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dangillmor , to random
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A must-read from @pluralistic on how cleantech -- solar, EVs, etc. -- is vital and exciting; how standard corporate sleaze is turning it against our best interests; and what we can do to have a cleantech ecosystem that is as sustainable as the energy system it could give us.

https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/26/unplanned-obsolescence/

uep ,
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@xyhhx @dangillmor @pluralistic without special inverters and an isolator to operate on its own clock and resync before reconnecting, all rooftop solar immediately disables when the grid fails. IoT shitware makes this worse but not that much worse

dilmandila , to bookstodon group
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I'm trying to read This Is How You Lose The Time War, but I'm struggling to understand what is going on, and I'm not sure if it gets better. It feels like a dense read. I heard so much about it, but perhaps I'm too impatient?

@bookstodon
#amreading #sff #scifi

uep ,
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@dilmandila @bookstodon When I got to the end, I turned right back to the beginning and started again.

In part this was because I loved it so much.
In part this was because I needed to see how the pieces fit together with the fuller perspective.

Persistence is worthwhile.

CelloMomOnCars , to random
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"The five Superheroes of the Transition – the megatrends that will help get the world to net zero: Exponential growth [of clean energy], system solutions, great power competition, disappearing demand and the primary energy fallacy.

There is in fact a sixth Superhero, or rather a superpower that lies within all of us. I believe society has reached a tipping point beyond which it is unthinkable not to deal with climate change, pollution and environmental degradation."

https://about.bnef.com/blog/liebreich-net-zero-will-be-harder-than-you-think-and-easier-part-ii-easier/

uep ,
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@CelloMomOnCars also under-appreciated: although large-scale batteries and storage are very important for allowing variable renewables to cover demand, they can also help reduce this waste

pluralistic , to random
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Your periodic reminder that if you:

a) Dislike long threads and;

b) Follow someone who routinely posts long threads;

that is a YOU problem, which you can solve by unfollowing, and, if need be, blocking that user so they don't show up in your federated timeline.

uep ,
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@jcriecke @pluralistic I do feel it would make sense to post the second and subsequent thread entries with different visibility settings, but this achieves the same result for me. Your intent may be different, especially for threads that spread out over a period of time rather than all posting at once.

uep ,
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@pluralistic @jcriecke Well, damn.

elizabethtasker , to random
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Me n’ my asteroid chip! A selfie at the London Science Museum yesterday, seeing the exhibit of the grain from asteroid Ryugu returned by the Japanese Hayabusa2 mission. This is the first time I’d seen the exhibit after delivering the asteroid grain from JAXA to London last summer! (The how-to for smuggling asteroids is here: https://cosmos.isas.jaxa.jp/how-to-carry-an-asteroid-around-the-world/ )

uep ,
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@elizabethtasker what a lovely sense of completion (despite the slightly passive-voice exhibit text of "made its way here" :)

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