Enekk

@Enekk@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This is how it works in my area. I pay about $12/mo in fees, the rest is handled by solar. They also don’t pay me for excess solar, instead I get credit (in kWh, not dollars, thankfully) for it and any electricity I use at night or in the winter comes from that pool. Essentially, it makes the power company a big battery for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Teams’ invasive Wi‑Fi tracking sparks backlash as users say Microsoft crossed a line — “There must be a team at Microsoft tasked with making Teams worse”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It seems safer on iPhone than Android. I’d still avoid it due to subpoenas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Teams’ invasive Wi‑Fi tracking sparks backlash as users say Microsoft crossed a line — “There must be a team at Microsoft tasked with making Teams worse”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Never, ever, cross the personal/work barrier. I have seen so much abuse when those lines cross.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨$1,000 car loan payments are on the rise, stressing household budgets⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The financial literacy in this country is beyond poor. People really don’t understand money and, likely, that’s intentional.

  The “right way” to do this is to not finance the car at all (given that it’s a depreciating asset). You save monthly what a payment would be and buy the car outright. Once you’ve done that, you drive it into the ground and save for the next car the entire time.

  People don’t have the discipline for that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨$1,000 car loan payments are on the rise, stressing household budgets⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not saying that there weren’t many bad decisions made, but this is also misdirecting where blame is owed. Cars have gotten more expensive and if you are a family, there really aren’t any low-cost family hauler options. Yes, people make bad choices, but they are often lead on by sales people and, in the US, they likely have to have a car.

  See the latest Climate Town

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DVDs are the new vinyl records: Why Gen Z is embracing physical media⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The density of DVDs makes them less resilient than CDs, but CDs will also suffer the same fate. It’s going to be a very serious conservation problem. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_rot

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He's not sure but he thinks he knows what she is shopping for⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They literally sell sex toys at Target and other such stores these days. It’s not as edgy as it used to be. Spencer’s feels like that “hey fellow kids” meme at this point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't fix the problem just change the parameters⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s interesting about this is that we are not taught how to take notes. People used to have classes that taught what is actually a complicated skill. I have gone through enough schooling that my note taking just happens without much thought, but it took me real effort to get there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨USA 🇺🇸 USA 🇺🇸 USA⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So was I.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨USA 🇺🇸 USA 🇺🇸 USA⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The legal decision is important for a slew of reasons including taxation, SNAP benefits, etc. The decision was less about science and more about the reality of how tomatoes are used in our society.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Luv Me Chips, 'ate Seagulls...⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They were trying to capture the dialect of a pensioner. I’m positive the word choice was intentional.