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  • It’s mostly a non issue in my group. Our ages run from late teens to OAP. I often don’t even notice ages. I just talk to them as a person with a shared interest.

    It does help that at least half of us are neurodiverse. Most awkwardness doesn’t even get noticed by either side. Enthusiasm covers a lot of sins!

    I mostly judge people by skill level in the subject. If they are knowledgeable, I’m happy to pick their brain for info. It doesn’t matter if they are 20 years older or younger. Conversely, if they are new, I try and share the lessons and tricks I’ve picked up.



  • I’ve seen this more than a few times, as well as felt it myself. It’s a particular form of situational depression.

    In short, the solution is to “find your tribe”.

    Your problem is 2 fold.

    • Humans are a social animal. We need a group to socialise with, to be stable and happy. The requirements vary, but it’s almost always non-zero. The lack of meaningful contact sends us into a downward spiral.

    • 99% of people are boring to you. This is actually completely fine and reasonable. Unfortunately the 1% that aren’t boring to you tend to be hard to find. Even worse, weirder people tend to mask. They pretend to be normal and boring to fit in.

    The goal, therefore, is to find what 1% you need and where they congregate, with their masks down. They are out there, you just need to find them. You do this by trying new hobbies and activities. Most won’t hit the mark, but some will resonate with you. It’s OK to try a lot of things before you find it.

    For me, it was a makerspace. I actually ended up founding one, since there wasn’t one locally. I’ve seen a number of other people come along and discover there really is a group of weirdos that they fit into that aren’t boring. They, in turn, add their brand of weirdness to the group and make it better for all involved.

    Without knowing more about you, I can’t point you in the right direction. I can say they are out there. You just need to find them.

    Go find your tribe.

    Edit to add:

    You preferably want to find somewhere in person, not online. There is a lot of social feedback that our minds need, that gets lost with online communication. Online is better than nothing, but it’s a service station mac Donald’s compared to a Michelin star restaurant.








  • There are 3 use cases I’ve seen.

    • Making fossil fuel power stations “clean”.

    • CO2 recovery for long term storage.

    • CO2 for industrial use.

    It’s no good for the first, due to energy consumption. This is the main use I’ve seen it talked up for, as something that can be retrofitted to power plants.

    It’s poor for the second, since the result is a gas (hard to store long term). We would want it as a solid or liquid product, which this doesn’t do.

    The last has limited requirements. We only need so much CO2.

    The only large scale use case I can see for this is as part of a carbon capture system. Capture and then react to solidify the carbon. However, plants are already extremely good at this, and can do it directly from atmospheric air, using sunlight.


  • cynar@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzEntropy? Never heard of it.
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    Just checked the numbers, for those interested.

    A gas power plant produces around. 200-300kWh per tonne of CO2.

    Capture costs 300-900kWh per tonne captured.

    So this is basically non viable using fossil fuel as the power. If you aren’t, then storage of that power is likely a lot better.

    It’s also worth noting that it is still CO2 gas. Long term containment of a gas is far harder than a liquid or solid.







  • cynar@lemmy.worldtolinuxmemes@lemmy.worldWhats his problem?
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    Ultimately it’s a slow and steady strategy. There goal is long term profitability, not short term gains. In the long term, the best strategy is not to piss off your customers.

    The advantage of this is that it can snowball to impressive levels. At least until a exec with more education than brains does a pump and run on it. A mistake steam seems to know to avoid.