Pro tip for regulators looking to do good by their citizens (a troublingly small subset):
The memorypocalypse (deflationary RAM pricing across multiple years) should put usable hardware lifetimes at the very center of the agenda; the best approaches are legislated bootloader unlocks from date of sale, firmware code-in-escrow (OSS'd + patent unencumbered for firms that fail to deliver security updates less than 6 years out), and legalising browser choice to extend app compat and enable alt OSes.
@korvius I hosted one for a little while and it was neat to learn about Mastodon more and of course the fediverse in general. I'm glad I did it but without a community to share with others it was just ok. I kept going back to this account.
I got some friends to try it out but they didn't catch the fediverse bug so it just wasn't worth keeping. I love the idea of building a community but it's not a small task.
Just my experiences, good luck with the adventure whichever way you choose!
@sanzky I will comment though that having solar and an EV is amazing. It's already incredibly cheap to charge an EV and solar just changes the calculation even further.
Electrification combined with solar is incredibly awesome.
@sanzky the most I've done is an automation to remind me to plug the EV in if it's home. Found it was best to have an hour delay in case we were just coming and going.
As far as solar and charge optimization, our rates haven't incentivized that so can't comment on that.
Alex Russell
Ben Lockwood, PhD