The year is 2026. My home battery is a utility-controlled battery. My car is a utility-controlled battery. My water heater is a utility-controlled battery. The latent heat in my house is a utility-controlled battery. My fridge is a utility-controlled battery. My dog…
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attempts were made over the last 10 years since it’s a product every one of us wanted at one time or another, but it did take a bit to bring it all together and finally see the whole elephant. Plus the amount of data munging is just…phew. It’s simple, but it ain’t easy.
@TheStalwart I usually make the argument that society as a whole should do this. Setup the economy to be sustainable and meet everyone’s needs (broadly defined), and then pour every dollar of surplus into curing disease.
@ERCOTAnon @duncancampbell She was "the system is broken and needs fixing" and my whole generation is "the system is working exactly as intended and needs to be destroyed"
My theory on this is that it's so bad that you go explore where the feature is to turn it off. It's pretty deep in settings so it's an on-ramp to becoming a power user.
At the very least it's a shibboleth to other power users.
every time I go to a swe’s house, I steal their copy of DDIA to see how long it takes them to notice it’s missing. I’ve done this over 20 times and nobody’s caught on. That’s why the modern web is trash! Nobody reads this book, they just buy it and post it for clout.