I live on Maui, and a large contractor here just quoted me $50k for a Daikin Fit Central AC install on a single-story, 1,000 square foot, 3 bed 2 bath home. I paid $13,600 for the exact same system in...

High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) systems interconnect AC grids to increase reliability, connect offshore wind generation, and enable coupling of electricity markets. Considering the growing uncertai...

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The integration of large-scale renewable generation has major implications on the operation of power systems, two of which we address in this work. First, system operators have to deal with higher deg...

I (30M) used to be friends with a woman (30F) who I met at university. We were that close we were hanging out every day and got to know each other. We had a falling out as she stole a piece of my acad...

We present a three dimensional map of extinction in the Northern Galactic Plane derived using photometry from the IPHAS survey. The map has fine angular ($\sim 10$ arcmin) and distance (100 pc) sampli...

Backstory: Been in this subreddit for 10 years ago when I caught the bug, Started off with 3TB drives in an old Set of Supermicro SC846 and when electricity got dearer I decided to start increasing c...

We show a unified second-order scheme for constructing simple, robust and accurate algorithms for typical thermostats for configurational sampling for the canonical ensemble. When Langevin dynamics is...

Hey all, I could use some input from people who’ve been through unusual renovation decisions. We’re prepping our home for sale, and this one’s a wildcard: we have a full-size pool in our basemen...

This paper presents the development and evaluation of ChatHome, a domain-specific language model (DSLM) designed for the intricate field of home renovation. Considering the proven competencies of larg...

i (20) moved in about 10 months ago, and at the beginning my roommate (45) was extremely nice - i thought i had won the lottery. she had explained when i moved in that she has celiac disease, so shes ...

Smart homes are becoming more popular, as every day a new home appliance can be digitally controlled. Smart Digital Homes are using a server to make interaction with all the possible devices in one pl...

Hello, my first time posting here. I purchased a home in New Jersey sometime in 2023. Beautiful corner property, interior needed some updating. I’m 35 years old with 15 years of experience in a...

Modular Multilevel Converter-based High Voltage Direct Current (MMC-HVDC) system is a promising technology for integration of offshore wind farms (OWFs). However, onshore AC faults on MMC-HVDC reduce ...

**I am not the OP. That is u/TraditionImpressive2. This is the new update to three previous BORU posts, which can be found [here](https://old.reddit.com/r/BestofRedditorUpdates/comments/p0my36/aita_fo...

Moving towards regional Supergrids, an increasing number of interconnections are formed by High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) lines. Currently, in most regions, HVDC losses are not considered in marke...

(Reposted with recommended edits from mods) **TL;DR (the whole method):** I'm a seasonal flipper, so I'll flip patio furniture and other things during the summer, but patio furniture sucks to flip i...

This work considers the task of finding an AC-feasible operating point of a severely damaged transmission network while ensuring that a maximal amount of active power loads can be delivered. This AC M...

The first pic is my favorite photo of my Mom, who raised me and my five siblings on her own after fleeing a violent husband. Behind her is the cheaply made and humble house we grew up in but it's what...

Smart home devices are vulnerable to passive inference attacks based on network traffic, even in the presence of encryption. In this paper, we present PINGPONG, a tool that can automatically extract p...