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New comment by lazide in "In Australia, a home battery boom has helped cut wholesale power prices"

lazide — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:37:57 +0000

have you seen the turnover stats on small businesses? most ‘die’ in a few years anyway.

look up the history of why the fed exists and you’ll see why we have ‘small’ downturns.

New comment by lazide in "US conducted mass spying campaign against leftwing and anti-ICE protesters"

lazide — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:05:34 +0000

well, per the executive. not that surprising. check out COINTELPRO.

New comment by lazide in "In Australia, a home battery boom has helped cut wholesale power prices"

lazide — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:44:37 +0000

Uh, why do you think the Fed injects funds the way it does?

New comment by lazide in "In Australia, a home battery boom has helped cut wholesale power prices"

lazide — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:13:36 +0000

Having your own battery + inverter setup dramatically reduces the ability for the grid utility to screw you over.

Everyone I know has had that happen at one time or another, and it’s extremely common to want home battery just for the degree of ‘power sovereignity’ it grants you.

New comment by lazide in "London Underground begins scanning passengers' faces"

lazide — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 07:08:54 +0000

You know it when you see it (/s, a little. It’s true at least sometimes).

New comment by lazide in "London Underground begins scanning passengers' faces"

lazide — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:09:30 +0000

So they say, but how could you even verify it if true?

History is replete with ‘oops, I guess we left that switch on after all!’ type situations, and this is perfect for it.

New comment by lazide in "London Underground begins scanning passengers' faces"

lazide — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:06:45 +0000

It’s typical creepy authoritarian behavior. Want to guess how much stalking is going on?

New comment by lazide in "Controversial creators are benefiting from monetization programs run by Meta"

lazide — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:42:59 +0000

It’s the new smoking. It’s currently at the stage they profess ignorance while being lambasted with all the videos of them clearly knowing what was going on and lying to congress about it.

I give it a couple years before the PSA about ‘your brain on social media’ or whatever.

New comment by lazide in "Long-Run Effects of H-1B Immigration on the U.S. Economy (July 2026)"

lazide — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 06:17:24 +0000

Why not both?

New comment by lazide in "Amazon Is Creating the Biggest Pollution Source in the Country"

lazide — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 23:12:13 +0000

that is exactly the issue. still worse 6” from the tailpipe.

New comment by lazide in "Amazon Is Creating the Biggest Pollution Source in the Country"

lazide — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 20:04:56 +0000

uh, that’s nonsense.

co2 is problematic because of concentration - the sheer volume.

leaded gas and mercury are a problem because of bio-concentration.

dilution still helps!

New comment by lazide in "What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers"

lazide — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 05:06:44 +0000

That assumes a degree of forethought and worry about consequences that the current set of billionaires seems to be studiously avoiding - along with half of everyone else, near as I can tell.

New comment by lazide in "What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers"

lazide — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 03:27:53 +0000

Why would the billionaires do UBI instead of Running Man (latest one)?

Not a joke.

All the folks talking about it, it sounds like some sort of fantasy cope to get people going along willingly into the void.

New comment by lazide in "Why are all the amounts values negative?"

lazide — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 03:07:42 +0000

A little disappointed Timecube isn’t somehow referenced. Same vibe.

New comment by lazide in "Welcoming the Nepalese Government to Have I Been Pwned"

lazide — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 15:05:12 +0000

Touchy touchy.

You’d have to be a celebrity to get a call from any police force I’ve ever seen, for even this type of crime.

New comment by lazide in "Welcoming the Nepalese Government to Have I Been Pwned"

lazide — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 08:31:47 +0000

You seem to have wildly different experiences with police than most

New comment by lazide in "Changes at Google DeepMind: Demis Hassabis from CEO to Chair, Jeff Dean departs"

lazide — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:56:27 +0000

used to be. Cloud, Waymo, and some other bets have been paying off.

New comment by lazide in "The sale of Electronic Arts has been finalized"

lazide — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 06:34:35 +0000

Too big to fail eh? Do you really think if it blows up, the public won’t get sucked in?

New comment by lazide in "What's Behind the Sharp Drop in Labor Force Participation?"

lazide — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:41:27 +0000

who said the sky is falling? i'm just saying if you trust anything in those reports one way or another, I have a bridge to sell you.

New comment by lazide in "What's Behind the Sharp Drop in Labor Force Participation?"

lazide — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:45:16 +0000

Considering the prior years were Covid, and the obvious scale tipping from the gov’t? Yeah right.