I realize you properly kept the title the same as the article's, but "Risk" is doing a LOT of heavy lifting there.

Aside from a funeral and a couple of weddings, I haven't set foot in a church since I moved out on my own. However, I would absolutely sit down for a service where the preacher read passages from the New Testament with the moral of the sermon being "Are we the baddies?"

I mean, they are 100% Christian values though they're not Christ's values.

I like this Jesus fellow, but his fan club is the worst.

Paraphrased, and can't recall who said it (I thought it was George Carlin but can't find the quote).

"Pro-family", "family friendly", "family values", and similar phrases are pretty much all dogwhistles for "Christian values" but not the values that actually help anyone (love thy neighbor, etc).

I'd like to think that. But also, we're the country where the 1/3 pound burger failed because people thought it was less portion than a 1/4 pound burger.

Turnabout's fair play 🤷‍♂️ My state-level politicians have been running as Democrats and then switching parties after they're elected. 😠

Oh, well, silver lining: the misinterpretation of that comment inspired more discussion than it would have had it been interpreted correctly as grammar pedantry lol

I'm reading that in a positive light: abolish political parties (i.e. no more magic 'R' for the mouth-breathers to look for).

Everyone (sane, insane, benevolent, evil, corrupt, etc) runs as Republican. Nice little loophole.

Yeah, A/C is a power sink; I'm not arguing that. But people are increasingly in need of it for survival. No one needs AI (the biggest datacenter power suck to date).

His approach blended populist messaging with economic nationalism, drawing both cheers from supporters stupid people and warnings from economists and global leaders everyone else.

Fixed that for them.

Silly rabbit. Crime is for poor people.

When a rich person does it, it's just being smart.

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There's a few services (Fediseer and the Lemmy Canvas event) that auth via Lemmy. It's awkward, but it works.

Basically you enter your username@instnace.xyz there, and it sends a DM to your account with a code (similar to an MFA token). You then complete the login on the app with that code.

That one's actually what I'd consider affordable considering something like this beast (solar inverter / charger) was what I was originally looking at.

MAGA Gun Nuts / 2nd Amendment Absolutists / NRA: 🦗

Exactly. Except I'm trying to avoid those kinds of "cigarette lighter" style adapters, but I've used them before (which is why I'm trying to avoid them this time around lol).

That looks a bit overkill for camping, but yeah, definitely what I'm after / trying to achieve. I guess I could justify the expense if I set it up at the house between trips. Actually....that's not a bad idea.

If you want an integrated charger

Not for this, but I'm eventually looking for a 48v lithium charger for solar panels. The ones I looked at weren't terribly expensive but were designed for larger systems than what I have (I just want to safely charge my 48v 20AH multipurpose ebike battery from solar)

It's in storage since I moved a few years ago, but I had a 1.2 KW ground mounted grid-tie setup at my old house (basically a proof-of-concept before moving to something bigger). Looking to dig that out for either a bigger grid tie setup or possibly feeding something akin to a PowerWall. Probably going with LiFeP04 for safety / peace of mind reasons.

Cool guide! Skimmed it, but saved it for later to read through in more detail when I'm not on mobile.

I've got two sets of solar panels and two different use-cases.

The panels my power banks use are all regulated 5v output (3x 6 watts, one 20W, and one 12W). I take one or more of those backpacking.

The 12V->USB PD adapter I'm looking for is to hook into my 12V 50 or 100 watt panel I take camping (which one i take depends how many people plan to charge from it). In addition to being a charging point for my laptop, it would also charge my power banks much quicker since they support QC/PD charging at higher voltages than the 5V panels produce.

But yeah, PV panels "open circuit" voltage is closer to 17-21 volts, but once you put a load on them, they're closer to 12-14.

That's exactly what I do.

I've got a 2-port 100W GaN PD travel charger that I use for pretty much everything. When I travel, my laptop and phone are hooked into that, and the laptop acts as a charging hub for all of the smaller stuff.