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  • It cloaked the ship. The method is likely irrevalent, as the federation was banned by treaty from having cloaked ships. If a deep slathering of mustard had rendered the enterpise cloaked, that would also have been a violation of the treaty.

    I guarentee that if you murdered someone with a flintlock pistol by shooting them, arguing that “technically its not a gun” would not help your defense in any reaonable way. That’s because the law isnt just about “technicality,” but also “intent,” as you say. The test ships intent was to phase and to cloak, and that makes it illegal for the federation, no matter the novelty. Its not romulan manipulation of law, its just the law read clearly.














  • Batteries are effectivly another “power plant” on the grid. They have different properties than hydro/nat gas/coal/etc, but most of them are postive, like being able go kick on immedialty, versus some lag time with the others as power demand moves around.

    They are a great natural compliment to solar/wind, as they collect excess power for use when these sources lag, smoothing the curve out for the two cheapest sources of power. By cheapiest I mean in everyway. Cheap to build, maintain, and require no ongoing “buy fuel” costs that most others do, all while kicking out no pollution. Solar is especially cheap, and very reasonable to DIY. Batteries themselves are also cheap and getting cheaper.

    If youre in a rural area, you may be able to do a microgrid based on agrivoltaics, i.e farming/ranching in harmony with solar panels. Turns out lots of crops like the shade and increases moisture that solar panels provide, especially grasses/clover that sheep or cattle can graze while the farm makes passive income from the sun. Form a local power coop with your neighbors or village, and you might be able to make sure that grocer never loses power again.






  • rainwall@piefed.socialtoFuck AI@lemmy.worldAmazing Art
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    5 days ago

    I got bamboozled. They had a “breezy colored pencil” look that fit in with a good artist dashing off some quick drawings every couple of days.

    I missed the last one posted above. I think that one is too elaborare and might have given me some pause, but who knows.