I DIDN'T FUCKING GET THE [CHAT] DAMN PS5! I WAS ON CHECKOUT!

Couscous

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/us/texas-winter-storm-power-outages.html

For years, energy experts argued that the way Texas runs its electricity system invited a systematic failure. In the mid-1990s, the state decided against paying power producers to hold reserves, discarding the common practice across the United States and Canada of requiring a supply buffer of at least 15 percent beyond a typical day’s need.

Robert McCullough, of McCullough Research in Portland, Ore., said he and others have long warned about the potential for catastrophe because Texas simply lacked backup for extreme weather events increasingly commonplace as a result of climate change.

“What they’ve done is systematic unpreparedness,” Mr. McCullough said. “It was not inadvertent. They planned this outcome.”

He has debated the issue for years with William W. Hogan, the architect of the strategy that was adopted by the state seven years ago.

Mr. Hogan, a professor of global energy policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School, acknowledged that while many Texans have struggled this week without heat and electricity, the state’s energy market has functioned as it was designed.

That design relies on basic economics: When electricity demand increases, so too does the price for power. The higher prices force consumers to reduce energy use to prevent cascading failures of power plants that could leave the entire state in the dark, while encouraging power plants to generate more electricity.

“It’s not convenient,” Professor Hogan said. “It’s not nice. It’s necessary.”

I love when people are for this when something is clearly a failure that has gotten people killed.

knitdan

Do “runaway”

amateurhour

Texas: We save all of our electricity for executions!

amateurhour

knitdan wrote: »

Do “runaway”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOSLoSMlP5k

desc

Eddy this platformspace site rules

Eddy

knitdan wrote: »

Do “runaway”

LCD Soundsystem's All My Friends

knitdan

When you design an electrical grid based on the principles of Reaganomics

“Inelastic demand? Never heard of it!”

Chanus

unrelated i had a really busy day at work and i needed to focus so i put on some amon amarth

as you do

i haven't really listened to them in a number of years and, man

their album covers are fuckin sick

Kid Presentable

Neco should I play Xenoblade Chronicles 2

Winky

Kid Presentable wrote: »

Neco should I play Xenoblade Chronicles 2

How do you feel about anime bullshit

Eddy

desc wrote: »

Eddy this platformspace site rules

I am obsessed with spatial politics and am pleasantly surprised that it's becoming like, A Thing

P10

Yoshisummons wrote: »

Does anyone know/have the link of the madagascar monkeys reading fighting game prompts meme?

https://twitter.com/Sheldon_Sempai/status/1304444312302678017

desc

https://twitter.com/ghaith_raed/status/1362033336374464512?s=20

Winky

Facebook recruiter referred to me as a "unicorn"

How do I tell him I'm not interested in fucking him and his wife?

Neco

Kid Presentable wrote: »

Neco should I play Xenoblade Chronicles 2

It is very anime with some very unfortunate giant anime boobs but if you can look beyond that it’s a really good jrpg. The expansion is worth it too, about 15-20 hours and can be bought as a standalone.

Couscous

What if they did a movie based on the sequel to The Hundred and One Dalmatians

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Starlight_Barking

Two Fox Terriers hear the General (the Old English Sheepdog) barking; he reveals he will soon be arriving with his owner's little son Tommy, the farm tabby Mrs. Willow, and the female White Persian Cat. These three are also awake, thanks to being named "honorary dogs" after the events of the first book. Upon arrival in London, the White Persian Cat suggests Cruella, now back in London, must be behind the mysterious sleeping. She leads a group of dogs to Cruella's house, to kill her. However, Cruella and her husband are just as fast asleep as anyone else, and the animals see she is now obsessed with metallic plastics instead of fur coats. They spare her life and return to Downing Street, where the television comes on and a strange Voice orders them to make sure all dogs are in open, starlit spaces by midnight. The Dalmatians accomplish this via Twilight Barking and thought waves.

In Trafalgar Square, Tommy, the cats, the Dalmatians and the General meet with thousands of other dogs to wait. At Midnight, after a strange euphoric moment followed by a moment of terror, Sirius, the Lord of the Dog Star, appears on Nelson's Column. He explains to all the dogs that he is lonely, and is offering them the chance to avoid the pain of possible nuclear war in the future. However, they must come with him of their own accord. He assures them the world, when it wakes, will not remember dogs ever existed, and that all dogs will be free and know true bliss in the stars.

Chanus

Winky wrote: »

Facebook recruiter referred to me as a "unicorn"

How do I tell him I'm not interested in fucking him and his wife?

it's probably best to just be up front about it

Neco

Urrrgh that smash trailer was the worst thing ever

Eddy

This is one of my favorite covers of all time and that double drum set-up is so satisfying

Tav

I’ve seen Amon Amarth live like six times and every time they’ve fuckin ruled

Incenjucar

Chanus wrote: »

Winky wrote: »

Facebook recruiter referred to me as a "unicorn"

How do I tell him I'm not interested in fucking him and his wife?

it's probably best to just be up front about it

Or just say you have a headache.

Sarksus

Neco wrote: »

Urrrgh that smash trailer was the worst thing ever

Yeah, I had no idea that's what Rex sounded like in the English dub

Winky

Sarksus wrote: »

Neco wrote: »

Urrrgh that smash trailer was the worst thing ever

Yeah, I had no idea that's what Rex sounded like in the English dub

The English dub is the only way to play the game.

Are you telling me you completely missed out on the Welsh catgirl?

Brody

Couscous wrote: »

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/us/texas-winter-storm-power-outages.html

For years, energy experts argued that the way Texas runs its electricity system invited a systematic failure. In the mid-1990s, the state decided against paying power producers to hold reserves, discarding the common practice across the United States and Canada of requiring a supply buffer of at least 15 percent beyond a typical day’s need.

Robert McCullough, of McCullough Research in Portland, Ore., said he and others have long warned about the potential for catastrophe because Texas simply lacked backup for extreme weather events increasingly commonplace as a result of climate change.

“What they’ve done is systematic unpreparedness,” Mr. McCullough said. “It was not inadvertent. They planned this outcome.”

He has debated the issue for years with William W. Hogan, the architect of the strategy that was adopted by the state seven years ago.

Mr. Hogan, a professor of global energy policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School, acknowledged that while many Texans have struggled this week without heat and electricity, the state’s energy market has functioned as it was designed.

That design relies on basic economics: When electricity demand increases, so too does the price for power. The higher prices force consumers to reduce energy use to prevent cascading failures of power plants that could leave the entire state in the dark, while encouraging power plants to generate more electricity.

“It’s not convenient,” Professor Hogan said. “It’s not nice. It’s necessary.”

I love when people are for this when something is clearly a failure that has gotten people killed.

He says it's working because people reduced energy usage to avoid blackouts, but I that ws pretty clearly not the case, otherwise MrsNub wouldn't be burning all of dril's candles?

Based on that picture from the other day, is there any way to get electricity to Texas short of like, a bunch of semi's filled with Tesla batteries or something?

Chanus

Eddy wrote: »

This is one of my favorite covers of all time and that double drum set-up is so satisfying

i think that might be better than the original

LCD Soundsystem has always been one of those bands whose songs i like in theory but i just can't get into them for whatever reason

Chanus

there's also a band from the 90s who are called something similar and i mix the two up a lot

Aegis

Today at our weekly RO meeting we all collectively discovered that one program area developed a local Microsoft Access tool to generate a questionnaire for people to follow with reminders and note generation capability.

To which literally the entire population of the conference call responded simultaneously with, "And you didn't share this with everyone WHY?!"

I have not encountered quite an immediate "YES I'LL TAKE ONE" by so many people at once before.

Chanus

Aegis

Everyone single one of those expressions is an expected and acceptable reaction to stepping on a lego.

desc

Chanus wrote: »

there's also a band from the 90s who are called something similar and i mix the two up a lot

I was trying to think of who you would be talking about and my brain went all the way back to Miami Sound Machine

P10

i don't endorse the message of that tweet though. just ask winky how easy it is to get into guilty gear

emnmnme

knitdan wrote: »

When you design an electrical grid based on the principles of Reaganomics

The cheap wind turbines froze and coal plants couldn't get running water.

Brody wrote: »

Couscous wrote: »

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/us/texas-winter-storm-power-outages.html

For years, energy experts argued that the way Texas runs its electricity system invited a systematic failure. In the mid-1990s, the state decided against paying power producers to hold reserves, discarding the common practice across the United States and Canada of requiring a supply buffer of at least 15 percent beyond a typical day’s need.

Robert McCullough, of McCullough Research in Portland, Ore., said he and others have long warned about the potential for catastrophe because Texas simply lacked backup for extreme weather events increasingly commonplace as a result of climate change.

“What they’ve done is systematic unpreparedness,” Mr. McCullough said. “It was not inadvertent. They planned this outcome.”

He has debated the issue for years with William W. Hogan, the architect of the strategy that was adopted by the state seven years ago.

Mr. Hogan, a professor of global energy policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School, acknowledged that while many Texans have struggled this week without heat and electricity, the state’s energy market has functioned as it was designed.

That design relies on basic economics: When electricity demand increases, so too does the price for power. The higher prices force consumers to reduce energy use to prevent cascading failures of power plants that could leave the entire state in the dark, while encouraging power plants to generate more electricity.

“It’s not convenient,” Professor Hogan said. “It’s not nice. It’s necessary.”

I love when people are for this when something is clearly a failure that has gotten people killed.

He says it's working because people reduced energy usage to avoid blackouts, but I that ws pretty clearly not the case, otherwise MrsNub wouldn't be burning all of dril's candles?

Based on that picture from the other day, is there any way to get electricity to Texas short of like, a bunch of semi's filled with Tesla batteries or something?

ABC13 says Texas imported power from Mexico in 2011. We can't get power from Oklahoma or Louisiana, though, because they're having controlled blackouts, too.

Chanus

desc wrote: »

Chanus wrote: »

there's also a band from the 90s who are called something similar and i mix the two up a lot

I was trying to think of who you would be talking about and my brain went all the way back to Miami Sound Machine

yeah so i thought about it and

i have no idea how i got there but

it's Soul Coughing

i frequently confuse LCD Soundsystem and the guys who did Super Bon Bon

i

i have no idea and i won't be taking any questions at this time

Chanus

honestly i was kind of just hoping no one would notice or comment on that post so i wouldn't have to try and explain it

because i can't

Sarksus

Winky wrote: »

Sarksus wrote: »

Neco wrote: »

Urrrgh that smash trailer was the worst thing ever

Yeah, I had no idea that's what Rex sounded like in the English dub

The English dub is the only way to play the game.

Are you telling me you completely missed out on the Welsh catgirl?

I watched my housemate play a lot of it and he played it in Japanese.

Winky

P10 wrote: »

i don't endorse the message of that tweet though. just ask winky how easy it is to get into guilty gear

Yeah, it's easy like slamming your head into the wall is easy

Tcheldor

Hmm what to do tonight?

Do I
[1] Play some DFO?
[2] Work on some more Mega Man Rock and Roll speed run practice?
[3] Take a hot bath?

Geth roll 1d3 for what to do tonight.

what to do tonight:

1d3 2 [1d3=2]

SniperGuy

emnmnme wrote: »

knitdan wrote: »

When you design an electrical grid based on the principles of Reaganomics

The cheap wind turbines froze and coal plants couldn't get running water.

Sounds like they need to winterize their shit, like they've been told multiple times before. Also natural gas and coal and shit is like 80% of their power, so lumping the wind turbines in as part of the problem seems misleading at best.

Phoenix-D

Also the problem is the cheap part, not the wind turbine part. Texas cut costs because ~muh regulation bad~ and then oops it turns out regulations exist for a reason.

emnmnme

They have wind turbines in Canada. Texas cut corners.