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@TechConnectify That was _magnificent_. Best post-credits piece ever. Thanks for the excellent educational content pre-credits also.
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@TechConnectify You’re using (coining) the term “disposable energy” — I also like “rental energy”
The age of rental energy is over. We are becoming energy landlords.
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@TechConnectify I just finished the video to the end. So powerful. So well said. Thank you
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@TechConnectify doing the lords work.
No.
Doing the peoples work.
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@TechConnectify You’re using (coining) the term “disposable energy” — I also like “rental energy”
The age of rental energy is over. We are becoming energy landlords.
@TechConnectify Rent-free energy is here — we collect it, we store it, and in my case, sell it: I make $100pm as an energy producer, instead of spending $150pm being an energy consumer. [update: my inflation stats need increasing haha]
No literally, cash in the bank. I assist the grid via reverse auction, and push down the tariffs of my neighbours. And green the grid.
It’s an “energy trilemma” — in reverse now! I can choose to maximise for reliability, profit or carbon reduction.
Here are my last several power bills in dollaridoos — the “positive dollars” on the last one was just deducted from earlier larger profits.
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@TechConnectify Best one ever, both the part about renewable and the bonus about politics.
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TL;DW
how does the solar panel and battery deterioration affect the calculations? The panels might las 25 years but definitely they don't stay as efficient.
> six solar systems installed between 1987 and 1993 that have been in continuous operation since, and found most panels still producing more than 80% of their original output after nearly four decades.
https://electrek.co/2026/01/28/how-long-do-solar-panels-last-new-study-shows-its-longer-than-you-think/
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This video is a great example of why YouTube remains valuable despite its problematic corporate ownership. Now you just need a condensed version for the people who can't manage the (gulp) feature-film-length runtime. -
Solar is way too cheap to be ignored.
'Mining' oil for one time use is stupid compared to mining minerals and using them again and again forever.
Fuck ice.
@Madagascar_Sky @utf_7 @TechConnectify you had me at hello
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@TechConnectify Absolute banger of an episode!
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@TechConnectify thank you 🗳️
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@utf_7 @TechConnectify not too long. Take the time, please.
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@TechConnectify The entire length is so good! It resonates with me so much and honestly it's amazing how much everything connects.
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@balkonsolar Yikes! How are you preventing backfeed to the grid and not defeating the whole point of a breaker box? Backfeeding from an outlet kills people!
@BalooUriza @balkonsolar no, the panels have a built-in inverter that only works as long as it detects a healthy grid supply. This was specificly designed as a safety measure to prevent backfeeding of disabled circuits.
They are also limited in power to ensure that they can't defeat circuit breakers in detecting overcurrent through house wiring.
(This toot only applies to the situation in Germany)
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@ysbreker Speaking of, was it @TechConnectify that bought the Coda?
@BalooUriza @ysbreker @TechConnectify no, thats Aging wheels, but they're friends. He made an appearance in the Brown video and Alec participated in a recent Aging Wheels (electric towing) video too.
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@rexi @TechConnectify looks like a mass report by the chuds that are mad that Alex is speaking out :(
@dontony @rexi @TechConnectify It's such an important video that I've downloaded it, ping me if you want the link tomorrow but I'm sleeping now.
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@rexi @TechConnectify looks like a mass report by the chuds that are mad that Alex is speaking out :(
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@TechConnectify It's really refreshing to see a US youtuber addressing what's going on outside their windows with a call to action to his fellow citizens.
The solar part was cool too.
@makdaam @TechConnectify The journey from affordability of solar panels to the poem on the Statue of Liberty may seem surprising to some, but Alec really presented it in a way that highlighted the obviousness of their Connection™.
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@TechConnectify I still think it's absolutely crazy how cheap solar panels are
I got my 500w panels, new and unused, for 50-60 a piece, without buying in bulk.
That's cheaper than standard plywood. It's literally CHEAPER to build a house out of SOLAR PANELS than it is to build out of low grade PLYWOOD.
They've gone up a little bit in price since but not much, you can still get 500w panels for around 70 euros a piece, example here: https://www.solar-outlet.nl/zonnepanelen/
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@marquisdegeek people are attending.
You're welcome.
(I've barely been outside a single room all day)
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@tsyesika showing off Mandy, AP on the Goblins framework. #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWebFOSCON
https://spritely.institute/news/mandy-activitypub-on-goblins.html
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@astro @bortzmeyer ok, maybe we can chat online over the next week or two. It'd be nice to coordinate.
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@evan No,
I didn't want to miss your talk in front of a full lecture hall.
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@astro @bortzmeyer I think we need to find a good public distribution solution. I talked about the AP hack for public posts to the shared inbox a couple of weeks ago. It would be interesting to look into something like IPFS for this instead. But we need something that pushes, doesn't require polling.
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@tobias it’s also nice to see a lot of great contributor to the fediverse :)
