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Comment Re:I expect Google to figure this out. (Score 0) 30

I'm not going to claim solar is cheap as I see little evidence of that being the case.

That's because you have no actual evidence with anything. People who have built solar power systems know that it is.

What I do see is solar power subsidies driving spot electricity rates so low they go negative at times

You were so close to getting it.

Comment Re:Well, we're lucky (Score 1) 142

Take advantage of the law by owning a bus conversion. Our bus weighs ten tons empty.

Alas, California is requiring us to smog the fucking things now, we have to do the same tests as commercial trucks, not just as often. Our rig passes easily, but it costs money and requires a trip halfway across a large county. In fact, since we hardly ever go anywhere, it significantly increases our emissions...

Comment Now that's super useful (Score 1) 27

The tests I care about other than reliability and straight streaming read or write speed are random read/write which some cards do much better than others — I expected this for writes, but not for reads! — and how long a device can sit around unused and retain data.

TFA notes that there are application performance class ratings, but they are very particular and what I really want to know is what happens with lots of small files.

Comment Re:Coming soon: Mid-roll ads (Score 1) 165

The purpose of the theater is participation in group reactions. If that's not interesting to you, by all means stay home. I enjoy it, but it's not worth the down sides of doing that with modern moviegoers, so I stay home and watch a big TV at home and eat popcorn with real butter, and pause when I want to take a piss. I have 4k and DTS at home, thanks.

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