You know there are transparent materials that can withstand forces of those, that are applied on a bicycle path. No one was even remotely talking about driving over unprotected panels. That’s just a weird imagination in your head. Instead of doing that, you could just invest a couple of minutes into reading what is getting tested already.

Netherland’s Solar Roadway Performing Even Better Than Expected!

There is nothing absurd about it. Every surface, which is constantly exposed to the sun, should be covered in PV panels.

I actually did not, and here around, I don’t see anyone do that. I believe climate and culture are the factors influencing the popularity of using an umbrella as mobile shade.

Interesting. It appears that it is one side effect of climate change.

Side note: PV panels try to absorb a lot of light. Parasols try to reflect it, which is why they usually have a bright color. Imagine now holding an umbrella, absorbing more energy than your skin/hair would, causing you to sweat even more?

I think there are some test roads in the Netherlands on the bike lane. Roads are used in all weather conditions, 24/7. Umbrellas not. Roads have approximately the same energy yield as any solar panel on the roof, minus the suboptimal angle and minus the road users causing shadows.

And you don’t think that carrying a 10kg umbrella is unsuitable for this type of climate, when you are already sweating with 500g?

I think it is also a cultural thing, as in asian communities brighter skin is preferred

Different device, similar features. They tend to be much larger, making the weight an even bigger issue.

A device, which is only used when it is really cloudy for photovoltaics has to be one of the dumbest ideas ever.

Open it from the bottom.

So. How hard is it to create a payment processor? Asking for a friend.

Oh wow. He is some personality

Wait, did this actually happen, or is he just a look a like with the same first name?

He is 35 years old. Just imagine that. 35 years old and still not capable to use the brain properly.

He was never smart. And he still lives with his parents. And he doesn’t even go to a dentist. He is representing a lot of central US people.

It is easy to say “they could have left the country. They did not. So they support Putin.”

Just look at the US.

Don’t expect “van lifers” to be smart. Came across a few and most of them did not have any camping, survival or military experience/training. They usually thought they had a hotel on 4 wheels and there will always be sun. And 99% of those people were doing yoga. Not saying there is a causation, but at least there is a correlation.

Nice boob job! Well done.

Phimosis can be treated.

Of course it is overkill for a homelab. The other features you mentioned, can be achieved by Nomad or Swarm as well. And with Nomad you don’t even have to use the Docker engine.

Just ask yourself the following question: why is helm so popular? Why do I need a third party scripting language just for K8s?

You clearly will feel that K8s did many things right. 10 years ago. But we learned from that. And operations cost are exploding everywhere I see K8s in use (with or without Helm). Weird side effects, because at this layer you almost have an indefinite amount of edge cases.

That’s why I move away from K8s. To make very large and complex platforms manageable for a small operations team. The DevOps Engineers don’t like that obviously, because it is a major skill on the job market. In the end, I have to prioritize and all I can do is spread awareness, that K8s was great at some point, as was Windows 98 SE.

Yes. Do that. Thanks to the TSA, I can now open any luggage without traces. Saves a lot of time. Don’t have to enter 123456 anymore.

And this is why I do not like K8s at all. The only reason to use it is to have something on your CV. Besides that, Docker Swarm and Hashicorp Nomad feel a lot better and are a lot easier to manage.