coyootje

@coyootje@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Germany has a lot of plug-in solar for balconies (Balkonkraftwerke) and it’s available at very cheap prices (example here). I know it only provides up to 800W on a very sunny day but that’s still a significant amount for an apartment. And the beauty of these is that they are so plug-and-play, everything is included. You hang it, connect the cables and plug it into a socket and then you’re done.

  I live in the Netherlands but I’ve been seriously considering picking up one of these if my building HoA doesn’t want to do a rooftop solar project for our building.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There are people in the Netherlands that have the system you describe. This is pretty rare though due to the massive push for new energy meters that’s been going on for the last 10 years or so. And with good reason: lots of the old meters people had were pretty unsafe and unreliable. For most people, having automatic usage reports going to both them and the electricity provider far outweighs the downsides.

  Most of us are in a similar situation as Germany. We have smart meters that allow you to provide power back to the grid and this is currently very profitable. However, from 2027 onwards they are (mostly) getting rid of the profits this brings the consumer, in order to make the grid more stable and also for other, less clear (most likely energy company and government spending related) reasons.

  As someone who’s worked in the grid provider field for a bit I’m not necessarily against this change; peak power surges due to lots of people selling of their excess solar power production is a huge problem that’s making the energy transition that much more difficult. Even in local grids, we’re starting to have to use massive power cables to be able to handle this. This brings with it a lot of extra costs and permit nonsense, making the life of the grid manager that much more difficult.

  I wish people would take this upcoming deadline to start electrying more things in their house. But if my parents are anything to go by, all they’ll do is complain about losing their golden goose that they’ve profited from for over 10 years. They could get an electric car instead of their nonsense plug-in hybrid, they could electrify their heating needs, they could install a home battery and so much more. I know it costs money to do so but you basically run all of it for free most of the year. And besides that, with all the current global issues that are going on the reliance on fossil fuels should be phased out rapidly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI blamed again as hard drives are sold out for this year⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t wait for it to crash and burn, this bubble is getting so ridiculous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI start showing ads in ChatGPT⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  One can only hope, I can’t wait to see it all burn. All those shitty AI companies can go to hell as far as I’m concerned, they add no value to my life whatsoever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every damn time.⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol I love how it says "considered one of the more humane ways to sacrifice laboratory rodents. Who are they sacrificing them to? The great God of science?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dutch government falls as Wilders far-right party exits coalition⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  NSC and BBB. PVV looks like it might stay as one of the biggest, if not the biggest. But I hope that a successful campaign from other parties can change that. The big party on the left was only trailing by 1 seat at the last polls.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dutch government falls as Wilders far-right party exits coalition⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As a Dutch person, I’m very pleased this happened. The only thing that could’ve made it better is if it happened earlier. In the news coverage yesterday you could already see all the “ex” government parties trying to spin it in the most positive way for themselves. I really hope it doesn’t work this time. 2 of the 4 current government parties look set to be nuked next time around and have basically no influence anymore. I just really hope that means that people look more towards the left (or at least the center) when voting again. We’ve had a very long time with right wing governments now and enough is enough.

  Our country has been suffering for a long time and things have definitely been getting worse societally, more and more people have been turning into right wing nut jobs who assault police and medical personnel and misbehave in all possible ways.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some people have it worse⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve even seen it a lot that people don’t even reply to “how are you”, they just start talking about something else. So weird…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I love that maga will get the day they voted for and deserve. I hate that they dragged all the rest of us in with them.⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They’ll just lie about it and make their supporters think they did something good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A 'US-Made iPhone' Is Pure Fantasy⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Good thing Trump gives zero fucks about the climate and environment then /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump Threatens 104% Tariffs on China as the Mad King Plays Chicken With the Global Economy⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And it’s knly getting hit in regards to US trade. They also trade a lot with other nations, Europeans also know their way to buying all the Teemu, Shein and Ali express slop.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨iPhones were already losing ground in China. Then came Trump’s tariffs: Consumers ditch Apple for more advanced features and to support Chinese brands.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, but any country that counter tariffs the US makes Apple products more expensive while other (non us based) companies don’t have that problem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switch 2 preorders delayed over Trump tariff uncertainty⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s gonna be interesting to see how this pans out, there’s a good chance the console and games will be VERY expensive in the US by the time they come out if Japan and the US get into a tariff - counter tariff spat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨USA | Trump threatens to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China on first day in office⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Democrats are way too “nice guy energy” for that, they literally did a 180 on calling Trump a fascist the moment he got elected even though they are 100% correct. It’s insane. Joe will literally walk himself into his prison cell if it would mean that he would look the more civilized person.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Penguins 🐧⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I recently learned about the great auk, it’s so sad that they no longer exist. Humans really suck, so many species went extinct because of us. And in this case it wasn’t even necessary for survival, they just killed a ton of them for their feathers to make fancier pillows (and other stuff) but they weren’t eaten I believe…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Football Manager 25 Delayed until March 2025⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree, this will really be a shit show. It’s especially scummy that just last week they announced a road map and opened pre orders only to now suddenly delay the whole game by 5 months(!). There’s no way they didn’t know about this last week, why open pre orders then? I know it says you can get a refund but it’s not a good look to do it this way. Sports Interactive is so bad at marketing and timing things it’s insane.

  I think this delay will cause problems for both this game and the next one because they’ll either have to focus on FM26 and undercook this one or they’ll focus on this one and release a minor upgrade in FM26. There’s no real solution anymore, all because of how they’ve done things.