drpgq's comments

On: Parsing the C64 Bubble Bobble Wind Currents

[drpgq]

I remember the seventh row, third column board being annoyingly difficult for the C64 version.

On: Fire risk assessment of battery home storage compa...

[drpgq]

A bunch of drywall around it?

[carimura → drpgq]

i would have had to drywall the entire garage (which is pretty large) including ceiling in 3/4" fire-rated stuff which is a lot heavier. What a pain. So I just walled right around the battery a little closet instead.

On: Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to John Hopfield an...

[drpgq]

I'm surprised someone hasn't done it similar to the economics award that came later.

On: Should Sports Betting Be Banned?

[drpgq]

What's the gender ratios of sports gambling? 90% male? 95% male?

[wongarsu → drpgq]

If I read the graphs in [1] correctly it's more like 70% male in Massachusetts. In fantasy sports betting it's 60% male [2]

1: https://commonwealthbeacon.org/by-the-numbers/poll-indicates...

2: https://thefsga.org/industry-demographics/

On: A dishwasher can make or break a restaurant (2017)

[drpgq]

I don't think I've ever had the electrician who showed up to my house or business be the owner. I guess it is possible, I've just never seen it.

On: Pongamia trees grow where citrus once flourished

[drpgq]

Anyone know if gasoline demand in the US is still rising?

[toomuchtodo → drpgq]

https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/weekly/gasoline.php

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/bumpy-road-ahead-us-...

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/weak-us-gasoline-dem...

https://wolfstreet.com/2024/03/07/gasoline-demand-has-a-long...

https://electrek.co/2024/03/02/1-in-5-new-car-sales-globally...

https://www.coxautoinc.com/market-insights/q2-2024-ev-sales/

https://www.energy.ca.gov/news/2024-05/zero-emission-vehicle...

On: Ireland's datacentres overtake electricity use of ...

[drpgq]

Does Quebec have a massive number of datacentres? They're close the Eastern seaboard and have cheap electricity and relatively cold too.

[ElectricSpoon → drpgq]

Quebec does have a few. Amongst the issues is that scaling hydro power is hugely expensive, is riddled with red tape, and over all takes too long. Meanwhile you could build a datacenter and a solar farm in Texas and be up in 2 years.

On: An Algorithm Told Police She Was Safe. Then Her Hu...

[drpgq]

Humans just can't handle statistical pattern recognition.

On: Neuromancer was released 40 years ago today

[drpgq]

As a kid I enjoyed the game on the C64. Then was inspired to read the book.

On: Cancer vaccines are having a renaissance

[drpgq]

I'm guessing yes.