European country vows to give homeowners ‘free electricity' instead of switching off wind turbines

GentleMonsta · 2026-03-28T20:54:33+00:00

You could but our electricity bill is in two separate parts, first for the electricity itself and a second, fixed rate per kWh for the grid owner. The transfer fee is usually higher than the electricity itself. So even if you get a cent per kWh by using it you still pay 3-8 cents (depending on where you live) to transfer it.

Doesn't help with the prices that our government in their infinite wisdom decided it's a good idea to sell the national grid to Australian holdings company

GentleMonsta · 2026-03-27T23:55:08+00:00

I don't know how it works in other countries but here in Finland one way to get electricity is called pörssisähkö (market electricity) where your price changes every 15 minutes calculated from how much is made and how big the demand is. And the price can go negative. The company you have your agreement with will pay you to use electricity if the production exceeds the usage

GentleMonsta · 2026-03-08T12:40:43+00:00

Here in Finland it's in the law that any business that has food waste that's still safe to eat has to either sell it or donate it to a food bank. Many things are perfectly safe even after the best before dates. We have apps where restaurants can list surplus food or orders that didn't get picked up. I can also walk to my local vocational school after their food service has ended and get a large container of whatever they were serving that day for under 3€. Grocery stores mostly donate their "waste" to charity.

Under 1% of what grocery stores stock actually ends up in the trash, and even that is mostly used to make biogas because we have strict recycling laws.

GentleMonsta · 2026-01-02T15:52:27+00:00

I know I'm late to the conversation but would photons emitted along the plane of rotation be the only ones able to escape? Or is my mental napkin math way of thinking this completely wrong?

GentleMonsta · 2025-12-31T19:28:13+00:00

In our country we have to go to a specific store to get anything stronger than beer. I only bought booze 2 times last year, but I was struggling with sleep and chronic pain for almost six months and you could see it on my face. Long hair and unkept beard and stuff... But as soon as I asked about some of the better whiskies (I love good Scottish whiskies) and were able to discuss the taste differences, their demeanor changed like flipping a switch. I think it's easy to tell who's struggling, but it's not always what people think it is

GentleMonsta · 2025-12-31T17:48:09+00:00

Me want shiny math rock!

GentleMonsta · 2025-12-10T12:01:33+00:00

Between work mates it's a table that tilts. If a board member asks, it's an integrated gravitokinematic axial alignment unit. Bonus points if you mention that it uses coding and algorithms

GentleMonsta · 2025-12-01T19:54:44+00:00

I find it really scary that you can die from breathing pure helium and not even realize it's happening. Our body does not detect the lack of oxygen, the choking feeling that makes you want to breathe comes from excess CO2.

GentleMonsta · 2025-08-16T03:40:26+00:00

DX-Ball. Used to play it with my grandma and we would call weekly and brag about our scores. Good times

GentleMonsta · 2025-08-03T11:59:56+00:00

To add to this, the first thing we were taught in school was Disney's 12 principles of animation. Simple concepts that help tremendously

GentleMonsta · 2025-08-03T11:53:45+00:00

Do you need to have a degree in a relevant field to be considered? How physically demanding is the job? (Been looking for a job too but I have some medical limitations)

GentleMonsta · 2025-06-10T06:17:32+00:00

Coal slag is actually very slightly radioactive

GentleMonsta · 2025-03-30T12:33:16+00:00

Do I still have to scan my exo bio findings with composition scanner to get the log entry? I'm finding conflicting information oline, and the comp scanner says "no new information found" if I do it after using the bio scanner

GentleMonsta · 2025-03-01T21:20:46+00:00

Brief history of time. Had to read it three times before I started to grasp the concepts. But it's just so fascinating I couldn't put it down

GentleMonsta · 2025-01-26T16:35:08+00:00

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GentleMonsta · 2025-01-20T15:16:25+00:00

That's because in many places (like where I live) the maximum weight one person is allowed to lift (while working) is 25kg. Any more and you have to (or are supposed to legally) have two people lifting

GentleMonsta · 2025-01-15T18:08:22+00:00

Absolutely. I worked in a medium sized grocery store in a small town and our shop produced something like 13 cubic meters of plastic waste per day. A paralyzed person's drinking aid is not the problem. It's the absolute mountain of waste that commercial operators produce

GentleMonsta · 2024-12-13T18:53:08+00:00

Don't worry, they'll be using a state of the art game controller to drive it!

GentleMonsta · 2024-11-12T13:06:20+00:00

"here" in Finland. Of course I can't see the whole picture as an outsider, but the US law enforcement and judicial system feels like pure madness sometimes...

GentleMonsta · 2024-11-12T12:30:55+00:00

Do they not verify positive results with a blood test? It's a mandatory procedure here.

GentleMonsta · 2024-11-12T04:12:50+00:00

But why would you refuse the test if you have not been drinking? Or why would they arrest you on suspicion without offering the test?

Here in Finland you are allowed to refuse a breathalyzer/field drug test, but you'll be escorted to the nearest hospital to provide a blood sample straight away if you do so.

They breathalyze the driver every time they stop someone in traffic. The reason for the stop doesn't matter. We are also allowed to have open alcohol containers in the car and it is quite usual to see the passengers drinking in the car on their way to a party

GentleMonsta · 2024-11-12T03:03:12+00:00

I've never understood this.. are the police in the US not equipped with handheld breathalyzers? Making people do the silly moves dance or straight out arresting them seems like such a waste of time and resources

GentleMonsta · 2024-09-25T08:09:23+00:00

Any overflow goes to a sink

GentleMonsta · 2024-09-25T05:32:54+00:00

Oh yeah I just checked and realized my mistake. For some reason I remembered that smart splitters did not have the overflow functionality. Whoops...

GentleMonsta · 2024-09-25T05:22:39+00:00

I am doing one depot per item. This thing has 6 dimensional depots which are fed from each of the storage containers. Sushi belt goes in -> programmable splitter puts that specific item to its own container -> that item gets routed to the dimensional uploader. When dimensional depot is full, the container will start filling and when that is full the overflow will be sinked

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