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On 30/09/2025 18:19, Carlos E.R. wrote:

System failure caused by networkrCOs inability to control grid voltage
said to be behind outage in Spain and Portugal

And the reason the grid could not be controlled is the amount of
renewable energy that was online.
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On 2025-09-30 22:11, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 18:03, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 13:55, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 11:33, Carlos E.R. wrote:

Thus I will refrain from watching his videos till I have a reliable
source about him.

Its a her, dear, not a trans woman. Its a real woman.

Wikipedia shows the photo of a man, named Konstantin Vadimovich Kisin.

Konstantin Vadimovich Kisin is a BritishrCoRussian political
commentator, author and co-host with Francis Foster of the
Triggernometry podcast.

Those are just the hosts. Its the guest that has something to say
So you didn't even get THAT far. There really is no point talking to you
at all is there?
Mind closed tighter than a duck's arse.

I told you: I refuse to watch a video from an unknown source, specially
if long.
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On 2025-09-30 22:14, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 18:19, Carlos E.R. wrote:

System failure caused by networkrCOs inability to control grid voltage
said to be behind outage in Spain and Portugal

And the reason the grid could not be controlled is the amount of
renewable energy that was online.

ROTFL
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On 30/09/2025 21:22, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 22:14, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 18:19, Carlos E.R. wrote:

System failure caused by networkrCOs inability to control grid voltage
said to be behind outage in Spain and Portugal

And the reason the grid could not be controlled is the amount of
renewable energy that was online.

ROTFL

I love a good denier in the mornimg
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rCLIt is hard to imagine a more stupid decision or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people
who pay no price for being wrong.rCY

Thomas Sowell

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On 30/09/2025 21:22, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 22:11, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 18:03, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 13:55, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 11:33, Carlos E.R. wrote:

Thus I will refrain from watching his videos till I have a reliable >>>>> source about him.

Its a her, dear, not a trans woman. Its a real woman.

Wikipedia shows the photo of a man, named Konstantin Vadimovich Kisin.

Konstantin Vadimovich Kisin is a BritishrCoRussian political
commentator, author and co-host with Francis Foster of the
Triggernometry podcast.

Those are just the hosts. Its the guest that has something to say
So you didn't even get THAT far. There really is no point talking to
you at all is there?
Mind closed tighter than a duck's arse.

I told you: I refuse to watch a video from an unknown source, specially
if long.

Why?
Afraid you might learn something?
--
rCLIt is hard to imagine a more stupid decision or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people
who pay no price for being wrong.rCY

Thomas Sowell

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On 2025-09-30 23:45, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 21:22, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 22:11, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 18:03, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 13:55, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 11:33, Carlos E.R. wrote:

Thus I will refrain from watching his videos till I have a
reliable source about him.

Its a her, dear, not a trans woman. Its a real woman.

Wikipedia shows the photo of a man, named Konstantin Vadimovich Kisin. >>>>
Konstantin Vadimovich Kisin is a BritishrCoRussian political
commentator, author and co-host with Francis Foster of the
Triggernometry podcast.

Those are just the hosts. Its the guest that has something to say
So you didn't even get THAT far. There really is no point talking to
you at all is there?
Mind closed tighter than a duck's arse.

I told you: I refuse to watch a video from an unknown source,
specially if long.

Why?
Afraid you might learn something?

Not wasting my time
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ESEfc-Efc+, EUEfc-Efc|;
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On 9/30/25 15:28, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 23:45, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 21:22, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 22:11, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 18:03, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 13:55, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 11:33, Carlos E.R. wrote:

Thus I will refrain from watching his videos till I have a
reliable source about him.

Its a her, dear, not a trans woman. Its a real woman.

Wikipedia shows the photo of a man, named Konstantin Vadimovich Kisin. >>>>>
Konstantin Vadimovich Kisin is a BritishrCoRussian political
commentator, author and co-host with Francis Foster of the
Triggernometry podcast.

Those are just the hosts. Its the guest that has something to say
So you didn't even get THAT far. There really is no point talking to
you at all is there?
Mind closed tighter than a duck's arse.

The first thing to fall out of an open mind is a realistic view of reality.

I told you: I refuse to watch a video from an unknown source,
specially if long.

Why?
Afraid you might learn something?

Not wasting my time

I second that opinion. Enough time is wasted on videos from
known sources. Video is for a person reading, a waste of time.

bliss
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On 30/09/2025 23:28, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 23:45, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 21:22, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 22:11, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 18:03, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 13:55, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 11:33, Carlos E.R. wrote:

Thus I will refrain from watching his videos till I have a
reliable source about him.

Its a her, dear, not a trans woman. Its a real woman.

Wikipedia shows the photo of a man, named Konstantin Vadimovich Kisin. >>>>>
Konstantin Vadimovich Kisin is a BritishrCoRussian political
commentator, author and co-host with Francis Foster of the
Triggernometry podcast.

Those are just the hosts. Its the guest that has something to say
So you didn't even get THAT far. There really is no point talking to
you at all is there?
Mind closed tighter than a duck's arse.

I told you: I refuse to watch a video from an unknown source,
specially if long.

Why?
Afraid you might learn something?

Not wasting my time

I'll take that as a yes..
--
"When one man dies it's a tragedy. When thousands die it's statistics."

Josef Stalin


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On 2025-10-01 10:19, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 23:28, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 23:45, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 21:22, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 22:11, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 18:03, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 13:55, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 11:33, Carlos E.R. wrote:

Thus I will refrain from watching his videos till I have a
reliable source about him.

Its a her, dear, not a trans woman. Its a real woman.

Wikipedia shows the photo of a man, named Konstantin Vadimovich
Kisin.

Konstantin Vadimovich Kisin is a BritishrCoRussian political
commentator, author and co-host with Francis Foster of the
Triggernometry podcast.

Those are just the hosts. Its the guest that has something to say
So you didn't even get THAT far. There really is no point talking
to you at all is there?
Mind closed tighter than a duck's arse.

I told you: I refuse to watch a video from an unknown source,
specially if long.

Why?
Afraid you might learn something?

Not wasting my time

I'll take that as a yes..

The more you insist the more I'm convinced I'm right in my decision to
not waste my time with that video.
--
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ESEfc-Efc+, EUEfc-Efc|;
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On 01/10/2025 10:20, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-10-01 10:19, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 23:28, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 23:45, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 21:22, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 22:11, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 18:03, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 13:55, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 11:33, Carlos E.R. wrote:

Thus I will refrain from watching his videos till I have a
reliable source about him.

Its a her, dear, not a trans woman. Its a real woman.

Wikipedia shows the photo of a man, named Konstantin Vadimovich >>>>>>> Kisin.

Konstantin Vadimovich Kisin is a BritishrCoRussian political
commentator, author and co-host with Francis Foster of the
Triggernometry podcast.

Those are just the hosts. Its the guest that has something to say
So you didn't even get THAT far. There really is no point talking >>>>>> to you at all is there?
Mind closed tighter than a duck's arse.

I told you: I refuse to watch a video from an unknown source,
specially if long.

Why?
Afraid you might learn something?

Not wasting my time

I'll take that as a yes..

The more you insist the more I'm convinced I'm right in my decision to
not waste my time with that video.

Classic cancel/denial behaviour.
I just wanted to make sure as to whether you were simply misinformed, or prejudiced
Now its is clearly the latter, there is no point in presenting rational arguments, so I wont.
Bye
--
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On 2025-10-01 13:20, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 01/10/2025 10:20, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-10-01 10:19, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 23:28, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 23:45, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 21:22, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 22:11, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 18:03, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 13:55, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 11:33, Carlos E.R. wrote:

Thus I will refrain from watching his videos till I have a >>>>>>>>>> reliable source about him.

Its a her, dear, not a trans woman. Its a real woman.

Wikipedia shows the photo of a man, named Konstantin Vadimovich >>>>>>>> Kisin.

Konstantin Vadimovich Kisin is a BritishrCoRussian political
commentator, author and co-host with Francis Foster of the
Triggernometry podcast.

Those are just the hosts. Its the guest that has something to say >>>>>>> So you didn't even get THAT far. There really is no point talking >>>>>>> to you at all is there?
Mind closed tighter than a duck's arse.

I told you: I refuse to watch a video from an unknown source,
specially if long.

Why?
Afraid you might learn something?

Not wasting my time

I'll take that as a yes..

The more you insist the more I'm convinced I'm right in my decision to
not waste my time with that video.

Classic cancel/denial behaviour.
I just wanted to make sure as to whether you were simply misinformed, or prejudiced
Now its is clearly the latter, there is no point in presenting rational arguments, so I wont.
Bye

Classic bulshit.
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On 10/1/25 02:20, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-10-01 10:19, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 23:28, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 23:45, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 21:22, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 22:11, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 18:03, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 13:55, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 11:33, Carlos E.R. wrote:

Thus I will refrain from watching his videos till I have a
reliable source about him.

Its a her, dear, not a trans woman. Its a real woman.

Wikipedia shows the photo of a man, named Konstantin Vadimovich >>>>>>> Kisin.

Konstantin Vadimovich Kisin is a BritishrCoRussian political
commentator, author and co-host with Francis Foster of the
Triggernometry podcast.

Those are just the hosts. Its the guest that has something to say
So you didn't even get THAT far. There really is no point talking >>>>>> to you at all is there?
Mind closed tighter than a duck's arse.

I told you: I refuse to watch a video from an unknown source,
specially if long.

Why?
Afraid you might learn something?

Not wasting my time

I'll take that as a yes..

The more you insist the more I'm convinced I'm right in my decision to
not waste my time with that video.

And I strangely enough agree with you that there is not enough
time in a life to watch bad videos made as propaganda for a reactionarly
POV in which pumping the atmosphere full of millions of years of carbon
is considered a "good thing".

bliss
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On 10/1/25 04:45, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-10-01 13:20, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 01/10/2025 10:20, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-10-01 10:19, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 23:28, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 23:45, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 21:22, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 22:11, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 18:03, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 13:55, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 11:33, Carlos E.R. wrote:

Thus I will refrain from watching his videos till I have a >>>>>>>>>>> reliable source about him.

Its a her, dear, not a trans woman. Its a real woman.

Wikipedia shows the photo of a man, named Konstantin Vadimovich >>>>>>>>> Kisin.

Konstantin Vadimovich Kisin is a BritishrCoRussian political >>>>>>>>> commentator, author and co-host with Francis Foster of the
Triggernometry podcast.

Those are just the hosts. Its the guest that has something to say >>>>>>>> So you didn't even get THAT far. There really is no point
talking to you at all is there?
Mind closed tighter than a duck's arse.

I told you: I refuse to watch a video from an unknown source,
specially if long.

Why?
Afraid you might learn something?

Not wasting my time

I'll take that as a yes..

The more you insist the more I'm convinced I'm right in my decision
to not waste my time with that video.

Classic cancel/denial behaviour.
I just wanted to make sure as to whether you were simply misinformed,
or prejudiced
Now its is clearly the latter, there is no point in presenting
rational arguments, so I wont.
Bye

Classic bulshit.

Well of course. The Natch has been pumping it out for years and
don't expect him to make sense except perhaps on technical matters.

Linux relevance: Gnome 49 will have x11 capabilities but
Gnome 50 will be dependent on Wayland.
Discuss.

bliss
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On 2025-10-01 18:35, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

On 10/1/25 04:45, Carlos E.R. wrote:

...

-a-a-a-aLinux relevance: Gnome 49 will have x11 capabilities but
Gnome 50 will be dependent on Wayland.
-a-a-a-aDiscuss.

Gnome 49 has been a disaster in openSUSE Tumbleweed, according to this
thread: <https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/factory@lists.opensuse.org/message/A7SX5DWWK42VXYM3WTTJJQFV3FD7B5HE/>
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On 01/10/2025 17:25, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

On 10/1/25 02:20, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-10-01 10:19, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 23:28, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 23:45, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 21:22, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 22:11, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 18:03, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 13:55, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 11:33, Carlos E.R. wrote:

Thus I will refrain from watching his videos till I have a >>>>>>>>>> reliable source about him.

Its a her, dear, not a trans woman. Its a real woman.

Wikipedia shows the photo of a man, named Konstantin Vadimovich >>>>>>>> Kisin.

Konstantin Vadimovich Kisin is a BritishrCoRussian political
commentator, author and co-host with Francis Foster of the
Triggernometry podcast.

Those are just the hosts. Its the guest that has something to say >>>>>>> So you didn't even get THAT far. There really is no point talking >>>>>>> to you at all is there?
Mind closed tighter than a duck's arse.

I told you: I refuse to watch a video from an unknown source,
specially if long.

Why?
Afraid you might learn something?

Not wasting my time

I'll take that as a yes..

The more you insist the more I'm convinced I'm right in my decision to
not waste my time with that video.

-a-a-a-aAnd I strangely enough agree with you that there is not enough
time in a life to watch bad videos made as propaganda for a reactionarly
POV in which pumping the atmosphere full of millions of years of carbon
is considered a "good thing".

Careful bliss.
It isn't a propaganda video and it says nothing about climate change.
Kathryn Porter is a lady with a degree, and a brain who worked in
finance and then specialised in the economics of energy production.

That you cannot escape your own politically bigoted worldview is sad.
Kathryn is smart, a woman, educated and British.

Not some dumb MAGA supporter.

-a-a-a-abliss

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true: it is true because it is powerful."

Lucas Bergkamp

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On 01/10/2025 17:35, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

Well of course.-a The Natch has been pumping it out for years and
-adon't expect him to make sense except perhaps on technical matters.

Which is exactly what the conversation was about. My speciality. Energy production and the engineering and financing of it.
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On Wed, 1 Oct 2025 19:22:42 +0200
"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

Linux relevance: Gnome 49 will have x11 capabilities but Gnome 50
will be dependent on Wayland. Discuss.

Gnome 49 has been a disaster in openSUSE Tumbleweed, according to
this thread: <https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/factory@lists.opensuse.org/message/A7SX5DWWK42VXYM3WTTJJQFV3FD7B5HE/>

When I'm king, every hour lost to the incompetence and carelessness of autocratic Design Divas making breaking changes with no fallback mode
will be tallied up and extracted from the parties responsible by means
of imprisonment in a cell where they will be forced to work at puzzles
with no solution.

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On 10/1/25 10:48, John Ames wrote:

On Wed, 1 Oct 2025 19:22:42 +0200
"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

Linux relevance: Gnome 49 will have x11 capabilities but Gnome 50
will be dependent on Wayland. Discuss.

Gnome 49 has been a disaster in openSUSE Tumbleweed, according to
this thread:
<https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/factory@lists.opensuse.org/message/A7SX5DWWK42VXYM3WTTJJQFV3FD7B5HE/>

When I'm king, every hour lost to the incompetence and carelessness of autocratic Design Divas making breaking changes with no fallback mode
will be tallied up and extracted from the parties responsible by means
of imprisonment in a cell where they will be forced to work at puzzles
with no solution.

Well Prince John of Ames, I would support that program. Notify us when you
are coronated King of All Linux Desktop Environments. The promulgate
your rules
before you fill up the cells and provide them with new KMahjongg with
winnable
games turned off.

bliss

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On Wed, 1 Oct 2025 11:16:05 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

Well Prince John of Ames, I would support that program. Notify us

when

you
are coronated King of All Linux Desktop Environments. The promulgate
your rules before you fill up the cells and provide them with new
KMahjongg with winnable games turned off.

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-mahjongg

I don't think the GNOME version has seasons and flowers. I always have problems matching them in KMahjong except clicking to see if they go.
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On 10/1/25 11:47, rbowman wrote:

On Wed, 1 Oct 2025 11:16:05 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

Well Prince John of Ames, I would support that program. Notify us

when

you
are coronated King of All Linux Desktop Environments. The promulgate
your rules before you fill up the cells and provide them with new
KMahjongg with winnable games turned off.

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-mahjongg

I don't think the GNOME version has seasons and flowers. I always have problems matching them in KMahjong except clicking to see if they go.

Gnome-mahjogg has them in the original Chinese characters not prettied up for us Western barbarians. Also as far as I can see no way to make
sure it
gives winning games or maybe it is set up to give nothing but winning games. But in KMahjongg you can set it to generated random games that may be unwinnable. My suggested modification would make it generate unwinnable
games for the developers so imprisoned and to be their only form of
recreation. And they must play a game every hour or more often to be
fed. I played KMahjongg as a frequent test of my mentation.

bliss

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On Wed, 1 Oct 2025 15:38:46 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

Gnome-mahjogg has them in the original Chinese characters not

prettied

up for us Western barbarians. Also as far as I can see no way to make
sure it gives winning games or maybe it is set up to give nothing but
winning games.
But in KMahjongg you can set it to generated random games that may be unwinnable. My suggested modification would make it generate unwinnable games for the developers so imprisoned and to be their only form of recreation. And they must play a game every hour or more often to be
fed. I played KMahjongg as a frequent test of my mentation.

Interesting. I have selected different layouts for KMahjong but never
noticed the always solvable button. I assumed, like Klondike or other solitaire games, that some were not solvable. There never seemed to be
many points where a strategy would be useful.
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On 10/1/25 21:24, rbowman wrote:

On Wed, 1 Oct 2025 15:38:46 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

Gnome-mahjogg has them in the original Chinese characters not

prettied

up for us Western barbarians. Also as far as I can see no way to make
sure it gives winning games or maybe it is set up to give nothing but
winning games.
But in KMahjongg you can set it to generated random games that may be
unwinnable. My suggested modification would make it generate unwinnable
games for the developers so imprisoned and to be their only form of
recreation. And they must play a game every hour or more often to be
fed. I played KMahjongg as a frequent test of my mentation.

Interesting. I have selected different layouts for KMahjong but never
noticed the always solvable button. I assumed, like Klondike or other solitaire games, that some were not solvable. There never seemed to be
many points where a strategy would be useful.

In solitaire KMahjongg the only strategy that is useful is to try and find
the most distant matchng tiles and get the underlying tiles unconvered, so
that you can get to them both in a horizontal and vertical way. But the better
the randomizing engine works the less useful any strategy is.

Just my very humble opinion and it very humble. I win about 1 of 8 games
which is very humbling. But yet I persist. Possibely this is a game
strategy to
keep one coming back to the game.
At one poing in my life I played the most rigid form of Klondike with real card while waiting for phone calls to make my pitch. I wore the
printing
off the cards. Playing Klondike is far easier and the card do not wear out. Some days my hands are too weak to shuffle the stiff plastic cards.
Pasteboards forever though of course they won't last that long.

bliss

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On Wed, 1 Oct 2025 22:22:50 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

Just my very humble opinion and it very humble. I win about 1 of

8

games
which is very humbling. But yet I persist. Possibely this is a game strategy to keep one coming back to the game.

https://psychexamreview.com/schedules-of-reinforcement/

Variable ratio reinforcement is best for prolonging the behavior. Works
for rats. Neither version has statistics other than the time for
successful games. Both solitaire versions do have the win/loss ratio. For Klondike it runs between 25 to 30% but I play the loose rules, turning the cards over one at a time with unlimited repeats.
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On 2025-10-01, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

On 10/1/25 10:48, John Ames wrote:

On Wed, 1 Oct 2025 19:22:42 +0200
"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

[the unattributed deeper level is by Bobbie Sellers if I'm reading the
thread view correctly?:]

Linux relevance: Gnome 49 will have x11 capabilities but Gnome 50
will be dependent on Wayland. Discuss.

Gnome 49 has been a disaster in openSUSE Tumbleweed, according to
this thread:
<https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/factory@lists.opensuse.org/message/A7SX5DWWK42VXYM3WTTJJQFV3FD7B5HE/>

When I'm king, every hour lost to the incompetence and carelessness of
autocratic Design Divas making breaking changes with no fallback mode
will be tallied up and extracted from the parties responsible by means
of imprisonment in a cell where they will be forced to work at puzzles
with no solution.

Well Prince John of Ames, I would support that program. Notify us when you
are coronated King of All Linux Desktop Environments. The promulgate
your rules
before you fill up the cells and provide them with new KMahjongg with winnable
games turned off.

Question: Would John also rule over those using Window Managers and also
those using terminals (so with no X11 or Wayland in the loop)?

Also, what happens if one uses both a DE and a terminal? Would one need
a travel document?


And: I guess such a modified KMahjongg from King Joshua... er I mean
John could be called "Global Thermonuclear War"?
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On 2025-10-01, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

On 10/1/25 11:47, rbowman wrote:

On Wed, 1 Oct 2025 11:16:05 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

Well Prince John of Ames, I would support that program. Notify us

when

you
are coronated King of All Linux Desktop Environments. The promulgate
your rules before you fill up the cells and provide them with new
KMahjongg with winnable games turned off.

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-mahjongg

I don't think the GNOME version has seasons and flowers. I always have
problems matching them in KMahjong except clicking to see if they go.

Gnome-mahjogg has them in the original Chinese characters not prettied up for us Western barbarians. Also as far as I can see no way to make
sure it
gives winning games or maybe it is set up to give nothing but winning games. But in KMahjongg you can set it to generated random games that may be unwinnable. My suggested modification would make it generate unwinnable games for the developers so imprisoned and to be their only form of recreation. And they must play a game every hour or more often to be
fed. I played KMahjongg as a frequent test of my mentation.

I think I could go tweak sudoku generating-solving code so that it only
returns unsolvable puzzles. But that'd be so cruel it'd probably be a
crime against humankind, so I'll steer clear of that...
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On 01/10/2025 18:48, John Ames wrote:

When I'm king, every hour lost to the incompetence and carelessness of autocratic Design Divas making breaking changes with no fallback mode
will be tallied up and extracted from the parties responsible by means
of imprisonment in a cell where they will be forced to work at puzzles
with no solution.

In real companies to who zero bugs was a requirement, they had to go
back and fix the code themselves and make it comprehensible enough for
the supervisor to understand it.

COBOL was something it was hard to write incomprehensible statements in.
Which is why COBOL code is still operating today.
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On 02/10/2025 11:17, Nuno Silva wrote:

I think I could go tweak sudoku generating-solving code so that it only returns unsolvable puzzles. But that'd be so cruel it'd probably be a
crime against humankind, so I'll steer clear of that...

It becomes fairly obvious that a sudoku puzzle is insoluble...or has
multiple solutions.
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On 2025-10-01, Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:

On 10/1/25 10:48, John Ames wrote:

On Wed, 1 Oct 2025 19:22:42 +0200
"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

Linux relevance: Gnome 49 will have x11 capabilities but Gnome 50
will be dependent on Wayland. Discuss.

Gnome 49 has been a disaster in openSUSE Tumbleweed, according to
this thread:
<https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/factory@lists.opensuse.org/message/A7SX5DWWK42VXYM3WTTJJQFV3FD7B5HE/>

When I'm king, every hour lost to the incompetence and carelessness of
autocratic Design Divas making breaking changes with no fallback mode
will be tallied up and extracted from the parties responsible by means
of imprisonment in a cell where they will be forced to work at puzzles
with no solution.

Well Prince John of Ames, I would support that program. Notify us when you
are coronated King of All Linux Desktop Environments. The promulgate
your rules
before you fill up the cells and provide them with new KMahjongg with winnable
games turned off.

bliss

Yeah. Not used gnome since its very early days - when it seemed
promising. The 'we know best' approach started over 20 years ago!
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On Thu, 02 Oct 2025 11:13:48 +0100
Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> wrote:

Question: Would John also rule over those using Window Managers and
also those using terminals (so with no X11 or Wayland in the loop)?

Also, what happens if one uses both a DE and a terminal? Would one
need a travel document?

Terminal-land doesn't seem to be afflicted with many Design Divas in
the first place. I don't know if that's because they're not technically
adept enough to hack it there, or if it's just that a smaller niche of
users doesn't offer as many opportunities to shove their Brilliant
Ideas in everyone else's face, but it's certainly convenient for the
terminal junkies.

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On 2025-10-02, John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thu, 02 Oct 2025 11:13:48 +0100
Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> wrote:

Question: Would John also rule over those using Window Managers and
also those using terminals (so with no X11 or Wayland in the loop)?

Also, what happens if one uses both a DE and a terminal? Would one
need a travel document?

Terminal-land doesn't seem to be afflicted with many Design Divas in
the first place.

Maybe, but the writers of terminal emulator software seem very prolific
to no generally good purpose. But then I'm an xterm user.

I don't know if that's because they're not technically
adept enough to hack it there, or if it's just that a smaller niche of
users doesn't offer as many opportunities to shove their Brilliant
Ideas in everyone else's face, but it's certainly convenient for the
terminal junkies.

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On Thu, 2 Oct 2025 16:12:59 -0000 (UTC)
Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> wrote:

Terminal-land doesn't seem to be afflicted with many Design Divas in
the first place.

Maybe, but the writers of terminal emulator software seem very
prolific to no generally good purpose. But then I'm an xterm user.

There seem to be three categories of terminal emulator: ones written to
suit one particular weirdo's specific use case/preference, ones written
because every single DE is bound by law to have its own branded spin on
the generic functionality provided by a common library, and xterm.

(rxvt spinoffs are practically a whole sub-branch under category A.)

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On 2025-10-02, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

COBOL was something it was hard to write incomprehensible statements in. Which is why COBOL code is still operating today.

At a PPOE, our inside sales manager, Al Tannock, walked in
and said to our new department head, "Say something in COBOL."
Our guy shot back: "EXAMINE ROOM REPLACING ALL TANNOCKS WITH SPACES."
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On 2025-10-02, John Ames wrote:

On Thu, 02 Oct 2025 11:13:48 +0100
Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> wrote:

Question: Would John also rule over those using Window Managers and
also those using terminals (so with no X11 or Wayland in the loop)?

Also, what happens if one uses both a DE and a terminal? Would one
need a travel document?

Terminal-land doesn't seem to be afflicted with many Design Divas in
the first place. I don't know if that's because they're not technically
adept enough to hack it there, or if it's just that a smaller niche of
users doesn't offer as many opportunities to shove their Brilliant
Ideas in everyone else's face, but it's certainly convenient for the
terminal junkies.

There have, sadly, been brilliant ideas along the lines of "all
terminals support colors".

Or "all terminals can display UCS easily", or "all terminals support
utf8".
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On 2025-09-29, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-29 21:49, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-29 20:36, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzCiEHGVMwA

Too long.

Besides the concern below, and certain keywords in the video metadata
and thumbnail that make it highly likely that this is just 90 minutes of far-right nonsense, is there a transcript one could read instead of
having to go through 90 minutes of this?

Not trustable.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Konstantin_Kisin

'Right-wing wokeism' and Soviet Trauma

Can anyone look into & add some details on what is, in MY view at
least, clearly a STRONG bias towards (alt-?)rightist & conservative
points of view? To what extent (insofar at all, of course) is Kisin
running the risk of achieving exactly the OPPOSITE of what he CLAIMS
to stand/aim for, by actually *fanning* the flames of the modern day
societal strife that we are dealing with, e.g. by being (overly?)
critical of being 'woke'? How much does he NOT actually appreciate
Western society for what it is, and only help to dramatize matters and potentially bring very important things (such as institutions) down,
even further? In the worst case, (someone like) Kisin is actually DELIBERATELY doing this sort of thing, out of convictions that might
be more or less well communicated to, or rather hidden from the
public. Perhaps it is a form of lingering trauma from living with
Soviet and immediate post-Soviet trauma - that does NOT give him the
right NOR credits to actually *undermine* Western society, though. It
would do the overall integrity of Wikipedia well to address this
matter specifically, though only insofar it can occur in as neutral a
manner as possible, of course.

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On 2025-09-30, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 11:33, Carlos E.R. wrote:

[...]

Thus I will refrain from watching his videos till I have a reliable
source about him.

Its a her, dear, not a trans woman. Its a real woman.

Yoiu didn't even get that far did you?

It's 90 minutes, the day only has around 24 hours, 16 usable, you don't
get to pick a long video and then attack people for not watching it
fully this way. If Carlos were pretending he did watch, that'd be
something else...

And I don't trust right wing sources. I'm tired of their many proven
lies in my country.

Its not a 'right wing source.' Its a politically neutral analysis by
the UKs foremost researcher into energy markets.

[citation needed]

"Kathryn Porter is an independent energy consultant. She holds a
Master's degree in Physics and an MBA, and is an associate member of
the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies executive council
"

Your bigotry is now impossible to hide.

Actually, consider that you started this thread to continue debating the blackout, and you didn't even go further than a single source before
derailing this into this kind of conversation because you outright
refuse any kind of criticism about these sources and immediately react
by claiming it's just "green propaganda".

If I were you, I'd map your opinions to these videos and see which ones
do you owe to these sources, and then try to compare these with reality,
and figure out whether it really is worth investing time in watching
these videos.

There may be place for opinions, but you're insistently trying to argue
against what has been publicly known and the reality of both the
blackout and the power grid in the Iberian peninsula, and also realistic expectations regarding such complex and critical systems, and insistently pushing what amounts to far-right propaganda.

The most visible example is your lack of ability to understand that
renewables *are profitable*. And that's not because of subsidies. Those
are private companies operating with profit in a liberalized market.

You may paint PSOE as "far left" because of the name as if you were a US republican, but not only are you misunderstanding socialist parties in
the Iberian peninsula (some people do see the word "socialist" and go
all nuts), you're also overlooking that the power market has been
liberalized. I wonder how much subsidization could actually fit in such
a model. Not to mention subsidies do not exclude profitability.


And weren't the countries most affected by electricity price rises
caused by the 2022 russian invasion of Ukraine the ones which did not
invest in renewables early?
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On 2025-10-01, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 01/10/2025 10:20, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-10-01 10:19, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 23:28, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 23:45, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 21:22, Carlos E.R. wrote:

[...]

I told you: I refuse to watch a video from an unknown source,
specially if long.

Why?
Afraid you might learn something?

Not wasting my time

I'll take that as a yes..

The more you insist the more I'm convinced I'm right in my decision
to not waste my time with that video.

Classic cancel/denial behaviour.
I just wanted to make sure as to whether you were simply misinformed,
or prejudiced
Now its is clearly the latter, there is no point in presenting
rational arguments, so I wont.
Bye

You're refusing to address criticisms of the source you presented and
basically assuming anyone refusing to watch it falls under a specific
reasoning you want them to fall under. See a pattern?

It's almost as if you picked that video on purpose so that you could
react like this.
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On 03/10/2025 09:50, Nuno Silva wrote:

On 2025-09-30, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 11:33, Carlos E.R. wrote:

[...]

Thus I will refrain from watching his videos till I have a reliable
source about him.

Its a her, dear, not a trans woman. Its a real woman.

Yoiu didn't even get that far did you?

It's 90 minutes, the day only has around 24 hours, 16 usable, you don't
get to pick a long video and then attack people for not watching it
fully this way. If Carlos were pretending he did watch, that'd be
something else...

And I don't trust right wing sources. I'm tired of their many proven
lies in my country.

Its not a 'right wing source.' Its a politically neutral analysis by
the UKs foremost researcher into energy markets.

[citation needed]

"Kathryn Porter is an independent energy consultant. She holds a
Master's degree in Physics and an MBA, and is an associate member of
the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies executive council
"

Your bigotry is now impossible to hide.

Actually, consider that you started this thread to continue debating the blackout, and you didn't even go further than a single source before derailing this into this kind of conversation because you outright
refuse any kind of criticism about these sources and immediately react
by claiming it's just "green propaganda".

If I were you, I'd map your opinions to these videos and see which ones
do you owe to these sources, and then try to compare these with reality,
and figure out whether it really is worth investing time in watching
these videos.

There may be place for opinions, but you're insistently trying to argue against what has been publicly known and the reality of both the
blackout and the power grid in the Iberian peninsula, and also realistic expectations regarding such complex and critical systems, and insistently pushing what amounts to far-right propaganda.

The most visible example is your lack of ability to understand that renewables *are profitable*. And that's not because of subsidies. Those
are private companies operating with profit in a liberalized market.

You may paint PSOE as "far left" because of the name as if you were a US republican, but not only are you misunderstanding socialist parties in
the Iberian peninsula (some people do see the word "socialist" and go
all nuts), you're also overlooking that the power market has been liberalized. I wonder how much subsidization could actually fit in such
a model. Not to mention subsidies do not exclude profitability.

And weren't the countries most affected by electricity price rises
caused by the 2022 russian invasion of Ukraine the ones which did not
invest in renewables early?

No. The most affected country was Germany land of solar panels and
windmills.
I am not going to bother further with this conversation. knocking on
closed minds thet refuse to consider anything other than fixed ideas is
a pointless exercise.
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time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic
and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally
important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for
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On 03/10/2025 10:02, Nuno Silva wrote:

On 2025-10-01, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 01/10/2025 10:20, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-10-01 10:19, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 23:28, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-30 23:45, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 21:22, Carlos E.R. wrote:

[...]

I told you: I refuse to watch a video from an unknown source,
specially if long.

Why?
Afraid you might learn something?

Not wasting my time

I'll take that as a yes..

The more you insist the more I'm convinced I'm right in my decision
to not waste my time with that video.

Classic cancel/denial behaviour.
I just wanted to make sure as to whether you were simply misinformed,
or prejudiced
Now its is clearly the latter, there is no point in presenting
rational arguments, so I wont.
Bye

You're refusing to address criticisms of the source you presented and basically assuming anyone refusing to watch it falls under a specific reasoning you want them to fall under. See a pattern?

No one has presented ant criticism whatsoever,. No one has even watched it.

It's almost as if you picked that video on purpose so that you could
react like this.

Its almost as if you decided not to watch it so you could react like this
--
If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will
eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such
time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic
and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally
important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for
the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the
truth is the greatest enemy of the State.

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On 2025-09-30, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 18:11, Carlos E.R. wrote:

You could instead read this one. Known bias.

"This is the report paid for by Iberdrola and
Endesa. Coincidentally, it was presented three days before the
official ENTSOe report."

No blame on renewables.

Of course. They were *paid* to say that. Your naievete is simply
astonishing.

I think that is what "Known bias." was about...
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On 03/10/2025 10:48, Nuno Silva wrote:

On 2025-09-30, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 18:11, Carlos E.R. wrote:

You could instead read this one. Known bias.

"This is the report paid for by Iberdrola and
Endesa. Coincidentally, it was presented three days before the
official ENTSOe report."

No blame on renewables.

Of course. They were *paid* to say that. Your naievete is simply
astonishing.

I think that is what "Known bias." was about...

Your naivete is simply astonishing.
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conventions is invited to try transgressing those conventions from the
windows of my apartment. (I live on the twenty-first floor.) "

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On 2025-09-30 19:19, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-29 20:36, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzCiEHGVMwA

Or you could read other accepted reports, including the official one
(posted previously on sci.electronics.design)

Other reports just published:


Summary: over voltage. We need a new EU regulation covering that.
Renewables were not to be blamed.

Using DeepL automated translation.

-2The report notes that the blackout, a unique event in the world,
was due to a rCLsurge cascaderCY that began in southern Spain and spread throughout the peninsula in a matter of minutes. rCLThe problem here is
not that there were renewables, but that we need generation that has
voltage control. The good news is that this can be done in the same way
as in conventional generation,rCY explained Entso-E president Dami|in Cortinas, when asked about the responsibility of green generation sources.-+

-2As explained by the president of ENTSO-E, this rCLfactual reportrCY does not seek to place rCLany responsibilityrCY on any agent in the sector, but rather to trace a rCLsequencerCY of events.

When asked about the role of renewable energies in the blackout,
Cortinas pointed out that rCLthe question is not whether or not there are renewables,rCY but rather how voltage control was carried out on the grid
that day, which he cited as one of the key issues that would explain the historic blackout. According to the report prepared by REE, there were rCLbreachesrCY by the generators in this voltage control. But the government also pointed to rCLinsufficientrCY planning by REE the day before in
selecting the power plants that were to control voltage (and charge for
it).-+


<https://www.eldiario.es/economia/expertos-europeos-no-senalan-ahora-responsables-apagon-comparten-relato-gobierno_1_12653785.html>

*European experts have not yet identified those responsible for the blackout and agree with the government's account*

The ENTSO-E rCLfinal reportrCY will be presented in early 2026 with
a rCLdetailed analysisrCY of the rCLroot causesrCY of the blackout, for which data is still lacking: they will analyze how voltage control was carried
out that day and the rCLlocal oscillationrCY that caused a large Iberdrola photovoltaic plant to fail at 12:03 p.m.
rCo The blackout report detects power plants that rCLwere not regulating voltagerCY and an rCLimproperrCY disconnection of facilities


Antonio M. V|-lez / Rodrigo Ponce de Le||n October 3, 2025, 11:01
a.m. Updated on 10/03/2025, 11:37 a.m.

European experts from the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E), who, in accordance with EU
regulations, presented their rCLfactual reportrCY this Friday on the
historic blackout of April 28, have not yet identified those responsible
for the incident and have presented a sequence of events similar to that
in the report prepared at the time by the Spanish government, which
indicated that it was a rCLmultifactorialrCY event.

The report by the European Network of Transmission System Operators
for Electricity, of which Red El|-ctrica (REE) is a member, which the electricity companies blame for the blackout, gives itself a period of
rCLfour monthsrCY from the publication of this rCLfactual reportrCY to publish a
rCLfinal reportrCY in the first quarter of 2026. This is because some information is still missing.

The report notes that, 158 days after the serious incident that
left the entire Iberian Peninsula in darkness, rCLsome data is still
missing, particularly related to some of the generation losses that
occurred before the blackout.rCY

rCLAlthough Red El|-ctrica (the Spanish TSO) obtained the consent of
33 generation companies and DSOs (referring to distribution companies,
mainly Iberdrola, Endesa, and Naturgy) to share relevant data, eight
others did not give their consent.rCY

During the presentation of the report, ENTSO-E officials indicated
that they had encountered rCLsignificant difficultiesrCY in obtaining information from several generating companies in Spain, according to Kaschnitz. It should be remembered that in June, the government sent
letters to the sector expressing its rCyconcernrCO about the rCLslowdownrCY in the submission of data for the report that was then being prepared by an interministerial commission.

This final report by ENTSO-E will include a rCLdetailed analysisrCY of the rCLroot causes,rCY the rCLvoltage controlrCY carried out on the grid that day by the generators, rCLthe behavior of different actors during the incident,rCY and some rCLadditionalrCY comments.

Among them, on the causes of the rCLlocal oscillationrCY which, as revealed by elDiario.es, was at the origin of the blackout and was
caused by Iberdrola's N|||#ez de Balboa mega-photovoltaic plant at 12:03
that morning (which the report does not mention). This oscillation was
an rCLunusualrCY phenomenon, as pointed out by the Austrian expert who
co-led the panel, Klaus Kaschnitz.

The report notes that the blackout, a unique event in the world,
was due to a rCLsurge cascaderCY that began in southern Spain and spread throughout the peninsula in a matter of minutes. rCLThe problem here is
not that there were renewables, but that we need generation that has
voltage control. The good news is that this can be done in the same way
as in conventional generation,rCY explained Entso-E president Dami|in Cortinas, when asked about the responsibility of green generation sources.

The ENTSO-E report explains that the morning of April 28, 2025, was characterized by rCLincreasing renewable generation,rCY which led to rCLa decrease in daily market prices and an increase in exports from SpainrCY
to a total of five gigawatts. From 9:00 a.m., voltage variability in
Spain began to increase until shortly after 10:30 a.m., rCLwhen the
voltage in part of the 400 kV transmission network briefly approached,
but did not exceed, 435 kV,rCY within the permitted values.

The Austrian expert who coordinated the report explained that April
28 was a rCLtypical spring dayrCY with high photovoltaic penetration, and
that from 10:30 a.m. onwards, rCLsignificantrCY voltage variations began in Spain, but within the accepted values. He also explained that on the eve
of the blackout, a generation unit that was supposed to provide voltage control was declared unavailable, and REE decided to replace it with
another unit but ultimately chose not to use it.

The report confirms that there were no rCLsignificant oscillationsrCY
in the grid until 12:03 p.m., when the first oscillation began, which
the government and REE reports attributed (without expressly citing it)
to the N|||#ez de Balboa megaplant.

This was an initial oscillation of a rCLlocal naturerCY preceded by a second, broader oscillation of an inter-area nature, corresponding to
the East-Central-West zone of the European electricity system. The
measures taken by the system operators in Spain, Portugal, and France (including a reduction in the flow of energy between Spain and France) mitigated these oscillations, but led to an increase in voltage in the
Iberian system, although still rCLwithin operational values.rCY

Subsequently, once facilities began to disconnect, rCLgiven that some generation units were consuming reactive power,rCY the opposite of what
they were supposed to do, rCLwith the effect of reducing voltage, the disconnections of these units without adequate compensation for the loss
of reactive power by other system resources with the capacity to
inject/absorb reactive power led to an increase in voltages in the
system, not only in Spain but also in Portugal.rCY

Starting at 12:32 p.m., within a span of 57 seconds, 208 MW of wind
and solar power in northern and southern Spain, which correspond to the distribution network, were disconnected. There was an increase in the
net load on the distribution networks of around 317 MW, which rCLcouldrCY be due to the disconnection of small self-consumption installations,
although the reasons are rCLunknown.rCY The voltage began to rise rCLreally fast,rCY explained the Austrian expert.

From 12:32:57 p.m. onwards, there were major power disconnections
in Granada, Badajoz, Seville, Huelva, and C|iceres. At least 2 gigawatts
were lost, milliseconds after the protection devices of a transformer in Granada, which connects several generation facilities there and was
injecting 355 MW at the time, were triggered.


Reasons rCLunknownrCY

Another 725 MW of photovoltaic and solar thermal power was then
lost in Badajoz, along with wind and solar disconnections in Segovia,
Huelva, Badajoz, Seville, and C|iceres for another 1,200 MW. rCLSome of
these disconnections were due to surge protection,rCY but the reasons for rCLmost of them are unknown,rCY the document says.

Between 12:33:18 and 12:33:21, the voltage in southern Spain rose
sharply and, as a result, also in Portugal. The overvoltage caused a
cascade of generation losses, which led to a decrease in the frequency
of the Spanish and Portuguese electricity systems. At 12:33:19, the
Spanish and Portuguese electricity systems began to lose synchronism
with the rest of the European system, the interconnections with Morocco
and France were tripped, and absolute zero occurred.

This report will be supplemented by the one being prepared by the
Spanish regulator, the National Commission for Markets and Competition
(CNMC), which has also participated in this panel of experts.

As explained by the president of ENTSO-E, this rCLfactual reportrCY
does not seek to place rCLany responsibilityrCY on any agent in the sector, but rather to trace a rCLsequencerCY of events.

When asked about the role of renewable energies in the blackout,
Cortinas pointed out that rCLthe question is not whether or not there are renewables,rCY but rather how voltage control was carried out on the grid
that day, which he cited as one of the key issues that would explain the historic blackout. According to the report prepared by REE, there were rCLbreachesrCY by the generators in this voltage control. But the government also pointed to rCLinsufficientrCY planning by REE the day before in
selecting the power plants that were to control voltage (and charge for it).

The report was prepared by a panel of 45 experts, the largest ever formed, including both system operators and national regulators from
across Europe, and was led by two experts from Austria and Hungary.
After five months of rCLintense work,rCY it will form the basis for recommendations to be implemented in the near future.
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On 2025-09-30 19:19, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-29 20:36, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzCiEHGVMwA

Or you could read other accepted reports, including the official one
(posted previously on sci.electronics.design)

Other reports just published:



"This is the report paid for by Iberdrola and Endesa. Coincidentally, it
was presented three days before the official ENTSOe report."

No blame on renewables.


<https://www.comillas.edu/noticias/el-iit-presenta-un-informe-preliminar-que-analiza-las-causas-del-apagon-del-pasado-mes-de-abril/>

The IIT presents a preliminary report analysing the causes of last April's blackout
29 September 2025

Large voltage fluctuations, low synchronous generation and a weak transmission network are some of the causes

The Institute for Technological Research (IIT) at Comillas
Pontifical UniversityrCoone of Europe's leading electrical systems
research centresrCohas today published an independent preliminary report analysing the causes of the blackout that left the Iberian Peninsula
without power on 28 April. The document, prepared by professors Luis
Rouco, Enrique Lobato and Francisco M. Echavarren, concludes that the
blackout was the result of a combination of voltage instability in the previous days, insufficient synchronous generation, an insufficient
safety margin against overvoltage collapse and a weak transmission
network, aggravated by the disconnection of renewable generation and operational manoeuvres that reduced the safety margin.


The analysis reveals that synchronous generation (mainly combined
cycle and nuclear power plants) in the southern and central areas was unusually low, with only one combined cycle plant in Andalusia and one
nuclear plant in the centre. In addition, more than a third of the 400
kV grid was disconnected for maintenance or voltage control, leading to
poorly damped oscillations.

The report introduces the concept of rCyovervoltage collapserCO, a phenomenon unprecedented in Europe, where voltage increases
uncontrollably when renewable generation is disconnected. It adds that
the cascading overvoltage that occurred is unprecedented in the European electricity system.

The researchers also emphasise that the manoeuvres carried out by
Red El|-ctrica de Espa|#a between 12:00 and 12:30 rCoconnecting lines to try to dampen the oscillationsrCo further reduced the safety margin,
accelerating the collapse of the system.

The IIT recommends reviewing the criteria for synchronous
generation scheduling and voltage control procedures, especially in
scenarios of high renewable penetration, and urges the use of more
advanced metrics to anticipate risk situations. The report also
highlights the importance of strengthening coordination between the
various players in the electricity sector and adapting the operation of
the system to the new challenges of the energy transition, with the
massive integration of renewables.



Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
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On 2025-10-03 10:21, Nuno Silva wrote:

On 2025-09-29, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-29 21:49, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-09-29 20:36, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzCiEHGVMwA

Too long.

Besides the concern below, and certain keywords in the video metadata
and thumbnail that make it highly likely that this is just 90 minutes of far-right nonsense, is there a transcript one could read instead of
having to go through 90 minutes of this?

Indeed. I might read a transcript, but I certainly will not watch a 90
minutes video. Only if praised by more people or sources.
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On 2025-10-03 10:50, Nuno Silva wrote:

On 2025-09-30, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/09/2025 11:33, Carlos E.R. wrote:

[...]

Thus I will refrain from watching his videos till I have a reliable
source about him.

Its a her, dear, not a trans woman. Its a real woman.

Yoiu didn't even get that far did you?

It's 90 minutes, the day only has around 24 hours, 16 usable, you don't
get to pick a long video and then attack people for not watching it
fully this way. If Carlos were pretending he did watch, that'd be
something else...

And I don't trust right wing sources. I'm tired of their many proven
lies in my country.

Its not a 'right wing source.' Its a politically neutral analysis by
the UKs foremost researcher into energy markets.

[citation needed]

"Kathryn Porter is an independent energy consultant. She holds a
Master's degree in Physics and an MBA, and is an associate member of
the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies executive council
"

Your bigotry is now impossible to hide.

Actually, consider that you started this thread to continue debating the blackout, and you didn't even go further than a single source before derailing this into this kind of conversation because you outright
refuse any kind of criticism about these sources and immediately react
by claiming it's just "green propaganda".

And he turned to personal insults on me, on the other thread. This is
very low, turning a political discussion personal.

If I were you, I'd map your opinions to these videos and see which ones
do you owe to these sources, and then try to compare these with reality,
and figure out whether it really is worth investing time in watching
these videos.

There may be place for opinions, but you're insistently trying to argue against what has been publicly known and the reality of both the
blackout and the power grid in the Iberian peninsula, and also realistic expectations regarding such complex and critical systems, and insistently pushing what amounts to far-right propaganda.

The most visible example is your lack of ability to understand that renewables *are profitable*. And that's not because of subsidies. Those
are private companies operating with profit in a liberalized market.

You may paint PSOE as "far left" because of the name as if you were a US republican, but not only are you misunderstanding socialist parties in
the Iberian peninsula (some people do see the word "socialist" and go
all nuts), you're also overlooking that the power market has been liberalized. I wonder how much subsidization could actually fit in such
a model. Not to mention subsidies do not exclude profitability.

In Spain, the PSOE has been criticized for being "too right", for often
doing the same things as the PP, the right wing party. We call them both
PPSOE for something.

Arguably, the PSOE has turned a bit more leftie in the last years; after
all, they hold the government in coalition with communists look alike
parties.

Traditionally, the two big parties try to hold the center, but currently
the PP has turned extreme right in some of their says, to try to compete
with the far right party, VOX.

And weren't the countries most affected by electricity price rises
caused by the 2022 russian invasion of Ukraine the ones which did not
invest in renewables early?

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John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> writes:

Terminal-land doesn't seem to be afflicted with many Design Divas in
the first place. I don't know if that's because they're not technically
adept enough to hack it there, or if it's just that a smaller niche of
users doesn't offer as many opportunities to shove their Brilliant
Ideas in everyone else's face, but it's certainly convenient for the
terminal junkies.

I think turning off terminal cursor blink has been hated on by these
Divas for a long time, so they shove the setting into different but increasingly deep and dark corners in every Gnome version. I'm surprised
they haven't done away with it.

But it's really hard to stop users from installing some other terminal, especially as it seems to have become something of a vanity thing.
Seems like "everyone" is developing their own these days.
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John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thu, 02 Oct 2025 11:13:48 +0100
Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> wrote:

Question: Would John also rule over those using Window Managers and
also those using terminals (so with no X11 or Wayland in the loop)?

Also, what happens if one uses both a DE and a terminal? Would one
need a travel document?

Terminal-land doesn't seem to be afflicted with many Design Divas in
the first place.

Most "Design Divas" are art students.

I don't know if that's because they're not technically adept enough
to hack it there,

Being art students, yes, they lack tehcnical chops. Additionally, art students like drawing pictures, and while it is possible to "draw
pictures" in terminal land (ASCII art, etc.) the result is usually very
poor compared to the much better looking pictures those same art
students can draw in GUI land.

So the result is you get most of the design divas screwing around with
the GUI's, because the GUI's are "picture based" interfaces.
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On 2025-10-04 08:45, Anssi Saari wrote:

John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> writes:

Terminal-land doesn't seem to be afflicted with many Design Divas in
the first place. I don't know if that's because they're not technically
adept enough to hack it there, or if it's just that a smaller niche of
users doesn't offer as many opportunities to shove their Brilliant
Ideas in everyone else's face, but it's certainly convenient for the
terminal junkies.

I think turning off terminal cursor blink has been hated on by these
Divas for a long time, so they shove the setting into different but increasingly deep and dark corners in every Gnome version. I'm surprised
they haven't done away with it.

Blinking attribute (be it the cursor or the text) means the software has
to actively run, not sleep. Just a guess.

But it's really hard to stop users from installing some other terminal, especially as it seems to have become something of a vanity thing.
Seems like "everyone" is developing their own these days.

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On Sat, 4 Oct 2025 15:28:14 -0000 (UTC)
Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:

Terminal-land doesn't seem to be afflicted with many Design Divas in
the first place.

Most "Design Divas" are art students.

Being art students, yes, they lack tehcnical chops.

That's the cliche, certainly - but there are definitely developers out
there with Diva tendencies. The Wayland folks spring to mind; there's a
level of technical aptitude required to do what they're doing, whether
you agree with their decisions or not - but it's the blinkered egotism
in refusing to consider anyone else's needs (until they're absolutely
forced to after years of dragging their feet and insisting that what
everybody wants Can't Be Done,) even as they propose to unilaterally
replace an existing system, that makes them Divas :/

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