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pkirk··on Puerto Rico's Solar Microgrids Beat Blackout
That is the case only if you want to give your surplus back to the grid. If you avoid that, you are only limited to a maximum power of 20kW of solar panels installed.
pkirk··on Swiss satellite antennas make a comeback as solar powerhouses
This italian company https://www.trienergia.com/ [Trienergia] produces (in Italy!) triangular panels.
pkirk··on The coronavirus pandemic has changed our sleep
I don't know why, at least consciously, but I've started to sleep less with the lockdown (italian here): from ~8hrs to ~6hrs, more or less, waking up fresh&ready. I've also been more energic: I started running and started being more consistent with the weight training, sometimes both in the same day. Also lost 6Kg in the last 4 months!

But work has been the same: no increase or loss in productivity. Lockdown forced WFH, but I used to WFH for years. The only difference is that in the last 10 months I've been going to the office daily because of a new job, enjoyed the atmosphere and the colleagues. And because it was only an 8 minutes commute.

pkirk··on A Quick and Easy Guide to Tmux (2015)
Is your connection unstable? Then try Mosh ( https://mosh.org/ )
pkirk··on Tarana Wireless: connecting the last-mile with non-line-of-sight wireless
So NGI's Eolo is going to test it? (:
pkirk··on Our universe within a larger universe? So suggests wormhole research (2010)
Fermat, is that you?
pkirk··on Twilio SMS price halved to a penny per message
I never read about it here on hn but I used Cardboardfish.com in a couple of projects. The API is similar to the Clickatell's (they are all pretty the same) but I found most of routes to be cheaper.
pkirk··on Oracle and Apple Announce OpenJDK Project for Mac OS X
I'm no a meta-fanboy, believe me. But a real fanboy would have written that comment too.
pkirk··on Poll: Where abouts are you hackers from?
Italy
pkirk··on Ask HN: Best Plug Computer or energy efficient server?
What about an Acer Aspire Revo 1600 to use like a server and also as a mediacenter connected to the bigscreen tv? 16-20W idle.
pkirk··on Ask HN: What do you listen to when you code?
I go with SomaFM.com's Groove Salad, as most of the music is without words, so no distraction.
pkirk··on Ask HN: Cloning a US startup for a european country ?
I often think about that many times. But I believe the best solution is to get in touch for a collaboration.