My problem is I have Apple password manager, Microsoft authenticator, and a little bit on Google authenticator! Now how do I consolidate those 200+ into one password manager that works across devices! I’m guessing it’s just time that I need to spend
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This video popped up in my feed and I thought it was so great, I had to share it. the new Macs from Apple come with 256 GB as the base hard drive configuration in the Mac Mini and the iMac.
The world is modernizing and the old TV broadcasting ways are starting to disappear in the face of new technologies. IPTV is one of these technologies that are changing how people access TV livestreams in our times.
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Nvidia ( $NVDA ) will report its Q3 earnings after the bell next Wednesday, with analysts expecting EPS of $0.74 on revenue of $33.2 billion, an 83% YoY increase.
Nvidia’s stock is up 189% YTD, while AMD ( $AMD ) and Intel ( $INTC ) have seen declines of 8% and 51% respectively.
Nvidia’s Data Center segment is projected to bring in $29 billion, a 100% increase YoY.
Is there any chance we can encourage you to trend #NVIDIA when that's the company you mean, please? I know what their NASDAQ handle is, but #NVDA is much more widely known as the name of the screen reader we make and the #NVDA hashtag is very widely used for the screen reader. It will save both our communities polluting each other's feeds. If you'd like to find out more about the screen reader, our website is nvaccess.org/ - Thank you!
@dhamlinmusic Could be right - and I just responded to another one - but you never know - last time we thought that, the user replied and apologised. I can appreciate it is an honest issue - but at the same time, I doubt anyone actually looks at the #NVDA hashtag for stock market info, given 90% of posts using the hashtag are about hte screen reader - so if we can convince them, it's worth having the premade text on standby :)
Tomorrow will mark 1,000 days since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
On this despicable anniversary, we honour the brave Ukrainians working and fighting for a free Ukraine with the colours of its flag on our headquarters.
Our enduring friendship and solidarity are here to stay. So is our commitment to work shoulder to shoulder towards a peaceful future within our Union.
Transit (the app) can now track your train and warn you when you are about to reach your station *even when your train is underground* 🤯
To achieve this, they've built a prediction model that utilizes the iPhone’s built-in accelerometer and analyzes its patterns to identify when the vehicle you boarded is in motion, and every time it reaches a station. Pretty impressive stuff.
Earlier this month, Transit, one of my favorite apps of all time, gained an impressive new feature: the app is now able to track your train and warn you when you are about to reach your destination even when your train is underground.
Projekt 360tka začína písať svoj príbeh. Na úvodnej debate si predstavíme celý projekt a jeho formáty, v prvej debate Michal Kovačič privíta Václava Moravca,...
Just finding out about Lotus Improv, which is exactly the kind of spreadsheet design I've been saying for years we should have, yet it failed to gain any adoption, being fully killed in 1996. Reminds me a bit of Resolver One, which was killed in 2012. I wish we had a spreadsheet today that leaned heavily into structured data, effectively an interactive UI for SQL tables, but much easy to create and modify. But the consensus seems to be that such a thing dies at the hands of "worse is better".
Now we live in a world where free-form Excel spreadsheets *can* have some structure imposed on them, but that rarely do, instead of one where structure is the default, but with free-form sheets available.
I guess it is the dynamic vs static typing argument all over again, but playing out on a field where people don't necessarily see themselves as programmers.
it's a bit like Microsoft Word vs LaTeX. Wysiwyg hacks vs structured document. Yes you can structure your Word document and use stylesheets. But you don't have to either.
(applies to LibreOffice an most other consumer grade word processors)
Tras mucho tiempo preguntando por @esteban, o @hardcorenarrativist, y esperando en vano a que me contestara los mensajes, sin perder la esperanza de que hubiera decidido abandonar el fedi por cualquier motivo, hoy me entero finalmente de que murió en 2021. No sé qué decir, estoy en absoluto shock. Lo echaba de menos cuando aún tenía la esperanza de volver a encontrarlo y ahora lo extrañaré más porque no queda resquicio a la esperanza.
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"Small modular reactors could play an important role and contribute to the Dutch energy transition, a joint report by NRG-Pallas and TNO concludes. The study shows that there is room for more than 13 SMRs in 2050.
The study, the partners said, utilises "NRG-Pallas' expertise in innovative reactor technologies and TNO's energy system model OPERA".
Two scenarios drawn up by TNO were used in this study: ADAPT and TRANSFORM. These scenarios are based on different visions of the future for the Dutch energy system. In both visions, the aim is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030 and to achieve greenhouse gas neutrality by 2050.
In order to investigate the sensitivity of the results with respect to boundary conditions and assumptions, a few 'what-if' analyses were performed. These what-if analyses examined whether investment in and use of SMRs change when input parameters are varied.
"The results show that SMRs have a role to play in the Dutch energy transition," the study says. "The optimal contribution of SMRs to 2050 was calculated for various assumptions about future society. The results show that two to more than 13 SMRs (of 150 MWe) can be deployed with room for further expansion of this number in 2050."
It adds: "These results are contingent on policy objectives, expected market availability and realisation periods. If constraints on the potential deployment capacity are partially lifted, as is done in some of the what-if analyses, it is observed that there may even be room for more than 27 SMRs (of 150 MWe). This what-if analysis result can be interpreted as a more economically optimal solution, but is obviously conditional on the aforementioned aspects used to define the potential limits for the scenarios being sufficiently adjusted to allow for this to occur.
"On the other hand, with delayed introduction of SMRs or no nuclear at all, a carbon neutral energy system in 2050 is possible as well. The exact optimum depends mainly on the future of industry, and more specifically on the future heat demand from activities such as refineries and (bio-)aromatics production, and the degree of electrification in society. Nevertheless, it can be concluded that SMRs are an important option for decarbonisation of the industry by supplying process heat."
An earlier scenario study by TNO showed that in an energy system without new nuclear power plants, the system costs are 1% to 2.5% higher than with nuclear energy. "Although nuclear power plants are initially more expensive than wind turbines and solar panels, the loss of nuclear energy as an energy supply should be compensated for by greater use of more expensive flexibility options, such as energy storage," NRG-Pallas noted.
In April 2023, in its draft Climate Fund for 2024, the Dutch government budgeted funds totalling EUR320 million (USD352 million) for the development of nuclear energy. The funds will be used for the preparation of the operational extension of the existing Borssele nuclear power plant, the construction of two new large reactors, the development of small modular reactors and for nuclear skills development in the Netherlands.
In August 2022, the UK's Rolls-Royce SMR signed an exclusive agreement with ULC-Energy to collaborate on the deployment of Rolls-Royce SMR power plants in the Netherlands. ULC-Energy - established in 2021 and based in Amsterdam - aims to accelerate decarbonisation in the Netherlands by developing nuclear energy projects that efficiently integrate with residential and industrial energy networks in the country."
Small modular reactors could play an important role and contribute to the Dutch energy transition, a joint report by NRG-Pallas and TNO concludes. The study shows that there is room for more than 13 SMRs in 2050.
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I have a question on SMRs, and why so much hype about them.
Specifically, a lot of the infra and NRE (non-recoverable engineering) costs for nuclear containment, rightly or wrongly, are roughly the same for a small or a large installation. Containment also follows cube-square laws (so in principle more units can be contained with less surface per unit). Larger installations are, I think, also a little more purely efficient.
So what's the point of SMRs? Why not just continue building well-understood "normal" reactor designs instead?
@modulux Honestly, I largely agree with you. The benefits, as I see it, are twofold: 1. they have a lower capital cost (even though they probably have higher costs per kW installed), thus lowering financial risks. 2. They probably fit better in existing fossil infrastructure in many places. The Netherlands for example has many fossil plants between 200 and 800 MWe. SMRs could fit 1:1 in that existing site and infrastructure.
Adding to the second point: a lot of the grid is strained, and expansion is needed anyway, but for a time - say the next twenty years - SMRs could fit better in that existing infra.
Then there is the side point that higher temperature SMRs, like molten salt reactors, could be used for industrial process heat, whereas with PWRs this is harder or not feasible.
But I completely agree that we should build a lot more LWRs.
Thanks, that makes it clearer. So it's a bit of a mix of capitalism and the consequences of having to upgrade existing infra. The point about combined heat is good.
Here is an interesting article about why this guy became a Buddhist. It's interesting to see others' opinions. And feel free to reply, or boost. :) budsas.org/ebud/ebdha141.htm
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Here's an interesting article about how someone did not find solace in Buddhism. Feel free to express your opinion in a reply. slate.com/culture/2003/02/why-…
I personally think that there are some common misconceptions that might have influenced the author's views, e.g. the way he understands the definition of attachment, enlightenment, views on reality, but it's always so interesting to see differing opinions.
For a 2,500-year-old religion, Buddhism seems remarkably compatible with our scientifically oriented culture, which may explain its surging popularity...
Honestly, this sounds like an extremely scientific person who was not happy, just by the multiple times scientific and science being mentioned. But I understand the opinion. If meditation did not work for some, that does not mean it won't work for others. And if it causes you to have more issues than helps, maybe it's time to find a therapist, so coupled with meditation, they can help you deal with stuff. That's my take on that.
If you don't have someone who can guide and teach you, and show you options, it'll always be super hard. Someone shows you where to start from, and you either figure it out or don't, which just means you need more help. And it's not shameful.
I just had the same thought, didn't want to influence anyone's reading though.
I think he is looking for something that science can prove to be right, the same way it proved that humans technically have two brains which the Chinese knew for thousands of years through martial arts, the Tao, etc. Also categorising Buddhism as a religion while it's really not.
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