2026-08-16T07:07:50Z https://yabu.me Rob Hooft https://yabu.me/npub14cj226ccx8875rl00wcgwwgu2y54zftktc4yks2akwx06cmqy9asv8dalt https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/106/719/049/388/797/324/original/effec47c4d55ce0f.png https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/106/719/049/388/797/324/original/effec47c4d55ce0f.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9yzru36ktgascyl6lsyl9c0cngwtmg37kcjr0ajgsanv002q8myszyzhzffttrqcul6s0aaamppeer3gjj5f9we0z5j6ptkeceltrvqshkws3egr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8f2xvs839yljafuqhz5mnalsgkjhe80cupzc9yw32c88njjpzx4qvzma0k'>nevent1q…ma0k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’m hearing iRods can be very hard to use, but I’m also hearing that Yoda, providing a WebDAV front end (among others, it also adds repository functionality) to iRods, is much easier. Is that something you looked at? Or am I proving your point? 😉 2026-08-22T20:50:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyz0wpgp3galcxkxcjf84tg3scwjuv0rvsyff3qmkqz78k2h8skrczyzhzffttrqcul6s0aaamppeer3gjj5f9we0z5j6ptkeceltrvqshkh5y7nx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9246fgw8nsg7p057t3phfqnlgpz2pew4yhq6afjy4xwqrep0vwncjmxl6h'>nevent1q…xl6h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>every mail starting “Dear professor” can go straight to the bin, as I never got that title/role and likely never will. I am amazed how long the emails with praise can be without really mentioning *any* particular item they like. All bland nonsense not addressed to anyone in particular. We like “your paper”. Apparently actually reading my recent papers would consume too many AI tokens. 2026-08-16T18:49:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz0kzhh825q4rpa6qljht4f37gj7hmdacdh9965lps929vqfsnunqzyzhzffttrqcul6s0aaamppeer3gjj5f9we0z5j6ptkeceltrvqshkz2dzjc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyqxldy7lc2cf4tnvyknva2prxkc3cxeyqlwajss3dvt6dmqwr2zcd5tzdg'>nevent1q…tzdg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>one complication is the combination with cooling requirements. At 52 deg N, summer vs winter is a factor of 10. Batteries won’t cut it. But if we go a lot more south, cooling water becomes precious. 2026-07-19T12:55:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgxenevpn3p38j7dmfa55ztf0hedwg6u57ka09nhf8zkkdy96rsdszyzhzffttrqcul6s0aaamppeer3gjj5f9we0z5j6ptkeceltrvqshkhf085w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv7p8wulf8a0t788a8su3ftgdnt6e6wmdlgj20mphdpl4hagy5r3gk3xz36'>nevent1q…xz36</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Super good that this is continuing, but a little nuance: 1GW of data center is 1GW every hour of the year. 1GW(p) of solar in NL generates 0.12 GW on average, and most of that in summer. More south/sunny is better but never more than 0.5 GW. For wind, 1GW at sea is around 0.4GW power on average, in our area most of that in winter. On land, significantly less, more like 0.25GW average. Solar and wind require significant spare capacity, transport and storage. 2026-07-19T06:09:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyq0esjw47sgf08f3z3qc2u2yp75hdym5nz8fhcmldu0svzcuydtqzyzhzffttrqcul6s0aaamppeer3gjj5f9we0z5j6ptkeceltrvqshkc46efw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsflfny4vx0zsc6zlp9us5c9dzjjpe4jwj87rf2ll3u304e6kwaq0gl85e96'>nevent1q…5e96</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Fantastic to be able to keep refrigerators running during an ice storm…. 2026-04-27T06:06:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8k509enyamvk9wm98nulhj3rrwgkm7uzkzxcz6z45ce6z648mq2czyzhzffttrqcul6s0aaamppeer3gjj5f9we0z5j6ptkeceltrvqshkgh6lt0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsquqa6g8tpdtg3m88k566jsw88w202mszcv4hctxram5w2h6nmdegvy6aht'>nevent1q…6aht</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>“Reverse Centaurs” as <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> says; see <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/pop-that-bubble/#u-washington">https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/pop-that-bubble/#u-washington</a> 2026-02-07T07:20:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8535zrlnpfkqj56gv90l60jhmpnn4swxvxlx29vchgew3h49h2tczyzhzffttrqcul6s0aaamppeer3gjj5f9we0z5j6ptkeceltrvqshkv07aer In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs00jgg6dertcwn008c6lenezquktuaxthj6ay0kwqe5v9hqqehsrcj42p6t'>nevent1q…2p6t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Dutch public Radio and TV did their research years ago, and found out that advertisements have *more* benefit (read: advertisers will pay more!) from being associated to the right content than from being associated to the profiles of the readers. <br/><br/>For example: advertise for hammers on a page about home improvement. It is likely that people visiting such a page are interested in hammers. Maybe even at that moment. <br/><br/>No profile needed. 2025-11-20T18:07:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd2n4am6px5etxxaxjn4sznd9sujrrnfhm87raphasmdt5jzgn63czyzhzffttrqcul6s0aaamppeer3gjj5f9we0z5j6ptkeceltrvqshkq4w0n2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2dkvamymqkrrp8lpt5ng83dmmuqqj2nrd7u23r4vl0drcz0399gg4r6yf6'>nevent1q…6yf6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is the International Court of Justice. It handles cases between countries. It is *ignored* by the USA. The other UN court is the International Criminal Court (ICC) which handles certain types of cases against individuals. It is *sanctioned* by the USA. Both are in The Hague, but they are quite different courts. The second one can use a jail. 2025-07-23T20:46:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs024japvz0cdy9z0rlta9lc9cwkdg9rcgkrgzjkuz8mqc9ltvpftczyzhzffttrqcul6s0aaamppeer3gjj5f9we0z5j6ptkeceltrvqshk3a33cv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2xtqlte7wnwjcmej2kqkv0kwxdr9m89dttupvwx9glqx4z3g7r8celalsy'>nevent1q…alsy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It sounds a bit different if it is presented not as an “end to peak fares” but as a “ban on offering lower pricing to attract more customers at times when there are plenty of seats.” All those commuters are not benefiting if others who can choose their timing also decide to travel at rush hours. 2025-05-07T06:25:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstee7l3eugs8syjlaclus3l8uj4grlpefnevpdadtasxhy9vcluvczyzhzffttrqcul6s0aaamppeer3gjj5f9we0z5j6ptkeceltrvqshkf23xf8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdhsqssv5f34z6pc2rm7kh5l0fts42c34gadwu9kyhaern3q5ym6qnuapqf'>nevent1q…apqf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Siri can be trained to recognize your voice. And in some security cases it asks to unlock your phone. 2025-02-22T08:36:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxtvs3raqjnhrgj8w6y4mw8kuyry86fa0xphtmgqjg0s6zqt65v8qzyzhzffttrqcul6s0aaamppeer3gjj5f9we0z5j6ptkeceltrvqshkfwkslj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstn0z0u4qgrrfpt3ta62ynzzlp43jnc0yf4pmeyqdvmm2plseywwgsdukwh'>nevent1q…ukwh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>market price may be 100 euro per kWh for the battery pack, but a representative home battery costs 3500 + 200 euro per kWh and lasts 6000 cycles. That does not yet sound like “free” energy to me. 2024-11-03T11:09:07Z