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I've heard that they worked for U.S. Digital Service, so they got involuntarily made into DOGE employees when their agency was transformed. They weren't direct DOGE hires.
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Having to respond to an email with five bullet points about what you did last week when the answer starts and stops with "attended class" is even deadlier 💀💀
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Waiting and hoping for that eventual ARM64 release on Mac 🤞
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I'm watching through Ms. Marvel right now. I've not been the biggest fan of it so far, except for its terrific sense of style, but She-Hulk is next on the list!
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Great comeback in the second quarter!
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It looks kinda like an Amanita muscaria mushroom!
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Although maybe helicopters in bigger cities could be restricted to only land on tall buildings and smaller cities/towns could definitely consider an outright ban like in the article.
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Would you include *public benefit* helicopters in that as well? Like medevac helos? I sort of think they have a place in cities because of their maneuverability and ability to avoid issues with ground traffic.
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This section of the summary was my favorite lol. Seems a bit Orwellian in its doublethink.
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Finally, by dividing the reduced total wind generation number by the retail sales number (41,878.632 / 54,671 = .76601182), you'll get the ~76.60% that was referenced in the report.
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Then you'll need to switch the data set on the EIA webpage from "Net generation" to "Retail sales of electricity" and sum the "All sectors" data (13,229 + 13,692 + 13,272 + 14,478 = 54,671). This is also column b in Jacobson's report.
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Then, instead of dividing by the sum of "All fuels," you'll need to first multiply by .953 to account for the 4.7% reduction that was applied for "T&D" losses in Jacobson's report (43,944 * .953 = 41,878.632).
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In order to get to the 76.6%, first you need to do what you did and sum the wind total for Iowa (12,102 + 12,470 + 12,080 + 7,292 = 43,944).
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Ah, RIP to the post. What was it?
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I hope more companies make the switch though. I think larger companies will make the switch first with all the funding they have available, but smaller companies can still get themselves out of the half that use no renewable energy at all.
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I work for a hydroelectric power marketing agency, so the fact that our energy is 100% renewable isn't super impressive lol. But I'll take being ahead of the curve on something any day of the week!
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Wow!! That is beautiful. What an occurrence.
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Exactly, that's my point—there’s no stated timeframe. It could be that one might be using a short-term window (like a 3-month period), and the other’s looking at a longer or mid-range horizon. So, both could be right, depending on the period they're referencing.
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Sources: ncvs.bjs.ojp.gov/quick-graphi... & the download within the resources section of cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webap...
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Violent crime rates really have stayed fairly flat over the last decade, dropping ~3% from 2013-2023. While they fell 15.2% from Q1 2023 to Q1 2024, it seems unfair to cherry-pick that data vs. longer-term trends. Maybe Muir referenced quarterly data Glenn Kessler didn't know he was using. 🤷
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In all seriousness, that is a very cute looking bird.
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Love those guys. They make some of my favorite shows!
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What is Slothroping?
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Lol. I'd be hard pressed to come up with a name that would get more people to ask about it. Like, I'd want to ask them about their parents.
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Were the lips synced to the Japanese audio?
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Looks great! Can hardly wait another 4 months.
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Waking up the next morning sore and bleary eyed just to get the next workout in before work always feel like the opposite of supporting my physical and emotional well-being. At least until I finish the workout, then I feel better.
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Lol. I remember listening to El Apagón at a pool in Los Cabos and going, "Man, they are really banking on none of the families here knowing enough Spanish to understand what he's singing about." 😂