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  1. Re:There *is* a scalability problem on Elon Musk Says Tesla Could Rebuild Puerto Rico's Power Grid With Batteries, Solar (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    Why don't you google what the most common elements are on earth?
    Before making an idiot out of yourself?

    Ah .... you posted anonymous ... never mind then.

  2. Re:Elon Musk farts butterflies, too? on Elon Musk Says Tesla Could Rebuild Puerto Rico's Power Grid With Batteries, Solar (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    Because solar is the cheapest and the quickest to install.

    A wind turbine is usually not bought of the shelf, if you order some now it might take a year until you get it. You need qualified people and equipment to set it up.

    And: Elon Musk is in the solar business already, but not in the wind business.

  3. Actually putting the last mile under ground makes more sense than the distribution network.
    The "last mile" is the distribution grid.

    What's quicker fixing 10,000 pole drops or one distribution network link?
    You mean the transport grid.

  4. Of course the EU has a bigger market.
    510M versus 323M.

  5. 1. Why do you think Puertoricians are by default poor. Puerto Rico is part of the United States, the richest countries in the world.
    With one of the highest percentages of poverty, at least in comparison with the rest of the 2nd world countries .... oops 1st world ...

  6. They probably only use like 20%til of their oil usage for base load.

    But you are right, it is absurd and expensive. But now they already have the plants, only the grid is damaged. OTOH, in such a situation I would always look for niches to mike at least small improvements that last long.

  7. Re:Well, maybe Ireland will leave the EU next? on EU Takes Ireland To Court For Not Claiming Apple Tax Windfall (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Your nitpicking does not help you, as you miss the point:
    Actually driving licenses are classifed as ID cards.
    In the UK. A UK drving license is not an ID card in Germany or France. Hence a UK citizen needs a passport.
    My ID card is valid in the UK ... and north Africa and plenty of other places: so I don't need a passport.

    You cannot come to the UK on just an "ID card", it needs to double as a passport.
    Google "Personalausweis", that is an ID card ... or how ever you want to translate it. It is not a passport. Most places in Europe have "simple ID cards" and passports are basically only needed for countries where you need a visa.

    My dictionary here translates "Ausweis" to "ID card", perhaps yo have a better translation :D

  8. Re:More ways to mine your privacy! on The Google Clips Camera Puts AI Behind the Lens (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Removing the copyright a human claimed to have, does not grant anyone else the copyright.
    So: it does not prove your point.

    Computer algorithms can not gain copyright on the creations they make: it is written like this in the law.

  9. Re:More ways to mine your privacy! on The Google Clips Camera Puts AI Behind the Lens (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Because copyright law excludes explicitly automatic generated "works" from being copyrightable. E.g. music generated by an algorithm can not be copyrighted, and most certainly not "by the algorithm" ... you perhaps could construct a case that the inventor/author of the algorithm has the copyright.

    In this case not even the owner of the camera would have the copyright.
    But I guess, Case Law will later agree that the copyright is with the owner of the camera.

  10. Re:Still one of my favorite posts ever on 20 Years of Stuff That Matters · · Score: 1

    I actually rememberd half of the text.

  11. Re: Slashdot Died when CmdrTaco Left on 20 Years of Stuff That Matters · · Score: 1

    Well, I only used Lynx at that time ... with Screens ... so I could read several /. threads simultaneously.

  12. Re:Always on camera on The Google Clips Camera Puts AI Behind the Lens (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    A green epoxy board with black bugs on them and some golden jewelry.

  13. Re:Why isn't this just an app for your phone? on The Google Clips Camera Puts AI Behind the Lens (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Also not sure why this isn't just a phone app.
    Because you don't want your phone always to be empty when you want to make a call.
    Because you still want to make nice random AI pictures while you use your phone ...

    Etc.

  14. Re:More ways to mine your privacy! on The Google Clips Camera Puts AI Behind the Lens (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    So you don't even have a copyright claim to that data.
    Of course you have.
    I suggest you read the relevant laws.

  15. Re:What happens in 15-20 years? on Dawn of Solar Age Declared as PV Beats All Other Forms of Power (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Well,
    point 2 implies for me: the decision to buy a new car was already made. And the fuel price influences which car to take. My point was: no one is selling a car with high fuel usage to buy a new one with low fuel usage just because the fuel price has changed, again.

  16. Re:Well, maybe Ireland will leave the EU next? on EU Takes Ireland To Court For Not Claiming Apple Tax Windfall (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    No you don't.
    An ID card is enough.
    As UK has no ID cards, obviously they require a passport to visit other EU states.
    I don't require a passport to visit the UK.

  17. Re:Well, maybe Ireland will leave the EU next? on EU Takes Ireland To Court For Not Claiming Apple Tax Windfall (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Spain can only veto so long ...
    E.g. until they want something from the EU and they get vetoed back ...

    Sooner or later Catalonia will be a full EU member.
    Sooner or later Spain will be reduced to a core, called Spain and a few more regions to join the EU ... or not to join if they don't desire so.

  18. Well,
    arrested minister, quite funny.
    Yes, the laws are well defined, the interpretation is to the case. Which law does apply? Was it an accident, manslaughter or murder?

  19. Re:What happens in 15-20 years? on Dawn of Solar Age Declared as PV Beats All Other Forms of Power (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not talking about california.
    I'm talking about principles how grids work.
    Night time power usage in germany is 40% of peak of daytime.
    That is different in every country, for many reasons.
    E.g. in France it is 60%. (their reprocessing plants run over night, and they use electricity for water heating for showers etc. over night)

    All that does not change the fact that our parent has no clue ... you don't need a 'back up plant' for a solar plant ... you need a working grid, thats all.

    As Europe is interconnected in the world larges synchronous power grid, we have solar power basically 20h per day.

  20. Re:Well, maybe Ireland will leave the EU next? on EU Takes Ireland To Court For Not Claiming Apple Tax Windfall (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    By whom?

  21. Re:Well, maybe Ireland will leave the EU next? on EU Takes Ireland To Court For Not Claiming Apple Tax Windfall (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    While would Ireland or Catalonia bail from the EU?
    And why the funk do you say: hopefully?
    What do you have to gain if a certain country leaves the EU? I'm pretty sure: nothing. You most likely will need a passport to travel there, afterwards. Hardly a gain ...

  22. Re:Well, maybe Ireland will leave the EU next? on EU Takes Ireland To Court For Not Claiming Apple Tax Windfall (reuters.com) · · Score: -1

    The EU, like the rest of the world, will most definitely accept the indepeendence of Catalonia.
    A declaration as you claim, never has happended.

  23. Re:What happens in 15-20 years? on Dawn of Solar Age Declared as PV Beats All Other Forms of Power (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    Well, in europe people learned how to conserve power decades ago.
    This window opening thing is frowned upon very severly.

    I know no one who sold his car to by one which needs less fuel because the fuel price changed.

    Anyway ... unless I get a new electricity consuming hobby, I hardly can imagine how I need/consume more.

    The only thing would be a Sauna in the house ...

  24. Re:What happens in 15-20 years? on Dawn of Solar Age Declared as PV Beats All Other Forms of Power (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    We, my parent and me, talked about clouds.

    You are now the fifth or sixth idiot I have to inform: I'm an adult human being. I lived for a few years. The concept of day and night is not shocking new to me.

    Perhaps shocking new to you is: at night you need significanlty less power than during daytime.

    Go figure. Get a clue. Use google. Get an idea about what a load curve is ... etc. p.p.

    Hint: if you would build a 'back up power plant' for every solar plant, 50% of them would idle at night, probably more. Because: no one needs the power.

  25. Re:What happens in 15-20 years? on Dawn of Solar Age Declared as PV Beats All Other Forms of Power (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    We can get solar energy very cheaply from north africa to europe.
    Most certainly more cheaply than water power from Norway to Spain.

    But we lack somthing important: we have no solar plants in north africa. Idiot.