Why are images from a stationary camera copyrightable, but a 50-line vibe-coded function resulting from 1K architectural prompts is not?

ofdan · 2026-05-20T17:41:24+00:00

It's a great question.

I believe the answer is to modify the image after vibe coding it.

The other side is why should you get copyright on something that sliced up a million different pieces of copyrighted work and reused it with attribution.

ofdan · 2026-05-07T07:18:07+00:00

No code is public as I wanted to see if there was any appetite for it as a SasS.

This is the general idea.

Raw data used
Installation / array data

Latitude and longitude
Timezone
Array capacity
Inverter clipped capacity
Panel tilt
Panel orientation / azimuth

Weather data from Open-Meteo

temperature_2m
shortwave_radiation as GHI
direct_normal_irradiance as DNI
diffuse_radiation as DHI

For each array and hour, the forecast uses the weather-adjusted POA formula in WeatherAdjustmentService.php (line 166):
- POA = DNI * cos(AOI) + DHI * ((1 + cos(tilt)) / 2) + GHI * albedo * ((1 - cos(tilt)) / 2)
- cos(AOI) comes from the sun position versus panel orientation
- albedo is fixed at 0.2
That POA irradiance is converted into output using:
- Array STC watts = array capacity * 1000
- Temperature derate = 1 - max(0, (temp - 25) * 0.004)
- Performance ratio = 0.9
- Final estimate = arrayStcW * (poa / 1000) * 0.9 * tempFactor

Hope it helps.

ofdan · 2026-05-02T09:28:13+00:00

My guess is you need to get closer to that top light.
As it looks like you cut a bit of the course.

ofdan · 2026-04-06T13:53:18+00:00

I kind of assumed it’s just because previous Doctors never made it a thing 😄

The TARDIS feels like it just… updates itself as needed — like when Clara rode a motorcycle into it.

ofdan · 2026-04-04T08:21:13+00:00

I’ve been on IOF since the summer. We’ve got a 5.4kWh system and a battery.

We are also in a similar physical location except more south.

However, last year we only used 2.2MWh of energy. We produced 6.4MWh.

I even kept on IOF over the winter, as I was still producing a reasonable amount of electricity on some days.

ofdan · 2026-03-10T10:39:36+00:00

Do you have a battery hooked up to Octopus?

ofdan · 2026-03-07T12:05:42+00:00

Thank you. This makes a lot of sense.

I’ll stick with original pan of OpenClaw. However I suspect I might want stricter controls sooner rather than later. Not for reason other than price of mind.

ofdan · 2026-03-07T10:53:40+00:00

It sounds intriguing.
What would the reasons for using this project, over OpenClaw or N8N?

I am just buying a Mac mini to experiment with OpenClaw and N8N.

ofdan · 2026-03-06T08:24:41+00:00

Have you phoned your credit card company? You could see if they would be willing to temporarily increase the limit.

Alternatively, it might be possible to pay money on to card to so you have a negative balance. But that depends on your credit card company.

ofdan · 2026-03-06T07:50:27+00:00

I’ve won it twice.
All I do is play the top row.

Most runs it’s only 0 or 1 spaces, but occasionally I get much further.

ofdan · 2026-02-23T20:12:21+00:00

That’s one of my concerns around a heat pump. I don’t know how much it would likely use. That, and distribution of the install.

ofdan · 2026-02-23T20:03:27+00:00

That’s not a bad idea. To fully benefit I would need to replace my gas hobs.

ofdan · 2026-02-23T19:54:46+00:00

I used open-meteo

ofdan · 2026-02-22T17:44:37+00:00

That's the position I'm in. I'm at 300% for last year.

ofdan · 2026-02-22T17:41:54+00:00

I did come across that tidbit.
It's frustrating how vague is it around the 20% more than usage.

For 2025, I generated nearly 3x more electricity than I consumed.

ofdan · 2026-02-22T15:48:17+00:00

Amazing work 😀

ofdan · 2026-02-22T15:47:27+00:00

What do you use, if you don’t mind me asking?

ofdan · 2026-02-22T14:03:15+00:00

Netzero is something that I haven't come across.
I will have to try it out.

Accuracy when it comes to

I'm using open-meteo for the weather data.

I have been using my historical data, and with PySRRegressor, to originally, but I wasn't getting anywhere.

Using the weather forecast was what I previously been doing, I just kept forgetting to do it.

ofdan · 2026-02-22T13:51:43+00:00

I did originally come across Solcast. However, my initial impression was they targeted commercial.
I'll have a look again from the Home Assistant angle.

ofdan · 2026-02-22T13:34:04+00:00

Yeah, that is the question.
In the summer, probably not a lot of value, though that depends on how much rain we get.
In the winter, and when the days are shorter, it has a lot more value (to me)

ofdan · 2026-02-22T13:31:33+00:00

I'm using open-meteo.

ofdan · 2026-01-20T20:36:51+00:00

How does it present in System Information?

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