MasterBlaster
@MasterBlaster@lemmy.world
- Comment on Why States Are Making It Harder to Save Money With Solar Panels | The changes are costing homeowners money. But they also reflect a changing grid — and the need for home batteries. 4 weeks ago:
Interesting, I’ll check it out. I don’t think the AI we have now is inherently evil, but it’s good to not necessarily be forced to use it.
- Comment on Why States Are Making It Harder to Save Money With Solar Panels | The changes are costing homeowners money. But they also reflect a changing grid — and the need for home batteries. 4 weeks ago:
From DuckDuckGo AI:
No—restrictions weren’t only in one party’s states, but Republican-led states did pass several of the hardest measures, including bills in places like Texas and Oklahoma. The report also says both Democrat- and GOP-controlled states passed some more permissive siting policies, so restriction was not limited to just one party.
The referenced resource: latitudemedia.com/…/mapping-the-state-level-battl…
I’m pretty sure this is yet another example of the wealthy vs everybody else situation, so some of the Democrats succumb to
bribery, campaign donations from corporate “constituents”. I like to think there are more Democrats with a sense of civic duty than there are Republicans. This is why paying attention to the actual candidate’s pitch and history is important. Don’t vote “party line”.More permissive siting policies can legitimately be hard choices for the greater benefit of the community. Seek nuance when evaluating such policies.
- Comment on Keep Android Open (Stop Google from limiting APK file usage) 1 month ago:
i am American, and yes we have a long history of interpretation that is expansive. the problem is we have narrow minded people running the institutions now who don’t even wasn’t the narrow interpretations to be in effect so they do everything possible to limit them.
if you pay attention long enough you will see them use one argument to get their way, then later use the opposite to get their way on a different issue. there is no moral consistency because morality is just s tool to them.
- Comment on Switzerland’s solar railway has been a success. What happens next? 1 month ago:
That’s easy. Bury it or otherwise make it disappear so we can keep making bank on petrochemicals. duh!
Sorry for the cynicism. I can’t help it. I’ve seen too much.
- Comment on Self-hosted keypass fork recommendation 1 month ago:
There is also KeePassDX, for android.
- Comment on Self-hosted keypass fork recommendation 1 month ago:
Well, the approach I use is “synology Drive” and I replicate it down to all clients. Also, NAS 6 with regular offline backups on the server.
Lacking an equivalent, there are multiple peer to peer replication tools. I used one to replicate Balder’s Gate III saves between gaming laptops.
If you decide to build something, plz try to make it a pluggable feature to existing clients rather than fork one or more implementations.
- Comment on So uh, am I the only weirdo who thinks the cloudflare logo looks like a very fat ass seen from behind? 1 month ago:
Leaning to the right, with boobs showing on the left? No, you are not the only one.
- Comment on What's your contingency plan for the apocalypse? 1 month ago:
Not huge. I have a bluetti AC200L and 1000 watts of mismatched panels. It’s plugged into the wall socket and switche to grid power at 40% of capacity.
Router and modem plus NAS average a continuous 70 watt draw. The fridge is the biggest draw as it turns on regularly and uses about 80 watts, and runs a defrost cycle for 40 minutes at 300 watts.
- Comment on What's your contingency plan for the apocalypse? 2 months ago:
None of it will matter. That said, short term FUBAR can be mitigated. I have a semi-portable solar setup that currently runs my internet, NAS, Fridge and to some degree, the A/C.
To prep for the serious mess, I have to get Faraday bags for my server, drives, and solar generator and have enough time to bag everything before the EMP hits.
I have survival guides in book form as well as on the NAS, and I work the land enough to bring the soil into balance and build its fertility, plus feed the bees so they’ll be there when I need them.
- Comment on Plug-in solar panels that fit on your balcony or deck are gaining traction in the US 1 year ago:
The DIY option is simpler than that. Just hook some heavy draw appliances to the solar generator permanently and plug the generator into the grid to pass through electricity when the battery drains to a defined level. When solar charges it to a higher level (usually +10%) it triggers the direct use of solar again.