badtension

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by badtension 2y ago
Very much so, people try to sell it like it's a magical solution to all the world problems. Even if it was as amazing as people tout it to be right now (it isn't) it wouldn't make our lives better. Maybe faster, a bit cheaper
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by badtension 3y ago
Interesting, I would have thought in many cases it is maybe not trivial, but easily doable at worst. Do you have some personal experience with that?
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by badtension 3y ago
Water heating, AC, fridges and freezers, maybe even EV charging (in some cases) could be done at any time during the 24 hour period, if setup with proper hysteresis.
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by badtension 3y ago
Making thermostats that are aware of dynamic energy pricing or, better yet, are in part controlled by the energy company ( I want my house to be 21-24 C, I don't care when the cooling happens ) would give us massive flexibility. All po
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by badtension 3y ago
I feel like this is one of the biggest missed opportunities. Why do we insist on our energy system to be infinitely flexible and full power available 24/7? Is a habit of doing the laundry at night worth more than additional millions of
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by badtension 3y ago
Dynamic energy pricing with smart power-hungry appliances controlled by the energy producer would be a great start.
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by badtension 3y ago
I see, thank you for explaining!
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by badtension 3y ago
Fair point about shared roadways that probably split communities. Do kids attending the same school really live that far apart? Seems like a very long distance, especially in a suburbian neighbourhood.
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by badtension 3y ago
Thanks for the info! What system / DE do you intend on using? What type of work do you do on your computer? I was thinking about getting a wireless keyboard+mice and attach RPi at the back of my monitor to have a clean and very low-pow
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by badtension 3y ago
I get the joke but let me just mention that wood campfire is one of the worst solutions (if done at scale). This may sound idealistic (like the other comments mentioned) but I think we just have to reduce our energy footprint and then many
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by badtension 3y ago
Not sure if absorbing solar in particular has some unforeseen consequences but I saw an interesting article the other day: Tidal Energy Is Not Renewable https://cs.stanford.edu/people/zjl/tide.html We really hav
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by badtension 3y ago
Why can't they just walk or bike to their friends? 2-3 km walking distance is perfectly fine, bike extends that range significantly (10 km at least). This was the case for me. Sorry if the question is naive, I don't live in USA.
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by badtension 3y ago
That's why so many people are cautious about "EVs to save us all", to put it mildly. We are so focused on climate change and greenhouse gases that we do not see a lot of other issues and may exacerbate some of them in the pro
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by badtension 3y ago
Just nod and smile.
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by badtension 3y ago
I've been washing dishes by hand my whole life and just recently got a dishwasher. When washing by hand pre-rinsing and soaking is essential so I kept doing that even after getting the machine, only recently discovering that I am wasti
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by badtension 3y ago
Tangentially I want to mention that rinsing dishes before running the dishwasher is a known anti-pattern. The first washing cycle is exactly that - a rinsing cycle. I know this is off-topic but saving water is always a good idea. In my expe
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by badtension 3y ago
We are easily manipulated into thinking how stupid people must be but in reality it is often a bad process, tiredness, mismanagement or cost cutting that are responsible for it. I encourage you to read about the "Hot McDonald's co
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by badtension 3y ago
What? Software getting slower faster than hardware getting faster? Impossible!
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by badtension 3y ago
Sure but why include that if a text processor is too much for the board? To display static images or demoscene visualisations?
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by badtension 3y ago
Same here. A great advantage of such devices is they can later be easily repurposed to control home automation, audio system or make a simple DIY project with them. It is much harder with other types of hardware, like a laptop for example.
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by badtension 3y ago
Are your other microcomputers capable of normal office operation?
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by badtension 3y ago
Thanks. This is a bit surprising to me since they advertise two 60 Hz 4K display drivers...
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by badtension 3y ago
I wonder if anyone here is using RPi as a main PC? Seems to be capable of most office work with a bit of multimedia on the side. My laptop is dying and I would love to get something stationary that is low-power by default yet good enough so
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by badtension 3y ago
Don't forget "refuse". A ton of stuff is not worth the materials from which they were made in the first place. A nice thing to keep in mind is that complex products are essentially non-recyclable. A lot of the elements that w
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by badtension 3y ago
I just wonder how do "mishaps" like this square with techno-optimists looking at graphs going up and convincing us "everything is on track for an amazing future!" [1]. I don't know if this is just my cynicism but I
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by badtension 3y ago
What about iodine?
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by badtension 3y ago
You can learn more about this framework here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_boundaries It is just a way to quantify something very elusive. The point is we are doing a lot of harm without any consideration fo
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by badtension 3y ago
People will always need more energy, that's why cheap nuclear is a fallacy that many fall for (Jevons paradox). We need high marginal energy prices, preferably progressively increasing with usage. Similar with other types of consumeris
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by badtension 3y ago
I'd pick recyclability over aesthetics any day.
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by badtension 3y ago
I love when scientific articles list "Key Points" and "Plain Language Summary" right at the top: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GB00...

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