dirtypirate

@dirtypirate@kbin.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The walls of Apple’s garden are tumbling down⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My elderly neighbor needed a computer to do accounting, I set her up with Mint on a T430 w/ LibreOffice and told her I'd giver her free support till the laptop died.

  5 years on and the only time I've had to fulfill my side of the bargain was when her printer was out of paper and she couldn't find her eye glasses to read the error message.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk launches profane attack on X advertisers⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  loosing a shitty job vs a mob tearing you from your bed, stripping you naked, beating you, setting you on fire and posing with your mangled carcass....

  https://s.hdnux.com/photos/45/75/77/9953221/5/1200x0.jpg

  totally the same... reicht?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Am I building a fire hazard?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  or maybe DIY air-crete panels, not as great for the temps rockwool can tolerate but OP is plastic printing, not iron forging.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Am I building a fire hazard?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  if you put a clear door on the cabinet you can suffocate a fire

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Ukrainian guy has been trying to develop his home brew solar focusing system to power homes on the cheap for the past 10+ years.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  hoisting a heavy object to the top of a slope

  in a Missouri USA they pump water up a hill then drain it back when demand increases, it's a rather large system. In Al'Abama an individual is using underground salt water tanks to store hot an cold salt water for HVAC and electric on his farm.

  personally.... I use solar electric to drive a 10k/btu AC and scavenge the unit's waste heat as a food dehydrator, storing food is also storing solar energy and the AC keeps is pleasant indoors.