CyprianSceptre

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[–] [email protected] 138 points 2 days ago (4 children)

It's because it's on dark mode

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

There's also work showing sheep can maintain the grass under the panels while the solar panels providing shade.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2357545-putting-solar-panels-in-grazing-fields-is-good-for-sheep/

I still think over carparks or rooftops is better, but it shouldn't detract from using farmland. We need to phase out fossil fuels as fast as possible.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

You're my wife now Dave

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago

Bobby's mum and dad decided that the only way to pull off a Sunday afternoon quickie with their 10-year-old son in the apartment was to send him out on the balcony and order him to report on all the neighbourhood activities.

The boy began his commentary as his parents put their plan into action.

"There's a car being towed from the parking lot," he said. "An ambulance just drove by." A few moments passed.

"Looks like the Anderson's have company," he called out. "Matt`s riding a new bike, and the Coopers are having sex."

Mom and dad shot up in bed. "How do you know that?" the startled father asked.

"Their kid is standing out on the balcony too," his son replied.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

How does that work out in terms of energy consumption though?

If NVMe is at least 10x faster, but consumes 5x more power, it will use less energy to read or write the same amount of data overall.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Does my car with a leaky sunroof and heater that's stuck on full count?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

This affects women too. If men don't feel welcome it just puts more pressure on mums to be the one out of work on parental leave, to be the one who does school collections, baby changes at restaurants, etc...

I say this as a dad who has experienced all of the above. I do 90% of the school and nursery collections and drop-offs and will never be part of the mum group at the gates. My wife goes once a week and still knows everyone there better than me.

It doesn't bother me personally, but i do think my kids end up missing out as a result. Whether it's a group they don't go to as a baby because it's mums only, or activities at the weekend because I'm not in the right WhatsApp group.

However, my wife's career is important, and my job has flexible working hours, so that's the situation we are in. It's not fair that we have to consider what's best for her vs what's best for her children.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (3 children)

What you are looking for is a handy man, you used to find them in the yellow pages, but try your favourite search provider?

My search came up with task rabbit uk as the first sponsored result...

Is it just me that gets triggered by these US companies which exist only to be an IT based middle man? Like mini cabs existed before Uber, but everyone acts like they never knew these things existed?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Agreed about the data farming, but I would recommend reading this if you haven't already. Not properly implementing the conventions is basically step 1 in that article.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I actively avoid Cadburys after Kraft took it over More Info. Wouldn't say it's a full boycott, because I do have a Crunchie every now and again (when Cadburys is the only thing on discount), but it has been more than 10 years now.

Thing is I just bought a box of miniture heroes and I'd say the chocolate has gone seriously downhill since I stopped buying it. Wondering if its just my taste that's changed or if anyone else agrees?

[–] [email protected] 49 points 8 months ago (1 children)

“We are dropping carplay and android auto because mobile phones distract the driver”

But the dashboard looks like this

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

When they've reached end of life for the car, they are still useful.

EVs require high energy density so they get replaced when they don't store enough energy for their weight. However for grid storage, weight doesn't really matter (at least not as much) so a battery with 80% of its original capacity is a good (and cheap) solution.

When the market is mature, it will good for car owners who need to replace their batteries because the old one still has value.

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