Interesting Links for 24-07-2017

[andrewducker]

How to view and download ransomed Photobucket gallery images, on a per-image basis

(tags: photos internet )

Labour would take Britain out of the EU single market, Jeremy Corbyn says

(tags: immigration Europe Labour OhForFucksSake )

Jeremy Corbyn: Student debt write-off not a commitment

(tags: debt students labour )

People to be allowed to pick their own gender without doctor's diagnosis, under Government plans

(tags: gender law uk )

An interesting snippet of an interview with Jodie Whittaker, in light of her casting as Doctor Who

(tags: drwho acting gender )

"My father-in-law won't become a coder, no matter what economists say"

Pssssst, basic income...
(tags: employment jobs Technology )

How are things going with the Hugo Award attempts to deter slates?

(tags: voting awards hugo )

World's first floating wind farm emerges off coast of Scotland

(tags: Scotland windpower ocean )

Many of the best Scrabble players are Thais who don't speak English

(tags: language games )

'A misuse of scarce funds': NHS to end prescription of homeopathic remedies

(tags: homeopathy NHS GoodNews )

Etobicoke "park stairs" story is a perfect example of the anti-regulatory nonsense that led to the Grenfell disaster

(tags: regulation safety )

How 1967 changed gay life in Britain: ‘I think for my generation, we’re still a little bit uneasy’

(tags: lgbt UK history )

18yo arrested for reporting a bug in the new Budapest e-Ticket system

(tags: crime bug OhForFucksSake transport epicfail )

Wisconsin Company Offers to Implant Microchips in Employees

(tags: technology cyborg usa )

Why Brilliant Girls Tend to Favor Non-STEM Careers

(tags: gender science research bias )

Comments

[danieldwilliam]

It's not often I'm tempted to use "game changing" when looking at technology but those floating wind turbines might well be game changing. They open up vast areas of sea to commerical energy generation. It's the technology that might theoretically allow wind to supply 100% of energy demand and leaves the arguement down to one of cost.

[andrewducker]

I'm intrigued to know the cost of the power they'll produce.

[danieldwilliam]

I believe that these prototype units cost something like twice the current cost of offshore wind. Whether that it is twice the cost you are paying if you install a sea bed mounted wind turbine today, July 2017 or twice the cost you would expect to pay if you were ordering an offshore wind turbine in July 2017 for delivering in 3-5 years I'm not sure. There is some indication that offshore wind turbines for delivery in 2022+ are cost competitive with other generation without subsidy.

In any event, these 5 units cost a lot, but StatOil must be targeting a cost that makes them subsidy-free competitive in the next few years.