I feel like astro needs some light state event handling. While building my site recently I wanted to filter & sort some lists and I either had to add in react or something or do a bunch of wrangling manually on the html.
You can just sprinkle in some <script> tags and not have to rely on UI frameworks. I appreciate that Astro let's you do this rather than invent it's own way of doing things.
For sure, but there is room for improvement there. Similar to how the <style> tag has scoping built in. An integrated way to access the data objects directly and a way to reference elements and events would be ergonomic.
this is the same argument as "why have government id cards, someone could just use a fake beard and use their older classmates id". Any system allows for some gaps, similar to how creditcard transactions make transactions safer but on either side of that transaction there some "insurance" and some leeway if someone really wanted to.
in person? sure, that's harder, but we're talking about online services, right?
many times verification is simply uploading a photo, GenAI can make a nice fake ID.
are these id verification sites linked to government databases? for usual KYC it's enough to save the photo and do the minimal sanity check, no need to phone home an ask Big Brother.
...for the internet is a perfectly sane question. There are good reason we don't have those as well and these reason vastly outclass ineffective user protections.
aside from limitations like, you can only setup 1 app, or things like 2f authentication. Usually things like this are stopped by laws and enforcement causing consequences. I'm pretty sure that sort of thing would be considered identity theft. same thing as stealing their father's drivers license and opening bank accounts in their name.
There are physical barriers and there are barriers that are enforced manually. Same with speeding. you are not allowed to drive faster than 60. even though your car can drive faster, laws in combination with police, traffic cams and speed traps will make sure it's enforced.
Being reliable is very valuable for the company. Better for you, better for the company. Unrealistic deadlines is bad for everyone involved. Especially for day to day work
with all that output during the day, we might be able to revisit less "efficient" uses of energy like desalination plants that only make sense during the hours when energy is "free" because of overabundance.
perhaps we need to shift some of our habits to high sun hours where possible. Like run the washing machine and dishwasher at mid day. So you need less battery storage for the nights. And perhaps build houses that store thermal heat better so you can run the heater less aggressively in the evening.
Exactly. This is what the whole "iot" and "smart grid" were supposed to get us -- appliances and EVSEs that can be readied to start, and will then start themselves when the energy price is favorable.
We apparently have that for some EVSEs, but still not for my stupid dishwasher. (It uses electric heat to boost the water temperature, no matter how much I prime the hot water plumbing, and it's quite a pig energy-wise.)
Real energy has curves, and the sooner we embrace that, the better off we'll be.
Worse, my energy provider put me on a time-of-day rate that's _most_ expensive during peak sun hours, which seems backwards if they're supposed to be introducing more PV to the mix. I guess it's time to negotiate with the landlord and get some panels on the roof so I can start offsetting my own consumption at their so-called "peak" times.
plus with every advancement in cost and efficiency the amount of sun needed reduces. If you're a bit more north you might just need a couple extra panels compared to really sunny places. Even if it's just to offset instead of completely replace other fuels
The viability of solar panels in the north depends on eye watering grid prices, which isn't the case everywhere or all of the year. Whenever it occurs it is generally during winter time when a roof worth of panels provides a mere trickle of energy.
I considered some small-medium batteries and panels but the calculation came out massively in favor of putting the same bundle of cash into a financial investment portfolio instead.
