HeartyBeast

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[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 1 points 6 months ago

Pretty amazing story

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

“The government” is a diverse thing look at the examples given in the article

  • Transport for London
  • Derbyshire Dales District Council
  • Walsall Council
  • The Met Office

I rather doubt Chinese banner ad brokers are at the top of Derbyshire council’s agenda

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 6 points 6 months ago

I think I volunteered to help moderate it about 3 months ago 😕

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago

Well it runs on a Raspberry Pi 4 about £50 all in.

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I have batteries that I use for my solar - but here in the UK electricity pricing frequently goes negative in the winter at night to due to a surplus of wind power. a few simple automations make sure when that happens my batteries start charging and my electric water tank heater turns on. My energy company now has a scheme where they will do it all for you if you opt in - automagically getting your batteries to charge when it makes financial sense for you.

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago

The capitalism that has encouraged people to install lots of rooftop solar capacity?

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 3 points 6 months ago (4 children)

… and domestic batteries to grab that lovely more-than free energy

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 4 points 7 months ago

The author is seldom the headline writer. I can think of worse puns

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 13 points 7 months ago

Like many things it’s a reasonable idea - I still think it’s a reasonable idea. It just tends to get adopted and warped by arseholes

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 3 points 7 months ago

Do you think the only reason that someone might have concerns about unlimited internet access to the internet for pre-teens is because they are authoritarians

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 3 points 7 months ago

But at least I have a blue passport

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 5 points 7 months ago

Thanks. I hadn’t really thought of creating prompts like that but that’s a nifty idea

 

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