Self-tutoring about music: the tutor recalls the song “I Am Your Robot” by Elton John. As a kid, I wasn’t necessarily an Elton John fan, but my sister was. She bought numerous Elton John albums. I’m not sure when her …
Self-tutoring about electricity generation: the tutor describes the rate of 1MW: 1MegaWatt. Electricity consumption is typically measured in kWh (kiloWattxhours). A Watt is a rate of energy use: 1J/s. A kiloWatt is 1000J/s. In BC the average household consumption, per …
Self-tutoring about internet surfing: the tutor mentions mixed content. I went to a website today that, though served with https, came with a “mixed content” warning. You can tell by a yellow “alert” triangle on the padlock to the left …
Tutoring English, there’s always another word to mention. About 35 years ago I was in a debating club, where I would sometimes hear the statement, The onus of persuasion lies with the affirmative side. What that means is that the …
Self-tutoring about comp sci and internet resources: the tutor mentions a discovery. The right resource is key to solving a problem. Finding a good one, therefore, can be crucial. This morning, researching the non-recursive inorder traversal idea, I found a …
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Self-tutoring about electricity generation in Canada: the tutor continues about Nova Scotia’s electricity generation profile. In my previous post I begin about electricity generation in Nova Scotia. Now I continue, mentioning its electricity generation from tides. The highest tides in …
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Self-tutoring about electricity generation in Canada: the tutor turns to Nova Scotia. I’m from Nova Scotia, though I haven’t been back in decades. I especially miss the Annapolis Valley. In my recent posts I’ve mentioned Ontario and Quebec’s energy generation. …
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Self-tutoring about energy: the tutor mentions the fuel coke. Coke is a fuel made from heating bituminous coal without oxygen present.It might be pictured as grey, porous, rocky chunks of almost pure carbon. Coke is used as fuel because, being …
Self-tutoring about electricity generation in Quebec and Ontario: the tutor begins. As I mention in my post from July 17, Quebec and Ontario are first and second, respectively, among Canadian provinces in electricity generating capacity, with Quebec about 14% above …
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Self-tutoring about electricity and energy: the tutor mentions some units new to him. At an electricity generation plant, MWt means “megawatts thermal.” It measures the energy input. MWe means “megawatts electrical.” It’s the output. When burning fossil fuel such as …
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