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chowder-san t1_j1cw9xx wrote

why would we though? Judging by the currently available analyses, we don't even need that space. Simply covering roofs would be enough to cover our needs, alongside commercial solar farms.

In fact, even currently available solar panels, if used on an entire roof, would generate more than enough of energy to handle a big house. The problem is the cost of doing that and maintenance if the panels get damaged.

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chowder-san t1_iyeh2ad wrote

> The singularity should happen soon; we'll go beyond space elevators by that point.

I'll believe that once it happens. So far, while the scientists are talking about space elevators, I can't make the local ISP extend the fiber cable across a single road so I can connect to the node which is just a few meters away from my house. Forgive me taking such grand promises with a grain of salt.

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chowder-san t1_iwi3i4j wrote

Ui seems intuitive. Although the filtering by type section might need to be revisited if you intend to add more tools/filters in the future.

By the way, I just noticed that the columns seem to fixed and their number doesn't scale with the window width, on widescreen most of the window is empty. If you don't intend to utilise it for some ad boxes so the site pays for itself at the very least eventually, having a selector of the number of columns (3/5/7) could be nice. Personally I'm not a fan of fully dynamic scaling.

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chowder-san t1_iwh1ql4 wrote

It would be nice to get some more info about them. For example, I'm interested in checking out the tools that enhance the process of creative writing but in order to find out which tool might be useful, I have to create account for each one of them and check by myself if the result is as poor as dall e mini images in its early stages.

Edit: I strongly suggest to mark certain tools that demand credit card details to start free trial. Personally, I don't feel like giving cvc code to an unknown site. Maybe if I had disposable virtual cards like the ones revolut offers...

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chowder-san t1_iseamh9 wrote

Well, yeah. People in Poland had to deal with a lot of bs with coal and wood supply for winter because of government 's nonsense. Many people are now afraid that once those, who failed to secure enough fuel switch on electrical heaters the entire grid will go down. I'm considering getting a generator myself, I have fuel but it will be useless without electricity for pumps lol

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chowder-san t1_isbgmcx wrote

my point isn't that they should do that without compensation, but that they are using that as an excuse to cover for their negligence that lasted decades and increase prices much more than they deserve. Over years they cashed profit margins instead of investing in improving the grids, leaving them in a sorry state and now, that they are tested by sudden influx of solar panels, companies need to make rapid changes and maintenance that costs. And customers are being bled to cover those.

If power companies did their job properly and fulfilled the tasks they were supposed to complete and cared for stuff they were supposed to oversee, we wouldn't have issues we do now.

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chowder-san t1_isawybv wrote

Pretty much. They make up excuses that it's covering their costs of maintenance of the grid and maintaining proper specs so the grid doesn't go haywire by increasing voltage and the like but in the end, they just want free money. It's like this everywhere because power companies have been neglecting modernization of the grids so now that customers are installing solar panels at such fast pace, the companies are no longer able to fit all that into an outdated system.

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chowder-san t1_iqz8cbr wrote

Is it a major problem? Right now Europe is backpedaling fast on its stance towards using coal and other stuff for heating homes. The investments are needed more elsewhere, most importantly in energy production and storage as well as power infrastructure modernisation.

And I'll leave bugs for you, I'd rather buy lab grown meat.

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