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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Oof, that quote is the exact brand of nerd bullshit that makes my blood boil. "Sure, it may be horribly designed, complicated, hard to understand, unnecessarily dangerous and / or extremely misleading, but you have nOT rEAd ThE dOCUmeNtATiON, therefore it's your fault and I'm immune to your criticism". Except this instance is even worse than that, because the documentation for that command sounds just as innocent as the command itself. But I guess obviously something called "tmpfiles" is responsible for your home folder, how couldn't you know that?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Smoke is easy to add in post. Muzzle flash is a little bit harder but also of course very possible.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Good for you. The tweet is just a joke though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I never got this taste from tofu ever, any chance you maybe just had spoiled tofu..?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Really pressing all the water out first is key to get it crispy. Soaking it briefly in eggwash (or oil if vegan) and breading it with breadcrumbs or even just flour before frying it hard makes it soooooo good. Can add spices to the eggwash too.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago

That's some dense whataboutism

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That happens literally every night though and wind also doesn't blow 100% of the time.

Very true, but the fact that wind blows often and there's also varying amounts of direct sunlight during the day already massively decreases the amount of storage required for a grid. You don't need the capacity to cover 100% of energy usage, sustained, like you suggested earlier. Especially as grids become (geographically) larger and smarter — we need wind and sun somewhere to cover energy needed elsewhere — it doesn't have to be localized. Plus solar output obviously peaks during the day, when demand is also highest.

Renewables make up a trivial* amount

The percentage is absolutely not trivial today. Especially considering there are multiple large grids today that can easily sustain 50%+ renewable energy over sustained periods. And 30% by 2030 is a lot, though of course it could be a lot better.

and as we phase out fossil fuels, the requirement for energy storage is going up drastically.

Yes, no-one is arguing otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

That's so immersive! I hope they add in-game vendors that accept credit cards next.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

You're glossing over the fact that the battery is a backup to kick in only when renewable production doesn't meet demand, and that much more space-efficient energy storage solutions exist, even if they lose more power to inefficiency.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Why do you keep asking this? How is this specific number relevant to the discussion?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

If you have a dynamic pricing contract of course you get a discount... If you don't, you chose not to in return for price stability 🤷

Though yeah, last time prices went negative in Germany I was still paying 10ct/kWh in just taxes and fees. Would be pretty cool if they'd have paid me for using electricity during that time, but of course that's not how that works.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

They won't go to jail, period. No company owners never go to jail, kinda ever.

That's absolutely not true. Sure, there are lots of cases where individuals have limited personal liability under their company, but this doesn't mean no-one goes to jail for illegal business activity. In fact it happens all the time.

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