reverendjames

No.

I've done it. The larger the grid, the more difficult it is. But as long as you have fuel and an adequately maintained grid, its not as hard as some in the comments make it out to be. Better regulation would make it easier. For instance, in Singapore emergency diesel or some other method for black start is a requirement for most generation stations. The rest of the world likely has more lax requirements.

No it's not. It's a pain in the ass but this isn't even close to correct. There are rocket launches and nanometer scale chips being built by engineers. Firing up some emergency diesel generators and syncing loads isn't easy, but don't be silly. I'm in charge of black start for a power grid. I've done it once and not looking forward to doing it again, but I'm not stressed out about it. And I'm not super smart.

Beta.

I don't like to drive when I have to pee. I always pee before I get in the car whether I need to or not.

They won't let you until you turn 50, I tried. If you do get it before then, the doctor could get into trouble. That's what I was told.

Japanese auction sites work this way too.

If you make that big of a decision at the dinner table without excel, it implies that you make the decision without doing the math, which implies you are stupid.

Hater.

Trying to make them look interesting is a bad idea, tried numerous times in the past. The best a designer can do is to make them disappear and not draw your eye. Trying to make them look interesting generally isn't the way to go. It's been tried and abandoned in California and numerous other places. I'd add some citations, but most writing about transmission lines is internal to the companies building and maintaining them. You can't make them into a beautiful sculpture because you ultimately need their utility of supporting the conductors, and that hardware is difficult to make aesthetically pleasing.

No it doesn't make sense. Transmission lines should be a boring as possible so you're eye is not drawn to them. There is no way to make them look beautiful. Good designers try to make them disappear to the extent possible.

I live in Asia and I'm in charge of air conditioning at my company. A ductless A/c is approximately $1,200 installed. $20k? You should put a split unit in each room. If one breaks, go sleep in the other room. I have 6 of them installed in my apartment.

Go check if insider trading on either of these markets is even against the law. The SEC makes laws for equities markets, not online gambling.

Me still....

The only thing new here is running them continuously. They were typically on standby for peak shaving or to avoid rolling blackouts during high peak loads or unanticipated contingencies. I operate 15 "747 engines" to produce electricity. They were installed in 1995.

He has the key written on a piece of paper in his wallet. The US government has his wallet. And his Bitcoin.

It's true. They have daily flights to Cambodia. Go there and look at it. It's all casinos and scams and dust.

You want to watch him and his wife?

ApoB is the best measure we have.

Quaaludes should definitely make a comeback.

That's not correct. It's basically cost per distance, unless you're talking huge power over huge distances.

Who told you that? I build power lines. It consumes a couple percent.

Ketamine is dumb. Nothing like a psychedelic drug such as LSD.

The author has yet to reach puberty or move out of his parents' house, so he doesn't yet appreciate the company's products.

These mini grids will never lift any African country into modernity. The cost of renewables is not falling, if you take into account the hours those renewables are not producing power. If a country cannot build a basic power grid, they will remain a village, most likely with widespread poverty.

I live in Asia. Passengers are treated with respect, I've never seen a 'surely' employee, nor do I remember seeing a misbehaving passenger, other than a drunk Russian guy who had shit himself by 9am while checking in. His wife didn't look happy.

The Yamagata was my favorite strain.

Whenever someone jumped off a building at my engineering school, they were Korean.

I find it's good to blow the food out of your teeth, but I'm not sure it's as good as flossing. Not that I know much about flossing. I'm lazy and only do it if there is food stuck in my teeth.

You are a wanker.