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ChrisMayLA6, 1 month ago to Futurology

How serious have Thames Water & Southern Water been in their management of their water infrastructure?

well, not enough to actually have maps of the network(s) of pipe under their control.

Presumably to save money, they only map networks as they've work on them, leaving vast areas of the water network in their regions uncharted.

This is not serious infrastructure management but rather the response of rentiers aiming to extract maximum cash before system failure

#water #infrastructure
h/t FT

cstross, 1 month ago to random

If you're interested in understanding what's wrong with corporations right now, what's driving our global capitalist omnishambles? This is an amazingly insightful (if long, and entertainment-industry focussed) deep dive into the madness of modern management theories:

https://docseuss.medium.com/the-biggest-threat-facing-your-team-whether-youre-a-game-developer-or-a-tech-founder-or-a-ceo-is-8cd1ad359508

michelestrider, 1 month ago to random

A person is in my home referring to San Francisco as "Frisco." How hard should I hit him?

interfluidity, 1 month ago to random

someone should write a mystery novel in which the murder weapon is a paintbrush and then a hose to quickly spray away a very temporary white line.

from #DavidRosenthal #DSHR https://blog.dshr.org/2024/04/elon-musk-threat-or-menace-part-4.html

"So that's all there is to Autopilot. No radar, no lidar, no GPS, no map, no geofencing, no proper driver monitoring. It just uses the camera to follow the lines. It doesn't disengage if it can't see the lines, it just keeps going."

interfluidity, 1 month ago to random

[new draft post] Seeing like a CEO https://drafts.interfluidity.com/2024/04/14/seeing-like-a-ceo/index.html

caseyjennings, 2 months ago to random

quake berkeley

blair_fix, 2 months ago to random

Critics often argue that cryptocurrencies are too speculative to be 'real' money. What they seem to miss is that lots of 'real' fiat currencies are highly speculative.

Here's how the volatility of Bitcoin and Ether compare to the exchange-rate volatility of the world's fiat currencies.

https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2024/03/21/is-bitcoin-more-energy-intensive-than-mainstream-finance/

joshourisman, 2 months ago to random

I’m not entirely certain why there are floppy disks on this table in Hans Bethe’s house in Los Alamos, #NewMexico…

Jgbird, 2 months ago to random

Rain cleared out

analogist, 2 months ago to random

Just talking to a friend and it seems like the financialization and looting of our our infrastructure is going great everyone

caseyjennings, 2 months ago to random

Random nonsense. I just witnessed a "conflict" not a fight just some angry drivers at a four way stop. One of them parked and after some greetings I asked him "Who has the right-of-way at a four way stop". With no hesitation he said whoever was going straight. I suggested maybe whoever got there first. He was insistent - nope whoever was going straight.

Is this a belief - or just BS ? It would explain some crazy ass behavior I've seen at 4 way stops - ? Comments appreciated - I'm baffled

moira, 2 months ago to random

okay electrodons I got a weird one

Standard single-gang duplex receptacle on a 15A circuit. Upgraded to code circa 25 years ago by pros known to do good work in general. (To be clear: not me.) It's in a metal box with wiring in metal conduit back to the panel.

Stops working. No drama, just stops. Everything upstream to the box is fine; the breaker doesn't trip. All looks well, just... no power.

Remove the cover. It is immediately obvious that there is loose plastic hanging around in the box.

Pull out the fixture, discover chunks of plastic have come off the side of the receptacle. It's broken away in multiple pieces with sharp edges, not melted. No burns near the damage, no external damage.

And so I ask:

What the fuck?

#electricity

caseyjennings, 2 months ago to random

I just read the NYer article on British politics
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/04/01/what-have-fourteen-years-of-conservative-rule-done-to-britain

There is no mention at all of UK media. None.

It would be as if a history of US politics since 2000 ignored Fox.

Mindbending

ovid, 2 months ago to ai

I've noticed that when I share #AI related material ANYWHERE, I get less engagement. I sometimes get outright hostility. If I respond to AI-naysayers anywhere, I try to give detailed, thoughtful answers, always with personal experience and often with resources to back up my claims.

The hostility to generative AI is real and the outright denialism is amazing. People are regularly making bold claims that were true a year ago, but not today.

Why does opinion trump evidence?

caseyjennings, 3 months ago to ai

Increasingly #AI is beginning to feel like Ikea furniture. It's cheap, it doesn't last real long. It's a simulacrum of real furniture but serves the market. It has helped destroy a huge number of craftspeople and artisan who built furniture. I guess the mandate of cheaper and mass distribution is now taking over some of the few remaining areas where craft and art mattered.

interfluidity, 3 months ago to random

think of a UBI as a universal strike fund.

rolandelli, 3 months ago to norcal

Hey San Francisco!

So, does anyone know if there is a museum in the Bay Area that exhibits items from the 1915 Pan Pacific world fair? I have an original sculpture from there, an actual paper mache monstrous.

#sfbayarea