reddig33
@reddig33@lemmy.world
- Comment on "Indian American" and "American Indian" are terms that will probably gonna confuse a lot of people. 2 weeks ago:
It should be.
- Comment on How to get Big Tech to pay your energy bills 2 weeks ago:
My question is — who gets to use the backup power when it’s most needed? I would want one of these, but I’m concerned that when I need the backup power, it won’t be there because the data center has drained the battery, or wants it for their own use during the same outage.
Is there a cutoff - like 50% of the battery is yours, 50% is mine? Who truly owns the battery? Me? Base Power? The data center. I tried looking at their website but I couldn’t find an answer.
There also appears to be a “membership fee” of $19 a month, which is stupid if they are going to sell electricity I’m storing. That’s double-dipping.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
It’s stupid that we still aren’t in the metric system.
- Comment on Our commitment to Windows quality 3 weeks ago:
This blog post has some real “surejan.gif” energy. I’ll believe there are improvements if/when I see them.
- Comment on YSK fuel is heavily taxed, but you can avoid the taxes and reduce waste by making your own diesel without expensive equipment 3 weeks ago:
I think this depends on where you live. For example, gasoline is heavily subsidized in the US, and federal gas taxes haven’t been raised since 1993.
- Comment on AI still doesn't work very well, businesses are faking it, and a reckoning is coming 3 weeks ago:
“Oh that was the hammer that hit you in the noggin, not me. Why yes, I did pay for that hammer and I did hold it, and I did swing it in your direction, but it’s totes not my fault.
- Comment on AI still doesn't work very well, businesses are faking it, and a reckoning is coming 3 weeks ago:
Socializing the losses isn’t real capitalism.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
I’m actually fine with them building their own power grids. It means they aren’t getting volume discounts from my local electric company and making the power costs go up for the rest of us.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
Are we supposed to believe this poll? I mean the US has the “Log Cabin” republicans, but they are a small minority of the gay/bi population. Why would the UK be the opposite?
- Comment on The "unhackable" Xbox One has been hacked — and Microsoft can’t patch it 3 weeks ago:
Microsoft probably doesn’t care at this point.
- Comment on Firefighting drones head to Aspen—can they suppress a blaze before humans arrive? 3 weeks ago:
These care “foam supressant”. Makes me wonder if they will spew more PFAS everywhere.
- Comment on Microsoft wants devs to build Electron AI apps on Windows 11, says no need of native code, despite RAM concerns 3 weeks ago:
It was this guy. And he left for Facebook. Where he belongs.
- Comment on Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant is coming to current-gen Xbox consoles this year 4 weeks ago:
Because Xbox is dead, Microsoft got rid of its leaders, and replaced them with the former VP in charge of AI.
- Comment on Google Fiber will be sold to private equity firm and merge with cable company 4 weeks ago:
I guess Google finally realized they don’t have to own the network connection in order to track people.
- Comment on YSK what is really happening when Dish/DirecTV (et al) and your local news have beef with each other 4 weeks ago:
I don’t watch DIRECTV, dish, or the local news. They can fight over what’s left of satellite and cable tv all they want.
- Comment on Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing 4 weeks ago:
As do the Roku TCL models. I currently have mine disconnected and plan to keep it that way.
- Comment on Solar panel reimbursements to remain low under California appeals court ruling 4 weeks ago:
Disconnecting is already being marketed and sold.
- Comment on Solar panel reimbursements to remain low under California appeals court ruling 4 weeks ago:
Do you want people installing batteries and not selling you back excess energy? Because that’s what will happen with policies like this. People will eventually disconnect from the grid completely, and the have nots will be stuck with high energy prices (while the AI data centers will be given a rate discount).
- Comment on YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable 4 weeks ago:
Pure greed.
- Comment on Middle East war strengthens case for renewables, say clean energy experts 4 weeks ago:
No duh. We go through this every four years. Then people return to importing natural gas and buying gas guzzling SUVs. Memories seem to be quite short.
- Comment on First darn (and first time using a darning loom) 5 weeks ago:
It’s amazing that people used to do this regularly. Especially during WWII. That looks like a lot of work.
- Comment on 10% of Firefox crashes are caused by bitflips 5 weeks ago:
Wouldn’t that mean ten percent of all crashes in all apps would be caused by bit flips? What makes Firefox special?
- Comment on Microsoft Patents Reveal AI-Powered Xbox Helper System That Can Play Games for You 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Chris Bowen urges motorists not to panic-buy petrol 5 weeks ago:
The world seems to go through this cycle every four years. People buy huge gas guzzling SUVs, war breaks out in the Middle East, gas prices skyrocket, everyone complains and panics. You’d think people would have caught on by now.
- Comment on Most Reform UK members believe non-white British citizens should be forced or encouraged to leave, poll finds 5 weeks ago:
Don’t get complacent. Vote. Make sure your friends vote. Looked at what’s happening in the US.
- Comment on Charter gets FCC permission to buy Cox and become largest ISP in the US 5 weeks ago:
Maybe they should compete directly most places. Maybe that’s the problem. 🤔
- Comment on Biggest Source of Electricity In Each U.S. State and Canadian Province (2025) 1 month ago:
Same problem with Texas. Large empty swaths of sunny West Texas are perfect for solar and wind, which generate more and more of the grid’s needs. But when the natural gas lines froze up one winter, and renewables kept things going, the Republican administration blamed solar and wind for the loss of electricity, not gas. Just making stuff up to support their strange love of fossil fuels.
- Comment on Texas becomes leading test ground for small nuclear reactors 1 month ago:
I’ll believe it when I see it. This is the state that fracked everything and then spread its radioactive, pfas-infested fracking waste all over the land. Now they’re building elementary schools on top of it.
- Comment on Texas becomes leading test ground for small nuclear reactors 1 month ago:
And who will handle the waste product? And who will pay for handling the waste product?