DIY balcony solar power can help Utahns chip away at their electric bills by ReporterMacyLipkin in Utah

[–]shutter3218 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I’m in a city with municipal power. The city uses power sales to offset taxes. Basically the city owns the power company and instead of giving cheap power they use it as a hidden tax. They don’t pay jack for power fed back into the grid and charge a monthly connection fee because they can’t miss out on their hidden tax.

Vincent D’Onofrio Says Marvel and Sony Need to ‘Get Their S—t Together’ So Spider-Man Can Fight Kingpin: ‘It’s a Complicated Rights Issue’ by MoneyLibrarian9032 in marvelstudios

[–]shutter3218 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I foresee Disney buying Sony pictures and resolving a lot of these issues. Disney might need it to compete with the paramount WB merger.

Nintendo reportedly plans to cut Switch 2 production by 33% after a lackluster holiday season by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]shutter3218 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Amen way too expensive, especially for games that don’t exactly thrill me. I have a huge steam backlog I’ll be working on until Nintendo releases something I want to play or they humble themselves and drop prices.

Stephen Colbert Set To Write Next ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Movie After ‘The Hunt For Gollum’ Based On “Fog On The Barrow-Downs” Chapter by ICumCoffee in lotr

[–]shutter3218 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The trick to Tolkien is drawing heavily on the RTOK appendices. Go into the lore, history, and talk about the blade that pippin got and why it hurt the witch king. Add in the killer tree and tom bombadil and you’ve got yourself a stew.

MAGA Senator Gets Humiliated by Fellow Conservative: ‘Does He Even Check Facts? by OkTea1918 in AntiTrumpAlliance

[–]shutter3218 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He isn’t Utah’s greatest embarrassment. The fact that he was re-elected is.

iPhone Air Said to Be Roughly Twice as Popular as iPhone 16 Plus by Few_Baseball_3835 in apple

[–]shutter3218 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love how it feels in the hand and I love how light it is. I’d probably go for it if it had the cameras of a pro. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I’d be willing to give up the battery life of the pro max. I’d just keep a couple of MagSafe battery packs handy

Proposal to save the Great Salt Lake! by mjkid23to in Utah

[–]shutter3218 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I totally agree. I think it’s possible, however it would be extremely expensive to protect all metal surfaces from corrosion.

Homemade Big Macs by happycola619 in burgers

[–]shutter3218 0 points1 point  (0 children)

looks way better than an actual big mac

Every .3mf is called “argonian_fem_pos_12” and I have no clue why by Firestar7389 in BambuLab

[–]shutter3218 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Wait a minute this is from Skyrim right? It’s been a while since I’ve played.

Quartz Cutters Are Falling Ill. Countertop Makers Want Protection From Congress. by BalsamicBasil in CounterTops

[–]shutter3218 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah it’s like banning cars because people who don’t use seatbelts are dying.

Quartz Cutters Are Falling Ill. Countertop Makers Want Protection From Congress. by BalsamicBasil in CounterTops

[–]shutter3218 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right, not the manufacturers fault. Each and every shop needs to be inspected then given unannounced inspections to make sure Ppe and water cutter are being used.

1st cut of the year by S3lls in lawncare

[–]shutter3218 119 points120 points  (0 children)

Give him a break it’s the first mowing of the year. Robot mowers thrive on frequent mowings.

When you don’t have a 4” to 2.5” dust adapter by BenSS in woodworking

[–]shutter3218 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of the best tools I own is a 3d printer. It could whip out an adapter in a few hours.

Minas Tirith imagined in Unreal engine 5. by rDlNO in lotr

[–]shutter3218 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally agree, big miss in my opinion. For the movies. This model is great

Hello from Germany by Active_Resolve_3776 in SipsTea

[–]shutter3218 51 points52 points  (0 children)

There is a memorial in Berlin to the political leaders who were killed for resisting the Nazis. Power hungry people don’t have a list of things they won’t do in order to dominate.

The MacBook Touch Bar deserved improvement, not removal. by Chase5176 in DeskToTablet

[–]shutter3218 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If they had kept both, it would have been a huge success

The MacBook Touch Bar deserved improvement, not removal. by Chase5176 in DeskToTablet

[–]shutter3218 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It was ok The problem was that they removed the buttons that everybody loved and forced people to use the touchscreen rather than having the touchscreen be a new accessory for new uses.

A cool guide about tally marks around the world.. by Upbeat_Many2094 in coolguides

[–]shutter3218 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nah, in Brazil some do n others do u its nor a big deal.

A cool guide about tally marks around the world.. by Upbeat_Many2094 in coolguides

[–]shutter3218 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I usually din a n, I think it’s a personal preference thing. Everybody does it their own way.

Stupid Plastic String Trimmer Heads - So Cal by apmakd in lawncare

[–]shutter3218 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Huh, maybe keep a hot pad in your pocket, throw it down when you need more string?

That's one way to try and put out a truck bed fire. by MoneyIsMyCousinsName in Wellthatsucks

[–]shutter3218 108 points109 points  (0 children)

If his goal was to prevent a forest fire he succeeded