I recall when/. and the nerd community used to be pro-technology and applauded supercomputing developments, it's how I originally came across this site twenty or so years ago. Now it is filled, like the rest of the internet, with anti-science troglodytes. What I don't understand is why they bother coming here.
The educational system is nothing without cultural and community support. One of my engineering profs liked to say that you won't learn anything any better or more at MIT (where she obtained her phd and taught) than you can at a community college.
thanks, good to know. For me,overall installation hardware (non-professional) was under $0.10/watt. About $120/2kw. I'm getting ready to install 6.5 more kw for ~$2000.
I did a very detailed solar analysis as part of my EE degree. Sadly, I no longer have it, but some highlights - Phoenix gets ~2500hours of solar radiation/year for a fixed mount panel (tracking panels will produce more, but the cost is higher than the extra energy they will yield). That means for every 1wp capability you have, you will harvest 2.5kwh of energy/year. At $0.10/kwh, that is 25 cents of electricity per year. Solar panels are currently selling for less than 25c/Wp.
In an analysis done by the English physicist David McKay, he goes into some detail about how the US is one of a very few countries where solar and wind could provide 100% it its energy needs keeping the current standard of living. This is based purely on available energy in the environment and ignores everything else.
You can buy solar panels in Phoenix for under $0.25/Wp retail. Averaged out over a year, this is less expensive than hydropower. Of course that only covers the solar panel and ignores the other power electronics that most people will want, still the remaining cost of solar is about $0.75/Wp which gives you a 100% payback period of less than five years (in Phoenix). And the system will last 30 years with about $100/year ($8/month) maintenance amortized cost.
The rise? What rise? It has been like this for as long as I've been alive. ~40 years. I stopped watching/listening/reading almost all news 30 years ago and yet somehow enough leaks in to keep up with current events to the extent that they affect me or somehow influence my life. Knowing who is president, or who hates him or how big the shoe was stuck in his mouth does not influence my life in the least. Neither do stars or plane crashes. I know what I need to know.
I just don't care and am one of the most well adjusted people I know. Weird maybe, but not neurotic or stressed.
Watching "news" 18 hours a day does not contribute to this. To everybody else, enjoy your medicated sanity.
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Want to sail around the world on a 10m boat?
see friends, family, travel, go to the beach, go skiing, go biking
None of this pertains to the people who think they want to colonize mars.
The best thing about a Mars colony is that it would have a basic income because there would be nothing to do there except play video games.
I recall when /. and the nerd community used to be pro-technology and applauded supercomputing developments, it's how I originally came across this site twenty or so years ago. Now it is filled, like the rest of the internet, with anti-science troglodytes. What I don't understand is why they bother coming here.
The educational system is nothing without cultural and community support. One of my engineering profs liked to say that you won't learn anything any better or more at MIT (where she obtained her phd and taught) than you can at a community college.
thanks, good to know. For me,overall installation hardware (non-professional) was under $0.10/watt. About $120 /2kw. I'm getting ready to install 6.5 more kw for ~$2000.
I did a very detailed solar analysis as part of my EE degree. Sadly, I no longer have it, but some highlights - Phoenix gets ~2500hours of solar radiation/year for a fixed mount panel (tracking panels will produce more, but the cost is higher than the extra energy they will yield). That means for every 1wp capability you have, you will harvest 2.5kwh of energy/year. At $0.10/kwh, that is 25 cents of electricity per year. Solar panels are currently selling for less than 25c/Wp.
In AZ, solar is currently cheaper than hydro averaged over 4-5 years including cost of money.
Feel free to point out errors in the analysis.
You can buy solar panels in Phoenix for under $0.25/Wp retail. Averaged out over a year, this is less expensive than hydropower. Of course that only covers the solar panel and ignores the other power electronics that most people will want, still the remaining cost of solar is about $0.75/Wp which gives you a 100% payback period of less than five years (in Phoenix). And the system will last 30 years with about $100/year ($8/month) maintenance amortized cost.
50% of Americans have an IQ less than 100
AMA
As an Engineer, I always see solutions to problems. I always thought that was the point of the job.
Do they have an equivalent of the FAA's DO-178x?
by turning driving over to big corporate driverless cars?
Everything is hard when you have limited experience.
I remember using UML in the early 90's, so maybe closer to 25 years. That or I could be having a massive stroke right now.
if not red and green
What if you made a mistake in your proof and your formal verification is incorrect?
Just give me something-something I can use
People love it when you lose,
They love dirty laundry
Well, I coulda been an actor, but I wound up here
I just have to look good, I don't have to be clear
Come and whisper in my ear
Give us dirty laundry
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em when they're down
I just don't care and am one of the most well adjusted people I know. Weird maybe, but not neurotic or stressed.
Watching "news" 18 hours a day does not contribute to this. To everybody else, enjoy your medicated sanity.
I'm with the original poster. I only read Steve Ciarcia and don't have a facebook account.
I was lucky enough to have been deeply into computers before the Eternal September. I miss those days....
That's one of my favourite websites.
It's a miasma of incandescent plasma.