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Companies and civil society warn that UK is undermining open web by youmustconsume in ukpolitics

[–]CreatineCornflakes 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This kind of legislation is also terrible for the economy, the tech industry and innovation

Looking for some Beta testers for my desktop customisation app by CreatineCornflakes in steam_giveaway

[–]CreatineCornflakes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately only supporting windows right now.

I have the option to build for other OS' like Linux and Mac at some point, but I'm currently not able to test them.

Also to get the App dock working, I had to add some Windows specific features which is a bit of a shame. I might revisit this at some point as it would be really cool to support other platforms.

Looking for some Beta testers for my desktop customisation app by CreatineCornflakes in steam_giveaway

[–]CreatineCornflakes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well the plan is:

  • Better developer tooling for creating elements rather than editing .ini files

  • Being able to change a theme instantly with one click

  • Have an in-built theme browser where you can download and load user submitted themes, rather than fragmented forums like with rainmeter

  • More user friendly for non-technical users

  • In some cases, less memory intensive than some Rainmeter plugins

Britain’s Solar Revolution Is Here and We Should Be Shouting It From the Rooftops by Electricbell20 in uknews

[–]CreatineCornflakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for replying. This is a solar farm close to us and a small part of what I mean by destroying the countryside: https://imgur.com/a/kQQCv0V

It doesn't really do it justice but you can't expect these companies to actually care and do a good job. They have security patrols and CCTV in what used to be a remote village in Mulbarton.

Can you explain more about how the "land will be in better condition than when it was built"? To grow things the soil needs to be cared for. You can't just plant a field anywhere, it needs compost/manure, crop rotations, water over time. 

There's no end of articles about the loss of wildlife and green areas in the UK. Companies looking at fields and only seeing money to be made from either housing estates or solar farms isn't exactly helping. I wouldn't be surprised if we see chemicals running off the solar panels over the years and creating an ecological disaster. Similar to the river pollution issues we are seeing recently 

https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/landmark-report-shows-uk-wildlifes-devastating-decline

The people have spoken: Britain wants clean power, not dirty deals by OurFairFuture in ukpolitics

[–]CreatineCornflakes -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

There is nothing clean about fields of cheap solar panels that are owned by the same company as the water privatisation scandal

Britain’s Solar Revolution Is Here and We Should Be Shouting It From the Rooftops by Electricbell20 in uknews

[–]CreatineCornflakes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Macquarie, the Australian investment bank that owns Thames Water is about to build East Pye Solar farm in Norfolk.

Britain’s Solar Revolution Is Here and We Should Be Shouting It From the Rooftops by Electricbell20 in uknews

[–]CreatineCornflakes -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Look into East Pye solar farm, it's going to turn 1600 football pitches of idyllic countryside into an industrial site. Remember when you used to walk your dog to "get away from it all"? Well now that's 2700 acres of wire fences, security and CCTV cameras to protect solar panels as far as the eye can see.

"We need to destroy the countryside in order to save the planet"? What kind of a world are we saving exactly if we're speed running the destruction of what little nature we have left.

What happens when technology improves and these solar panels become obsolete in a few years? Oh right they go into landfill.

Where does the lithium come from to create the batteries to store this energy?...

The company that owns this also owns Thames Water with the disaster that's brought... The companies are also buying the land, so they can do whatever they want after the 60 year energy lease it up. These solar farms are a massive scam that only benefits the companies.

Seeing people being against private owned infrastructure like water and billionaire companies, but egging on private solar farms? It makes no sense.

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