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Eric Hittinger

@ElephantEating

Public Policy Prof. @RITtigers, WILL Chair @univ_lille & @USA4EE President-Elect. (Gone fishin' on Bluesky/Fediverse - Don't expect any content here...)

Rochester, NY Katılım Nisan 2010
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My twitter handle reminds me: A successful climate/energy transition is like eating an elephant - you just do it one little bite at a time.
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The scary thing about all this AI stuff basically boils down to this: When you tell it "Don't think of an elephant", it actually does not think of an elephant.
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@CraigSm56372093 @brendanpierpont For a PHEV, the 110V thing works fine. At 1 kW, I can add about 4 miles of driving each hour, so in 12 hrs it would be ~50 miles. If for some reason I have a lot of driving in two successive days, the penalty is that I use a little bit of gasoline.
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Craig Smith
Craig Smith@CraigSm56372093·
@Jared_TH2 @brendanpierpont @ElephantEating I am actually curious about this also. I am looking at a PHEV maybe full EV in a couple of years. I don't own the place I am staying in and if I am able to buy, it will be a condo with minimal charging options.
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Eric Hittinger@ElephantEating·
Note that the search is on the early side - we will start reviewing candidates on 15 September. For the full posting, you have to search the job number (8119BR) on the RIT job application site: careers.rit.edu/faculty
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Eric Hittinger@ElephantEating·
A few details: our department is Public Policy, with a tilt towards Sci/Tech Policy. We have great connections across campus (Engineering, CompSci, Science, Sustainability) and a large and growing MS program. We need help managing our growth!
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Eric Hittinger@ElephantEating·
My department (Public Policy) has a tenure-track faculty search. Topical focus is open, but we are especially interested in anyone with health or cybersecurity policy or anything that complements our existing strengths. Please share & send me any questions. Link below in thread.
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Eric Hittinger@ElephantEating·
I think we found the most "Lille" product in existence
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@Leigh_Phillips @Ada_Palmer Said another way: Private jets merge convenience and luxury/status symbol, but those are actually different axes. If technology allows for broadly available convenience (which it doesn't right now for air travel), why not have it?
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Eric Hittinger@ElephantEating·
@Leigh_Phillips I have to say that I support the @Ada_Palmer vision of on-demand taxi-style cars that can rapidly take you from point to point. I have zero interest in owning a private jet, but I wouldn't mind an affordable and fast automated ride service.
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Leigh Phillips
Leigh Phillips@Leigh_Phillips·
Just a heads-up: if you thought the Banana Discourse of the last week was, well, bananas, I’ve written a defence of private jets (sort of) which should be dropping on Monday. So that’ll be fun.
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Scott Leibrand
Scott Leibrand@scottleibrand·
@ElephantEating That thread is a good source of ideas, thanks. Just bought a waist fan (to complement the neck fan I bought last week). Have been on the lookout recently for more useful battery-powered gadgets I didn’t know existed.
Scott Leibrand@scottleibrand

@vegetano1 @Rainmaker1973 Thanks. Looking forward to the Reon or similar being available here. Until then, searching for it on Amazon taught me that waist fans exist, which can blow air up under normal shirts like the OP, but without special holes in the clothing. I just bought one of those. Thx again.

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thucksgiving@TylerHuckabee·
really might need to consider having a moment in every movie where the cast looks directly into the camera to slowly and clearly articulate the major themes.
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Robby Slowik@RobbySlowik·
The CEO of OpenAI hoping a movie about the man who made the literal worst thing on earth would inspire kids to be scientists tells you everything you need to know about OpenAI
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@mtaylor_nz @duncancampbell @wombat_ee Yeah, agreed, but usually in (semi)excusable situations. Whatever you're trying to model, you should include or seriously address all of the most important obstacles. For a US wind/water/solar grid, getting the power around the country is a huge obstacle and can't be assumed away
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Eric Hittinger@ElephantEating·
@duncancampbell @wombat_ee Yeah, everyone focused on the hydro thing, but the bit that seemed the most problematic to me was that the US was modeled as a single location - wind in Iowa balances with solar in California to supply power to NYC.
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Duncan S. Campbell
Duncan S. Campbell@duncancampbell·
@wombat_ee Three I remember are the hydro uprating thing, assuming UTES everywhere, not modeling the grid itself.
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Eric Hittinger@ElephantEating·
Hi Lyon, I'm here. Where's the food?
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