The Refugee’s power as offered to Sally Faye Vierra at the end of Warbound (Grimnoir Chronicles, Book 3, by Larry Correia).

EDIT: If that’s too OP, then Sally Faye Vierra’s own true power is pretty solid.

Meanwhile, Putin…

That asshole doesn’t respond to empty threats, only action.

This headline is like saying there was “a big brawl between two neighboring schools” when in reality it was just kids throwing rocks over the fence.

I believe that’s more of a Dalai Lama thing.

I loved the twist ending in Conclave.

Please, do not reply with spoilers.

EDIT: I did this to myself.

The world’s largest religious denomination is Sunni Islam with 22.39% of the world’s population (as of 2020). Catholic Christianity comes in a distant second with 15.88%.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_denomination

This post deserves Lemmy gold.

That.
is.
so.
fucked.
up.

That’s what we needed to do with MAGA.

LMAO. True!

I hope it becomes available to stream.

Circa 2015. That’s when I started advocating for UBI because I saw what we were doing with “AI” (it isn’t really AI). We (my company) got to play and deploy early versions of these models and it was plain to see that the client interest went immediately to how they could increase efficiency and lower headcount.

AI replacing human workers was as plain to see ten years ago as the commoditization of IT was around 2005.

Power company regulations allow for some estimation on a handful of meters, but not that much.

Consumers (retail and commercial) are also entitled to contest their bills so if there is no data then there is no proof.

There are also severe penalties to providers for not uploading their data to the market. For example, a small customer (power company) is penalized $250k per hour for data missing.

How will the power company know how much power they need to purchase from the market if they do not know what their demand is or how it is tracking.

Etc. etc. etc.

EDIT: By “regulations” I meant government regulations.

You have turned Roblox/Minecraft loving little kids into a lifelong Linux haters. 🤣

I applaud you.

PS: So how are the computers performing now?

I don’t understand what you mean.

Don’t worry. If the transmission fails, the meter will try again, and again, and again, and again…

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Grid management is currently my business specialisation. I can assure you that maintaining a grid operational is a lot more complex than keeping backup generators at a few key facilities. For example, the smart meters collect data all the time. Even with a power and communication loss, they will continue to collect for a while, storing the data internally. When communication is restored, they will send all their stored data at once. Now multiply that by millions of meters and days of data. The servers are not going to be able to ingest that torrent information. Now, what if the outage was extra long like this one, and the meters ran out of internal storage or charge? How are you going to manage the data gaps?

That’s only meter data. There’s a ton of other systems in play. Very few people realize how delicate and complex power grids are. I can’t speak for Spain, but the US grid is held up by spit, duct tape, brute force and prayers to the old gods. May Cthulhu have mercy on us.

EDIT: Typos

My main systems are all Linux, except for my music production MacBook Pro. The experience on an M3 Mac is just flawless.

I always say the same thing. Use the right tool for the job, and for music, an Apple silicone system is currently unbeatable.