What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech

JaredBusch

@phlipelder said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

I wish we were more like cities in the US where residential areas only get key intersection lights.

This exists no where in the US that I have lived.

The only reason lights are limited is because the local government ran out of money and has to wait a few yeas for more lights.

PhlipElder

@jaredbusch said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

@phlipelder said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

I wish we were more like cities in the US where residential areas only get key intersection lights.

This exists no where in the US that I have lived.

The only reason lights are limited is because the local government ran out of money and has to wait a few yeas for more lights.

My Dad is in St. Petersburg, FL. They limit the number of street lights there in residential areas. My assumption my bad.

JaredBusch

@phlipelder said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

@jaredbusch said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

@phlipelder said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

I wish we were more like cities in the US where residential areas only get key intersection lights.

This exists no where in the US that I have lived.

The only reason lights are limited is because the local government ran out of money and has to wait a few yeas for more lights.

My Dad is in St. Petersburg, FL. They limit the number of street lights there in residential areas. My assumption my bad.

Light pollution is a horrible thing. So I am 100% behind your desire.

scottalanmiller

Romania uses directional LEDs to reduce pollution and energy consumption. Works pretty well. About the same light on the roads, far less in the skies or in your faces, way less power needed.

JaredBusch

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

Romania uses directional LEDs to reduce pollution and energy consumption. Works pretty well. About the same light on the roads, far less in the skies or in your faces, way less power needed.

No one uses a light that shines up. Reflected light is reflected light. It is all light pollution.

LED street lights are going in all over the world because of the reduced OpEx. That does nothing to reduce light pollution.

PhlipElder

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

Romania uses directional LEDs to reduce pollution and energy consumption. Works pretty well. About the same light on the roads, far less in the skies or in your faces, way less power needed.

Part of the irony in that is any fired power plant such as coal and natural gas can only spool down so far before they can no longer spool up without a start-up procedure.

Our coal and natural gas fired plants have a huge rod that goes into the ground for the surplus energy.

scottalanmiller

@jaredbusch said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

Romania uses directional LEDs to reduce pollution and energy consumption. Works pretty well. About the same light on the roads, far less in the skies or in your faces, way less power needed.

No one uses a light that shines up. Reflected light is reflected light. It is all light pollution.

LED street lights are going in all over the world because of the reduced OpEx. That does nothing to reduce light pollution.

Its' both. But normal lights shine out in EVERY direction. So they need WAY more total light, and ergo more pollution, to light up the same around of road.

JaredBusch

@phlipelder said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

Romania uses directional LEDs to reduce pollution and energy consumption. Works pretty well. About the same light on the roads, far less in the skies or in your faces, way less power needed.

Part of the irony in that is any fired power plant such as coal and natural gas can only spool down so far before they can no longer spool up without a start-up procedure.

Our coal and natural gas fired plants have a huge rod that goes into the ground for the surplus energy.

Correct. that is why the Tesla power projects in Australia are so effective. All they are doing is adding storage for the power.

NDC

@momurda

Alistair Reynolds is great, I really need to find some more of his stuff.

momurda

@ndc Yes im actually re reading Revelation Space. I read the Revelation Space trilogy a while ago, but then learned there were about half a dozen others in the universe, outside that story. So now im reading again starting at book one.

travisdh1

Shadow of Victory, the latest in the Honor Harrington Saganami Island series. One of the better space operas. I forget how many different series of books are set in the same universe now, let alone the total number of books.

Kelly

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

Shadow of Victory, the latest in the Honor Harrington Saganami Island series. One of the better space operas. I forget how many different series of books are set in the same universe now, let alone the total number of books.

I enjoyed it early on, but it has gotten slower and slower as the books wind on. I'd like to see him just wrap up things and open up the universe to other authors.

travisdh1

@kelly said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

Shadow of Victory, the latest in the Honor Harrington Saganami Island series. One of the better space operas. I forget how many different series of books are set in the same universe now, let alone the total number of books.

I enjoyed it early on, but it has gotten slower and slower as the books wind on. I'd like to see him just wrap up things and open up the universe to other authors.

At least one whole series is by other authors. I think it's the Crown of Slaves series.... yep, at least according to wikipedia those are all Eric Flint. A good number of other authors have gotten involved over the years, but David Weber has always done the main story line himself. I'm a sucker for the series at this point, and will continue to purchase digital copies of all the books. At least I realize you shouldn't trust my judgement in this case.

Kelly

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

@kelly said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

Shadow of Victory, the latest in the Honor Harrington Saganami Island series. One of the better space operas. I forget how many different series of books are set in the same universe now, let alone the total number of books.

I enjoyed it early on, but it has gotten slower and slower as the books wind on. I'd like to see him just wrap up things and open up the universe to other authors.

At least one whole series is by other authors. I think it's the Crown of Slaves series.... yep, at least according to wikipedia those are all Eric Flint. A good number of other authors have gotten involved over the years, but David Weber has always done the main story line himself. I'm a sucker for the series at this point, and will continue to purchase digital copies of all the books. At least I realize you shouldn't trust my judgement in this case.

Oh, don't get me wrong. I've read all of the books more than once. I've just gotten tired of how slowly the pace has begun to crawl as he jumps back and forth across the galaxy following a Jordian number of characters and plot threads.

Kelly

Free (in exchange for contact info) book from Tor: https://www.tor.com/2018/08/27/download-a-free-ebook-of-the-black-company-by-glen-cook-before-august-31-2018

Kelly

Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone is available on Libby (Overdrive library app) without waiting until September 10th on the off chance that you haven't already read it. (You have read it, RIGHT?)

travisdh1

@kelly said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

@kelly said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

Shadow of Victory, the latest in the Honor Harrington Saganami Island series. One of the better space operas. I forget how many different series of books are set in the same universe now, let alone the total number of books.

I enjoyed it early on, but it has gotten slower and slower as the books wind on. I'd like to see him just wrap up things and open up the universe to other authors.

At least one whole series is by other authors. I think it's the Crown of Slaves series.... yep, at least according to wikipedia those are all Eric Flint. A good number of other authors have gotten involved over the years, but David Weber has always done the main story line himself. I'm a sucker for the series at this point, and will continue to purchase digital copies of all the books. At least I realize you shouldn't trust my judgement in this case.

Oh, don't get me wrong. I've read all of the books more than once. I've just gotten tired of how slowly the pace has begun to crawl as he jumps back and forth across the galaxy following a Jordian number of characters and plot threads.

I'm most of the way through the latest release now, and I don't think the story has advanced one iota. I do enjoy the backstories that get done, but wish those would be kept to one of the spin-off series.