Amazing that a chip bricked in 46-yr-old Voyager I, preventing it from sending data, and NASA figured out how to split up and reallocate its functions to other hardware, sending code 15 billion miles away (45 hours round trip!)--and Voyager's back online. blogs.nasa.gov/voyager/2024/0…

Business idea: we’ll import solar panels from Australia into the USA and make a killing

People worry about having kids because it ruins all your plans, but your plans are stupid.

Retweeting because
A) it is great, and
B) this map always drives me nuts because the labeled locations of some of these dams is way off, like in a different county/mountain range in some cases (see: Casitas)

Got my first mosquito bite of the year yesterday and am not happy about it

It's interesting to watch the internal progressive battle over 'cheap clean energy' vs. 'protect American industry'. I'm not sure who will win...

People who accidentally found their doppelgängers in museums - a thread 🧵

My parents are moving from Texas to California today, will live less than a mile away.

Young me never could have guessed how much it would mean to middle aged dad me that this is happening.

Interesting Spring day and night, a study of the new normal on the California power grid.
From 1:30 to 9pm:

RE -12k MW, but still more wind than gas
Gas +3100 MW, impressive but check out
Batts +6500MW
and Imports +6900 MW!

Gas has always flexed, batts/neighbors not so much

There are few mistakes costlier than hiring the wrong person. 

An empty seat is less damaging than a poor fit.

—Brad Jacobs