moldy_rice
@moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com
- Comment on Would you think more of a President or Leader, if they did something bad, then said yea I screwed up but we are going to fix it, then fixed it? 22 hours ago:
Of course.
This is how trust develops. Any org that doesn’t have a history of posts on their website that say “we fucked up, this is why, and here’s what we’re doing to fix it” is an org you shouldn’t trust.
This is one of the first things I look for when I visit a website for the first time.
- Comment on Solar panel costs have plummeted from $6 per watt in 2000 to just 12 cents today 4 days ago:
Sourcing parts from China requires skill. Look for reviews, get samples, and don’t go cheap. You can get great quality stuff there. They will build to spec. So if you know the exact geometry and thickness and grade of material, you can be very specific and get something great.
But if you just buy something cheap without discussing it with their engineers and confirming specs and tolerances, you’ll get something cheap.
- Comment on Solar panel costs have plummeted from $6 per watt in 2000 to just 12 cents today 4 days ago:
There’s definitely some in Germany. Iirc they use hydrogen generated from electrolysis
- Comment on Solar panel costs have plummeted from $6 per watt in 2000 to just 12 cents today 4 days ago:
At Bestway Cement’s plant in Chakwal, Pakistan, solar already supplies more than a quarter of the electricity used to make cement. The company has 26MW installed and expects to add another 6.34MW by the end of the year.
That’s pretty amazing. Building construction make up a huge part of our carbon footprint.
If we could get 100% green cement (and steel), it would significantly decrease our emissions.
- Comment on Solar panel costs have plummeted from $6 per watt in 2000 to just 12 cents today 4 days ago:
Most likely: alibaba
- Comment on Is "American posing as a Canadian" a real thing? 1 week ago:
Canadians are Americans, so idk wtf you’re asking
- Comment on Just to get this straight. If I stand outside a voting center and give each person 500 bucks to vote for me. That is illegal? But if I am a Dipshit In Chief and offer 5k that is 100 percent legal? 1 week ago:
That reason was decided by the Supreme Court
- Comment on Why does most of the world use WhatsApp as their messaging app rather than RCS/SMS? 1 week ago:
I mean, X is worse than Twitter because that’s when it became fascist.
Facebook used to at least employ some content moderation folks. Meta, likewise, went full fascist and misinformation.
The name changes provide a delineation for magnitudes worse enshitification.
- Comment on Why does most of the world use WhatsApp as their messaging app rather than RCS/SMS? 1 week ago:
Snapchat was made for dick pics
- Comment on Why does most of the world use WhatsApp as their messaging app rather than RCS/SMS? 1 week ago:
That definitely didn’t happen with Skype. Many, many people have saved your Skype messages.
- Comment on Why does most of the world use WhatsApp as their messaging app rather than RCS/SMS? 1 week ago:
Meta*
- Comment on Why does most of the world use WhatsApp as their messaging app rather than RCS/SMS? 1 week ago:
Because sending a message with data was cheaper than the cost of sending one SMS. And it was free on WiFi.
That’s why WhatsApp took off.
- Comment on Can you purchase a burner phone anonymously in the US? 2 weeks ago:
You might be surprised to find that most Faraday bags are just two layers of fabric with aluminum foil between them.
- Comment on Can you purchase a burner phone anonymously in the US? 2 weeks ago:
The US is huuuuge. There’s more places without cameras than places with cameras.
- Comment on Can you purchase a burner phone anonymously in the US? 2 weeks ago:
It’s easy to test. Put it in the bag and try to call it. If the phone don’t ring, it works.
- Comment on Can you purchase a burner phone anonymously in the US? 2 weeks ago:
That would only work on some smartphones, and it wouldn’t work on Android that’s installed without gapps (the default)
- Comment on Can you purchase a burner phone anonymously in the US? 2 weeks ago:
Look, every country has a tourist hot spot where you buy a burner phone in a thick foreign accent and tell them you don’t have an ID.
It might take a few hours and visits to several shops, but you’ll get an anonymous phone by the end of the day.
- Comment on What is the best and worst USA state to live in? And why? 2 weeks ago:
Depends on the city. Gainesville and Orlando and Key West are pretty progressive.
- Comment on What is the best and worst USA state to live in? And why? 2 weeks ago:
Curiously so many Californians moved to Austin. They must disagree
- Comment on What is the best and worst USA state to live in? And why? 2 weeks ago:
With for profit prisons and multi decade terrorism charges for people whose only crime is being a leftist or the color of their skin, yes.
It’s just not worth the risk imho
- Comment on What is the best and worst USA state to live in? And why? 2 weeks ago:
Same. It’s nice to visit occasionally, but I much prefer living outside.
- Comment on What is the best and worst USA state to live in? And why? 2 weeks ago:
You import pineapple in Hawaii?
- Comment on What is the best and worst USA state to live in? And why? 2 weeks ago:
California is both the best and worst US state to live in
- Comment on So Austistici/Inventati just got designated as a "global terrorist organisation" by the Trump administration, what do I do now? 2 weeks ago:
That will take a few years, but if the domain name company isn’t Italian, then the court can’t really do anything.
So A/I just needs to change domain name providers. No biggie.
- Comment on So Austistici/Inventati just got designated as a "global terrorist organisation" by the Trump administration, what do I do now? 2 weeks ago:
But those are far-right supporters, so they’re fine /s
- Comment on So Austistici/Inventati just got designated as a "global terrorist organisation" by the Trump administration, what do I do now? 2 weeks ago:
No, they’ll be able to restore without issue. There’s plenty of server hosts that don’t care about this sillyness.
They said what’s different now is funding. It’s just harder for them to pay for things and accept donations. But we have solutions for that (monero), it just minimizes the funds they’ll get and which providers accept it.
- Comment on So Austistici/Inventati just got designated as a "global terrorist organisation" by the Trump administration, what do I do now? 2 weeks ago:
Riseup does the same as A/I except that they’re in the US and therefore beholdent to NSLs.
If they aren’t aware they’re a honeypot, then they’re intentionally a honeypot. That’s the only reason the US wouldn’t declare them terrorists also.
- Comment on So Austistici/Inventati just got designated as a "global terrorist organisation" by the Trump administration, what do I do now? 2 weeks ago:
Relax. It’ll all be back up in a few days.
- Comment on 153M+ US & Canada drivers licenses leaked on the dark web 2 weeks ago:
Can we get eIDs now, please?
- Comment on 153M+ US & Canada drivers licenses leaked on the dark web 2 weeks ago:
the timestamp on my license scan corresponds to a date in June 2025 when I took a flight to the midwest United States to attend a family funeral
Jesus fuck. I guess that’s something you can’t opt out of? I want to know who took that photo: the airline or TSA.