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by freetime2 5mo ago
Ok so you've backpedaled from "PVs always save you money" to "if it doesn't, it's because of politics". The reality is not that simple. PVs are definitely the cheapest source of energy in a lot of places,
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by freetime2 5mo ago
I agree it's frustrating. But shouldn't your decision be based on whether it makes financial sense for you , and not whether someone else in a completely different market with a completely different cost structure is paying a low
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by freetime2 5mo ago
I'm not regurgitating anything. I'm looking at how much electricity my panels generate, and what percentage of it I use, and I can say definitively that it would not make financial sense for me if not for the feed-in tariff progra
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by freetime2 5mo ago
I feel that way about the NY Post - a literal tabloid. Occasionally someone shares a story from the NY Post with me, and my first instinct is to think "why are you sharing this rubbish with me". But then I read story - often with
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by freetime2 5mo ago
Yeah and I think that's fine - and as I mentioned below my own reasons for installing solar panels were not just financially motivated. But the economics are also hugely important. Most people don't buy $5,000 tables, and most peo
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by freetime2 5mo ago
No - these numbers likely do not factor in opportunity cost. And yes, you can probably earn a better return elsewhere. But the reasons that I installed rooftop solar were: * Diversification. These days stocks, bonds, real estate, crypto, an
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Honestly they only made economic sense in my case because of government incentives. Although if the price continues to fall, they may eventually even make sense in my area without incentives. Electricity generation in the event of a power o
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by freetime2 5mo ago
What about this article do you find questionable? I think it would help to prove your point if you included specific examples. The article seemed fine to me.
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by freetime2 5mo ago
> The economics never worked either. An average Tesla Solar Roof costs approximately $106,000 before incentives, compared to roughly $60,000 for a traditional roof replacement plus conventional solar panels — a $46,000 premium. The payba
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by freetime2 5mo ago
With AI seemingly coming for my job, I've been thinking about what I want to do for the next phase of my career. Today I have found the answer - Monster Wolf builder!
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It's hard work. It's dangerous. Many areas get heavy snowfall in the winter which interferes with work. Summers are brutally hot. Many customers in rural areas are living on fixed income, so you are limited in how much you can cha
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Energy supplier abandons Lake Tahoe residents to serve data centers(arstechnica.com)
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What's the alternative - give up all hope of civilization being able to accomplish anything good? I get it - there's lobbyists and "enshitification" and a million other things wrong with the world to contend with. But th
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by freetime2 5mo ago
> If they want to tip in some cash or make some kind of deal fantastic. But mandatory? No sense making carve outs for datacenters. The laws in Virginia and Texas are written with respect to load demand, not type of business. There aren&#
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by freetime2 5mo ago
> Dress it up in whatever language you want but this is just populism, trying to punish whatever the media has made you angry at today. No - it's a real problem: > While hyperscale data centers can be built within 18 to 24 months
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by freetime2 5mo ago
> Whats next Aluminium smelting? Oil production? Big box retail? Yes I would say any large construction project that carries a risk of negatively impacting its community should be required to mitigate those issues in order to gain approv
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by freetime2 5mo ago
It certainly sounds terrible. I just don't know how credible this YouTube short is. They could be turning the gain way up, using a completely different sound recording, etc. A sibling post links to a news story [1] which I think is mor
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by freetime2 5mo ago
These problems feel like they should be solveable. Communities should set strict noise limits and fine the heck out of data centers for exceeding them. Data centers should be required to provide their own power, like this datacenter [1] i
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by freetime2 5mo ago
Non-paywalled version: https://archive.is/8yQin
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by freetime2 5mo ago
It's worth pointing out that in the Googlebook video she's not asking Gemini to shop for her. She starts with a picture of herself, and asks Gemini to combine it with vintage clothing photos from a website she was browsing, to hel
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by freetime2 5mo ago
> Have you been on the Internet at all in the last 2 decades? Do you seriously think that even if that kind of advertising vector isn't being paid for today, it won't be tomorrow? Conflicts of interest are nothing new - dating
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by freetime2 5mo ago
> I would suggest you are a fool if you think those listings aren't bought and paid for. At no point in the process did ChatGPT direct me to any listings. I fed it my criteria, and it gave back a text response listing car models tha
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by freetime2 5mo ago
Or the information I would be fed if I walked into a car dealership and asked a dealer. Unbiased information has never been a thing, and while AI introduces a set of tools along with a new set of risks, it doesn't really change the fun
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For me it doesn't need to be a perfect, bias-free information source (no such thing exists). It doesn't need to solve all my problems. It just has to be useful in certain contexts, and I will use it while also trying to be aware o
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by freetime2 5mo ago
Why wouldn't I use AI to shop for clothes? I'm not much into fashion, but I could see using AI to help me search for a winter parka that meets my needs, for example. And I did use AI recently when shopping for a car. After doing a
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by freetime2 5mo ago
Indeed a lot of things have changed. A worthwhile exercise is to read the book, contemplate how things have changed, and try to map lessons from the book onto modern technology and organizational practices. A LOT of the core principles ar
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by freetime2 5mo ago
I was horrified to read this, assuming it was the same type of caning used on prisoners that causes severe damage and leaves lifelong scars. But apparently it is a much milder form for students [1]: > In a much milder form, caning is use
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> Get a robot vacuum or a couch or a VR headset for $100 off and your membership's already paid for itself that year I think one danger with Costco is that it encourages overconsumption. It may feel like you're saving money - b
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> There are no Costco people. There are no Whole Foods people. There are no Gus’s people. I think where you shop and what kind of products you buy says a lot about you. For example - I have two friend groups that sometimes meet up for dr
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by freetime2 5mo ago
When I lived in the US, I was a Trader Joe’s person. They had lots of interesting and gourmet-ish items at pretty reasonable prices. Not a lot in the way of fresh produce though, so needed to go to a supermarket for that. Their staff felt a

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