Mike Richards

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[Mike Richards @MMRichards]

If you own an EV in Georgia, make sure you sign up for the Georgia Power EV rate; $.01/kWh to charge overnight. Or approximately a total of $0.75-$1.25 for 300 miles.

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@AFCEMA Why is the recommendation to turn off a/c? Centralized HVACs that actually filter the air seem like a good thing in this scenario?

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@elonmusk This is not accurate, Nate Silver's model has at least PA, MI, WI and NV leaning Harris, not Trump https://t.co/9QyubPjVye

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Why is recruiting so broken?

"I have a software engineer role, are you interested?"

Oh, do tell me more...

No, seriously, tell me more. I can't respond to super vague messages on the off-chance that it's a fit....

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Renewables made up more of the US power grid's electricity generation than coal in 2022.
https://t.co/giTmB1DxzY

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Renewables made up 20% of all power generation in 2022, and is still growing quickly!

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It's driving me crazy

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Can we change "it's" to be possessive instead of the contraction "it is"? This grammatical absurdity has gone on long enough.

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@Jmart730 Be careful, you know Georgia sports 😅

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@MailchimpStatus Mandrill (Mailchimp Transactional) still completely down. Any update on that?

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@mandrillapp Yes. Simply going to https://t.co/V5zOlPpgzW in a browser gives me either 502 Bad Gateway or 500 Internal Server Error. No API calls working.

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@mandrillapp Looks like Mandrill has been down for about 20 mins now, giving 502 Bad Gateway. Are you aware of the issue? It's causing problems for us 🚨

[Mike Richards @MMRichards]

@MailchimpHelp @MailchimpStatus Looks like Mandrill has been down for about 20 mins now, are you aware of the issue? It's causing problems for us 🚨

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@GreglK @DukeEnergy There are companies that do that, where the owner doesn't pay for the equipment, but pays the company for the solar used every month as if they were the utility.

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@GreglK @DukeEnergy I'm just looking out for ya, Gregory ;)

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@GreglK @DukeEnergy That's the point though, it takes an astounding amount of investment for every little bit of reliability. (Think putting power lines in the ground) That's why I mention solar and battery; 100% reliable, reduces power bill and utility pays you for excess energy.

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@GreglK @DukeEnergy No such thing, 100% reliable is impossible. Think of the infrastructure in place for you to get power from a power plant that's tens or hundreds of miles away; and if there is any issue in between, you lose power. That's why there's an argument for microgrids.

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@GreglK @DukeEnergy Get a solar☀️ and a battery🔋 Gregory, then you can sell energy back to Duke 😉 https://t.co/NE34PpWtv0

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@Tormach @ZacksJerryRig Hey @ZacksJerryRig and @Tormach, my aunt has helped establish libraries in 12 different schools in Kenya. Her non-profit @CLCBooks has been responsible for collecting and supplying books for a couple of decades. Might be worth connecting.