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Comment Re:Failure of their payment structure (Score 1) 76

Clearly their payment structure is badly screwed up.

This isn't the principle screw-up. If a non-renewable source, say gas, kicks in for a charging period, then the whole of the electricity price for that period is determined by the gas price, rather than just the percentage of energy that it produces.

Comment Ethics is the question; the answer is "no" (Score 2) 25

AI is a software tool. The people who use this tool are responsible for the damage it causes.

"How will this impact people", and, "What effect will this have on society" aren't questions that get asked by the tech bros. The question that does get asked is, "How can I monetise these for my benefit"

Incidentally, the "AI apocalypse" was deemed to be in progress in an article the other day. Presumably, the Butlerian jihad can't be far behind.

Comment Re:We are seeing the death of an empire (Score 1) 255

When we suddenly become "friendly" again to foreign students and researchers, will there be attractive opportunities for them to seek out at those universities?

Yes.

Europe is already offering places to American academics and is looking to attract even more.

Suppose that these academics do move and, even after Trump goes, they can see the MAGA interference in the education system. Would you want to move back to the US again?

As a prospective student, would you look at American universities where star names have gone elsewhere, and where you would face severe visa restrictions and decide that is the place you want to be?

Comment No law apart from American law (Score 1) 255

What Rubio is effectively saying is that American law will apply everywhere and override any national laws.

It supports the fact that Xitter has refused to remove a video showing a stabbing video, viewed by someone who went on to stab three children and was wrongly characterised on social media as an illegal immigrant and Muslim, even though he was born in the UK and Christian.

The UK also has laws that prevent the harassment of women attending family planning clinics. These too have been characterised as censorship by members of the Trump administration.

Comment Re:8 times the cost (Score 2) 132

in UK heat pumps are 8 times boiler cost to install, 12.5K vs 1.6K pounds. no wonder most working people and poor people can't afford them!

in other news the UK using either one will have no measurable effect on carbon emissions

Two things:

1. You seem to be ignoring the fact that there are subsidies for installing ASHP
2. You are also ignoring the fact that the UK is made up of four countries, and that the subsidies vary from country to country.

I live in a late Victorian house. When we moved in, there was no insulation. Couple this with the house being single glazed, and heating provided by 1970's storage heaters, and the house cost a fortune to keep warm. (I should also add that the majority of the lighting was still incandescent bulbs).

We replaced the single glazing by a mixture of double and triple glazing, insulated the walls and ceilings and installed an ASHP. All of this was supported by a mixture of grants and loans from the Scottish government.

My only complaint now is that despite the fact that Scotland is nearly self-sufficient in renewable energy, I still have to pay for electricity that is pegged to the gas price.

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