Was on my computer earlier looking at grid injection and battery backup for PV, while chatting with a friend about manufacturing an automatic transfer switch for going into standalone mode when the grid goes down (changing to local earth, then synching the local AC sine wave to the grid before rejoining). The cheapest of off the shelf solutions costs over €1,000 so we're looking at a partnership to do it ourselves.
Then the grid went down as we were discussing it. The whole area is affected for at least five hours. Need to get that battery backup sorted out..
Some friends are having a joint Burns Night and Chinese New Year party. They’re calling it Chinese Burns Night. I wasn’t going to go but they twisted my arm.
I work with very small companies but I recently spoke with the CFO from a company that is big enough to have an advisory board. When I used the expression "black swan event" it really struck a nerve. She keeps getting asked "have you considered 'black swan' events?" To which I answered, that's dumb, those are by definition unpredictable. She had a better answer: her modeling is based on the past 5 years which... reflects our recent black swans.
Biden's influence could stop the massacre in #Gaza yet he does nothing except supply more arms to Israel.
If you think the intervention against the #Houthis is proportionate but stopping the ongoing massacre isn't infinitely more important, you have very odd priorities indeed.
@davep
On that subject, I have been surprised recently (it may be a regional thing) by people who think that "Cunt" is a gender specific offensive term.
I am acquainted with a number of cunts, and the majority are male. And, yes, they get on my tits, and I'm also male.