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When you make a post, I think HN asks you to summarize the article in the comments (or something like that, I haven't submitted anything in a while)


No. There is a textbox for the URL and a textbox for questions, but the idea is not to use it as a summary.


Plugs and sockets have the wrong gender for this. On the battery, you'd have a male plug with live 240v contacts, ready to short against anything, or anyone, that's conductive. This is the same reason why male-to-male extension cords are labeled "suicide cords".


Well, yes generally speaking. But the way this works with these plug in panels is that the micro inverter won't actually start delivering power to the grid in the absence of an energised plug in the first place. So just sitting there, the contacts are completely harmless. Obviously actual physical safety where you literally can't touch the contacts would be better.


How do you detect that it's plugged in? Just detecting voltage would mean that you'd unplug it and it would stay energized, right?


They need the grid frequency to generate AC. Those inverters are only allowed to be grid-following (at least for the plug-in part. I think there are systems that provide a -to-load socket that can be a PSU)


Ah I see, thanks.


To know that 0.32 m is smaller than 43 cm I have to actively think, but I'm guessing you don't. I've never had to think about 3/4 vs 1/2. Even 5/16ths vs 1/4 is intuitive for me.



When we use fractions for measurements, the denominator is virtually always a power of two. The only one I can think of that isn't is a fifth of alcohol, which is really just its own unit at this point.


An inch is 1/36 yd or 1/12 ft or 6 pica or 72 pt. There is no power of two whatsoever in this.


Neither 1/36th or 1/12th are used, and the other two aren't fractions. We don't say six and a twelfth feet, we say six feet one inch. With distance, fractions are only used for fractions of an inch (apart from trivial uses like "one and a half miles").


Nah, ditch the wife. Become a cardinal in the Catholic church, then get elected pope. From there it should be fairly trivial to re-establish the Papal States to their largest extent.


wouldn't it be simpler to just lead a conquest and be crowned holy roman emperor?


Let's test it out. I'll become pope, you become the emperor, and we'll see who gets there first.


This one burns oil, not coal.


This is Hackernews - the unreadable font size is a feature, not a bug


If you kill the lawn, won't the invasive plants take over?


Even if they were going to, you could just seed it with some native, low-growing "groundcover": clovers, fescues, whatever is in your area.


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The nirvana album doesn't have a space - for me, searching for "nevermind" gets me straight to the album


Search engines are supposed to help you find things without requiring you to already know with perfect accuracy what you wanted to find before making the query.


Google's AI search uses your previous inquiries and discussions to guide its response. It should be more precise than it is.


Today I learn :)


Interesting in learning more - what bill is this that was passed by Clinton?


The Telecommunications Act of 1996.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996

It passed with support from both parties in both the House and Senate.


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