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Megillah Gorilla posted:It's from a series where they start off with "normal" generated images of fast food kitchens and then start adding wizards. I just want you to know that I absolutely lost my poo poo at these. Tears of laughter. I am easily pleased. This is the *only* acceptable use of AI: shitposting. What a great way to start the day.
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I hate it when the power is delayed and moving slow on the way to my house.
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What conditions have to be met to form an arc like that? I always figured the spacing on those lines was such that it wasn't a thing even with humid air and rain.I'm also interested in what determines its direction and speed along the line. Is it slowly burning the exterior of the cables as it goes, meaning it's moved forward by the new path of least resistance?
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I've seen this before. Very weird and creepy to be near.
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XTimmy posted:What conditions have to be met to form an arc like that? I always figured the spacing on those lines was such that it wasn't a thing even with humid air and rain.I'm also interested in what determines its direction and speed along the line. Is it slowly burning the exterior of the cables as it goes, meaning it's moved forward by the new path of least resistance? It was trying to get to the bus stop in time
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XTimmy posted:What conditions have to be met to form an arc like that? I always figured the spacing on those lines was such that it wasn't a thing even with humid air and rain.I'm also interested in what determines its direction and speed along the line. Is it slowly burning the exterior of the cables as it goes, meaning it's moved forward by the new path of least resistance? Heavy winds can blow the wires around in such a way that they start swinging, and eventually touch. Then they draw an arc. The same winds then blow the arc sideways across the length of the wire, as opposed to upwards when there's no wind or wind blowing perpendicular to the wire. Apparently the arc or short circuit current is not high enough to trip the recloser, so the arc remains until it literally gets blown out by a blast of air, it melts through a wire, or finally does make a low resistance short circuit tripping the recloser.
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I'd be speeding to get out of that place too: https://www.google.com/maps/@33.984...i8192?entry=ttu
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Goa Tse-tung posted:I would freak out parking that close to a river Especially one with so much current.
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welcome to Crowell Texas, WTF are you doing here?
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I like the mildly apologetic tone of the wikipedia article for Crowell:quote:Though few notables and celebrities call Crowell home, some worth mentioning remain. Former football star Dick Todd set long-standing records as a running back for Texas A&M University. He then went on to play for, and eventually coach, the Washington Redskins. Todd's son, Denny, died as a teenager from injuries sustained on the football field. His memory is honored each year with an award in his name. The award is presented to the football team member who shows the greatest personal contribution to the team, both on and off the field.
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:I'd be speeding to get out of that place too: Jfc. So many wtfs: What's with all the giant heaps of trash everywhere? Why are there so many lots and why are they spaced this far apart? How is any of that agrigulture profitable? It's too arid, the irrigation required must be staggeringly expensive. What the gently caress are they maintaining lawns. It feels extra rural. Like, I'm used to rural, I grew up in a small village. But this is like some kind of hyper-rural, rural going way past 11 on the dial. Comically, absurdly, pornographically poor and rural.  Same population, if you ignore the little settlement NW of Seyda. I tried to align the scale properly, but that's surprisingly hard in gmaps. It's in bumfuck nowhere Sachsen-Anhalt, East Germany. https://www.google.com/maps/@51.880...i8192?entry=ttu
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chrisgt posted:If friend shaped why not friend? Because that's not friend shaped, this is friend shaped: https://i.imgur.com/thGVgy6.mp4
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I swear I'm not trying to dunk on some tiny village in a country across the pond, but seriously what is wrong with that place. You are at 34°N, where are the solar panels? If you have AC running all the time it amortises basically instantly. This is 51°N:  All the solar, plus biogas on top being used for process heat and electricity.
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Antigravitas posted:I swear I'm not trying to dunk on some tiny village in a country across the pond, but seriously what is wrong with that place. You are at 34°N, where are the solar panels? If you have AC running all the time it amortises basically instantly. You have to understand two things about rural Texas: they don't have the money to invest in solar infrastructure, and for some stupid reason solar power has become massively politicized and the people in power in Texas believe it's a terrible idea.
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Safety Dance posted:You have to understand two things about rural Texas: they don't have the money to invest in solar infrastructure, and for some stupid reason solar power has become massively politicized and the people in power in Texas believe it's a terrible idea. 
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I admit I simplified the explanation for the German goon. I'm feeling very lazy and don't feel like doing the math, but I feel like solar power generation per unit area is a better metric. Rhode Island will never generate as much solar as Texas.
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Antigravitas posted:I swear I'm not trying to dunk on some tiny village in a country across the pond, but seriously what is wrong with that place. You are at 34°N, where are the solar panels? If you have AC running all the time it amortises basically instantly. Its because of woke.
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Considering how much bigger Texas is than all of those other states, those numbers suck.
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Texas has twice the GDP of Sachsen-Anhalt with a third of the installed capacity. (584 MW/million capita vs 1700 MW/million) I assume all the GDP comes from extraction and barely reaches the population? The villages I looked at sure didn't look twice as rich…
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Safety Dance posted:I admit I simplified the explanation for the German goon. Yeah I agree there's plenty of unused potential in Texas, but they are a leading location for renewable power generation in the US as they should be. Germany has harnessed way more of it's potential than probably any US state.
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Computer viking posted:I like the mildly apologetic tone of the wikipedia article for Crowell: I followed the link to their home page and lmbo what a time machine this is http://www.crowelltex.com/  WILD HOG CAPITAL OF THE WORLD There's also a photo gallery.  Antigravitas posted:Jfc. If I were to guess then the German village was established centuries or even longer ago, and has organically grown into its current shape which still reflects its medieval roots. Whereas the Texan town has developed in the last 100 years and when people had automobiles and cheap petrol they didn't have to consider distances as much as a medieval peasant who moved on foot. And since it's Texas there's no precious farmland going to waste by living large, it's too arid to grow anything and there's no shortage of cattle pasture. Or I could be wrong, maybe the east German village was built for a movie prop by the Nazis and the Texas town was an ancient Comanche city or something 
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Nenonen posted:http://www.crowelltex.com/ 100% Non-Union Progressive Community
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Uthor posted:100% Non-Union Progressive Community "bunch of useless land that nobody wants" as a selling point
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texas is like, almost 50% democrat, because substantively all the cities are democrat and the state is pretty rapidly urbanizing. but most of the democrats are in the cities. solar power is absolutely partisan in the usa. never assume anything in america is nonpartisan, fuckin tan suits are partisan
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"Small Towns Don't Have To Die" but maybe some should.
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The history of your usual East German village usually boils down to centuries of getting looted by every passing army, depopulation during the 30 years war, surviving the second world war surprisingly intact on account of being utterly worthless, then poverty and losing population after reunification. And pre-automobile main roadway.
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mobby_6kl posted:Because that's not friend shaped, this is friend shaped:  I think I lived there for a month in the early 2000's
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mobby_6kl posted:Because that's not friend shaped, this is friend shaped: It's dusty in here.
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CuriousSymptoms posted:I just want you to know that I absolutely lost my poo poo at these. Tears of laughter. I am easily pleased. This is the *only* acceptable use of AI: shitposting. What a great way to start the day. here, have a short cartoon based on the meme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bxpkrUW3Ns
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Reminds me of century-old photos of lumber yards where piles are stacked stupidly high. Long before Big Government OSHA came along; back in the gilded age where unregulated, unsafe factory towns across america ruled the land. Working men who couldn't afford a decent pair of boots would risk life and limb for a dime an hour to make a few monopolists increasingly wealthy.  Oh, right. 
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Antigravitas posted:How is any of that agrigulture profitable? It's too arid, the irrigation required must be staggeringly expensive. They probably just pump the water out of the ground. Yes, it's absolutely a limited resource they're depleting but hey, that's the next guy's problem. Just dig a deeper well.
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