NEWS FLASH RUSS, The Cloud is not the Internet. There are clouds on the internet. Last mile's gonna always lag, but I'm still trying to figure out what you exact beef here is.
As someone who has spent the last decade virtualizing anything with a power supply that wasn't critical, you would be astounded as to the savings from yes, *gasp* running apps in the 'cloud'.
It just doesn't mean what YOU think it means.
The cloud isn't just a hosted application that moves seamlessly around a cluster. It can be a head on a cluster, that hosts an application and save thousands of KW a year and you the end user wouldn't know the difference. It's a direct analog to the idea of ditching DVDs. Move the application where the backing resources can be shared, and managed remotely and you will save carbon.
...But no one said you couldn't move to a private cloud if there is business value in doing so. Cloud is not a scam, the marketing is. Cloud is not a swiss army knife.
You can't take the long view, and then shorten up your timeline. What makes you think Superchargers would not also become ubiquitous? I can't even respond to this.
EVs do not require a garage. My neighbour in fact charges his Mitsubishi EV throughout the -40C winters in Canada, and has his roof full of solar arrays. Gets along just fine without parking the garage.
This is an understandable mis-framing of the issue. Hydrogen fuel cells requires electrolysis which breaks apart water resources. AC motors are agnostic to the power source. You can generate it locally, you can make it redundant, you can diversify your sources. ACTUAL sustainable energy is achievable but not via hydrogen. Hydrogen does not have these luxuries.
Because one is energy netural from the grid, and the other comes from breaking up seawater (and probably eventually fresh water too) and shipping it cross country via oil.
I was mocking a particular mindset not all americans. Believe me it is here as well. Obviously there is support for an electric car in America. It is energy source neutral and the way to go./smug canadian.
>This is the great thing about capitalism: it encourages people to explore those avenues that look utterly wrong-headed to the rest of us, and sometimes... they are right, and we are wrong. No centrally planned economy of any kind has ever been able to figure out how to do that (nor yet to deal with the problem of corruption that is endemic in human societies of all kinds, including capitalist ones.)
I don't disagree with you, just all facts considered (and thanks for all the facts I was far too lazy to list), electricity seems like an obvious choice to anyone but those invested in a fuel cycle and all of the capital expenditure involved. Capitalists love to save money until there is money to be made spending it. This is as it should be.
Exactly Hydrogen requires wasted resources to create a new fuel cycle (good for capitalists I'm sure). Electricity is agnostic. It is simple (AC motor), and requires less 'special handling' and transport.
Hands down straight up electricity...just that pesky problem of are our batteries good enough yet?
I think so, but apparently Merrica needs 300+ mile range day to day.
Yes, this is all correct. I actually consider ISS a smashing success and shining example of how easy it really can be for government to work (even notably together). look at how fast it was built in the end. Anyone who tells you otherwise has an anti-government agenda- which I suppose is fine, but they should really pick their battles. Sure it cost a lot but so does any project of this magnitude and the dividends were (and continue to be) paid.
This is all very interesting, thanks. I can confirm most of what you are saying, I just didn't feel qualified to share that aspect as I only analyzed the risk, not the source of my data. I definitely agree whatever inside should be water resistant containers, but these are often themselves plastic which can be problematic in a fireproof safe- It's also interesting to note, that the combustion point of paper is much higher than say, the melting point of magnetic media or the plastics that surround and/or contain them.
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NEWS FLASH RUSS, The Cloud is not the Internet. There are clouds on the internet. Last mile's gonna always lag, but I'm still trying to figure out what you exact beef here is.
there were a protein and amino acid (and enough time) for this to work!
As someone who has spent the last decade virtualizing anything with a power supply that wasn't critical, you would be astounded as to the savings from yes, *gasp* running apps in the 'cloud'.
It just doesn't mean what YOU think it means.
The cloud isn't just a hosted application that moves seamlessly around a cluster. It can be a head on a cluster, that hosts an application and save thousands of KW a year and you the end user wouldn't know the difference. It's a direct analog to the idea of ditching DVDs. Move the application where the backing resources can be shared, and managed remotely and you will save carbon.
Canada voting stops at 9pm in the last timezone. Zones span 4 hours. So the last vote is presumably cast at 1am Atlantic time.
Results are usually reported the next morning so it really isn't that bad.
Does Germany have 5 timezones?
TIL
Slashdot if you read one post in this thread, please let it be this parent.
Who, "Curt" Cobain?
No the cloud is the automation/self-service that is the front end for the virtual server farm. Source: I run both types of environments.
...But no one said you couldn't move to a private cloud if there is business value in doing so. Cloud is not a scam, the marketing is. Cloud is not a swiss army knife.
You can't take the long view, and then shorten up your timeline. What makes you think Superchargers would not also become ubiquitous? I can't even respond to this.
EVs do not require a garage. My neighbour in fact charges his Mitsubishi EV throughout the -40C winters in Canada, and has his roof full of solar arrays. Gets along just fine without parking the garage.
This is an understandable mis-framing of the issue. Hydrogen fuel cells requires electrolysis which breaks apart water resources. AC motors are agnostic to the power source. You can generate it locally, you can make it redundant, you can diversify your sources. ACTUAL sustainable energy is achievable but not via hydrogen. Hydrogen does not have these luxuries.
Because one is energy netural from the grid, and the other comes from breaking up seawater (and probably eventually fresh water too) and shipping it cross country via oil.
I was mocking a particular mindset not all americans. Believe me it is here as well. Obviously there is support for an electric car in America. It is energy source neutral and the way to go. /smug canadian.
Or you know, give yourself enough time to get where you are going and take a 1 hour pitstop near a supercharger.
The cost is simply a matter of scale, within our lifetimes we will all be driving electric, IMHO. You and I perhaps in the next decade and a half.
>This is the great thing about capitalism: it encourages people to explore those avenues that look utterly wrong-headed to the rest of us, and sometimes... they are right, and we are wrong. No centrally planned economy of any kind has ever been able to figure out how to do that (nor yet to deal with the problem of corruption that is endemic in human societies of all kinds, including capitalist ones.)
I don't disagree with you, just all facts considered (and thanks for all the facts I was far too lazy to list), electricity seems like an obvious choice to anyone but those invested in a fuel cycle and all of the capital expenditure involved. Capitalists love to save money until there is money to be made spending it. This is as it should be.
Exactly Hydrogen requires wasted resources to create a new fuel cycle (good for capitalists I'm sure). Electricity is agnostic. It is simple (AC motor), and requires less 'special handling' and transport.
Hands down straight up electricity...just that pesky problem of are our batteries good enough yet?
I think so, but apparently Merrica needs 300+ mile range day to day.
>there is no such thing as faith in science.
I certainly have faith that science will eventually answer all questions posed to it. I have faith in the system of thinking that is science.
I settle for some HSC support.
Danger 5 would infiltrate this base in less than 20 minutes and have a sexy party in the process.
>the accident experience will gradually improve, which will be reflected in insurance rates
Aren't you ever the optimist!
Yes, this is all correct. I actually consider ISS a smashing success and shining example of how easy it really can be for government to work (even notably together). look at how fast it was built in the end. Anyone who tells you otherwise has an anti-government agenda- which I suppose is fine, but they should really pick their battles. Sure it cost a lot but so does any project of this magnitude and the dividends were (and continue to be) paid.
This is all very interesting, thanks. I can confirm most of what you are saying, I just didn't feel qualified to share that aspect as I only analyzed the risk, not the source of my data. I definitely agree whatever inside should be water resistant containers, but these are often themselves plastic which can be problematic in a fireproof safe- It's also interesting to note, that the combustion point of paper is much higher than say, the melting point of magnetic media or the plastics that surround and/or contain them.