antimongo

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨California utilities scapegoat rooftop solar for high electricity rates⁩ ⁨⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Well the grid needs the most help late afternoon. Which is right when solar starts to ramp down and when people get home and load starts to ramp up.

  During solar hours, prices sometimes even turn negative. Literally paying people to take your energy, since solar is so plentiful.

  The issue is those late afternoon, early evening hours.

  And it’s actually more difficult on power plants. Solar is great when the sun is out, but when it goes away, you need all your power plants running. Issue is, a lot of power plants don’t like to turn on and off. They’d prefer to just run at one speed, all the time. But when the sun is out, we have to turn off power plants, since we’d make too much power. And turning them back on can be a long and expensive process.

  And that’s where some of this rhetoric comes from. From a power plant perspective, we go from no-load in the afternoon (all solar), to full load in the late-afternoon/early-evening (no solar). The grid was never designed for this, and it’s having a hard time adapting so rapidly.

  Batteries are totally a solution but the technology is super green and not really at a grid scale yet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After seeing Wi-Fi network named “STINKY,” Navy found hidden Starlink dish on US warship⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup, I did some on-campus IT work while I was in college and it was super trivial to detect when people would have their own networks on the dorms

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Adansonii suggestions⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting, I haven’t considered pruning it back before.

  I definitely wish I could have some of the more mature top leaves lower on the plant, so pruning/propagating the top cuts. But if I pruned first, sounds like I could start replanting the top cuts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Adansonii suggestions⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Good tip. I’ve tried a little air-layering in the past with this plant, but personally found more success with water propagation.

  I do have a juvenile deliciosa that I plan to use a plank with as soon as it’s large enough.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨nuclear fear-mongering is a ploy by Big oil⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I like nuclear and all, but I don’t think nuclear can fill the same spot as peaker plants. Nuclear usually fills the base load needs on the grid. I don’t believe there’s nuclear with ramp rates capable of competing with a peaking gas turbine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Own a Roku TV or streaming device? You're about to see a lot more ads on your home screen⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yea my Adblock Home (pihole alternative) blocks the ads on my Roku home screen. Now it’s just a big blank box.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A huge battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plant⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hawaiian Electric’s modeling suggests it can reduce curtailment of renewables by an estimated 69% for the first five years thanks to Kapol Energy Storage, allowing surplus clean electricity that would otherwise waste to get onto the grid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DIY tinkerer invents MacBook tool that breaks Apple’s repair locks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The Framework laptop brand gives me hope.

  Unfortunately they still seem have a relatively high cost for their performance. But you can’t beat the modular design.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DIY tinkerer invents MacBook tool that breaks Apple’s repair locks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Also the current Linux offerings for Apple Silicon (M1/M2) are very much “Beta”. And have some serious battery efficiency issues, don’t currently support audio drivers, have some peripheral problems, etc.

  Looking forward to using one once they get them up to speed though.