MonkeyTown

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[–] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Not difficult at all, just longer posts. Everything else is exactly the same as if tou installed it 3-or-whatevers-standard foot from the ground.

As for tornadoes, they don't happen in most places nearly as often as certain places in the US, just due to how they form and the conditions necessary, so largely irrelevant to most of the world. But beyond that, being near, but not on, the ground doesn't offer a lot of help in tornado force winds for something like solar. It’s likely to get damaged regardless how tall it is.

[–] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

Aktchully, the ideal height to install solar for max benefit for plants is also high enough to allow for large animals and people to pass right under them! (This isn't really a new finding, tbh)

It’s about 6 foot off the ground, or higher, and well-spaced. This allows sunlight to reach the whole ground as the sun moves, while still providing adequate shade to reduce plant burn and soil drying.

[–] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago

That is the most relatable justification for a relatable comic I have ever seen.

I’m the person who can’t go on a hike, because I stop too much to look at stuff and tell everyone with me all about it if they say no when I ask if they know.

[–] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 22 points 2 months ago

I had one with a similar story, he taught the rest of my cats that inside is better, and that’s even been passed on to the newest cats even tho he’s not around anymore. Nobody wants to go outside, even on leash.

[–] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 9 points 2 months ago

My cats sit by the glass storm door and watch me go through it. Not a whisker twitch to move. They are inside only and have no real desire to go out. All my cats have been like that. They are spoiled rotten and know it. Not willing to give up a good thing.

[–] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 4 points 4 months ago

Neat, I support this effort big time.

I was so paranoid when I got my memorial tattoo done.. it’s in Latin, and my Latin is not awesome.. I did weeks of research and was very confident I had it right, so I had my prof take a look and somehow I did indeed get it right, yay!

I was paranoid because my first tattoo was supposed to say one thing in Japanese, had the right character on the stencil and everything, and the artist fucked it up figuring I wouldn’t notice, and it’s not a word at all. Thankfully it’s covered unless I’m naked, and nobody who has seen me naked can read Japanese..

Unfortunately I’m so rusty on all my languages I won’t be much help, but I’m for sure gunna lurk!

[–] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 4 points 4 months ago

No thanks, I’m ace.

[–] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Presumably yes.

But for a bigger picture question, are all of those others able to interbreed with each other, as well? If yes, they are basically like different races of human or breed of domestic animal. If not, it gets much more interesting in terms of classification.

[–] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 10 points 4 months ago

So women aren’t allowed to be called she/her anymore because woke? We can’t use gender neutral they/them either because that’s also woke. I’m curious how we are supposed to be referred. This anti-woke stuff is getting really complicated.

[–] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 2 points 4 months ago

I’ve never had to get a vehicle inspected in Wisconsin as far as I can recall. There are some areas that do emissions testing but that’s about it.

[–] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 8 points 4 months ago

Honestly, that’s probably for the best. Don’t need more people like that, and if they feel strongly enough to take such drastic measures, they absolutely would have passed on that mindset.

[–] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 16 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Archive link because this is too important for people to be turned away by a paywall

https://archive.ph/HYbBG

The takeaway that I got here is basically that even a burner phone can hypothetically be linked to you, if you take it home with you after a protest. And if you aren’t using a burner phone, they can get so much granular historical data about you that your whole life is laid bare.

And zero warrants required, because of course this needs to be abused as much as possible.

What do normal people even do about this sort of thing? Flock cameras at least can be disabled or hacked, but this? We don’t have access to cell towers nor the ability to choose which we connect to, we don’t meaningfully have the ability to opt out of data tracking.

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