely to up on the latest hardware & problems. ('Powercolor's a new name to me.) You could also try their forums. https://bbs.archlinux.org/

[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

The best have usually been around a longer time and have a reputation. Which ones do the pros cite?

 

Absolutely needed: to get high efficiency for this beast ... as it gets better, we'll become too dependent.

"all of this growth is for a new technology that’s still finding its footing, and in many applications—education, medical advice, legal analysis—might be the wrong tool for the job,,,"

[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

As an amateur radio operator, The high bands get wiped first! 80, 160, not so much (no ionosphere? ground wave still works. Easy to throw up a long wire ... afterward). Hams (esp. ARES) will become VERY IMPORTANT for a LONG time when it happens. Field Day is a good way to prep for aftermath. (Gear can go into metal containers to escape parts damage until afterward.) Portable generators (best without a lot of electronics on them) will be needed to re-charge the batteries!

[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There are A LOT of BIG countries with big electric grids in the world today. Which countries GRIDS get hit the worst depends on which side of the Earth is facing the 'hit'. Could the West (US, Brazil) or Europe or the East (China, India).

 

"The exercise was held from May 8 to 9, 2024, at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, and at a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) site in Denver, Colorado."

Article refers to a PDF of the report it's based on:

https://www.jhuapl.edu/sites/default/files/2025-04/Space-Weather-TTX-Report-Summary-v3-FINAL.pdf

[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Lol! (Gotta admit, it's true. Don't think people expected that's what he meant. Gotta inspect his wording carefully. '200 deals' ... cud be with one business in one country but hey, it's a deal. Hard to keep up with someone who's practiced lying for a lifetime.)

 

Green Gravity's renewable-powered technology stores energy by lifting heavy objects up a mineshaft.... It calculates it can store two gigawatt-hours of energy from the sites surrounding Mount Isa.

[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Good start. Prefer 12-grain bread tho. And for a BIG meal, I throw on a couple (or 10) thin slices of deli meat & more mayo.

[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Great M.O. that. Why waste time cooking instead of learning? Bet he took that pizza home to watch History Channel.

[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Toast two slices. Slice of cheese between. Microwave 12 seconds to melt cheese a little. Hate waiting for toasters though,

I once ate nothing but eggs and rice for 3 months. Rice too slow. Another time I bought a 9-pound sack of roasted, unsalted cashews at wholesale, and ate only that until it was gone. Interesting pale results in the bathroom on that one.

[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Not foodie, so I just eat whatever takes the least time and mess to make. The toaster takes too long for me. Fold a slice of cheese in a piece of bread in under one minute!

I once ate nothing but eggs and rice all day for 3 months. (Took too long to cook rice.) Another time I bought a 9-pound sack of unsalted but roasted cashews and ate nothing else until it was gone in a couple weeks. (Interesting, pale results in the bathroom from that one.)

[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They are marginalizing themselves daily, but yeah, they deserve our help with that.

[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The first amendment guarantees freedom of the press. The journals should completely ignore nut-job's obvious attempts to imtimidate them into buying into his perverted world-view. (Not 'ideology' so much as 'spasmology'.)

No doubt the journals belong to organizations who will help them defend themselves against cretinist arm-twisting. The demented bonobos will bully their way out a job soon enough.

 

For those who may not have heard of it, and who are looking for answers about the Seattle area, this site covers -just about all of it- on any topic. Right down to buildings and statues and little businesses like Dick's.

It doesn't have a search engine, so if you use a search engine, start your search with 'site:historylink.org' and then add your topic. It's pretty amazing.

 

"This road is long, and much of the map remains blank. The biggest problem is drilling miles through hot rock, safely. If scientists can do that, however, next-generation geothermal power could supply clean energy for eons."

 

It is estimated that 4 billion tons of cement are manufactured each year. To speed up CO2 uptake, "instead of mixing calcium oxide with sand, they mixed calcium oxide with another mineral composed of magnesium and silicate ions. The heat catalysed an exchange of ions, forming magnesium oxide and calcium silicate: alkaline minerals that react quickly with acidic CO2 in the atmosphere." Far quicker than most concrete, anyway...

 

Article is a response to the paper:

“THE SUSTAINABILITY SOLUTION TO THE FERMI PARADOX”

https://arxiv.org/abs/0906.0568

 

Estimated heat energy in upper 10km of Earth's crust: 1 million billion Gigawatts

 

The period occured in 2024 between late winter and early summer. "Compared to the same period in 2023, solar output in California is up 31%, wind power is up 8%, and batteries are up a staggering 105%."

Link to the study PDF mentioned in the article: https://web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/Articles/Others/25-CaliforniaWWS.pdf

One of the paper's cowriters is Mark Z. Jacobson, professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the atmosphere/energy program at Stanford University.

 

""Too often over the last decade, courts have dismissed lawsuits against the oil and gas industry by saying that the issue of climate culpability should be decided by legislatures. Well, the Legislature of the State of New York – the 10th largest economy in the world – has accepted the invitation...."

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