mcbishop

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by mcbishop 18d ago
I love the UX-design book: Don't Make Me Think.
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by mcbishop 2mo ago
I'm happy to now know about perma computing. > up to the level of the mid 90s So pair this with back-to-basics tech (e.g. text files)... that can serve us extremely well.
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by mcbishop 3mo ago
Yup. The closer I am to her friends... the stronger the compulsion. It's like magnetism.
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by mcbishop 3mo ago
As a dad, I have a strong compulsion to tell (bad) dad jokes. Ideally puns. All the time. I didn't used to be this way.
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by mcbishop 4mo ago
> As a rule, the highest-paid workers at Mondragon cooperatives earn only six times more than the lowest-paid workers. And I bet these salary-capped co-op leaders are still appropriately capable / qualified. The U.S. billionare situ
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by mcbishop 5mo ago
But there is some valid concern around internet-connected PV / battery power electronics getting bricked remotely.
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by mcbishop 5mo ago
All good, I appreciate what you built! On desktop with Windows 11. I just tried it again and it was much easier to see the info (thru hover) than before.
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by mcbishop 6mo ago
Thanks, it's much easier to load info with the option you shared.
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by mcbishop 6mo ago
This is awesome. It'd be even more awesome if it was easier to show a power plant's info upon hover / click. ...It's currently too much of a cat-and-mouse game for me.
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by mcbishop 6mo ago
I've heard the EV charging has played a big role in the maturation of GaN / SiC.
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by mcbishop 7mo ago
A distinction was made: > the transfer switch variety switches your house between the inverter and the grid whereas the disconnect just physically disconnects the inverters output
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by mcbishop 7mo ago
Thanks, and I agree that a DIY-inverter designer should be able to meet grid-interconnection requirements (e.g. IEEE 1547-2018). With that said, I think case-by-base evaluation from the AHJ would be prudent without a UL listing... something
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by mcbishop 7mo ago
> Why the fearmongering? The main concern is exporting to a downed grid that line-workers are trying to restore.
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by mcbishop 7mo ago
Not that this is accepted by insurers or AHJs ("authorities having jurisdiction"), but one can use UL-certified components in an (open-source) _assembly_ that itself isn't UL certified. This at least supports the argument tha
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by mcbishop 7mo ago
The creator of OpenClaw, for example, has come to appreciate grammatical / spelling errors in human writing (as he said in a recent Lex Fridman interview).
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by mcbishop 7mo ago
Loosely related: This Lex Fridman discussion with a nuclear-fusion engineer, about 1-million-amp 100-million-degree electrical systems... blew my mind: https://lexfridman.com/david-kirtley
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by mcbishop 7mo ago
I really like this guy's drywall-install how-to videos: https://www.youtube.com/@vancouvercarpenter
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by mcbishop 8mo ago
For me, there's a sharp binary: If I ask AI to "own" a coding-problem solution — with me passing back the failure responses until resolved — my mind gets numb and I learn nothing. If I insist on owning the solution — using AI
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by mcbishop 9mo ago
Thanks for this! ...Thanks for helping me curb my naivete a bit. I think you'd appreciate this effort at even cheaper grid-scale chemical battery storage: https://www.volts.wtf/p/can-second-life-ev-batteries-work
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by mcbishop 9mo ago
> This is just a grift. I'd like to understand why. Just too much complexity? Gravity storage is compelling to this layman.
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by mcbishop 9mo ago
I'd love to see an unbiased financial-analysis comparison: this vs. hydro vs. electrochemical.
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by mcbishop 9mo ago
I think the heavy investor subsidization / speculation makes this different. The high cost of early 1Tb flash drives was largely borne by buyers.
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by mcbishop 9mo ago
The parent comment's point is that we _should_ care because cheap frontier-model access (that many of us have quickly become hopelessly dependent on) might be temporary.
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by mcbishop 11mo ago
Right, $200-300/kWh is more the range for ~16kWh residential stationary energy storage systems.
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by mcbishop 1y ago
Net metering is gone in most of California (for new solar). I think it's going away in general. Distributed solar supports a more stable grid for everyone (per UL 1741-SB requirements).
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by mcbishop 1y ago
You can run sans grid with Enphase (with their "system controller").
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by mcbishop 1y ago
Thanks so much! I do plan to open-source it. ...Once it's tightened up. Please email me if you'd like to be on a beta list. mike at bishop dot wtf
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by mcbishop 1y ago
tl;dr from the bottom of the blog post: > Type-based grouping is great for tech-focused tasks, consistent naming, and large sweeping changes. > Context/process-based grouping shines for domain clarity, team ownership, debugging,
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by mcbishop 1y ago
Your comment made my day, thank you :)
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by mcbishop 1y ago
A framework for Excel spreadsheets, written in Excel VBA. A nine-minute demo video is here: https://www.cabin.wtf (the file is 4mb, not 4kb) If nothing else, this shows that the Excel UX can be radically changed thru one small E

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