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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BIOMES⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  For 2023, the number of births with name River is 3084, which represents 0.168 percent of total male births in 2023.

  Tundra is not in the top 1000 names for any year of birth beginning with 2020. Please enter another name.

  Was looking them up at www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi but now “This website is temporarily unavailable,” did everyone have the same idea and it’s only resourced for 1qps?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Seriously good cold-climate heat pumps are headed to the US market⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have Hi2 heat pumps in a 100yo house with recently improved insulation, and it was just fine last year in -15F weather. No gas backup.

  One family member has been taking to installers and they keep telling her to heat pumps can’t work reliably, it’s extremely frustrating.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China constructs world's first dual-tower solar thermal plant — and it will help generate nearly 2 billion kWh annually⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Was wondering why multiple towers:

  In the morning, most of the mirrors point at the eastern tower; in the afternoon, some switch to the western tower.

  “The mirrors in the overlapping area can be utilized by either tower. This configuration is expected to enhance efficiency by 24%,”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨France plans 240MW solar capacity for highways⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Cool, they’re planning:

  140 car parking areas and 100 highway interchanges as potential suitable areas for solar deployments.

  The article also mentions that all large car parks are required to build solar. I’d love to see requirements like this is the US.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Excuse me, my son's name is also Borts...⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I dunno, Jorch thinks he’s got pretty good chances too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An NYPD security robot will be patrolling the Times Square subway station⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Where does the NYPD keep getting these expensive but apparently useless robots?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Huawei launches Nearlink, a better than bluetooth competitor. The us won't benefit from it for now⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Right. I care less about 60% less power, and more about will it randomly connect my phone to my car as my partner drives away instead to the speakers I was already using on the desk next to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BookWyrm.world⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Martha Wells. Finished the Murderbot series, wrapping up the Raksura. All very much of the same cloth, but I enjoy it.

  Also recently discovered Naomi Novik’s Scholomance trilogy, I had only read her Temeraire books before.