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CTO & AI at @hiyacar.co.uk πŸš™

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There’s loads of wind power in Scotland. How and why it does, or doesn’t, reach the rest of the UK is a complicated subject. Here’s more on curtailment costs https://ukerc.ac.uk/news/transmission-network-unavailability-the-quiet-driving-force-behind-rising-curtailment-costs-in-great-britain/

07.10.2025 11:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

NASA makes yet another last-minute save of Voyager 1, keeping this dying craft sciencing for another day https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/15/voyager_1_survives_with_thruster_fix/

17.06.2025 13:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What exactly is a decibel? Probably not what you think. Decibels are ridiculous https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/decibels-are-ridiculous

22.05.2025 09:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

NASA makes yet another last-minute save of Voyager 1, keeping this dying craft sciencing for another day https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/15/voyager_1_survives_with_thruster_fix/

16.05.2025 11:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Carole Cadwalladr gives another emotional, and somewhat frightening, view of the present and near-future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOoT8AbkNE

14.04.2025 11:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Are Electric Cars Really That Much Cheaper to Operate than ICE? Explore whether electric vehicles (EVs) are genuinely cheaper to operate than internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. We analyze costs and benefits.

Here's a detailed look at the total cost of ownership comparison of an internal combustion engine vs an electric vehicle.

18.02.2025 18:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Has anyone else noticed that the BBC News headline/top-of-hour countdown has changed to count each second down from :96 to :00 in multiples of 4 instead of from :24 to :00

No, just me?

08.01.2025 21:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wasted Wind For a given date, see how much wind power was curtailed in Britain, and how much it might have been worth.

Millions of pounds a day are spent in the UK paying for wind turbines to be curtailed, paying again for other (dirtier) electricity generation to replace it.

See exactly how much has been spent today (and previous days) with Wasted Wind

20.12.2024 11:51 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking β€œweird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.

This is a genius move by The Onion, 10/10, no notes

14.11.2024 16:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X We will stop posting from our official editorial accounts on the platform, but X users can still share our articles

Hopefully more media companies will follow The Guardian here and stop using that site

13.11.2024 18:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am 42 years old, and have been a school governor for two years. Yet I still feel weird…

β€’ calling teachers by their first name
β€’ going in to the staff room

13.11.2024 15:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0