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Notices by Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com), page 53

  1. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 15-Apr-2022 17:37:43 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • **joe
    But what does "regulate the shit out of Big energy" mean? People still need electricity to power their homes and appliances, and gas for heat or cars, so what goal are you trying to achieve?

    Do you think we should all have our personal generator in our backyards?
    In conversation Friday, 15-Apr-2022 17:37:43 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  2. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 15-Apr-2022 17:10:45 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • **joe
    In my opinion the state should provide public utilities because of the scale efficiencies. Leaving this to local communities adds a level of waste that is undesirable for this particular need.
    In conversation Friday, 15-Apr-2022 17:10:45 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  3. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 15-Apr-2022 16:53:03 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • **joe
    Yes, with coal the operational cost varies with usage, while with nuclear it doesn't as much, so it's less flexible expense-wise.

    About exploitative margins, the industries I mentioned have high margins because they don't have to pay for the externalities directly related to their activity, or very little. If you increase the costs through regulation, either the consumer price has to increase, or the margin has to shrink. Increasing the price is a gamble, as it can reduce usage and overall profits despite a similar margin. Reducing the margin is safer to sustain the same level of activity but also makes it less attractive for financial speculators.

    I'm not sure what is the purpose of "Big Energy" in your last sentence. Energy as a public utility needs to be centralized by definition.
    In conversation Friday, 15-Apr-2022 16:53:03 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  4. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 15-Apr-2022 15:51:20 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • **joe
    Coal is cheap to manage (fuel makes the bulk of the cost) but with massive externalities. Some western countries have become slightly better at offsetting these while providing incentives for cleaner energies, but it isn't the case in many other countries where coal plants have been used to power Bitcoin mining farms.

    On the other hand nuclear power has way more fixed costs (infrastructure, skills, waste management) compared to the fuel costs, which makes it less profitable in scenarios where its massive output can't be completely used.
    In conversation Friday, 15-Apr-2022 15:51:20 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  5. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 15-Apr-2022 15:25:07 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan

    ♲ @oneunderscore__@twitter.com: I love the 6'8", 70-year-old founder of AriZona Iced Tea who refuses to be a "bread guy" or "gas guy" and is keeping the price of a can at 99 cents, despite making a bit less.

    latimes.com/business/story… https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-04-12/az-iced-tea-inflation-99-cents

    In conversation Friday, 15-Apr-2022 15:25:07 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  6. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 15-Apr-2022 15:16:29 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • **joe
    I'm not sure where you're going with this since there's no free energy?
    In conversation Friday, 15-Apr-2022 15:16:29 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  7. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 15-Apr-2022 13:41:44 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    Some people criticize how expensive nuclear power is, but that’s because its externalities are among the best managed. Why not do the same for coal and gas power, and other industries like oil and plastics, food or even gambling, and let’s watch exploitative margins shrink.
    In conversation Friday, 15-Apr-2022 13:41:44 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  8. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 14-Apr-2022 23:33:58 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    I carved myself a nice little social media niche, but tonight I stumbled upon the part of Twitter that fawns at Elon Musk's latest criminal stunt with Twitter. This made me realize that there are some people in this world who have fame and untold amount of money, and their most pressing apparent concern is that some people are disagreeing with them publicly, and they will go at extreme length to make sure these dissidents can't express themselves anymore.

    This is the pettiest villainy I have ever encountered.
    In conversation Thursday, 14-Apr-2022 23:33:58 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  9. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Monday, 11-Apr-2022 11:12:22 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Hypolite Petovan
    • Ji Fu
    Thanks, I didn't know about the Mises Institute and now I hate it.
    In conversation Monday, 11-Apr-2022 11:12:22 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  10. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Monday, 11-Apr-2022 09:33:47 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    My kid's school organizes "Whacky Tacky Days" during the year where all the students from 3-K to 8th grade are invited to dress "whacky tacky", and I like to think that it allows queer students to dress like they really want with plausible deniability.
    In conversation Monday, 11-Apr-2022 09:33:47 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  11. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Monday, 11-Apr-2022 08:33:09 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    Have you noticed how similar people promoting individualism look and sound?
    In conversation Monday, 11-Apr-2022 08:33:09 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  12. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Sunday, 10-Apr-2022 21:32:24 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    Sunday and especially Sunday evening is the prime moment for people to buy #LEGO from my online store. Tonight I have just under $500 of second-hand merchandise packed and ready to ship tomorrow morning.

    If you want a piece of the action: store.bricklink.com/MrPetovan
    In conversation Sunday, 10-Apr-2022 21:32:24 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  13. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Sunday, 10-Apr-2022 08:07:04 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    Regular reminder for US account holders that #PayPal allows to print shipping labels at commercial discounted rates through this hidden URL:

    paypal.com/shiplabel/create
    In conversation Sunday, 10-Apr-2022 08:07:04 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  14. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Saturday, 09-Apr-2022 13:50:04 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    I am utterly fascinated by @ClubPhotos_ because I’ve never been to a night club (for good reasons) and the pictures shared by this account add to the personal myth I’ve created about these rather mundane places.
    In conversation Saturday, 09-Apr-2022 13:50:04 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  15. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 08-Apr-2022 18:04:36 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    I want to taste the forbidden #Voronoi fruit now.

    ♲ @wikihow@mastodon.social: How to Make Banana Splits with Fruit

    In conversation Friday, 08-Apr-2022 18:04:36 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  16. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 08-Apr-2022 12:24:55 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Brad Koehn ☑️
    Oooh, it's even better, thanks Brad for the added detail!
    In conversation Friday, 08-Apr-2022 12:24:55 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  17. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 08-Apr-2022 11:37:23 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    The first US-specific idiom I remember learning is "Film at 11". It was so incredibly specific to a culture I had only been exposed to its commercial facade at the time that it stuck with me and I still use it to this day.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_at_…
    In conversation Friday, 08-Apr-2022 11:37:23 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  18. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 08-Apr-2022 11:01:31 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    Randomly stumbled again on this blog about replacing guns with thumbs up in movie stills. Still good. 👍
    thumbsandammo.blogspot.com
    In conversation Friday, 08-Apr-2022 11:01:31 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  19. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 07-Apr-2022 14:19:14 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    Dev Pro Tip: You just can't plan all the ways your program can fail. Case in point, I wrote a script with extensive error handling, but I got a report of an odd failure. Turns out this script can't be run in parallel in different folders, it stunts the 3rd party command it uses.
    In conversation Thursday, 07-Apr-2022 14:19:14 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  20. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Apr-2022 13:07:19 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Hypolite Petovan
    • Anarkingu Gidora
    Joyeux fediversaire en retard !
    In conversation Wednesday, 06-Apr-2022 13:07:19 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
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