rhythmisaprancer

I’m in a pretty similar boat to you. Not great financials, not a lot of spare time, I live in a remote location with limited purchasing options. But I made the decision a long time ago to not use Amazon. That does mean purchasing from multiple sources, seeking vendors who will sell products, and maybe pay a little more.

The thing about Amazon is that their pricing is artificial. The whole package, from item price to shipping is meant to capture you, the consumer, into their ecosystem. I am willing to spend a small amount extra to not support hegemonic practices. It isn’t even that much money, and the time investment to find sources is just that (an investment). For most of my mail order stuff, I already know the vendors to use.

I don’t like to castigate folks for using amazon, and I apologize if I was too confrontational, but I do want to encourage people to engage in their options before amazon is all we have.

Best wishes finding quality sources!

Amazon is pretty necessary in much of the US

I couldn’t disagree more. Amazon is a choice. You have to choose other options and move away from the mindset of immediacy.

I don’t think I am the target audience for these products, and have no answers for you, but am curious what these would do above what turning the device off. Is a device that is powered off still reachable? Or is this not about that?

Anyway, on to the non answers, when i worked around wiring that needed to not be affected by interference from adjacent wiring, it would we shielded by aluminum. It was thicker than household foil, and had braiding. The wires could be run with other, non shielded wires, most of which were dramatically different voltages.

I am not a scientist 😅

You and @[email protected] really summed up my concerns and knowledge gaps succinctly! Don’t want to frac, but don’t want to miss an opportunity, either. Hard to beat pumped, tho. When applicable.

Ya, usually liquids are compressed with air for any useful stored use. Otherwise something must continually pump. Maybe they are putting a large bladder into the ground?

The article doesn’t discuss how they pressurize water. Conventional pumped storage uses gravity,the water isn’t actually pressurized itself. Plus the whole liquid thing. But otherwise, neat!

Ya I am checking some more out. I really like the sax and the overall vibe.

Wow that was really great! The radio market I lived in when this would have been current probably wouldn’t have played this so I am happy to have heard it now. It says alt rock on the description, if so, it adds a lot more depth to that genre when compared to the big bands of the time I knew of and no longer listen to very much.

I used the block element feature of Ublock, but I don’t know if that works in incognito or if it blocks their cookies. I also grew tired of having to disable it but didn’t consider the ramifications of making it invisible to me 🤔