snarfed.org | Ryan Barretts blog

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I know temperature affects the flavor of coffee, but I still consistently find myself surprised at just how different a single cup can taste earthy, nutty, chocolatey, bright berry acidic as it cools from too-hot to just-right to not-quite-hot-enough to barely-warm. Twitter icon StandardA common intermediate step to going carbon neutral is to match your electricity usage with purchases of the same amount of renewable electricity. But you often still use some non-renewable, at least at this stage, due to grid realities. So, where does the excess go?Haven t found a clear answer yet. Google was an early example of this, but I haven t found an explanation from them. The closest is from this blog post:…we may find ourselves temporarily oversupplied in some regions and undersupplied in others (where access to renewables is currently more limited). We will also be drawing energy from the grid to meet our 24/7 electricity needs…And from this white paper:While we work hand in hand with regulators and utilities in these areas to evolve the market structure to unlock renewable purchasing, we overbuy renewables on one grid to offset our inability to purchase renewables on another.So what happens to the oversupply? Is it resold at a loss? Curtailed away? Something else? And so then the benefit is guaranteeing demand for renewable projects, even if not all energy gets consumed? Twitter icon Twitter icon StandardIf you want to be good to the environment, stay away from it. Move to high-rise apartments…Living in the country is not the right way to care for the Earth. The best thing that we can do for the planet is build more skyscrapers. Edward Glaeser Twitter icon StandardThis thing was ridiculous. It took forever. The colors are obviously wrong. Every one of our strategies started out great and inevitably failed us. Our best advice is to never start it in the first place.And yet, we did it! ok, mostly Gina did it. Brooke and I stood around, poked at it, attached a few pieces, sorted a few others by shape and color, and then stood back and admired Gina s (somewhat fatalistic) commitment. Instagram icon Twitter icon Twitter icon StandardCode reuse reminds me of trade. When we reuse other people s code, that frees up our time to focus on our own. We can then make our own available for reuse, which completes the cycle. Specialization, division of labor, comparative advantage, raising everyone s quality of life.How far can we take the analogy? Which deeper economic principles based on trade might apply to code reuse, package managers, etc? I doubt it s an original idea, but it s hard to Google. Twitter icon Twitter icon StandardWhy don t the body s five senses include balance? Seems like a distinct sense, complete with its own anatomy, hairs and fluid in the inner ear.It s no sight or hearing, granted, but it still seems pretty important if you couldn t easily stand or walk without it. Twitter icon Standard I love this COVID-inspired initiative from the San Francisco Symphony: live solo concerts, by individual symphony musicians, for individual patrons. Very cool. Twitter icon Standard

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