A Site Selection Framework For Urban Power Substation At Micro-Scale Using Spatial Optimization Strategy And Geospatial Big Data
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https://doi.org/10.1111/tgis.13093 <-- shared paper
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“In this study, [they] model spatiotemporal heterogeneity and incorporate it into optimizing the location of substations. The optimized substation placement ensures electrical service coverage for over 99% of the area during peak power usage seasons, compared to the current coverage of 72%...”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #siting #demand #electricity #heterogeneity #substations #powertransmission #electricalpower #distrubition #service #city #urbanisation #extremeweather #model #modeling #parameters #factors #energycrisis #energy #urbanplanning #routing #outages #framework #UrbanPS #bigdata #AI #machinelearning #Pingxiang #Jiangxi #China #casestudy #coverage #utilisation #dynamic #load #loading #loadbalancing

Google's latest #innovation to prevent #outages is an #SRE love letter wrapped in buzzwords and sprinkled with acronyms like #STPA and #Prodverbs . Apparently, teaching a new method involves rehashing 20 years of "lessons" that somehow didn't prevent past outages . But hey, who doesn't love a good old-fashioned #reliability #theory seminar when your server's on fire?
https://sre.google/stpa/teaching/ #Google #HackerNews #ngated

Musk says X hit by 'cyber-attack' as thousands report outages
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62x5k44rl0o

"several major outages spanning more than six hours on Monday, "each having global impact".

"This is amongst the longest X/Twitter #outages we've tracked in terms of duration, and the pattern is consistent with a denial of service attack targeting X's infrastructure at scale," he added."

»As #US #newspaper #outages drag on, #LeeEnterprises blames #cyberattack for encrypting critical systems.« https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/18/as-us-newspaper-outages-drag-on-lee-enterprises-blames-cyberattack-for-encrypting-critical-systems/?eicker.news #tech #media

We tracked N.S. power outages in 2024. There were unplanned outages nearly every day
There were more than than 4,700 outages across the province last year.
#power #outages #News #Canada #NovaScotia
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/2024-power-outages-trees-storms-reliability-1.7453611?cmp=rss

An attempt to block a phishing URL in Cloudflare's R2 object storage platform backfired yesterday, triggering a widespread outage that brought down multiple services for nearly an hour. #Cloudflare #Outages #CyberSecurity
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cloudflare-outage-caused-by-botched-blocking-of-phishing-url/

#Meta's #Facebook, #Messenger, #Instagram and #WhatsApp platforms have experienced major #outages for users worldwide.

After six hours of users reporting being unable to login and access the platforms, some services have started to come back online.

PSPS power outages in eastern Simi. #PSPS #Simi #outages #wildfires

Need to check on #openSUSE infrastructure? Visit https://status.opensuse.org/ for updates on #outages, past incidents and more. Stay informed! #opensource #community

Stay informed about #openSUSE project #infrastructure! Check out https://status.opensuse.org/ for real-time #updates on #outages and #maintenance.

ATT is experiencing a wireless outage. My phone has been on SOS for at least an hour now.

Ukraine Daily Summary - Thursday, August 22 2024

Morning in Sudzha: Inside Ukrainian-occupied Russia as Kursk operation continues -- Kremlin trying to convince public that Ukrainian troops on Russian soil is 'new normal -- US investigates American commentators with ties to Russian state TV -- Georgia's ruling party to seek constitutional ban of chief opposition party -- Ukraine air defense pledges from some NATO countries not being fulfilled, Bloomberg reports -- and more

https://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Thursday,%20August%2022%202024/

Weekend Reads

* Recent Internet disruptions https://blog.cloudflare.com/a-recent-spate-of-internet-disruptions-july-2024
* IPv6 hypergiant infrastructure https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3656300
* OpenBSD and email server guide https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2024-07-24-openbsd-email-server-setup.html
* BBR, Congestion, and performance https://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2024-07/ietf120-bbr.html
* US and standards process participation https://media.defense.gov/2024/Jul/30/2003514270/-1/-1/0/ESF_ISG_PAPER.PDF

Ukraine Daily Summary - Friday, August 2 2024

Russia suffers big losses but has 'minor gains' on eastern front -- Pokrovsk became Russia's main target after Kharkiv push failed -- Defense Ministry to purchase Ukrainian-made unmanned ground vehicle -- EU sees no threat to Hungary, Slovakia due to Ukraine's Lukoil sanctions so far -- and more

https://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Friday,%20August%202%202024/

Ukraine Daily Summary - Friday, July 26 2024

Russia will be soon forced to scale down attacks, Ukrainian commander says -- Kyiv uncovers suspected Russian agent network planning civilian infrastructure sabotage in Ukraine, Europe -- Cyberattack on Russian banks, telecoms continues into third day -- Hong Kong shell companies facilitate Russian sanctions evasion, NYT reports -- and more

https://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Friday,%20July%2026%202024/

Weekend Reads

* IXP LAN security https://blog.apnic.net/2024/07/17/revisiting-ixp-peering-lan-security-in-the-light-of-new-threats-and-technology-evolution/
* Next gen BGP collectors https://www.caida.org/catalog/papers/2024_next_generation_bgp_data_collection/next_generation_bgp_data_collection.pdf
* Messaging app notification leaks https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.10589
* Internet Protocol Journal 2024-07 https://ipj.dreamhosters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/272-ipj.pdf
* 2024-Q2 Internet disruption summary https://blog.cloudflare.com/q2-2024-internet-disruption-summary