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Many vendors, because that means you need specs and that in turn allows for interoperability

Sure. But are there actual limits on how much noise they're allowed to make?

This is all built to be put in a place where noise is not an issue


I misunderstood, psd2 is Europe's equivalent.

And yes, every country should have this. Even America


PSD2 is merely a framework for an uniform access to banking, same APIs everywhere. While you can send money through it, it's still through the same means as normal.

Many of the european countries have their own "Pix", but there's no European-wide alternative. The ECB wants to make one (tentatively titled "digital euro"), but it's going to take a long time to come out.


Wero is the alternative, it's moving on quite well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wero_(payment)

There are plans for interoperability between the various European payment apps.

My local app (MB Way, PT) can be used to send money to Spain and Italy. Others will follow.

https://www.mbway.pt/a-interoperabilidade-e-o-futuro-dos-pag... (link in portuguese)


The US is an exporter of oil, so no US state will run out.

However, you do pay the market price.


Yes it is a net exporter of oil, but not oil for gasoline. The use is a net importer of oil used for gasoline. That's because oil companies have chosen to not make the investments needed to refine domestic oil. We have to import for that.

The article mentions that California no longer is. Due to closures it is now a net importer of oil.

Sure, I'm trying to say that the US is not dependent on oil from the middle east, it produces a lot by itself

CA mandates its own blend which it is dependent on imports for

California is very poorly connected to the rest of the country in terms of pipelines https://www.bts.gov/sites/bts.dot.gov/files/2021-03/U.S.%20P...

Renewables is for electricity. Oil is used for a lot of things that electricity can't replace, or not yet

Much of what fossil fuels are used for is to refine fossil fuels, a use that we don't need to entirely replace.

This ain't about sports.

In most sports you've retired by the age of 40 and most coaches are older than that. I would say that's the reason it's common in sports, but that's the exception not the rule


You wouldn't build a chat bot for that, imagine how easy it is to make that thing go off the rails and allow anyone to reactivate their account. Really, you can't trust it to do any business function...

At least, that's really the message this sends in my opinion


I really wish more people would view these companies with the suspicion they deserve, as they sell the product as safe and comprehensive while refusing/failing to use it the same way themselves.

Out of curiosity, has the demand stayed the same? I'm asking because you see the same with electricity grids, designed in a different time with much lower demand.

Sorry to hear this, it seems like a great system to me but you have to have the capacity right. I'm planning on getting one in the next year but the drilling will be more than we need and we opt for no glycol (yet) as that also gives us headroom


I don't think system ever met demand when commissioned (we are 3rd owners). 1st owner largely neglected the system (which I interpret as reaction to it not working well), 2nd owner had local company known for "fixing geothermal" do a lot of retrofits (new higher flow pumps, increasing diameter on plumbing within the utility room to decrease "lift/work" required of the compressors, more feedback sensors / logic boards, added backup electric water tank heating for the radiant system, switch to methanol). These fixes have seamed to limit failure modes to a smaller set of things: mainly compressors dying early.

Currently system is running 20% methanol to combat the 29degF EWT (entering water temp) in deep winter. House is in Zone 6a.

One thing I learned in researching all of this is that use of ground source over many years can move the bulk ground temp permanently. (House also has water-to-air water furnace for AC). If heat pulled from ground in winter is not sufficiently replaced by heat added during summer, can move bulk ground temp over time. (If densely packed residential ground loops ever became a thing, I think this is a real risk.). But I am not sure if we have this issue at our place, still in first year, not enough data points.


It seems like you need to add new pipes. That isn't impossible, but it isn't cheap even compared to compressors.

There's also value in actually doing the work. It might be googling but reading a few sources might get you some background info too that you'll absolutely be lacking when asking an LLM

> The person in the driver's seat of the Tesla should be at fault.

I don't think this is a good analogy. For Tesla right now it might fly. However, when their software gets to waymo level of autonomy, I would expect liability to shift to the manufacturer.

If anything, I think that would be the true proof of a company trusting their software to allow for autonomous driving


> However, when their software gets to waymo level of autonomy

Luckily that won’t happen.


Also especially if they claim they're selling autonomous cars

I believe that Mercedes does offer manufacturer liability.

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