The datacenters need the power now. From what I know of Amazon, they will upgrade to better energy sources as soon as they become available. They're putting a lot of resources into renewable energy. They're transitioning to electric trucks as fast as manufacturers can build them. Shutting down and waiting isn't an option.

California has been working on the problem for a while. If you count nuclear and hydro as renewable, the state is at about 50% renewable in terms of capacity. When demand doesn't reach capacity, the non-renewables get shut off first. The state sometimes hits 100% renewable sources. There are some big projects going on. One of the more interesting is the project to cover California aqueducts with solar panels. That will both generate a huge amount of power, and conserve a lot of water by reducing evaporation. California has a giant network of large aqueducts.

PG&E (northern california's power utility) have special electric vehicle rate plans. They make it highly advantageous to charge your cars late at night. Many EVs have options to shift charging to whatever time you'd like. Tesla, for example, supports this quite well. Owners who take advantage of this save a lot of money. This has been the situation for years. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pge.com%2Fen_US%2Fresi...

Some smart thermostats support off-peak timing too (eg. ecobee). And they interact with some utilities (like PG&E) to take extra measures on days with expected high demand. One strategy is to pre-chill the house/building before the peak hits, then hold back afterwards. It works quite well.

Too many people believe that ML is somehow related to human learning. A better term would be straightforward and honest: something like "advanced statistical methods".

Iâ(TM)m pretty sure that the proportion of slashdot readers who are also pickup truck fans is small. The useful survey would just be of current pickup owners

I live in front of my monitors. Right now Iâ(TM)ve got a pair of super wide Samsungâ(TM)s stacked vertically. 4 IDE panes on the bottom. Test and docs above. Totally excellent

The cool startup I worked for couldn't make enough money selling to scientists. "The money" insisted we try selling to the military. This went fabulously well: we got bought by a defense contractor. I walked out on moral grounds.

No, "real men" have better things to do with their lives than wade through drivel. I browse at +2

Absolutely! In my experience, statically typed languages are great when your goal is production; dynamically typed languages are great for quick demos.

Right. It's not the poor guy that turned off the power supply. It's the shit-for-brains managrrs who wouldn't let the engineers put in redundant power supplies and hired cheap lobour that had no clue how to architect for fault tolerance.

If you're slightly more flush with cash, an NVidia TX2 is freaking awesome for this. The DevKit has all you need, except the battery and a box. Fancy devtools like NetBeans and IntelliJ fly.

I'm still waiting for the "Tales of Known Space" to turn into a movie series.

I've had one curved TV, and it was very nice when my head was in the sweet spot at the center of curvature, but anywhere else, meh. Monitors are another thing: I've got one of the 34" Samsung monitors, whose curvature is set for a good reading distance, and it's an awesome experience. I now find extended periods with flat monitors to be awful.

I miss the word more that I'll miss the company.