An interesting snippet about the future of computation: Starting with this build, we are introducing the Power Grid Forecast API. This API empowers app developers to optimize app behavior, minimizing environmental impact by shifting background tasks to times when more renewable energy is available in the local electrical grid. Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26052 Some computational processes take a lot of electricity. Back in the old days, batch computing meant that…
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I love my solar panels. But the solar panels don't love the British midwinter. Most of the year, my panels produce more electricity than I can use. But in winter we're lucky if they produce 3kWh per day - and most of the time it is considerably less. So our winter electricity bills must be massive, right? Nope. The normal cost per kWh is 28.5p (including VAT). We're paying less than half that - 12.4p per kWh. This is thanks to two things - a smart tariff and a home battery. The Octopus…
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Whenever you talk about renewable energy, it's impossible to avoid a very particular strain of reply-guy. The "Nuclear is really good actually" dude is convinced that you have critically misunderstood Our-Lord-And-Saviour Uranium. Nukes are clean! They are cheap! They are safe and healthy! They are brilliant! Nuclear power will save us all! Look, I 100% agree that nuclear power is theoretically better than every renewable power source. Nuclear totally clean! Fewer people die of nuclear…
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