It does my heart a least a little bit of good to know that somebody has at least enough of a background to do this and is still on the floor of the house. (I don’t know if he is R or D… I don’t care either)
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#22I thought house sized solar panels were at best 300w. 17kw of solar array seems like a lot - I'd love to see how much space that takes up.
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Ah, got it. Someone doesn’t pass your arbitrary purity test so we should ignore everything they have to say? What he built is really cool and exactly the reason I come to HN. I don’t care at all about his or your lame politics in this context and your post is inappropriate. As a side note, I find it hilarious that you think that the tweet you “discovered” was so offensive that he would take it down so you posted a sc…
The title is “Congressman Massie’s homebrew powerewall built from a wrecked Model S”, not “Homebrew powerwall built from a wrecked Model S”.
Given that, it doesn’t seem unreasonable to discuss his politics?
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ah, got it. Someone doesn’t pass your arbitrary purity test so we should ignore everything they have to say? What he built is really cool and exactly the reason I come to HN. I don’t care at all about his or your lame politics in this context and your post is inappropriate. As a side note, I find it hilarious that you think that the tweet you “discovered” was so offensive that he would take it down so you posted a sc…
The title is “ Congressman Massie’s homebrew powerewall built from a wrecked Model S”, not “Homebrew powerwall built from a wrecked Model S”. Given that, it doesn’t seem unreasonable to discuss his politics?
What is with this compulsion some people have to categorize people based on their political leanings?
God forbid you ever utter something someone with a bunch of followers will interpret as wrongthink.
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
The title is “ Congressman Massie’s homebrew powerewall built from a wrecked Model S”, not “Homebrew powerwall built from a wrecked Model S”. Given that, it doesn’t seem unreasonable to discuss his politics?
What is with this compulsion some people have to categorize people based on their political leanings? God forbid you ever utter something someone with a bunch of followers will interpret as wrongthink.
> What is with this compulsion some people have to categorize people based on their political leanings?
This isn’t “people”, but a politician. If him being a politician isn’t important, why is “Congressman” the first word in the title?
This isn’t “Hey, check out this guys cool DIY project!”, but “Hey, check out this politicians cool DIY project!”.
In that context it totally makes sense to point out that this politician who builds cool stuff isn’t necessarily a good guy.
I agree that in the general case it would be weird to dig this stuff up, but not in these particular circumstances.
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#26I think this is VERY cool. I was never a fan of Tesla's 'solution' for EVs, I think it is fitting that this one was repurposed into something more useful. I hope the bidirectional EVs like the new F150 become the mainstream option
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
What is with this compulsion some people have to categorize people based on their political leanings? God forbid you ever utter something someone with a bunch of followers will interpret as wrongthink.
> What is with this compulsion some people have to categorize people based on their political leanings? This isn’t “people”, but a politician. If him being a politician isn’t important, why is “Congressman” the first word in the title? This isn’t “Hey, check out this guys cool DIY project!”, but “Hey, check out this politicians cool DIY project!”. In that context it totally makes sense to point out that this politici…
> it totally makes sense to point out that this politician who builds cool stuff isn’t necessarily a good guy.
Ok, and you're doing this why? To "save" the rest of us from being corrupted by this bad man?
No. You're doing this purely to redirect the conversation toward yourself and what you think is right or wrong.
Obvious, shameless attention seeking. That is boring and has no place here, IMO.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
> What is with this compulsion some people have to categorize people based on their political leanings? This isn’t “people”, but a politician. If him being a politician isn’t important, why is “Congressman” the first word in the title? This isn’t “Hey, check out this guys cool DIY project!”, but “Hey, check out this politicians cool DIY project!”. In that context it totally makes sense to point out that this politici…
> it totally makes sense to point out that this politician who builds cool stuff isn’t necessarily a good guy. Ok, and you're doing this why? To "save" the rest of us from being corrupted by this bad man? No. You're doing this purely to redirect the conversation toward yourself and what you think is right or wrong. Obvious, shameless attention seeking. That is boring and has no place here, IMO.
> Ok, and you're doing this why? To "save" the rest of us from being corrupted by this bad man?
I’m not doing that. I’m just explaining why it’s okay and perfectly on-topic.
> No. You're doing this purely to redirect the conversation toward yourself and what you think is right or wrong.
I think exactly the same criticism could be applied to your comments here. I think that mostly proves it to be a rather empty one.
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#29It does my heart a least a little bit of good to know that somebody has at least enough of a background to do this and is still on the floor of the house. (I don’t know if he is R or D… I don’t care either)
Sadly him being one of the more technically qualified congresspeople (degrees from MIT, etc.) is a scary prospect, considering his political values and the implications that can be had on technology policy. It’s easy for people here to live in a vacuum and say “I don’t care about if he’s R or D”.
This is the same guy who voted against lowering prescription drug prices (to name one out of a hundred examples) and who just recently justified voting against the anti-lynching act because he doesn’t believe in “hate crimes” as a legal concept. Just because he’s technically impressive doesn’t mean he’s moral or upstanding, unfortunately.