A cranky biologist who means well. My hobbies include long walks off short piers and anything science related.

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    14 hours ago

    Herr Schraeder in German 101 taught me well.

    Well enough that I was able to get three or four exchanges into conversations with random Berliners before they caught on that I was making most of it up.

    In the train station, they would just walk a way, a bit disgusted.

    In the beer garden, it became instant friendship.











  • It can be more cost effective to build a power station on your own, BUT (that’s a big but) it can also easily become a costly boondoggle. So just the usual caveats about planning well before purchasing anything.

    The best diy approach I have seen is the sort built on a hand truck such as from Harbor Freight (in the US, there must be a eurozone equivalent that sells inexpensive tools). There are many variations on this plan to be found on the webz.

    The key is always matching the components, the controller, the battery and panel so they work well together.

    My two cents.







  • There’s got to be a name for this kind of method. I had a similar insight. I want to run for a public office as an independent and have one of my initial campaign pushes be about how I am the first openly gay person to run for that office.

    The person currently holding that office is openly gay. However, he is very comfortable and no longer makes a point about it anymore now that he has a secure seat. I have no interest in holding that office. I just want to make him talk about it.

    I as a working class, gay man. I am quite disgusted with the Palm Springs homosexuals who hide behind their wealth now that we have achieved a modicum of social acceptance. The fight is far from over for people who have to work for a living, so I thought about this as a way to just get people talking again about the needs of people who don’t fit the standard molds.

    It’s not quite rat fucking but more the political equivalent of shit posting.