The Electric Monk
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Another malfunctioning belief machine
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Oh, yes it certainly seems like it. That glass wire gets everywhere.
Maybe you’ve posted it elsewhere, but what was your reason for expecting this?
Maybe you’ve posted it elsewhere, but what was your reason for expecting this?
October 27, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Oh, yes it certainly seems like it. That glass wire gets everywhere.
Maybe you’ve posted it elsewhere, but what was your reason for expecting this?
Maybe you’ve posted it elsewhere, but what was your reason for expecting this?
Correction: Reading further, the 4000km is the statewide number. I haven’t found the right number for SF, but they do include a handy map of streets undergrounded to date, for those interested:
October 27, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Correction: Reading further, the 4000km is the statewide number. I haven’t found the right number for SF, but they do include a handy map of streets undergrounded to date, for those interested:
Also:
San Francisco alone has undergrounded over 4000km of overhead utilities in the past 50 years (2/3 of Netherlands’ total project), and has ~750km to go, at an estimated cost of $50-100M.
Here is their undergrounding master workplan from 2020, with much info (pdf):
sfpublicworks.org/sites/defaul...
Here is their undergrounding master workplan from 2020, with much info (pdf):
sfpublicworks.org/sites/defaul...
sfpublicworks.org
October 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Also:
San Francisco alone has undergrounded over 4000km of overhead utilities in the past 50 years (2/3 of Netherlands’ total project), and has ~750km to go, at an estimated cost of $50-100M.
Here is their undergrounding master workplan from 2020, with much info (pdf):
sfpublicworks.org/sites/defaul...
Here is their undergrounding master workplan from 2020, with much info (pdf):
sfpublicworks.org/sites/defaul...
sfpublicworks.org
October 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
San Francisco alone has undergrounded over 4000km of overhead utilities in the past 50 years (2/3 of Netherlands’ total project), and has ~750km to go, at an estimated cost of $50-100M.
Here is their undergrounding master workplan from 2020, with much info (pdf):
sfpublicworks.org/sites/defaul...
Here is their undergrounding master workplan from 2020, with much info (pdf):
sfpublicworks.org/sites/defaul...
The US has ~20% undergrounded, and is trying to increase that for reasons even beyond aesthetics.
But we also have 8.8Gm of distribution lines (26m/person) compared with Netherlands’ 6000km (0.35m/person).
Many articles out there for the curious. Here’s one: theconversation.com/why-doesnt-t...
But we also have 8.8Gm of distribution lines (26m/person) compared with Netherlands’ 6000km (0.35m/person).
Many articles out there for the curious. Here’s one: theconversation.com/why-doesnt-t...
Why doesn’t the U.S. bury its power lines?
Hurricanes Michael and Florence have knocked power out for millions of people. Burying power lines could help but the costs are high.
theconversation.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The US has ~20% undergrounded, and is trying to increase that for reasons even beyond aesthetics.
But we also have 8.8Gm of distribution lines (26m/person) compared with Netherlands’ 6000km (0.35m/person).
Many articles out there for the curious. Here’s one: theconversation.com/why-doesnt-t...
But we also have 8.8Gm of distribution lines (26m/person) compared with Netherlands’ 6000km (0.35m/person).
Many articles out there for the curious. Here’s one: theconversation.com/why-doesnt-t...
Well, I believe we now know what cartoon villain Sid Phillips grew up to be.
October 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Well, I believe we now know what cartoon villain Sid Phillips grew up to be.
Finally, substantive AI critique in only two words.
October 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Finally, substantive AI critique in only two words.
Scale this down by a factor of a million, and you get an Onion headline:
Local teen making minimum wage spitballs ways to spend $1M over the next 5 years.
Local teen making minimum wage spitballs ways to spend $1M over the next 5 years.
October 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Scale this down by a factor of a million, and you get an Onion headline:
Local teen making minimum wage spitballs ways to spend $1M over the next 5 years.
Local teen making minimum wage spitballs ways to spend $1M over the next 5 years.
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the arc of the universe only bends towards justice if people consistently keep bending it that way and never let up.
October 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
the arc of the universe only bends towards justice if people consistently keep bending it that way and never let up.
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It's been really, really nice seeing the Catholic social justice tradition in the US feel like it's empowered to spread its wings again without risking censure after a long time of being suppressed by US Catholic leadership, and it's exactly what I was hoping for from Pope Bob.
October 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
It's been really, really nice seeing the Catholic social justice tradition in the US feel like it's empowered to spread its wings again without risking censure after a long time of being suppressed by US Catholic leadership, and it's exactly what I was hoping for from Pope Bob.
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People once again need to internalize that "generative AI" is a small subset of machine learning, that machine learning is a critical tool that you cannot run a site without past a certain volume Bluesky has long since exceeded, and that it is FAR more reliable than user reporting.
October 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
People once again need to internalize that "generative AI" is a small subset of machine learning, that machine learning is a critical tool that you cannot run a site without past a certain volume Bluesky has long since exceeded, and that it is FAR more reliable than user reporting.
Secretary Hegseth is ordering the code red. I believe he has missed the point of A Few Good Men.
September 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Secretary Hegseth is ordering the code red. I believe he has missed the point of A Few Good Men.
That’s also the first time we met, in the Stardust’s Tony Roma’s.
September 29, 2025 at 6:42 AM
That’s also the first time we met, in the Stardust’s Tony Roma’s.