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“The local utility says it’s going to need a million gallons of water per day and 150 megawatts of electricity — enough to power 100,000 homes per year. “

I wasn’t sure what they meant with that water usage. Like does the water get recirculated and it’s a one time expense? Or is it a million gallons discharged into a river or sewer ever single day? Is it tainted? Or just evaporates from a cooling tower? Seems like a huge waste.

The disaster no major U.S. city is prepared for — a combined power outage with a heat wave by reddig33 in c/climate@slrpnk.net

[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

That’s what neighborhood backup batteries are for. Drop some sodium ion battery installations in each district, smooth out the grid and keep it up and running.

When was the last time I changed the oil in my mower? by reddig33 in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 71 points 1 day ago

If you buy an electric mower, you never have to change the oil again. Or the spark plug. Or buy gas. Or clean the carburetor.

US satellite-TV providers DirecTV and Dish are in talks to merge again, source says by reddig33 in c/news@lemmy.world

[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

So after they merge, who owns the business — AT&T?

Crumbs belongs with me by reddig33 in c/crumbgrabber@lemm.ee

[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I wonder if semaglutide works on cats?

Three Democrats Re-Introduce Bill That Would Bring Ranked Choice Voting to Congressional Elections Across America by reddig33 in c/politics@lemmy.world

[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago

With the Republican Party fracturing, you’d think they would welcome this change. It would help them get elected. But they aren’t smart enough to realize that.

Old vs. new, which one do you like more? by reddig33 in c/yurop@lemm.ee

[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

US bills should be different sizes for the visually impaired. The mint lost their court case, yet here we are still with bills that are all the same size.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/issuing-onesize-dollar-bills-is-unfair-to-the-blind-us-appeal-court-rules-832157.html

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Installing Ubuntu on a separate partition? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by reddig33@lemmy.world to c/linux4noobs@programming.dev

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So I’ve got an old Mac I use as a Plex server and I’m considering installing Ubuntu on a DOS-formatted partition I’ve already set aside. What I’m wondering is:

Do I just need this one partition, or is it going to need an additional blank partition for VM/Swap?
can I install Ubuntu on an external drive and then clone or dd the external install onto the internal partition I’ve set aside?

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Parts of TX “out of water” says ag commissioner (thehill.com)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by reddig33@lemmy.world to c/texas@lemmy.world

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But that’s ok because Nestle will upsell it back to you in a bottle labeled Ozarka after they’ve finished pumping it all from Canton.

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Larry Ellison (Oracle) to run Paramount (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by reddig33@lemmy.world to c/television@lemmy.world

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So although Paramount is being purchased by Skydance media, it’s being bankrolled by Ellison of Oracle software fame. Why he wants to run an entertainment studio, I have no idea.

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/billionaire-larry-ellison-control-paramount-after-deal-bloomberg-news-reports-2024-09-05/

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WB and Crichton’s widow in row over ER knock off (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by reddig33@lemmy.world to c/television@lemmy.world

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“It’s not like ‘ER.’ It’s not kind of ‘ER.’ It’s not sort of ‘ER.’ It is ‘ER’ with the exact same executive producer, writer, star, production companies, studio and network as the planned ‘ER’ reboot.”

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/michael-crichton-the-pitt-er-reboot-john-wells-noah-wyle-1236120015/

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/warner-bros-tv-michael-crichton-lawsuit-response-er-the-pitt-1236120286/

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Texas gas wants to raise rates again (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by reddig33@lemmy.world to c/austin@lemmy.world

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https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2024/08/texas-gas-service-rate-hearing-at-council-this-thursday/

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Those 13 props for this November’s election might not happen. (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by reddig33@lemmy.world to c/austin@lemmy.world

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https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2024/08/texas-supreme-court-to-decide-whether-austin-has-charter-election-this-year/

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Solar and batteries keep the TX grid going (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by reddig33@lemmy.world to c/texas@lemmy.world

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https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/texas-summer-heat-power-grid-solar-batteries/

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Austin ISD proposes tax increase (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by reddig33@lemmy.world to c/austin@lemmy.world

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Because of Texas’ messed up “Robin Hood” school funding, a chunk of that increase would go to the state, not to Austin ISD.

https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2024/08/austin-isd-is-asking-voters-to-approve-a-new-tax-rate-to-help-fund-pay-raises-reduce-deficit/

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Pavement change lowers temp by 10 degrees (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 weeks ago by reddig33@lemmy.world to c/austin@lemmy.world

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Would be great to see something like this trialed in Austin.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/cool-pavement-temperature-relief-dallas/3621553/

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WBD still flailing (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 weeks ago by reddig33@lemmy.world to c/television@lemmy.world

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Just split it back up already.

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/warner-bros-discovery-ceo-david-zaslav-tough-tactics-nba-cnn-1236106600/

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NBC your Olympics coverage sucks (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by reddig33@lemmy.world to c/television@lemmy.world

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Not that I should be surprised, but trying to watch it today and it’s just talk talk talk talk. Commercials. More talk. Overhead shots of the stadium. People walking around in the rain. Talking head. Cut away to footage of Carl Lewis bitching about something. Instant replay of something they already showed. People hugging. Stadium shot. Human interest story. Commercial. Shot of Eiffel Tower. Promo for actual sports being shown on Peacock. Etc etc.

Meanwhile you can see there’s sporting events going on because they are showing them on the Jumbotron in the stadium shots. Really no excuse for this since most of this coverage is pre-recorded anyway.