Do you have a bulk food store nearby? We have one where you can BYO containers, tare and label them, and then fill them up at the store. Bulk food with no bags or single-use containers, it’s great.

…let me get this straight, you’re divorcing Minnie because she’s very silly?

RHEL would like a word ;)

“popularity contest” is an opt-in on Debian. It’s not malicious, and it’s not for financial gain, but it is in a loose sense spying.

It’s at a much, much larger scale** than that — our local group is collapsing in on itself, and it’s ~10M lightyears in diameter.

** talking about length scales only makes sense in reference to the specifics — two bananas separated by 10M lightyears, with no other matter nearby, would (I’m guessing) be expanded away, but a cluster of galaxies will not.

You might be interested about this, too: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_thermal_energy_conversion

RTGs aren’t radioactive-specific, they are just a solid state way of turning a temperature difference into electricity. The better way to do this (at scale) is e.g. a steam engine, which is what big power plants do.

Yes, I don’t think RTGs are really what you’re asking about. It’s just a solid state way of turning heat into energy instead of using steam.

Lot of comments about RTGs, but I don’t think that’s what OP is asking. RTGs convert heat to electricity, same as a conventional power plants — they just do it in a solid state way instead of steam. In RTGs it doesn’t matter where the heat comes from; they are not really analogous to solar cells, as the title asks.

In fact, there are consumer products that use the same technology — you can buy a little electric fan that sits on top of a wood stove and, once up to temp, will start spinning. The electricity is generated by the thermal gradient using heat from the stove, essentially the same as an RTG.

As others have mentioned, a few possibilities (I’m in the US, not sure how specific this is):

• Payment isn’t always monthly, it is often every two weeks. So sometimes you get two paychecks in a month, sometimes you get three.
• Compensation isn’t just salary, even if you’re salaried. Bonuses, stock grants, etc. might be done yearly/every 6 mo./every quarter.
• Expenses aren’t always monthly. If you own a place, you probably pay property tax which isn’t due every month AFAIK. If you budget for vacations, holiday travel, etc., these are costs that vary wildly month to month, but have some stability on a yearly basis.
• ETA: taxes are based on annual income, too.

Say it with me now: N+1

Yeah, my pedals alone (Assioma Duo) are now worth more than an entry level bike.

It’s a good way to eat breakfast and feed my sourdough starter at the same time.

Kissinger was on the board of Theranos, which feels a little anachronistic to me.

For software, something that plays nice with Linux.

For hardware, the M2 Air is a divine machine.

Linux and Mac users can hold on to a little piece of that history with the wonderful xscreensaver suite (its author, jwz, was a Netscape dude).

If I’m really tired, sometimes I’ll just dose off in the midd

If, as an adult, you have a kid and send 'em to daycare…you’re probably going to be getting sick “pretty regularly” again! (It’s worth it, but it does suck.)

Yeah, possibly the most expensive wedding I’ve been to was one where they (rather, the parents) could afford it. And it was lovely — it was first and foremost a party for friends. No dress code, great food, and the only “micromanaging” by bride and groom was to make sure guests were enjoying themselves/remind us that the bar was open. Vows weren’t even a part of the wedding (small, family-only).

It’s not “endless suburbia.” It does end — the state is just huge!

You can hop on a bike in downtown San Francisco after breakfast, and end up in the middle of nowhere in the Mt. Tam watershed before lunch.

And if that’s too urban, go hike the Lost Coast. Or check out Yosemite.