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Chilko

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    Comment #49090753

    These were interesting: "History proves that religion is a curse and is the master scheme for Exploitation of man" - p47 "God helps nobody. 20 million perished in the late war — fo…

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    Comment #49014046

    The first reference (for the definition) also links directly to a blog post created by OP. Edit: Actually 4 of the references on that wiki page link to either OPs blog, YouTube, or…

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    Comment #48986281

    While this has clearly been written by / with help from an LLM, the general info is correct and matches what I have heard from those suppliers (although $0.21/W future pricing is f…

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    Comment #48986253

    > The prices are still dropping per watt. FYI if you look into what has happened in the wholesale solar market since the end of 2025, this is no longer true. Prices are now 20% hig…

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    Comment #48942330

    No, I believe they were referring to this book: https://road.cc/content/review/192116-zinn-art-road-bike-mai...

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    Comment #47942944

    You could try fermented drinks like Kefir or Kombucha? Otherwise I quite enjoy sparkling water with some enhancements like lime, or cucumber mint flavour drops

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    Comment #47870629

    Yes, it's cheap

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    Comment #47787668

    Thanks for the NZ link - just bought that bell as that's a pretty reasonable price & includes free shipping :)

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    Comment #47594682

    This comment gives astroturfing vibes, like an LLM optimised version of masonhensley's comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47587834

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    Comment #46610955

    The entire country of New Zealand would disagree with you there - air heat pumps are our primary source of heating.

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    Comment #46283244

    > Reddit is not centered on user profiles and followers and yet This is not entirely correct anymore, many of the new features added to Reddit over the last 5 years have focussed o…

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    Comment #46154015

    Not sure where that 150ml came from - our metric country (New Zealand) 1 cup is 250 ml.

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    Comment #45804576

    That split can also be recognised by the change in naming- social networks vs social media.

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    Comment #45458356

    I've been using Mylio on my laptop which might suit you? My main requirement was that I organise photos using my file structure for maximum portability, and this works well with th…

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    Comment #45456139

    Another options (particularly if your org runs off MS outlook & Teams) - pencil in the review time as an appointment in your calendar, so your status shows as 'Busy' during that ti…

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    Comment #45443862

    That's not the only version control through - if you use Excel connected to Onedrive or Sharepoint (like most major orgs in my country), then you have version history built-in trac…

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    Comment #45420412

    It be worth looking up the I-V curves of solar modules on a datasheet - a key factor is that the maximum power point of a solar module (for a given set of environmental conditions)…

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    Comment #45420335

    > A solar panel's VoC should be its maximum possible output in ideal conditions (open circuit) I think this is where the confusion arises - what do you mean by ideal conditions? Id…

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    Comment #45420229

    This is information is generally stated on the module datasheets, which specify the Open Circuit Voltage (V_OC) at Standard Test Conditions (STC), and then provide a temperature co…

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    Comment #45420140

    But that's not true - V_OC for PV modules is nearly always spec'd at STC or NOCT, which is clearly stated on module datasheets along with the temperature coefficient of that voltag…

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    Comment #45205461

    As an outside observer of US culture I disagree, the normalisation and glorification of violence has always seemed to be a distinctly American value to me.

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    Comment #44527732

    This really depends on the pricing mechanisms & contracts that large industrial users have with their energy provider. Many users may contract out of wholesale spot prices in favou…

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    Comment #44527576

    > if there is no accounting to prove it's green? It's almost as if this movement is a scam. No CO2 equivalent publications on solar, or on recycling You state this as if that's a f…

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    Comment #44526287

    That sentence structure of the first example ('subject, long tangent, conclusion') is very common in the German language (and a major annoyance for me when reading German), so perh…

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    Comment #43865228

    Is Anna's Archive also blocked?