being aware of the show doesn’t mean you understand a vague reference to one specific episode.

google fiber was a special case where they were introducing much needed competition to the nearly monopolized ISP market.

downvotes because your facts are misinterpreted. This entire discussion is about exporting to the grid. All this legislation does is allow you to use balcony solar for yourself; NOT connecting it to the grid. If you want to export to the grid (like to participate in net metering) you still need PTO.

Your link doesn’t mention anything about “balcony solar”.

“Application process for rooftop solar and other smaller systems”. If you want to export power to the grid from anything at all, you must go through this process. If you wanted to export power from a hamster on a wheel you must apply for PTO.

Because the whole point is to make solar easier and more affordable?

of course, but not at the cost of safety and grid reliability.

not true, you still need to apply to the utility to export to the grid.

https://www.rockymountainpower.net/savings-energy-choices/customer-generation.html

And presumably new legislation is looking to have this exception as well.

why “presumably”?

Utilities must approve power export to the grid, even if you do the physical installation 100% off the books. It’s called “Permission to Operate”, which requires permits and passed inspections. You can’t just unilaterally add shit to the power grid.

https://www.energysage.com/solar/solar-interconnection-what-you-need-to-know/

projectors are just not a practical recommendation for most people. unless you take pretty drastic measures to set up your room like a proper theater, the picture quality will be drastically worse than an average TV.

you can say that about literally any TV brand, this doesn’t help.

Drone should be reserved for small and cheapish uavs.

why? drone is not a specific term either.

could be cheaper than enterprise grade DIMMs.

this is HIGHLY misleading. The page you linked is for Apple’s global/web properties (hence “within our services”); device-level settings govern app and OS telemetry separately. You can opt out of telemetry on apple devices you own.

just typical /r/technology apple hating.

i thought the same, but now working at a place using google/slack/zoom isn’t much better. pretty much all corporate software is feature creep bloated slop these days.

so… thin clients.

Technology is part of it. For example, handwriting notes is proven to be better for information retention compared to typing.

and D) I’m not going to give money to institutions like cable TV where a percentage of my money ends up with Fox News, or Paramount whose ownership is in bed with Trump, or Amazon and Bezos for obvious reasons. Go on down the line, fuck em all.

not hundreds of thousands. they are too expensive to be that common.

Of course there are kids with disabilities or nuerodivergence, and common sense should handle what is best for them individually. We’re talking about broad policy here, laptops should not be the default.

also counterproductive, handwriting is better for retention.

that’s not the only issue, it’s also just a plainly worse design that will likely lead to lots of broken screws and bits.