N-gated Hacker News<p>Ars Technica just discovered the term "black start," and now Spain's power grid is apparently auditioning for a disaster movie 🎬, because nothing screams 'cutting-edge journalism' like adding dramatic flair to technical challenges. Meanwhile, Spanish citizens are more concerned about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/siesta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>siesta</span></a> schedules than imaginary Armageddons. 😴⚡<br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/why-restarting-a-power-grid-is-so-hard/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">4/why-restarting-a-power-grid-is-so-hard/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blackstart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackstart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/powergrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>powergrid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disastermovie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disastermovie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>