This cartoon is by me and R. E. Ryan.Β Itβs from 2024, but I forgot to post it on leftycartoons until now! TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has six panels. PANEL 1 A man with a big mustacheβ¦
Ok, you gotta love Linux, might be the update, or might not be, but I know longer have analog output on my Ace magic, computer can see it, but nothing is coming out. Yay, at least I have a USB audio adapter, so that's dealt with for now. I will say that it suddenly stopped this morning, before I've done any updates.
High in the Swiss Alps, on a concrete dam wall more than 8,000 feet above the sea, someone bolted thousands of solar panels to a place almost no one thought was worth it.
For years the assumption was simple, that solar belongs low and warm, on sunny roofs and flat fields, not up in the freezing thin air of the mountains.
Most solar plants sit where life is easy, near towns and roads and mild weather.
Turning that idea on its head is a small plant clinging to a dam most people will never see.
And what it does in the dead of winter is the part that changed everything. The panels bolted to a wall in the sky
The place is the Muttsee dam, in the canton of Glarus, about an hour from Zurich.
At around 2,500 meters, it sits at the highest reservoir in Europe, behind the longest dam wall in Switzerland.
Along more than a kilometer of that wall, crews fixed roughly 5,000 solar panels, a plant named AlpinSolar.
The wall curves to the south and catches sun from morning to night, and its steep face lets the snow slide off on its own.
The dam cannot be reached by road, so every part had to be flown in by helicopter.
Building anything at that height, in that cold, was a serious feat of engineering.
Snow and storms batter the site for much of the year.
Running since 2022, it makes about 3.3 million kilowatt hours a year, enough for around 700 homes.
I'd like admin access to my body. Some bugs include an erroneous connecting between bowls and sinuses. Full bowls sometimes cause sinuses to fill and sometimes cause sneezing, or both. The pressure relief on the upper gi tract is broken. The taste center seems to differ from spec, a widely used herb tastes like soap. After fixing the errors I'd like to play with some settings. The personal relationship plugin seems to be broken or missing. It might be fun to play with some physical parameter tweaks; body hair, facial hair, head hair. Body composition and shape. Sex specific features. So many things to tweak and play around with.
So, I did make a post a bit ago about being willing to pay to get software that I want, one Fediverse project, and one Android project. I did get a reply from Damn Good Tech, but I thought I'd do a new thread that goes into more detail of what I'm looking for using three replies to create threads for the different projects, and I'm looking to hire for two of the three, as I remembered an alternative Fediverse software I'd want instead, if'n I can afford it, though I'll admit I have no idea what that'll cost nor whether I can afford it, but lets find out, no?
I need a mileage tracker, nothing fancy, just a replacement for my paper notebook. Looking at it, this would prolly make more sense to be a forms app, as I'm not necessarily looking for something that's exclusive to me. While there are forms apps to be found on the Play store, the problem is that they all rely on Google sheets to collect the data, and I want to go open source.
So, this means a simple forms app that exports its data as either ODS or CSV
This could be called improved Friendica. Friendica is nice in having scheduling, RSS reader, unlimited length posts, and Diaspora compatibility. On the other hand, the interface is cluttered, you practically need a college degree to use the settings panel and its unable to handle audio or video files.
So this could be a fork of Friendica with features added and improvements, a fork of something else with features added, or a ground-up all new project.
This one is actually simpler, taking a page from Holos.social, a more traditional Fediverse server running on Android that could be run from a spare device, rather than my primary device.
Holos social is awesome as it lets you simply run an app on your phone that gives you a Fediverse server, but this requires a relay system to keep you connected to the Fediverse as your phone can easily change IPs as you move from tower to tower or switch between WiFi and cellular. Using a spare device on my home network eliminates all that, and eliminates the need for a client app being built in as you'd just access it using a standard Mastodon client. Throw in an easy set up system both for the server and the domain settings, and this would give me and others an easy way to self-host.
@apps if you'd be up for building something like this, I'd be up for funding it. Heck, although it wouldn't be FOSS technically I could see this as a sellable software, I mean the kind of target is people like me that have a hosted instance, and that runs $20/mo, $240 annually, I'd happily drop $150 on software like this, possibly more considering what I'll save in the long run (talking purchasing here, not development support).
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This comic makes me feel so boomer! It shows how life is for those of us who cringe at today's over-reliance on "apps" and suβ¦
And now we have to start long term planning, yay. Really it isn't too hard, we'll be consolidating all the investments that I can to Chas Schwab through my broker, one that my mom recommended and has done me well so far. I do know I'll have to sell at least some of my Morgan Stanley holdings as the MS At Work account is Schroedinger's account, it seems to be both closed and not closed at the same time, and transfers aren't an option. We also have a standard MS account and an E*trade (also Morgan Stanley) account from the estate, hopefully those'll transfer.
The more interesting direction is moving my Money Management savings account at my credit union to Schwab, we'll be making it a Money Market mutual fun, and it'll go from 2.3% interest rate which is fairly impressive to a 3.9% rate. This will require some changes in how I manage my money, but that's already done, mortgage and the home improvement loan money is being dumped into the share savings account which only has a .25% interest rate, but its not like that money was sitting in the Money Management to earn any real interest. The new account will handle quarterly and annual bills, my tax payments, property tax and home owner's insurance. Initially I'll also be dropping $50 a month into the account, but that might grow once we get the utility bills updated.
Update? Yep, I don't think I shared this here, but this is what I spent last year on electricityβ¦
I've no idea what was going on with the June-July period last year, but this year's looks like thisβ¦
Yeah, we're seeing a big difference, and if last year wasn't a fluke, they'll have to change my budget billing down prolly by a notable amount, enough for me to increase the deposit. With the compound interest I think that'll pay off at least one of my tax payments, possibly two of them which is obviously quite nice.
Beyond that, there likely won't be too many investment changes for the next six years until I can touch the IRAs and maybe consolidate them? Certainly be easier to manage if'n I've only one fund, right now I have like 3 or 4. Oh, and changes in stock investments, I'm thinking ABB, and I'd like to get Slate and Alpatronics, but those aren't publicly traded, Slate might be at some time, but Alpatronics is unlikely. Not sure if'n there's anyone else I want to invest in.
I've talked a lot about how the government and Starmer in particular say that children at an elevated risk of abuse should be exposed to the exact people statistically most likely to be their abusers. Because those kids are trans, that could be written off as simple transphobia in isolation.
But it's not in isolation. When it's combined with restricting children's access to the internet and the attacks on neurodivergent diagnosis among children, a pattern begins to emerge.
All of it is about isolating children from support in order to make them vulnerable. It is sad little abusive freaks bullying the most defenceless in society so that they can feel powerful.
On this day in 1989, Public Enemy released βFight the Power,β written for Spike Lee's 'Do the Right Thing.' It became far more than a soundtrack song, emerging as one of the most influential and enduring protest anthems in music history.
Regular reminder that US users now have Mayhem Marketplace, an *ethical* alternative for Etsy and FB Marketplace, and it can even be used as a standalone website host! Mayhem is free to use for shoppers, and vendors only pay a miniscule monthly fee. They do NOT take a cut of artisan/vendor profits!
(Reposts for visibility are incredibly appreciated! π)
this is only funy if you can see how many people blocked jd vance. and if you want to say "i want everyone to know i hate this person" this is a great harrasment tool
π¬ 0Β Β π 48Β Β β€οΈ 137Β Β·Β Lazy Trump has a worthless piece of paper and a meaningless ceasefire. Thinks he is better than Obama. Classic white supremacy.
State transportation officials recently approved the transfer of Blues Beach and the surrounding bluffs to Kai Poma, a nonprofit founded by representatives of the Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians, Round Valley Indian Tribes and Coyote Valley Bandβ¦
This month we're showing movies free to the Fediverse for Disability Pride Month! Each movie will have subtitles for those that want/need them and will focus on different aspects of the disability community. With classics and new hits, we're sure you'll find something for your viewing pleasure!
All movies start at 6pm (PST). To catch when we go live follow @GrillChill or the hashtag #SusansCinemaStash. Hope to see folks tune in!
Every year on this day, Frederick Douglassβs fiery, uncompromising 1852 speech, βThe Meaning of July 4th for the Negro,β gets a new hearing, and takes on added resonance in the context of contemporary politics.
ChuffΒ²
in reply to ChuffΒ² • • •Android project
I need a mileage tracker, nothing fancy, just a replacement for my paper notebook. Looking at it, this would prolly make more sense to be a forms app, as I'm not necessarily looking for something that's exclusive to me. While there are forms apps to be found on the Play store, the problem is that they all rely on Google sheets to collect the data, and I want to go open source.
So, this means a simple forms app that exports its data as either ODS or CSV
#Android #Programming #WantToHire #FediHire
ChuffΒ²
in reply to ChuffΒ² • • •Fediverse project 1
This could be called improved Friendica.
Friendica is nice in having scheduling, RSS reader, unlimited length posts, and Diaspora compatibility. On the other hand, the interface is cluttered, you practically need a college degree to use the settings panel and its unable to handle audio or video files.
So this could be a fork of Friendica with features added and improvements, a fork of something else with features added, or a ground-up all new project.
#Fediverse #FediHire #WantToHire
ChuffΒ²
in reply to ChuffΒ² • • •Fediverse 2
This one is actually simpler, taking a page from Holos.social, a more traditional Fediverse server running on Android that could be run from a spare device, rather than my primary device.
Holos social is awesome as it lets you simply run an app on your phone that gives you a Fediverse server, but this requires a relay system to keep you connected to the Fediverse as your phone can easily change IPs as you move from tower to tower or switch between WiFi and cellular. Using a spare device on my home network eliminates all that, and eliminates the need for a client app being built in as you'd just access it using a standard Mastodon client. Throw in an easy set up system both for the server and the domain settings, and this would give me and others an easy way to self-host.
@apps if you'd be up for building something like this, I'd be up for funding it. Heck, although it wouldn't be FOSS technically I could see this as a sellable software, I mean the kind of target is people like me that have a hosted instance, and that runs $20/mo, $240 annually, I'd happily drop $150 on software like this, possibly more considering what I'll save in the long run (talking purchasing here, not development support).
#Fediverse #FediHire #WantToHire #SelfHosting