Why “boil” is being discussed
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> to boil water Brayton cycle so no water needed. It seems as if the concept has not changed since https://www.rostinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/…
by chickenbig · Oct 31, 2026
> It's the same thing here, a normal person will never run afoul of this law. Its terms are so broad and ambiguous that they're already doing it and the thing you're actually re…
by AnthonyMouse · Oct 31, 2026
TLDR: it's a concentrated solar plant (field of mirrors shine light on a tower to boil water) with a backup system that boils the water by burning stuff.
by cowfire · Oct 30, 2026
none of these types of pieces of content focus on what was created for users, its always about how sky high their "shipping" metrics are (PRs merged, LoC, etc). it makes it extr…
by rbtprograms · Oct 30, 2026
I understand what he's saying. Sam Altman thinks that HE, with his data centers, will make better use of the potential of VRAM (or whatever word designates computing capacity) c…
by mous_tik · Oct 30, 2026
Your first sentence would lead one to believe that you have some substantial evidence to demonstrate the ignorance and falsehood you identified. It's impressive that you are reg…
by caaqil · Oct 30, 2026
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