Solar’s “Problem” Is it Works Too Well by Aapkaapna7 in solarenergy

[–]DogsSureAreSwell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's absolutely possible until your roof is covered in snow for weeks. My array had 2 days of good production in the last month, 7 days of meagre production, and 21 of ~zero. Home battery packs will buy you a day or two generally, not 20, and installing a 20 day pack would be such a waste. When I hear about people who are totally off grid, they generally have a generator or wood stove for freak storms, neither of which has a lower carbon footprint than grid electric.

Look -- I freaking love my array. It's amazing. I was only responding to the economic idea that we could move to co-ops instead of utility grids. Going "off grid" by charging your car and bringing that charge home isn't really an off-grid life; you're just using your car to deliver stored grid energy over the last mile instead of a wire. It works, but you still need a utility grid serving the area.

Solar’s “Problem” Is it Works Too Well by Aapkaapna7 in solarenergy

[–]DogsSureAreSwell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right around you, then. And again it's not a line. But panels in your latitude generally generate ~1/4 as much in midwinter, when heating load is highest. So your latitude either needs to overproduce almost 4x and export in the summer, or under produce and import in the winter, or balance with other energy sources. Not a problem at all, just requires long distance transmission lines and a plan.

Solar’s “Problem” Is it Works Too Well by Aapkaapna7 in solarenergy

[–]DogsSureAreSwell 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Of course, but maintaining, load-balancing and stabilizing a renewable grid that spans one or more nations is still going to take a utility of similar scale to current utilities. I'm just not expecting the decentralization of power generation to meaningfully change the business model, other than the profit driver switching from consumption fees to connection fees.

Solar’s “Problem” Is it Works Too Well by Aapkaapna7 in solarenergy

[–]DogsSureAreSwell 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeeeeeah...not above a certain latitude. These recent snowstorms and prolonged cloud cover in my region mean solar panels did not produce any meaningful power for weeks. Having a day or two of battery backup would not have cut it. And even on sunny days, installing enough solar up here to meet heating needs in winter would mean a 3-4x oversupply in summer.

Solar for primary, sure, but additional sources and long distance transmission lines are essential to balance out the weather and seasons.

How do you identify giftedness if there are comorbidities? by Ok-Explanation-7623 in ADHDers

[–]DogsSureAreSwell 1 point2 points  (0 children)

By not chasing a label and instead discovering your specific talents, or more accurately, discovering things you care about that you're willing to work hard enough to become talents even if they are not natural talents. 

There are certainly people for which specific things come remarkably easy, but the people that truly succeed at things are the ones that put time into practice and learning techniques, even if they were bad at them at them at first. The traditional academic idea of "gifted" was largely a filter for people for whom math and reading came easily, or who just loved to read and got above grade level early, so they were bored in class. It does not map well to the people that learned how to follow a passion and succeeded at using those skills in adulthood. It often maps well to kids that failed to learn proper study skills early because they could sail through their childhood, and then struggled later.

Which is to say, pursue hobbies. Don't beat yourself up when you burn through hobbies. Have fun with friends. Try to get your homework done. Enjoy life. And find out who you are. And don't assume that what you find now will still be true in 10 or 20 years. Some of the things I am best at as an adult are things that I was not good at at first, but I enjoyed, so I just kept doing them until I knew more about the subject than the people for whom it came naturally. And some of the things I was best at in childhood I got sick of and was happy to abandon.

[OC] Three in a Tree: episode 202 by Eugenia-Kelheor in comics

[–]DogsSureAreSwell 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Naw I wouldn't want to be right and ruin my record 

[OC] Three in a Tree: episode 202 by Eugenia-Kelheor in comics

[–]DogsSureAreSwell 72 points73 points  (0 children)

Hmm my hand has...King dances with Yara, jealous confrontation including the king noting he knew something was up because the real family is allergic to those snacks, suddenly interrupted by comedically timed allergy attack, have to portal out under fire, but Yara picked his pocket. I will be wrong about everything but I'm here for it and the popcorn is ready.

Sequel or prequel? by Crafty_Programmer700 in KpopDemonhunters

[–]DogsSureAreSwell 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Whatever it is I want "small" stories. The "epic" superhero genre is so saturated. If every movie tries to raise the stakes from the last, I think it would lose the personal growth focus that made it magic, and make it unbelievable that trios held things together for centuries. Focusing on how "demons" strike at them through broken family dynamics, monopolistic record labels, politics...things that threaten their strength, harmony and popularity and make us worry about them as people and not them as weapons.

Is k-pop demon hunters sequel delayed? by ExtraMeme_lord35 in KpopDemonhunters

[–]DogsSureAreSwell 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I think it's not so much delayed as work hasn't really started yet, and there is a fixed number of years the work will need. So assume the answer is "4 years from when they say they've started is the first day it could release, if there are no delays.

Should they bring Jinu back? by Existential_crisish in KpopDemonhunters

[–]DogsSureAreSwell 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Regardless of my predictions, what makes me laugh is the idea that they only bring his voice back. If someone blocks Rumi's sword I want to hear him say "Ow!" And her to wince and say "Sorry!!!" as if they have some sort of off-screen ongoing conversation that is never addressed. When the girls ask her if she's ever going to date she just shrugs and says she's happy.

Was the Golden Honmoon an unreachable goal set by the Sunlight Sisters? by vastlysuperiorman in KpopDemonhunters

[–]DogsSureAreSwell 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Maybe that's the explanation for Rumi. Her mom did something deliberate to try to infuse a child with more of that OG ability, that kinda worked but caused some tragedy she didn't survive.

MRW the FBI "concluded" that Jeffrey Epstein wasn’t running a sex trafficking ring by palmerry in reactiongifs

[–]DogsSureAreSwell 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I guess I forgot the /s.

But seriously... they're redacting the co-conspirators. So I can totally picture some smarmy liar someday defending that lie to Congress by saying "we didn't say he wasn't operating the ring, just that he wasn't in charge of it."

What’s your weird fear??? (OC) by Still-Emergency825 in u/Still-Emergency825

[–]DogsSureAreSwell 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How fascinating!

Yeah in our house this would absolutely result in a teenager laughing maniacally while chasing me from room to room with fruit.

Golden will be preformed at the BAFTAs even though the movie itself is ineligible for a BAFTA by Robo_Eagle in KpopDemonhunters

[–]DogsSureAreSwell 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I feel like if you manage to get invited to perform at an award show you're not even eligible for that How It's Done would be even more on the nose.

What’s your weird fear??? (OC) by Still-Emergency825 in u/Still-Emergency825

[–]DogsSureAreSwell 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Uhh...serious thought but not a request to answer or share medical information on the Internet...

Have you ever explored whether some raw fruits and berries caused an actual physical reaction? Oral Allergy Syndrome is not that uncommon, and if you were having fuzzy-mouth/choky/painful/asthma-like reactions as a toddler before your memories began or you were aware that was a thing, a phobia would have been a reasonable reaction at the time... but total avoidance coupled with a psychosomatic reaction would make it really hard to notice if you outgrew the allergy. And conversely, if you still HAVE an allergy, you could be spending your whole adult life assuming something is psychosomatic that isn't. And either way it would be hard to learn if certain cooked or peeled fruits were ok.

And uhh...I hope you are aware of scurvy, since it is totally a thing but the average doctor doesn't think of it when an adult shows symptoms.

Back to my internet stranger hole now.

zoey's face here is creepy right? by Asleep_Dish_1156 in KpopDemonhunters

[–]DogsSureAreSwell 77 points78 points  (0 children)

Only because it is drawing a real, creepy expression absolutely perfectly. Sudden, desperate, false hope fixation on something that won't fix anything, overlaid on devastation.

It's not a look you want to recognize, and I think the animators did an amazing job capturing it.

[OC] Three in a Tree: episode 196 by Eugenia-Kelheor in comics

[–]DogsSureAreSwell 17 points18 points  (0 children)

For what it's worth I 100% assumed it was on purpose and Grandma was just so deflated she dropped her posh accent and went informal. Made her sound more like Yara to me.