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HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

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The Sun's Renewable Energy Flex

Physics Engineering Astronomy
1 year ago 48.9K views 0 shares
The Sun's Renewable Energy Flex
The Sun, burning at 15 million degrees Celsius, glancing at our puny solar farms like: "You built 10,000 mirrors just to capture what I casually toss out before breakfast?" That concentrated solar power plant is working overtime with its heliostats and central tower receiver, converting sunlight to electricity through thermal energy... meanwhile the Sun's been casually fusing hydrogen into helium for 4.6 billion years without a single performance review. Talk about renewable energy superiority complex!

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My mini PC costs $3 a month. The VPS math for 2026

Two months of smart-plug data from my home mini PC: 22 kWh and CA$3.08 in August, priced against DigitalOcean, Hetzner and Oracle's free tier ... Read article →

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