I found this to be an interesting article on how electricity rates are established by the various regional grid operators.

          https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffinance.yahoo.com%2Fnews...

tldr; there are auctions where the grid operators (lines and transmission) tell the power plant operators (nat gas, nuclear, renewable, etc) how much power they will need in the incoming years. Generating capacity (new plant, new turbines, etc) takes time to build out.

"Historically, the auctions were held three years in advance of when the power would be required, which was thought to be enough time to bring new generation online if needed. But regulatory disagreements during the first Trump administration delayed several auctions, forcing PJM to hold them on a truncated timeline that meant new plants couldn’t be built fast enough.

“There’s a risk that demand could outpace supply,” said Stu Bresler, executive vice president of market services and strategy at PJM "

I wish I had mod points for the reference to that classic SNL bit.

Given the jokers like Kizenko, Sweet, Tullman, etc they hired for DOGE 1.0 I can only assume anyone hired for Tech Force will be some randos with very little in the way of complex systems knowledge or even basic software dev/maintenance. And honestly who would want to be associated with Trump Tech Force on your resume? If you've already made the decision to work at a place like Palantir, xAI (not judging. Everyone has to pay the rent) why diminish that with "Tech Force".

I just hope they have to wear stupid uniforms or something.

"...beach-ball-size nuclear device"

A soccer ball, basketball, volleyball, rugby, at least these have some standards unto themselves. But I honestly have no idea the diameter of your average beach ball.

First post on /. I've done my part.

Larry Ellisonâ(TM)s son owns Paramount somehow and Muskâ(TM)s kids are space cadets.

Whoopdee-nepo-baby-doo.

I think it was subsequently published here: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticle...

AI replacing profs wholesale is a terrible idea...Duolingo anyone?

But I agree with this quote from the paper:
"Although passive lectures are among the least effective modes of instruction, they remain in wide use in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses. [...] Active learning pedagogies, such as peer instruction, small-group activities, or a flipped classroom structure, have demonstrated significant improvements over passive lectures. "

It's 2025 and Uni's are still teaching classes like the movie "Paper Chase". I am far removed from college days, but have benefitted enormously in my subsequent understanding of Maths, Physics, etc from YouTube (3BlueOneBrown, PBS Spacetime, ScienceClic, and so on). Things I studied in college up to 400 level classes, and well enough to do decent on tests but really didn't understand...now I understand. I think AI tutors would provide similar benefits in college.

If I am gauging the room right.../. crowd is skipping ahead to the implementation and (correctly) is suspicious that schools are able to implement this well. Probably will end up as an expensive boondoggle for most.

what does this mean "....real-time data streaming infrastructure essential for enterprise AI workloads."

I did go to the Confluent website...things became less clear

"Confluent is a data streaming platform designed to handle data in motion. It enables organizations to access, store, and manage data as continuous, real-time streams, allowing for real-time data integration and processing across various sources. Confluent's cloud-native offering serves as the connective tissue for real-time data, helping businesses innovate and operate efficiently in the modern digital landscape."

If I ran a business what would I need Confluent to do for me?

Same here I live (and where I used to live). The Public Library is a fantastic resource. They have small bi-weekly events like readings, crafts, movies, even seminars on taxes. I go for the books, especially for the periodicals, and per the summary, to pick up movies that are either unavailable on my streaming platform, or are in the Rent/buy category for way too much. (Also I do not trust the "Buy" option from anyone at all after What Amazon did to Kindle purchases.)

Chronically underfunded, but a fantastic resource if you are lucky to have a town that cares about such things...or even a group of people within a town that cares about such things.

IMHO Yes and no....Online ticket sales ok, but with a hefty 20% mark-up. I just pulled two random events in my area $20 face value, plus $5.55 for Eventbrite fee. Another was $40 ticket price, plus $8.85 Eventbrite fee.

Next, the Eventbrite search is abysmal. Search for events, put in a date time range, geo location, and type (Theater, music, comedy) and it's a random output of sponsored slop, incorrect matches (dates waay out of the range, etc) and even missing options that are actually using Eventbrite for tickets. You have to know the QR code/URL in advance but it won't show in search.

Anyhoo, I don't know what bending spoons is or does, but their name is too cutesy to take seriously. My guess is that they will make Eventbrite worse ("Citysearch anyone....?) and the only question is how soon a competitor will take their place. Agreed I really hope it's not Ticketmaster...the worst of the worst

Valid point, some skepticism is warranted. But it stands that the cosmonaut was removed from the mission by US authorities. Could be part of gamesmanship on current Ukraine/USSR Russian negotiations, but that would seem to be weird given another cosmonaut is taking his place. I would likewise wait to here the "dreaded mainstream media" to pick up and add to the story before making any big conclusions.

Right now it's vaporware, but that Slate electric pick-up truck is really attractive to me as a second, utility vehicle for two reasons.

1.) It's a normal sized vehicle, not a freaking Peterbilt like most...nay, ALL pickups are today. Gimmer and old school Ford Ranger, S10, 90's Tacoma, etc
2.) No screens

It seems petty to put a big chunk of car buying into the dashboard, but it really does affect the driving experience and safety.

My slightly older Subaru, does have an infotainment center, and it sucks bad. Just turning up the volume on the radio blanks the screen and includes a 1-2 second lag. So thankfully it has a dial (and up/down control on steering wheel) but for some reason the signal to change volume needs to bounce off the moon and return. And honestly the screen is not only useless, its a net-negative. The slate idea of bring your own screen is what I want. Slap a 9 inch tablet on a armature for navigation maps, and mp3 playlist and that's it. Done.

Unrelated quibble on Subaru...there is almost zero grace given on the seatbelt nanny. That thing goes off even under 5 mph within seconds and is loud as eff. I'll put my belt on...just gimme a minute. Geez.

Large lens with a bright red iris. Small speaker below. Small, but non-zero, chance of murdering you.

I am employed in a full-on MS shop, where our laptop environments are pretty locked down. So I am subject to all of the Microsoft nonsense. Like effing paint.exe is also begging you to activate Co-pilot. Like every-single-time-I-open-the-application. And as others have noted, the very reason that the bare-bones applications are useful is because they only have limited options. No need to navigate through multiple menu options, etc.

I use Paint for notations on quick screen grabs that I am using to tell someone something. Like a big red arrow pointing to the wrong code/database, whatever. For the people recommending other tools for text like Notepad++, most of us users of Notepad do have and use other editors. Those are useful and powerful for many things...like I'm not opening up a 100MB text file in Notepad. All the extra stuff they plop on these basic applications is not making them more useful, quite the opposite

Same thing with the major search engines pushing hard...like desperately hard...their AI-enhanced answers. If you search on "How to change a lightbulb" now you have to scroll through the AI slop, the Videos that are increasingly AI slop, now the Sponsored ads, now the Shopping options, and then eventually if you are lucky and still on page 1 maybe a website that tells you what you want to know.

These firms have been sold on the idea that all applications....all of them, will be replaced by one AI. It's like the grand unified theory of end-user computing. I dunno at this stage its totally crap though.

1. Reduce the amount of greenhouse gasses going into the evironment today.
2. Encourage reductions in birthrates. aka globably free Nexalplon and financial incentives to have fewer children
âoe1980â(TM)s population with 21st century technologyâ
That would be a very pleasant world to inhabit.

3. As described above, implement schemes using cleaner energy aka solar, wind, geo, nuclear if they can make it happen. The environmentalists need to get on board as there are tradeoffs â¦cover big swaths of land in panels changes local area, but we stiil
need it