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Maybe Q did the right thing for the wrong reason in c/tenforward@lemmy.world
Got to visit the Tyrell Corporation HQ last night. Place is huge. in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
New Jersey legalizes plug-in solar panels that could trim up to $50 from monthly bills in c/energy@slrpnk.net
[–] 24 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Some of it is probably cynical lobbying from the utilities, but there are legitimate safety concerns with these plug in panel systems, especially if your home has older wiring. If you don't plug the panels into a dedicated circuit you can end up in a situation where the wires in the wall are passing more current than they are designed for, which is a fire hazard.

Panels that also put power back onto the grid when there is a power outage can also be a hazard for utility workers and linesmen. Reputable plugin systems should have protection against this, but alibaba/temu tier systems may not.

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    • Who Invited The Rat? in c/memes@lemmy.world
    Is NYC proper expensive for middle class New Yorkers based on their salary? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
    It's great to see a politician that's progressive and Not a Millionaire. in c/workreform@lemmy.world
    [–] 46 points 2 months ago* (5 children)

    The Biden administration eventually lost in court. A major campaign promise was to forgive $10k in student loan debt (for those making less than X dollars in income, iirc). Congress couldn't get a bill for that through, so he tried to use an executive action to order the Department of Education to do it, but a number of (red) states fought it and won in the Supreme Court.

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    • How about that. There's no cameras in the upper west Side. in c/DeFlock@sh.itjust.works
    [–] 8 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Most NYC residents rent, they don't purchase the homes they live in.

    $1.3M is actually lower than I would have guessed for this neighborhood considering the amount of homes here that are probably worth more than $10M (maybe it's a median, not a mean?).

    A quick search does show a bunch of listings for studios less than $500K.

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    • How about that. There's no cameras in the upper west Side. in c/DeFlock@sh.itjust.works
    funny how that works in c/memes@slrpnk.net
    [–] 14 points 3 months ago

    I think the amount of funding is kind of irrelevant. Our government has lost (or perhaps given away) the ability to actually build anything without an infinite array of subcontractors all trying to fleece the taxpayer for as much money as possible. If the budget was higher, the expenses would simply grow proportionally to absorb it.

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    • Linux source code leaked in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
    [–] 21 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    The potential for copyright infringement (or at least the appearance of copyright infringement) would be too high. Better to keep a "clean room" approach in the wine project to avoid attracting Microsoft's ire.

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    • Saudis and US strike deal for kingdom to enrich uranium, reports say in c/world@lemmy.world
    [–] 8 points 3 months ago*

    One real issue is that the Saudi government is really just a bunch of minor princes and royal family members in a trenchcoat.

    So yes, it may be the case that the King and senior officials don't want to enable the proliferation of nuclear materials, but that doesn't mean the Saudi government isn't a leaky seive.

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    • Can I remote desktop into a Windows 11 system from Linux without using a full blown installation on a VM? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
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