The heat pump's working fluid doesn't have to be water, it'd be whatever fluid can phase change at a "convenient pressure". The released heat on the high pressure side would be used to boil water into steam, which could then be moved to a turbine to generate power.

That "working fluid" woud be what is circulating on the low pressure side, through the cooling blocks.

I'm surprised I haven't seen anyone trying to use the waste heat that all this computer power is generating? I realize that would impact cooling a little, but surely SOME of this can be recovered efficiently? Steam turbines are the usual way to turn heat into electrical power. Is there no way to do it for data centers?

For example, use a heat pump to concentrate the heat to above boiling temperature then use that to boil water to run a steam turbine. The heat pump would require some power to run, but I think you could run that at a net-positive for power?

that pardon cost? Trump doesn't strike me as the type to do anything like that for free.

Uh, some of us in Windows land use PS/2 for NKRO gaming.

I actually bought it quite recently, so I could take three bricks out of my laptop bag and replace them with just the one. Less space, less weight, and I love that built-in display. (it won't charge my watch unfortunately)

I've got a few spare older bricks from previous laptop purchases, so I can't say I'd need to buy a brick if my next laptop didn't come with one, but that shows my experience that bricks usually outlive their product. I also believe that most people have started accumulating unused bricks. (maybe it'll slightly lower the price of the next laptop I buy?)

USB-C negotiates voltage and current, and current (and thus watts) are supplied on demand. So an oversize charger will always work fine on an undersize accessory. (there's NO risk of "blowing it up" if you try to charge a 60w macbook with a 140w charger)

There are also cases where a larger charger works better. We have some high end windows laptops here running CAD and they are entirely capable of DRAINING the battery WHILE PLUGGED IN because they shipped with lightweight chargers that supply fewer watts than the laptop can use when run hard. We ordered in some larger chargers (and yes, they're beastly bricks) that can keep up with and even charge the battery while CAD is running hard. So, bigger IS better.

I picked up a 140w Anker awhile ago, it's got three USB-C ports with quickcharge, and two USB-3 fast charge ports, with a nice built-in display. (it even came with a 140w USB-C cord) That's all I need to take with me, no matter which accessories I pack. It's so much better than ANY of the generic USB-C bricks they're including with laptops nowadays. I honestly don't WANT to pay more for an additional bundled brick I'm not going to take out of the box.

We don't like the conclusion, so change the metrics by which we came to the conclusion.

A bit like "Our students can't pass the standardized test, so instead of fixing our education system we're going to dumb down the tests."

Same principle. Don't like the results? Change the test!

The first thing that comes to mind is they could place the owners / operators of the website on a secret watch list for detention if they ever happen to step foot inside jurisdiction. And this could affect them for years to come. Have friends or family in the UK? You're not going to be going on vacation to visit them. Great job offer from over there? nope. Does this apply to your spouse too? How about your kids? ALL the employees of your company? They're already being unreasonable, what makes you think they won't continue to get MORE unreasonable? (it's already been seen for places like China to take away passports of menial employees to try to squeeze money out of their company that's left the country)

Second is this may be the first step in trying to ban your domain from users inside that country via DHCP poisoning, blocking IP addresses, and such. Sure there's ways around it, but it still hurts your traffic.

I still think the whole thing is a silly over-reach, but it's their house, their rules. All they can do right now though is piss and moan about it and start adding up unenforceable fines, till you step inside their house of course. Or until extradition gets jacked into the law somehow.

"If you're good at something, never do it for free!"

yep.

(experts predict it could happen, you should prepare)

  "that'll NEVER happen!"

(happens)

well ok, NO ONE could have predicted that.

(experts say it will happen again, you REALLY need to prepare)

Oh that was just a fluke, It'll NEVER happen again.

(happens again)

WOW, that was incredibly unlucky! NO ONE could have predicted that would happen again!

Even an idiot that ignores warnings can learn from their mistakes. It takes a SPECIAL kind of idiot to keep ignoring the experts, and make the same mistake over and over without learning.

and nukes, they also have those.

But they're all sensitive to extreme cold for different reasons. Not sure what oil's problem was (besides not having enough), but nuke plants need cooling water and have to shut down when their source freezes, and natural gas pipe lines actually have hydrates in them that makes the pipes ice up and clog in the cold.

I live in Iowa, and most (city) homes here use natural gas for winter heating. I've NEVER seen a gas line freeze around here, and it gets WAY colder here than in Texas. If we can figure it out, they can figure it out,

not evidence, just FUD

One way or another, cost of solar is only going down, and cost of coal is only going up. Even at those rates, it'll eventually reach and then cross parity.

That's a lot of word salad from someone who has never manufactured a solar panel or used one.

Sit down, son, a real semiconductor professional is speaking.

Solar power is free. Hydrogen makes for fairly decent storage once you solve the 'bleeds through most anything' part.

Hell, I get a refund check from my municipal power company every year, right here in California. Do you?

I haven't seen a power loss unless it involved a vehicle smashing into something that affects power distribution. I've been here nearly 2 decades.