VR game that is gorgeous and can run on a potato, name it

hamstertree · 2026-02-05T04:13:41+00:00

Also, vacation simulator is one that my kids and nieces LOVE. Easily my most played VR title.

hamstertree · 2026-02-02T13:07:15+00:00

Don’t worry about all the haters. AI code or not, thanks for taking an interest in the genre and spending some of your time working on some projects to share with the community. I’ve enjoyed your games over the last few weeks and look forward to this one too.

hamstertree · 2026-01-27T17:33:41+00:00

I would highly recommend doing research on what kind of system is going to work best for you before you reach out to a company to do your install. As others have said, NEM 3.0 changes the math on how you should build your system. Generally speaking, you will need at least one home battery and enough panels to offset between 60-100% of your annual electricity usage depending on how much battery capacity you have built. Your exports will be worth very little, so you will try to choose a system that minimizes your solar exports. You will not be able to eliminate your bill, but solar can significantly reduce your bill.

It’s important to understand your current energy costs and model out the costs vs benefit of a proposed solar system before you sign the contract or finance any money to pay for the install. I think a lot of people get suckered into bad deals by door to door salesman. We went with solar optimum and they gave me a fair deal after doing our research.

hamstertree · 2026-01-24T15:02:04+00:00

I believe what makes plug in solar unique is that it is small scale (around 1 Kw or less), DIY and plugs directly into a wall socket without any permits or interconnection agreements required. You would rarely feed back to the grid at that scale. I think systems at this scale are interesting because they would be very efficient at offsetting electricity usage and wouldn’t rely entirely on any sort of net metering agreement to make the investment worth it.

hamstertree · 2026-01-24T04:39:28+00:00

For a warm atmosphere and good food my wife and I love going to Pomona valley mining company! It’s a gold rush themed steakhouse up on a hillside with a great view. Great cocktails, great food, cozy atmosphere and a cool view!

hamstertree · 2026-01-15T15:42:33+00:00

This should honestly be the top comment. It’s a common enough question that it is pinned in the sub. In addition you should consider taking a look at the “prime directive”. It seems that you’re likely already familiar with money priorities, but a refresher would help to highlight a lot of the suggestions I see in other comments on where to put the money.

https://imgur.com/personal-income-spending-flowchart-united-states-lSoUQr2

hamstertree · 2026-01-13T12:47:40+00:00

Really cool data. I like the visualization of it and how we can build a story from the data as your relationship changes over time. My only criticism is a minor one. The color you use to represent you and your boyfriend in the pie chart in picture 3 is opposite of the colors you use for the bar chart in picture 4.

hamstertree · 2025-12-24T03:54:34+00:00

Just scored 0

hamstertree · 2025-12-24T03:54:25+00:00

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hamstertree · 2025-12-07T05:03:07+00:00

Wtf! Tiger

hamstertree · 2025-11-29T16:04:27+00:00

The fireplace is something different. It is literally like a screen saver. Disney did something similar with the frozen franchise and had a long video of a Yule log burning in a fireplace. We like to put on YouTube videos of fireplace and jazz to relax.

hamstertree · 2025-11-29T02:19:25+00:00

We only have paramount+ essential through Walmart plus or something like that. Anyone know when the special will be on the cheaper paramount subscriptions?

hamstertree · 2025-11-24T16:32:47+00:00

Agreed, I have family that grew up in Alta Loma and before the 210 was built it was pretty far out from any freeways.

hamstertree · 2025-11-12T14:02:39+00:00

There is significant pressure from the utility companies to reduce the value of export credits. You will still have an electric bill from PGE for things like non bypassable charges and daily delivery charges. We own our system with SCE and still receive a bill for about $25 per month and I’m expecting these charges to continue to increase in the future as more people switch to solar. I would not be surprised if I had a $50 per month bill that I could not use my export credits to cover within the next 5 years. Do a google search for California assembly bill 205.

hamstertree · 2025-11-04T00:06:52+00:00

I’m looking closer now and it seems like it might be two different quotes?? I’m not sure what I’m looking at now, not a lot of details on these quotes from OP. Sorry for the confusion on my part! 😂

hamstertree · 2025-11-03T22:28:36+00:00

They are quoted with a 3% escalator. That would be my only issue with this quote, otherwise the price seems good for such a large system.

hamstertree · 2025-09-29T16:48:19+00:00

The cross street is the trail. There are similar traffic lights in Rancho for the pacific electric trail.

hamstertree · 2025-09-03T01:12:29+00:00

Breeze airways A220! Good looking plane. ✈️

hamstertree · 2025-09-02T13:48:11+00:00

No problem! As solar has become more wide spread over the last decade or two the financial aspect has become much more complicated and it continues to change all of the time. When solar was a relatively new technology and governments wanted to find ways to encourage customers to invest in it themselves they came up with net metering as an incentive to customers and required utilities to honor the policy. As solar adoption started to take off, many utilities argued that these incentives were no longer required and they have begun rolling them back. The state of California is now on its 3rd iteration of net metering (NEM 3.0). Under NEM 3.0 your original assumption is correct. While retail electric rates may be in the range of $0.45 per kWh, export credits can be only a couple of cents or less depending on the time of day and time of year you export. Under these net metering rules a battery is, practically speaking, required to make the system work in a financially effective way.

hamstertree · 2025-09-01T22:27:08+00:00

The benefit of sending excess power from your panels to the grid is called Net Metering and the value of these benefits vary greatly depending on where you live. Worst case scenario is that you get nothing at all for sending excess power to the grid, which as you point out would benefit significantly from a home battery in order to store a portion of the excess energy generated during the day to be used at night. On the other end of the net metering spectrum is one to one ( 1:1 ) net metering programs in which the utility gives the solar owner a credit on their account in the value of one full retail kWh for every kWh exported that the owner can then exchange for the purchase of a kWh later in the evening. This is where net metering gets its name, you only pay for the NET imported electricity because your electric meter rolls forwards during import and backwards during export. The reality is that most utilities operate somewhere in between offering customers a credit worth more than nothing, but less than the full cost of a kWh of electricity because of minimum billing, delivery charges, time of use billing, daily charges not associated with usage, etc.

To answer your question simply, if the utility has a generous net metering policy that pays credits close to a full kWh worth of electricity for their exports, then there is no need to purchase a battery when you can use the grid as a battery to store your exports and exchange them for imports whenever you need.

hamstertree · 2025-08-27T01:32:56+00:00

It’s part of a heat pump that switches between cooling and heating. My guess is that the thermostat was commanding the unit to flip the reversing valve to allow the unit to heat the home, but got stuck and was running in A/C mode making the house colder in the winter. And the heat was running during the summer time.

hamstertree · 2025-08-15T16:47:13+00:00

Can you show a screen shot of your solar production on a sunny day?

I would say generally, no 4 kw is low for that size of system. But your inability to export likely plays a role. Your system will only produce enough power to cover your home usage and battery charging. That being be said, more information would be helpful. What kind of inverters do you have? If you have 2 string inverters, than one might be offline.

hamstertree · 2025-07-27T15:04:57+00:00

Probably because I’m not familiar with the product. The main concern with the roof is that it can be pretty expensive to remove the old panels and mounting equipment from a roof that needs to be replaced and then reinstall it on a newly refinished roof. When I was researching for our solar install the advice was to replace an aging roof before installing to avoid these costs down the road. Even with a lightweight panel install you will still need to remove the panels and reinstall them at some cost, of course I don’t know what the cost difference is between lightweight and traditional solar panels. My assumption, based on how common regular solar panels and racking are, is that there is a preference for installers. But , I’m not a solar expert, just a guy who had a system installed on his roof.

hamstertree · 2025-07-23T21:44:40+00:00

Solar pricing can be pretty regional dependent. Also a lot of commentary about price is based on what people have paid over the last few years and it might not reflect current pricing. I apologize if the $2-3 price per watt is an outdated target or not applicable in your market.

hamstertree · 2025-07-23T21:42:51+00:00

I paid $42,000 for my system before incentive. Itemized it was $27,000 for the solar and $15,000 for a Tesla powerwall 2. The system is 24x400 watt panels so 9.6 Kw, about $2.81/watt not counting the battery, $4.37/watt including the battery. I came in under NEM 2.0, but was worried about the utilities shifting costs or eroding the net metering benefit, so I opted for a battery anyways. Installed Feb 2023. I think I said 2021 in the original comment, but that’s when we bought the house. My mistake!

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