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First Aspect

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As Chuch abuse scandals go, this one seems fairly benign.
 

Bazzer

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Pblakeney

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From May 12th.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the main US science agency that studies weather and climate, has already lost at least 2,000 workers since January thanks to a combination of layoffs, buyouts, and retirements. More job cuts may be looming. The White House says it wants to cut NOAA’s $6 billion budget by almost 30 percent. The upshot is that with these cuts, efforts to make forecasts even more accurate will stall, while existing forecasts may get worse.
Weather forecasts are not just about whether or not you need an umbrella; they provide critical planning information for air travel, farming, shipping, and energy production. And they also save lives.
 
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briantrumpet

briantrumpet

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Musk has put more than just his finger on the scales of X's Grok 'AI', when it is citing the Heritage Foundation as a credible source of 'analysis'.

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Psamathe

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Scapegoats
Are actually useful in that they show a failing in the person of company employing the technique. To me when one sees "scapegoats" those seeking/using are clearly not up to the task of identifying a shortcoming and addressing that problem.

On occasions people make such significant failings as to show they are way beyond their capability, have responsibility they just are not up to but it's a sliding scale and too often it's just people taking the blame for others or a "sacrificial lamb" ("look, we've sorted problem by sacking").

Musk a recent example (a company can never resolve an issue if it failed to identify the real cause). And now
Lisa Nandy questions lack of BBC sackings over Gaza war documentary
“I have been very clear that people must be held accountable for the decisions that were taken,” Nandy told the Times on Saturday. “I have asked the question to the board [of the BBC]. Why has nobody been fired?

... Nandy said. “It makes me angry on behalf of the BBC staff and the whole creative industries in this country. Particularly the Jewish community, who deserved far better than what happened at the weekend. Action has to be forthcoming.”
So without knowing the underlying causes she's just decides "somebody should be sacked". What might have been a minor mistake that staff just need to be pulled-up on. Hypothesising, maybe person at Glastonbury with finger on "Cut broadcast" button had to pop to the toilet. Lesson for BBC is to have a backup no need to be sacking people. Identify problem then see if remedies are possible yet in this case politicians need to appear tough even at the expense of somebody losing their job they've put so much into, are so depenent on. disappointing and reflects badly on Ms Nandy.

In my days in business I've had people working in teams I was responsible for who should never have been recruited to the post and always found moves resolve and find strengths. For my sins I was at various times responsible for "Technical Support" team(s) and eg once had a complete incompetent who was a liability, but the shortcoming was technical understanding so moved said person into a Sales group where they really found strengths and did well.

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C R

Guru
No offence, but, not sure I believe that. If hundreds, or, indeed thousands of people are doing that, how does "balancing the grid" work?

I would own up here to being completely ignorant with respect to electricity.

It is not safe to just plug a generator into a socket. Frequency synchronisation is the most obvious issue, but there are others. It has to be more complex than plugging in.
 

orraloon

You wot?
Output from solar PVs, unless I have this all wrong, is DC which then gets converted to AC and synched via an inverter so just plug things in = nah. Or what is that box unit up in my loft doing?
 
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briantrumpet

briantrumpet

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Here's what Google AI says (I've given it a sensible question for once)

IKEA solar panels, specifically the balcony power station kits, are designed for easy installation and plug into a standard household outlet. The system includes solar modules, a microinverter, and a cable with a plug that connects directly to an exterior wall socket. This allows for a plug-and-play setup, where you can increase output and capacity by adding more panels and plugging them into the same exterior socket.
 

C R

Guru
Here's what Google AI says (I've given it a sensible question for once)

That's interesting, I'm surprised it is that simple. The box in the loft that @orraloon mentions will be the inverter, but that will have been installed by an electrician, and I expected there would be something else installed at the property input to deal with synching to the grid. Are those IKEA systems certified for use in the UK?
 
I am a little bit intrigued why the forum reaction to technology that has been widely used in Germany and is being considered for the uk is to declare it impossible.
 
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