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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The example most people use are farms. The problem often isn't range, it's power consumption. The soil moisture sensor or the cow health tracker a mile away needs to run on batteries for a long time.

Unless you need high data rates, LoRa would be a better option instead of wifi. Especially if you need a new chipset anyway.

Also, on range alone, people are pushing LoRa to insane distances: https://hackaday.com/2023/09/15/new-lora-distance-record-830-miles/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

https://youtu.be/tANavEbnKsU

Finland edition, where it apparently started. Action starts at 4:20m in.

Good, wholesome fun.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

How long before PG&E blames the rate increases on all those people with solar panels.

Oh wait, they already did.

[–] [email protected] 87 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's what you might call, a career-limiting decision.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Maybe he slurred his words and meant Virginia.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Can we extend the whole 'weird' assessment to the tech world?

At some point, building something just because you can should be assessed against common sense and how pointless and f'ing weird this is.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 11 months ago (2 children)

https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/2020

2020 California Electoral College vote. 55 for Biden/Harris. 0 for Trump/Pence.

California is also part of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which awards every electoral college vote to the winner of the popular vote.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Thanks! Looks like lots of options out there.

Our power panel is old and we've been advised it may need replacing. I briefly looked at Span panels, with built-in energy monitoring, but they're not cheap. These monitors look like you at least get the data at a much more reasonable price.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 11 months ago

RemindMe! 3y “reply to this thread”.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

How did you get the breakdown? We have a really old panel and may be looking at getting a new one in the next year. Would love to be able to see the breakdowns and figure out where it's going. FWIW, in PG&E territory.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago

FYI, somewhere between Tiffany (30) and Eric (40).

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