Any consumer electronics is difficult to get into. Certainly the auto industry. Railroads. It’s difficult to start an ISP, even a non profit one. I think the list goes on.

Ok. Same reason firefighters are not supposed to let their kids wear their helmet while selling lemonade. They are supposed to be impartial.

For the same reason police shouldn’t be allowed to participate in white power marches in their uniforms. They are supposed to be neutral.

Or people stop speeding.

Hopefully this change will alleviate that problem.

People don’t speed because they are distracted. People speed because they think they are better than average drivers; every damn one of them.

It’s pretty much the only place left to operate. Protectionism has stopped innovation everywhere else.

Down votes for you being an anti-witchhuntist?

I would be very selective on where I used battery power, if at all. At the moment I think I would use grid power instead. For air conditioning I would get the house as cold as I could while the sun was shining then coast throughout the night. Same for the refrigerator. I would run the table saw on dc directly from the solar panels.

Much of the existing grid’s issues could be fixed with reconductorting. Changing the design of renewable interconnect for half-cycle ride-through and power-factor compensation would have been interesting but now there is so much capacity this is practically inconsequential.

As DC interconnects becomes more common the grid becomes more resilient and flexible. Most of these are paid for with private investor money.

Seems like a great opportunity for grid-issolated solar cooling.

I think you are correct. I think it is mostly FUD by large generators. Not that the grid doesn’t need updating but it’s not due to distributed generation yet.

If I were going to do solar today I would do grid isolated with automatic transfer switches. The panels are much cheaper, you get power when the grid is down, and you have more granular control over how you use power.

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Operating rooms are about to become interesting.

It’s my pleasure. I have used a couple other clients and liked them too. I change whenever I find a needed feature missing.

Whooosh

I think we all want a government that represents the individual. I think we want the opportunity to contribute to society. I think we want the opportunity for self-betterment. I think we want to be understood by society. But choosing to die on the altar of some “ism” doesn’t get us there.

Yes capitalism is failing us but their belief that forcing everyone into their “ism” will lead to utopia is a disingenuous lie.

I’m on mobile using Voyager and I can select a user then block user. I can also block a community and block an instance. My block list is huge and growing.

Seems like sharing block lists (similar to ad block) might be a good feature. If I see someone knowing lie or act in bad faith or just generally are unhelpful, unknowledgeable, etc. I block them.

I’m for transparency in pricing.

Seems especially true where you tip before being served.