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“The local utility says it’s going to need a million gallons of water per day and 150 megawatts of electricity — enough to power 100,000 homes per year. “

I wasn’t sure what they meant with that water usage. Like does the water get recirculated and it’s a one time expense? Or is it a million gallons discharged into a river or sewer ever single day? Is it tainted? Or just evaporates from a cooling tower? Seems like a huge waste.

The disaster no major U.S. city is prepared for — a combined power outage with a heat wave in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That’s what neighborhood backup batteries are for. Drop some sodium ion battery installations in each district, smooth out the grid and keep it up and running.

When was the last time I changed the oil in my mower? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 82 points 1 day ago (20 children)

If you buy an electric mower, you never have to change the oil again. Or the spark plug. Or buy gas. Or clean the carburetor.

US satellite-TV providers DirecTV and Dish are in talks to merge again, source says in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

So after they merge, who owns the business — AT&T?

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Installing Ubuntu on a separate partition? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/linux4noobs

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So I’ve got an old Mac I use as a Plex server and I’m considering installing Ubuntu on a DOS-formatted partition I’ve already set aside. What I’m wondering is:

Do I just need this one partition, or is it going to need an additional blank partition for VM/Swap?
can I install Ubuntu on an external drive and then clone or dd the external install onto the internal partition I’ve set aside?

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Parts of TX “out of water” says ag commissioner (thehill.com)

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But that’s ok because Nestle will upsell it back to you in a bottle labeled Ozarka after they’ve finished pumping it all from Canton.

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Larry Ellison (Oracle) to run Paramount (lemmy.world)

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So although Paramount is being purchased by Skydance media, it’s being bankrolled by Ellison of Oracle software fame. Why he wants to run an entertainment studio, I have no idea.

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/billionaire-larry-ellison-control-paramount-after-deal-bloomberg-news-reports-2024-09-05/

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WB and Crichton’s widow in row over ER knock off (lemmy.world)

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“It’s not like ‘ER.’ It’s not kind of ‘ER.’ It’s not sort of ‘ER.’ It is ‘ER’ with the exact same executive producer, writer, star, production companies, studio and network as the planned ‘ER’ reboot.”

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/michael-crichton-the-pitt-er-reboot-john-wells-noah-wyle-1236120015/

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/warner-bros-tv-michael-crichton-lawsuit-response-er-the-pitt-1236120286/

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Texas gas wants to raise rates again (lemmy.world)

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https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2024/08/texas-gas-service-rate-hearing-at-council-this-thursday/

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Those 13 props for this November’s election might not happen. (lemmy.world)

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https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2024/08/texas-supreme-court-to-decide-whether-austin-has-charter-election-this-year/