ps: from the IT world, its kilo then mega, so thats only order of difference.
psst - in any world - kilo then mega. AKA 10^3 and 10^6.
Oddly three steps apart on this list.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(numbers)
Meanwhile in Texas - $9,000 per KiloWatt/hour?
On Monday, the state’s Public Utility Commission ordered its main grid to keep prices near the cap of $9,000 per megawatt-hour to incentivize as much generation as possible to come onto the grid amid shortages that caused millions to lose power in rolling blackouts.
As of Thursday night, those prices remained at the cap even though enough generation had come back online to return power to nearly everyone in the state. There were about 9 gigawatts of excess capacity as of 11 p.m. local time, according to grid data
Its staggering that such an energy rich state as TX can’t keep the lights on. My sympathy to the people.
A bigger crisis looms when its time to fill up the pickup though! That a loonie per litre!
Gasoline prices at the pump could reach $3 a gallon in May as long outages crimp supply ahead of the driving season, said Patrick DeHaan, head of petroleum analysis for retailer tracker GasBuddy.
Posted by: heckler
Its staggering that such an energy rich state as TX can’t keep the lights on. My sympathy to the people.
No it ain't the greedy bastards opted out of the US grid so they could grinch on infastructure and pocket teh profits.
"What you northerners never appreciate ... is that Texas is so big that you can live your life within its limits and never give a damn about what anyone in Boston or San Francisco thinks." ~James Michener
Like my brother in Oklahoma once told me "those fuckers think they're their own country".
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Posted by: heckler
ps: from the IT world, its kilo then mega, so thats only order of difference.
psst - in any world - kilo then mega. AKA 10^3 and 10^6.
Oddly three steps apart on this list.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(numbers)
He just keeps digging himself in deeper and deeper. Should change his handle to "quicksand".
Posted by: switch
Posted by: heckler
ps: from the IT world, its kilo then mega, so thats only order of difference.
psst - in any world - kilo then mega. AKA 10^3 and 10^6.
Oddly three steps apart on this list.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(numbers)
He just keeps digging himself in deeper and deeper. Should change his handle to "quicksand".
It's like he thinks if he can make the mistake bigger and bigger, it'll eventually come full circle and correct itself. Like an oil tanker doing a full barrel roll.
Posted by: switch
Posted by: heckler
ps: from the IT world, its kilo then mega, so thats only order of difference.
psst - in any world - kilo then mega. AKA 10^3 and 10^6.
Oddly three steps apart on this list.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(numbers)
He just keeps digging himself in deeper and deeper. Should change his handle to "quicksand".
we had a day off and then somebody turned on the generator again
Posted by: aShogunNamedMarcus
Posted by: KenN
As usual, shogun's point is completely fucking wrong. Yes, Texas power rates have gone up astronomically. No, not as high as $9,000/kWh. Rather, wholesale prices have ballooned to $9,000/MWh from a norm of $50/MWh.
Mega ... not kilo. That's 3 orders of magnitude of wrongness.
Here's a cookie. This was a thread to talk about whats happening but you just couldnt resist eh. You guys ever think if I do some of those on purpose?
ps: from the IT world, its kilo then mega, so thats only order of difference.
LOL. It's 3 orders in all worlds.
Posted by: heckler
ps: from the IT world, its kilo then mega, so thats only order of difference.
psst - in any world - kilo then mega. AKA 10^3 and 10^6.
Oddly three steps apart on this list.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(numbers)
Sure but the correction was for the Unit, not the digits or decimal places.
Posted by: KenN
Posted by: switch
Posted by: heckler
ps: from the IT world, its kilo then mega, so thats only order of difference.
psst - in any world - kilo then mega. AKA 10^3 and 10^6.
Oddly three steps apart on this list.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(numbers)
He just keeps digging himself in deeper and deeper. Should change his handle to "quicksand".
It's like he thinks if he can make the mistake bigger and bigger, it'll eventually come full circle and correct itself. Like an oil tanker doing a full barrel roll.
I'll just take the credit for thinking on this one. That's a step up.
Posted by: aShogunNamedMarcus
Posted by: heckler
ps: from the IT world, its kilo then mega, so thats only order of difference.
psst - in any world - kilo then mega. AKA 10^3 and 10^6.
Oddly three steps apart on this list.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(numbers)
Sure but the correction was for the Unit, not the digits or decimal places.
Facepalm.
Kilo to mega is three orders of difference. “Order” is a decimal place for base ten numbers. Your statement (“one order”) was incorrect.
This is just math, you can’t spin it or attempt to change the context. It’s defined and immutable.
Posted by: tashi
Kilo to mega is three orders of difference. “Order” is a decimal place for base ten numbers. Your statement (“one order”) was incorrect.
This is just math, you can’t spin it or attempt to change the context. It’s defined and immutable.
To be fair I get the point he's trying to make. He's simply seeing kilo and mega as labels that are one step or "order" apart. It's still wrong though.
Posted by: tashi
Facepalm.
Kilo to mega is three orders of difference. “Order” is a decimal place for base ten numbers. Your statement (“one order”) was incorrect.
Lol facepalm indeed. Lets see if your explanation holds. Mine was obviously too subtle, I was trying to be nice.
Posted by: syncro
Posted by: tashi
Kilo to mega is three orders of difference. “Order” is a decimal place for base ten numbers. Your statement (“one order”) was incorrect.
This is just math, you can’t spin it or attempt to change the context. It’s defined and immutable.
To be fair I get the point he's trying to make. He's simply seeing kilo and mega as labels that are one step or "order" apart. It's still wrong though.
Ya mistakes do happen.
Well to be sure, we haven't even begun on the units, where you called it kilowatt/hour, which is also wrong.
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