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·hace 14 días·discuss
Seems like everyone's shutting down radio services. CHU and Weather radio in Canada too :(
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·hace 18 días·discuss
If you want a challenge, try https://lirdle.com/

One letter per line is a lie.
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·hace 18 días·discuss
Cold is fine - solar panels perform better the lower the temperature.

That's what makes Calgary ideal for solar.
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·hace 18 días·discuss
I just need to know what happens to our 9am standups in Vancouver when the other team is in SF. If I'm doing the math correctly it moves to 10am.

Also, I've often picked a random city in Pacific time when setting timezones on hosts, so I guess it's going to cause me some headaches in the fall.
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·hace 23 días·discuss
The dose makes the poison. Warfarin is prescribed as a blood thinner for humans.
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·hace 25 días·discuss
After watching Disclosure Day with my kids, we had an interesting conversation on the way home - what would it take for you to believe that aliens are real and visting Earth?

With the advancement of image and video generation, I think I'd have to see one in person!
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·hace 26 días·discuss
Niacin works well as an 'active placebo'.
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·hace 30 días·discuss
It's my favourite slime mold. Just by the name you can instantly recognize it.
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·hace 30 días·discuss
I asked it to use geomorphology to help me find lakes nearby that would have thriving trout populations, and it bumped me down to Opus. :-/
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·el mes pasado·discuss
For me it was when Facebook sent the C&D order about the Whopper Sacrifice.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whopper_Sacrifice
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·el mes pasado·discuss
A modern station list is available here: https://short-wave.info/
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·el mes pasado·discuss
I 100% agree with having inspections if you're grid tied. You don't want your system energizing the neighbourhood when the power goes out!
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·el mes pasado·discuss
The MPPT solar controller.

MidNite has a sizing tool for this: https://www.midnitesolar.com/sizingTool/
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·el mes pasado·discuss
It's fairly easy and there are a lot of forums around with knowledgeable people.

My main issue was ensuring wire gauges were correct. One's intuition about dealing with house wiring @15A changes when you're dealing with 50A circuits. Also you need to pay attention to things like equal cable lengths between battery banks so you don't overcharge one battery in a series.

However, I'm dealing with an off-grid cabin so I don't need to deal with any grid-tie circuitry, which would make it much more difficult and I'd definitely get an electrician for that.
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·el mes pasado·discuss
The "Sunshine" Coast of BC.

Right now we're limited by the charging capacity of the inverter/charger. It can only do 50A in from an external solar controller. In hindsight I should have gone with a 48V inverter/charger to get twice the power going in. On a sunny day we're maxing it out at 1200W for several hours at a time.
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·el mes pasado·discuss
I just upgraded the solar system at my family's off-grid cabin. It's incredible how much battery technology has improved over the last 10 years.

Everyone is getting tired of me checking the panel to see how many watts we're bringing in.

Next project, install a shunt and get a Raspberry Pi talking to it over USB. And then I'll be able to build a Grafana dashboard. :)
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·el mes pasado·discuss
Interesting. In Canada they only accept Mastercard in store.
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·el mes pasado·discuss
An example is airbag safety. With modern airbags, they have more sensors, and are able to inflate faster, causing less whiplash, etc.
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·hace 2 meses·discuss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGWmONHipVo

MythBusters have a good BLEVE episode. Apparently Adam Savage's favourite explosion.
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·hace 2 meses·discuss
There's the trusdx or the QMX.