Computer whisperer, tree hugger, solar punk, amateur anarchist, GenAI conscientious objector, appreciator of lighthouses and ancient water systems, girl dad.
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The same gambler's logic that makes a 23-year-old pour his savings into a memecoin because the asymmetry is too beautiful to resist is now directing cruise missiles at a country of 88 million people.
The math is the same.
The math is nihilism.
Everything's Casino On the evening of February 28, 2026, American B-2 bombers lifted off from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri. By the time they reached Iranian airspace, Tomahawk missiles were already in flight from submarines in the Persian Gulf. Operation Epic Fury hit over a thousand targets in its
Internet friends, do any of you have a Fronius Gen24 series solar inverter on the same network as a Linux computer?
EDIT: Thanks everyone, I've got a few solid samples back now! Much appreciated
If so, could I trouble you to please run the following two commands and send me back the output?
avahi-browse -rv _Fronius-SE-Inverter._tcp
avahi-browse -rv _Fronius-SE-SmartMeter._tcp
(If you've not got the "Smart Meter" addon then the second command might not do anything, not to worry if so.)
Is all in the aid of reverse engineering for interoperability. If what I'm trying to do works then it'll be open sourced. đȘ
Boosts for reach appreciated!
PSA: If you block the `claude` user on GitHub, you'll get a warning every time you view a repo with that user in its commit history.
Now, the moment you look at a repo, you can immediately adjust your expectations.
You may do so here: https://github.com/settings/blocked_users
Everyone who hasn't already read the Twin Cities rapid response analysis should now:
I am weeping. This essay broke my heart but also gave me real hope.
Keep being human. Keep loving human things. That's where the joy & delight is.
"The Colonization of Confidence" by Robert Kingett
https://sightlessscribbles.com/the-colonization-of-confidence/
Parce que lâinjustice fiscale affaiblit notre dĂ©mocratie, creuse les inĂ©galitĂ©s et prive nos services publics de moyens essentiels, nous demandons la revote et lâadoption de la taxe Zucman, une mesure simple, juste et puissante. ProposĂ©e par lâĂ©conomiste Gabriel Zucman, elle vise Ă instaurer un impĂŽt minimal de 2 % sur le patrimoine des ultra-riches, en tenant compte de leurs revenus rĂ©els. Cette taxe ne concernerait quâenviron 1 800 foyers parmi les plus riches de France, mais elle permettrait de rapporter jusquâĂ 20 milliards dâeuros par an, sans jamais toucher la classe moyenne ni les PME. Aujourdâhui, les 0,01 % les plus riches paient proportionnellement moins dâimpĂŽts que la majoritĂ© des Français. GrĂące Ă lâoptimisation fiscale, aux revenus du capital faiblement taxĂ©s ou non imposĂ©s, ils Ă©chappent en grande partie Ă lâeffort collectif. Câest une rupture inacceptable de lâĂ©galitĂ© devant lâimpĂŽt. Pourquoi cette mesure est essentielle : â RĂ©tablir la justice fiscale : imposer un taux minimal Ă ceux qui Ă©chappent aujourdâhui Ă lâimpĂŽt rĂ©el. â 20 milliards dâeuros par an : une ressource majeure pour financer les urgences sociales, climatiques et sanitaires. â Seulement 1 800 contribuables concernĂ©s : les trĂšs grandes fortunes, et elles seules. â RĂ©duction des inĂ©galitĂ©s : une fiscalitĂ© plus progressive, plus transparente, plus morale. â Financement concret des services publics : hĂŽpitaux, Ă©coles, logement, climat, petite enfance, justice, culture⊠â RĂ©tablir la confiance dĂ©mocratique : montrer que lâimpĂŽt peut ĂȘtre juste, lisible et efficace. â Faire de la France un modĂšle : ouvrir la voie Ă une Europe plus Ă©quitable. Ce que nous demandons : 1) Le revote immĂ©diat de la taxe Zucman Ă lâAssemblĂ©e et son adoption dĂ©finitive par le Parlement et le SĂ©nat. 2) La crĂ©ation dâun Observatoire citoyen de la justice fiscale pour veiller Ă son application et lutter contre les contournements. En signant cette pĂ©tition : - Vous exigez un impĂŽt plus juste, pour un avenir plus Ă©quitable. - Vous refusez que les plus fortunĂ©s Ă©chappent Ă lâeffort collectif pendant que les autres paient pour tous. - Vous soutenez le financement de nos services publics, aujourdâhui en pĂ©ril. - Vous dĂ©fendez une RĂ©publique oĂč chacun contribue selon ses moyens, pour lâintĂ©rĂȘt gĂ©nĂ©ral. Signez, partagez, mobilisez-vous.
Happy weekend friends :) I've got a GREAT BIG new post for you. I've been meaning to write about the per-query based claims that generative AI is environmentally benign for quite some time, so the release of Google's new paper was a nice chance to bring it all together.
- Google's paper only provides a statistical summary, doesn't consider image and video generation, doesn't provide absolute values, and doesn't consider the fact that a growing proportion of generative systems are being forced on users rather than being intentionally queried.
- A bunch of key Substack posts presenting these systems as essentially environmentally harmless were obviously key in three major AI companies adopting the intensity tactic in rapid succession
- When you zoom out, the industrial damage being wrought by this novel form of digital bloat is measurable and tactile, with immediate and acute impacts occurring from data centre overdevelopment at the regional, state and country level
As Mar Hicks says: none of this inevitable. But the dismissive approach of downplaying the broader industrial impact of these technologies using intensity metrics and shifting the focus on consumers mirrors those of the fossil fuel industry.
Please get a cup of coffee, sit down on your couch, and have a read (and tell me what you think!) ->
https://ketanjoshi.co/2025/08/23/big-techs-selective-disclosure-masks-ais-real-climate-impact/
Mar Hicks
JA Westenberg
Gus
No Boilerplate
hex
Brad Macpherson
Artemis
AgnĂšs
Mark Holtom (aka Kingbeard)
Ketan Joshi