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Week 44

H2 Insight: "Global Hydrogen Pipeline Grows to 957 Gw, Aurora [Energy Research] Data Show"

F24: "Danish left-wing bloc retains a majority in parliament"

Netan is back from a year in limbo. I guess the electorate saw things did not get visibly better with others, had more chaos (the al Jazeera journo died on their watch) so power goes back to the worn-out old shoe.. ISR deep state can be assured Netan will sell their shit properly on the US media with his American accent.

HW did even better on this poll.

u.sen_ga_538()

Out[1]: 
(['Herschel Junior Walker', '11/2/22', 'Remington', 49.0],
 ['Raphael Warnock', '11/2/22', 'Remington', 45.0])

Not good for Fetterman.. let's see if the heavy hitters make a difference.

u.sen_pa_538()

Out[1]: 
(['John Fetterman', '11/3/22', 'Trafalgar Group', 45.5],
 ['Mehmet Oz', '11/3/22', 'Trafalgar Group', 47.7])

Brutal PMQs. Labor does not want to leave anything to chance, trying to make sure this one is the last Tory PM.

Hyrasia One

It makes perfect sense for Germany to lean into that relationship.

Germany continues close rel to China, UK starts going against them; inners and outers increasing their in-group ties.

"UK PM Rishi Sunak to take big step against China, may shut Confucius Institutes"

AP News: "Germany's Scholz in China amid trade, Ukraine, rights issues"

It's like f-ing mafia politics over there..

"Pakistan Ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan Shot in Leg at Protest Rally"

"@simongerman600

There is a lake in Finland, that looks like Finland. Now you know"

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And they are poor, constantly in crisis.. Is US Big Oil scared of competition and want to keep Haiti in constant turmoil? #TFIGlobal

World Oil: "[2010] Haiti could have larger oil reserves than Venezuela"

🤣 Oprah is like, I made you, and I can take u down.

The Independent: "Oprah delivers November surprise, endorses Fetterman over Oz"

The Economic Times: "Russia becomes largest supplier of oil to India in October"

Link

Finally something good coming out of Volkswagen.. keep doing this and I'll stop calling you Nazi and stop sharing Van Wilder pictures.

H2 Central: "Volkswagen is working on a new fuel cell that is much cheaper than the current ones and promises hydrogen cars that can travel 2,000 kilometers on a single tank"

"@kelseyhightower

You know you're in Copenhagen when …"

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H2 Central: "Hydrogen could flow via 3 bcm/year Greece-Bulgaria gas link.... [The gas connector]could allow the transfer of hydrogen when mixed with natural gas"

Someone called Andor "the fascist board meeting show".

H2 View: "Alfa Laval has signed an agreement to deliver compact heat exchangers to the world’s largest green hydrogen plant, which is to be built in the upcoming city of Neom in Saudia Arabia.

Neom’s location and infrastructure will allow the generation of 4GW of renewable power from solar and wind where the green hydrogen production facility will use about half of it.

It will be the largest green hydrogen plant and the first installation of gigawatt size, producing 650 tonnes of hydrogen per day. This in turn will be used to produce 1.2 million tonnes of green ammonia annually"

Cores are still preferable to GPUs for massively paralel archs (sometimes both can be used in conjunction). CPUs can run anything, with proper algo most 'number crunching' can be paralelized through them. GPU's speciality is simple, micro operations.

Researcher showed computation output from exascale machine at Argonne National Lab - using >200,000 cores. Gov has nice toys.

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Key piece of knowledge for stats, yet nowhere to be found - except this one lone paper on arXiv.. Stuff keeps slipping through the cracks.

Paper: "An exact method of calculating the variance of a [combined] data set is presented. Its major advantages over the many other methods are that it is simple, is easily derived and remembered, and requires no assumptions... The proof is.. absent in the textbooks"

It's not about a lawless cop shooting up stuff. Eastwood plays the tad rebel, though by-the-book cop, the vigilantes are another group in the department fighting him.

Finally watched Magnum Force. Not bad, given the era..

Cows are around humans in many places, few cases one farts happens to be by the fire it burns someone? Are people that close to sharks in daily life?

Out of how many encounters? Need to mention the larger sample.

"Cows Kill More People Than Sharks"

H2 View: "Nikola Corporation and KeyState Natural Gas Synthesis are working together to create Pennsylvania’s first low-carbon hydrogen production value chain, which includes full integration of commercial carbon capture and storage"

Sounds like a useful program..

"FDR Civilian Conservation Corps Roosevelt established the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933. The CCC or C's as it was sometimes known, allowed single men between the ages of 18 and 25 to enlist in work programs to improve America's public lands, forests, and parks"

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FED is trying to cool down econ at the same time gov pumped money into econ via Inflation Reduction Act. I'm not complaining about that at all, lota money for H2 infra

Vacancy rate down, ppl keep hiring

2022-07-01    1.970018
2022-08-01    1.671600

GDP QoQ, increase in the last reported quarter. Either recession is over, or there never was one to begin with (previous numbers to be revised? as indicated by JPow earlier). Either way it is strong econ, and with high inflation FED raises.

2022-01-01   -1.631278
2022-04-01   -0.577282
2022-07-01    2.566653

WION: "A US federal judge.. [blocked] a USD 2.2 billion acquisition of publishing giant Simon and Schuster by its competitor Penguin Random House. The court has sided with the Justice Department which has argued against the mega-merger"

"Can't stop the signal... Everything goes somewhere, and I go everywhere" -- Serenity

.. will even shortchange the petrodollar system for this priority - he could've said..

Reuters: "[3/2021] Saudi Aramco to prioritise energy supply to China for 50 years, says CEO.. Aramco will ensure China’s energy security remains its highest priority"

H2 Central: "Hydrogen Technology Developer Hysata has Named Former Australian Chief Scientist Alan Finkel as Head of The Advisory Board"

H2 Central: "Cement Australia Partners with Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company For Green Methanol, from Hydrogen, Trial at Gladstone Cement Plant"

The only criticism I had on Lula in the past was handling of his succession.. Looking at the no-holds-barred nature of Brazil's politics, IMHO, he should've picked someone politically feisty, gregarious, knows economics, and a guy - basically younger version of himself. He picked the former guerilla hot chica, it didn't work out too well. Dilma was fine but the aftermath proved otherwise.. I don't think the schemin, cretin muckers of Brazil politics could've pulled off what they did on Lula himself when he was president.

That sounded like half-way concession #Bolsonaro

Oz slip up, he called Pennsylvania "coastal"

"@JohnFetterman

I've got green bananas that have been in Pennsylvania longer than Dr. Oz lol"

TASS: "Russian gas supplies through Ukraine remain at previous volume"

H2 Central: "BDR Thermea switches on hydrogen heating pilot in Germany.. Pure hydrogen is running through the natural gas pipelines in Holzwickede, Germany, heating three commercial properties"

Too many headlines with "migrant boat sank in the Medi". Are they being sunk by shadowy operators from coastal countries?

H2 View: "German and New Zealand airports partner on hydrogen developments.. Although [far] apart, the airports of Hamburg, Germany, and Christchurch, New Zealand, have signed a partnership to work on developing the use of green hydrogen in aviation"

Dems around the country are on the ropes. Rough times.

Walker still ahead on this poll.. and this is after Dems threw boat loads of culture war material on this guy..

u.sen_ga_538()

Out[1]: 
(['Herschel Junior Walker', '10/27/22', 'InsiderAdvantage', 47.5],
 ['Raphael Warnock', '10/27/22', 'InsiderAdvantage', 45.3])

Retail gasoline prices, little downtrend visible but can't compare with $2/gallon, not long ago

2022-10-10  4.034
2022-10-17  3.990
2022-10-24  3.887

One teaspoon of cumin is equivalent to one aspirin says doc. Similar ingredients in both..

Wisdom of the crowds works when the decision is commensurate to the knowledge of the crowd. For a very tough medical diagnosis the combination of 10 cardiologists can work better than one. But 1 million random people cannot make a decision worth even one good doctor.

Voters indirectly contribute into governance.. when they vote their pocket, on the incumbent, they can indirectly vote in the person (who should have different policy set) that can fix their problem. It's all crab walk, sideways, indirect. No need to read too much into (or expect miracles from) it. Want something changed? Jump into the fray and lead.

FBI NIBRS crime (master) dataset has 45 mil records for one year, and they get quarter of all data from the states. Does US have that much crime? Or are overzealous cops are looking for / creating trouble?

How could the junk science and technology category be complete without the multiverse, string theory and the LHC? Added.

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H2 View: "Turquoise hydrogen made from pyrolysis is efficient, clean and potentially even carbon negative, according to a ‘Pyrolysis: Potential and possible applications of a climate friendly hydrogen production’ report. The report, from Hydrogen Europe in collaboration with the German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water (DVGW), was published this week..

Its appeal is that [the hardware] can be installed at point of use wherever there is methane, thereby avoiding large infrastructure CAPEX, and it uses minimal electricity, making it more competitive than green hydrogen in a high electricity price environment"

I see.. now that I think about it the attack came across as bizarrely assertive in an ill-timed kind of way.. the hallmark of the previous administration? (remember the tax cut debacle). Then possibly Tory members got wind, plus the tax thing, MPs toppled the gov in a jif.

WION: "Russia accuses British navy of blowing up Nord Stream pipelines"

Putin: "Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart, whoever wants it back has no brain"

The West is getting Putinsplained

Putin: "The so-called 'cancel culture' is in reality the cancellation of culture, is eradicating everything that is alive and creative and stifles free thought in all areas, be it economics, politics.. Today, liberal ideology itself has changed beyond recognition. If initially, classic liberalism was understood to mean the freedom of every person to do and say as they pleased, in the 20th century the liberals started saying that the so-called open society had enemies and that the freedom of these enemies could and should be restricted if not cancelled"

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BEV li-on battery fires are incredibly hard to put out as the fire is self-oxidizing.. Extremely stupid tech.

AccuWeather: "Electric vehicles catch aflame during Ian aftermath.. in the wake of the Category 4 hurricane that hit the state last month, these vehicles have been more akin to a time bomb. Saltwater flooding in the state’s coastal areas caused the lithium ion batteries in electric vehicles to combust, catching fire.. Eric Wachsman, director of Maryland’s Energy Institute, stated that the qualities of lithium ion battery cells.. make these cells vulnerable to ignition, due to the cells having closely placed electrodes that are filled with a flammable liquid electrolyte.

Battery lasts a few minutes.. Sad #Drones #Batteries

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Why is there so much bullshit info around coffee?

Poster says he once had 11 coffees in a single day and could swear he could hear electricity in the walls. It is likely one can die after 20.

Negative. 500 bil would mean everyone drinks over 60 cups daily.

"[A]round 500 billion cups consumed every day, according to the British Coffee Association"

His immediate family wasn't rich afaik, he married into money

NYT: "For Rishi Sunak, Family Wealth From Outsourcing Adds to a Secretive Fortune"

Apparently Rust has some memory check features, better than C (current language suppored by the kernel). Memory management is the source of a lot of bugs, security issues, especially at that low-level coding a kernel requires.

In the kernel? Even C++ didn't make it there..

"Rust Programming Language To Land in Linux Kernel 6.1"

Politico: "Gavin Newsom has quietly constructed one of the biggest digital forces in politics.. The governor has 6 million emails and 1.5 million phone numbers. It’s a massive tool, and it’s led to a logical question: What will he do with it after the midterms?

Reuters: "EU approves effective ban on new fossil fuel cars from 2035"

Reuters: "Spain, Portugal and France said on Thursday they will build a sea-based pipeline to carry hydrogen and gas between Barcelona and Marseille, substituting plans to extend the so-called MidCat pipeline across the Pyrenees that France opposed.

The route, dubbed BarMar, will mainly be used to pump green hydrogen and other renewable gases but will also temporarily allow for the transportation of a "limited amount" of natural gas to help alleviate Europe's energy crisis, Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa said"

Bloomberg: "Kazakhstan Signs Deal to Make Hydrogen at a $50 Billion-Plant.. Output of Svevind’s plant seen equivalent to 20% of EU imports. Europe could start receiving Kazakh green hydrogen by 2030"

"Japan PM announces $260bn stimulus package to combat rising inflation.. [PM] 'We want to protect people's livelihoods, employment and businesses, while strengthening our economy for the future.'"

WION: "Brazil elections: Lula all set to make comeback to lead Latin America's largest economy"

"Biohydrogen is H2 that is produced biologically..The biological hydrogen production with algae is a method of photobiological water splitting which is done in a closed photobioreactor based on the production of hydrogen as a solar fuel by algae. Algae produce hydrogen under certain conditions. In 2000 it was discovered that if C. reinhardtii algae are deprived of sulfur they will switch from the production of oxygen, as in normal photosynthesis, to the production of hydrogen'

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"@Harvey_FRC

Don Farrell, Minister for Trade & Tourism @ausgov opens the second half of the summit, outlining progress on net zero including the revised 43% emissions reduction target for 2030.. Also strong A$185 billion green hydrogen project pipeline"

Africa is our hunter-gatherer history - the concept of a kingdom requires a static farmer to tax. Agro started around the Medi, so their kingdoms (perhaps to their detriment) are the oldest.

"Since humans originated from Africa they must have the oldest kingdoms there"

"South Africa’s first new Zulu king in 51 years crowned in Durban"

Link

On the contrary, pre-agriculture free speech was our default setting. People keep forgetting there were humans before towns, kings, farming and armies, before "civilization". We've lived that way for 300K years, only for 10K in comparison as villagers, near domesticated plants and animals.

"@hankgreen

[I]t should maybe be said that [free speech] is all brand new and no human (or human institution) has ever dealt with anything like it before, so I'm not surprised that we're bad at it and don't know what to do"

TASS: "Russian gas supplies cover 40-42% of Greece’s needs, says source in Greek gas industry"

WSJ: "Ukraine Expects Arrival of Fresh Russian Troops Within Two Weeks"

TASS: "Putin says army’s current top priority to train, equip draftees"

"@ecommerceshares

When do stocks peak? Simple answer: When their forward profit estimates start to decline. Case in point: $META, where expected 2022 EBITDA is now at the same level as in Oct-2016"

TASS: "Russia calls for resumption of Israeli-Palestinian dialogue, diplomat says"

There was a rumor a week ago a coup was attempted on Zee Ping Ping, most air traffic over China was stopped, Xi wasnt heard from.. The attempt clearly didn't work, and the rumor said Hu was behind it; so during the CCP conference Xi had him thrown out, as a punishment. That is the claim anyway.

Lamb - Transfattyacid (Kruder& Dorfmeister- Session- Mix) #music

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Where would we rewind fundamental phy, before it was fucked up beyond recognition? I thought about this before; Pre-Shelter Island Conference sounds fine. Take QM (enough for electronics), get rid of the stuff afterwards, using the measurements obtained past that point continue from there, with the possib reworking QM as well to fit into a new framework.

"@CompSciFact

'Unix is user-friendly; it's just picky about who its friends are.'"