Is Green Energy REALLY green?

How 'green' is Green Energy?Solar panels, power walls, wind power… It’s all about Renewable Energy!

In fact, it’s all being pushed to often insane degrees.

So the question is: Just how ‘green’ is Green Energy?

Is it gonna save us all from certain doom, climate change, and space invaders?

Well… As usual, it’s complicated.

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The Best JavaScript Debounce Function in the Universe

If you code in JavaScript, you should know all about debouncing functions.

When an event listener such as a window ‘resize’ fires, sometimes it will fire 72,000 times per second. That means your callback function is also firing 72,000 times in a row, bogging down the browser.

This isn’t as much of a problem as it used to be, but debouncing is still needed and should still be used.

So what’s the best way to debounce/throttle in JavaScript?

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SHORT: Why we still NEED oil

Can we just ditch fossil fuels?
These days, it’s all about the GREEN! Green energy, renewables, low carbon footprint, etc. While that all sounds nice, what would actually happen if we just ditched fossil fuels – coal, oil, and gas – overnight? It turns out it’s WAY more scary than you might think…

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SHORT: No more choppy video in VLC

VLC choppy video fix
VLC media player will play just about any audio or video file you throw at it. Version 3 supports hardware acceleration so that it SHOULD play even hi-res vids smoothly. But when you try to play a 4K (2160p) video, the playback stutters and is basically unwatchable. What gives??

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SHORT: Make your color prints POP!

Print color is off? No problem!
When you need a color printout, it’s nice when the colors on paper look the same as those on your screen. Most of the time, however, that’s not the case. Fortunately, there’s a quick trick you can use to get MUCH better print colors – and it only takes a few seconds!

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SHORT: FIX Windows Update!

Windows STILL won't update??

These days, updating Windows is like playing Russian Roulette. Microsoft keeps breaking things, and we have to figure out how to fix them, over and over. When you’ve finally had enough and nothing is working for you, try THIS! Not to worry: Microsoft will break it again soon, I’m sure!

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