When houses lost power in hurricane Helene ...
... "bidirectional charging" from electric vehicles really showed its promise
People can run major appliances -- and charge phones or laptops -- for days off a vehicle, if it's been equipped with bidirectional charging
Older models haven't, but newer ones increasingly have
The story: theatlantic.com/technology/arc…
Unlocked from paywall: archive.is/kFhQd
Yesterday, Putin met with the head of Russian energy minister and his relative Sergey Tsivilev. Officially, they discussed summer power cuts in the Russian south. However, several Russian Telegram channels wrote that the real focus of their meeting was de-privatization of the Russian fuel and energy complex and creating a state corporation with Lukoil, Rosneft and Rosneftegaz.
Today, Peskov did not deny or confirm these reports. "I have nothing to say on this matter," he said.
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There are a bazillion little side projects that I have wanted to do, but they all involved writing one or two little libraries, class, or parsers that didn't seem like any fun, or would take more than an hour or two of continuous time.
Recently, I started using #ChatGPT to do create those libraries, parsers, and classes, and finished up a bunch of little projects.
I wrote them all in #python because I am just now relearning python. The source code generated is fine. i would check on my acct.
I just submitted #Signet to be certified as #OpenSource #hardware by @oshwassociation and I'm going to join as a member.
I was inspired by today's membership drive. Thank you for everything you do, crew.
Kavya Prize 2024 – Prizegiving Ceremony
10 Oct, Mitchell Library, Glasgow – free
The Kavya Prize for Scottish Writers of Colour, founded by Scottish-Indian author Leela Soma, is now in its third year. The 2024 shortlist features:
⭐ Tim Tim Cheng – Tapping on Glass
⭐ Andrés N. Ordorica – At Least This I Know
⭐ Arun Sood – New Skin for the Old Ceremony
⭐ Amanda Thomson – Belonging
⭐ Lorraine Wilson – The Last to Drown
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This is a digitized sky survey image of HD 140283, or Methuselah. It's the oldest known star in our Universe.
Its estimated age is ~14.5 billion years. However, some think it's closer to ~200 billion.
The conundrum is that our Universe's age is estimated at ~13.787 billion years. So there's a potential error in stellar physics or distance of Methuselah. It's an enigma.
Methuselah:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_14028…
Universe:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_t…
#Space #Astronomy #Science #Physics #AstroPhysics
academic.oup.com/mnras/article…
Smart take from @gruber on the removal of VPN apps from Apple Store in Russia, following on government demand. One conclusion highlighted, but read the whole thing: daringfireball.net/linked/2024…
iOS is a fabulous platform but I have refused, since the App Store launch in 2008, to work on any apps, because I decline to build software which a platform owner can prevent me from sharing with the world. I have regretted that decision exactly zero times these last 18 years.
Tesla’s cheapest Model 3 is no longer available
The Model 3 RWD Standard Range was removed from Tesla’s configurator — and now no model starts under $40,000.
Courts everywhere recognize a First Amendment right to record police.
But anti-transparency lawmakers have a workaround: barring people from getting close to cops.
These buffer laws are blatantly unconstitutional. Good for Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press for fighting back.
A river’s shift 89,000 years ago may have added up to 160 feet to Everest’s height, NBC reports.
The feds still can’t get into Eric Adams’ phone
Two days after changing the passcode to his personal cellphone, the New York City mayor told investigators he had forgotten the new password.
BREAKING NEWS 🚨🚨🚨
US prosecutors detail NEW extensive evidence in Trump election subversion case
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump #BreakingNews #Breaking
reuters.com/world/us/us-prosec…
Jack Smith is the most hilarious lawyer you will ever get to read
His jokes are mostly in the footnotes
his 180 page document listing evidence & witnesses against Trump Jan 6 crimes
has THIRTY PAGES of footnotes !!!!! (those are in small print, so its more like 50 pages)
We will enjoy it
Pee bottle seemingly not included.
We just got Amazon’s holiday gift guide in the mail. On page four, under “Toys we love,” my wife immediately spotted the new Amazon Prime Delivery Van Ride-On.
It’s real. But strangely, it doesn’t seem to include a Teamsters union card, a biometric consent form for mandatory AI surveillance, or a pee bottle?
popsci.com/environment/complet…
On Monday and Tuesday our international workshop "Spotlight on Linguistic Representations" took place in #Marburg in the context of our RTG2700 "Dynamics and Stability of Linguistic Representations". We had great presentations, e.g. by Adele Goldberg, and lively discussion. I had the honor to be part of a panel discussion on "#Brain, #Cognition and Environment: What now?" with Elena Smirnova and Sonja Kotz.
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s preliminary investigation found the man “was in fear of his life and acted in self defense” when he killed the mountain lion
NEW Congressional Research Service Report
Capital Markets: Public and Private Securities Offerings
crsreports.congress.gov/produc…
by Eva Su. 35 page(s).
This is the 12th published version. See crsreports.congress.gov/produc… for previous versions.
BREAKING NEWS 🚨🚨🚨
Bombshell special counsel filing includes new allegations of Trump's 'increasingly desperate' efforts to overturn election
Trump privately described claims of voter fraud as "crazy," the filing says.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump #BreakingNews #Breaking
abcnews.go.com/US/bombshell-sp…
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The inconvenience that the strike may cause consumers, especially on prices, likely terrifies Harris, who has hesitated to challenge the Republican narrative that inflation is out of control.
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yeah, they’re very expensive vehicles so I don’t really think they make sense unless it’s something you need to use all the time
But the idea of having a massive battery back up when you are in a region vulnerable to power outages is appealing
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As the prices of batteries drop more and more over time I bet it’ll eventually become stock on new houses
Karl Auerbach
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