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  • The fun “tricky” thing some folks in Utah have done with the same 1200w plug in limit is to plug in 1200w of panels straight into the house, then have a second set of 1200w pabels plugged directly into a battery. This let’s you use the 1200w when the sun is up, and have the 2nd set of 1200w charge a battery bank for 8 hours which you then use when th3 sun goes down.

    The way Utah’s law is written is that you only have 1200w of panels supplying your house at any point, so charging the battery instead with the second set of panels skirts around it while effectively raising the effective panel amount to 2400w.


  • I like the supposition, but we do know how it affects them from the season 6 two part opener of DS9. Some federation members and jem’hadar crashland on a planet. One of the plot points is the limited amount of white available to the soldiers.

    From the episode, we know they grow irritable, lose discipline, go into violent frenzys, lose the ability to cloak and eventually die when they dont have white for a prolonged period. This process takes several days at least, although I think the time frame shown in the episode is close to a week, and none of them die from a lack of white.

    So I don’t think its viable, but its a good “finishing” move on a battlefield, I.e like bayonetting the wounded enemy that happened in the civil war. I don’t think the federation would condone that behavior, but I’m sure the Klingons and some other races would.


  • Slicing the hose kills them later, not now. Y’all dont use a knife to kill someone next week. Y’all use it to put someone down on the ground immediately.

    As a less quipy followup, Jem’hadar are established early as clones that mature to adulthood in a matter of weeks. Thats their real threat. Even if you had the inclination to kill them slowly, its almost irreverent. More will come, enmass.








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    10 days ago

    One punch is a parody that is also in love with the genre its mocking. Its whole joke is now setting up the exact same type of story, running it 99% through the same tropes, then ending it in a whimsical way while still having the epic battles, just with over the top side charectors until the very last minute.

    In fact, the anime is such a big fan of its own manga, it has also shifted to using static images as much as possible.


  • Most analog deadbolts are also pathetically weak and can be bumped or picked quickly with no sign of entry. Networked electric locks just let people have another avenue as well. Some dont, as being electric doesnt mean people network them. The good networked ones tend to use secure zwave (so called zwave s2), which is an improved security protocol that is not as easy to hack as “run some scripts.” The skills needed to breach it are going to be “high effort” compared to a kick.

    Some electric locks have gone keyless, so they actually invert this. Generally these locks have a way to plug in a USB C cable to power them if the batteries die, but have no key access. This power port has no data access. Mixed with a secure network protocol or none at all, they are likely more secure than many analog options.




  • Modern magic is wacky sometimes, because exile means “gone for good,” except for dozens of exceptions in odd and wacky places. There are entire commander decks built on doing fucky things with cards that are “forever lost.”

    This seems to be the case for most effects in MTG these days. They all mean what they say, except…