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I realize that the return on the investment is a joke, but I'm more wondering if anyone who is living with others (cough home with parents) who have solar panels or Combined heat and power fuel cells see in terms of power bills.
I realize the economics: 10 KW of solar panels is going to run you many tens of thousands of dollars, even including tax incentives and NOT including maintenance and degredation. This is not a question of whether or not its economical to build a farm with some methane powered fuel cells, parabolic stirling engine solar generators, and photovoltaics covering every square inch of the property. I'm just curious
I'm sure there are some people out there with sizable enough solar panels to see a noticable drop in their bills.
Also I would be lying if I said I was not trying to get out of noob status
I realize the economics: 10 KW of solar panels is going to run you many tens of thousands of dollars, even including tax incentives and NOT including maintenance and degredation. This is not a question of whether or not its economical to build a farm with some methane powered fuel cells, parabolic stirling engine solar generators, and photovoltaics covering every square inch of the property. I'm just curious
I'm sure there are some people out there with sizable enough solar panels to see a noticable drop in their bills.
Also I would be lying if I said I was not trying to get out of noob status
yeah thats totally the thing I imagine bitcoins for:
literally just virtual cash. absolutely every single aspect of real life cash has some kind of hypothetical equivalent with bitcoins. all we need is the infrastructure.
its funny and ironic but the biggest problem is going to be CONVINCING PEOPLE TO USE IT
literally just virtual cash. absolutely every single aspect of real life cash has some kind of hypothetical equivalent with bitcoins. all we need is the infrastructure.
its funny and ironic but the biggest problem is going to be CONVINCING PEOPLE TO USE IT
I've been using dwolla too, and my experience has usually been that 3 full business days is rarely the reality.
my experience is that: regardless of what time you post, the transaction does not even "begin" until the following day, even if you do so well within banking hours on the east coast (say no later thn 12:30 PM Pacific time).
starting THE NEXT DAY, you count 3 days: day 1 you post... day 2 is "1," day 3 is "2," day 4 is "3" and then sometimes that day by 5 PM central time it will show up.
I have had at least 3 transactions where day 5 is "4" and the money shows up, but those are typically when I post the transaction at a time when the weekend is going to slow things down.
but yeah I think your best bet is a walk-in deposit. I have never tried the money order postal schemes. Theoretically they SHOULD be faster, because Dwolla or whomever has your MO, which is "money in the bank" so to speak. its not counterfeit, its not a check that might bounce, and its not a possible depleted gift-card. its legit cash.
Those "cash" services like Bitcoin4cash and Bitcoin2cash were sooooooo attractive until I found out that B4cash is dead/gone/disappeared, and that when he WAS operating, it took fucking WEEKS. Someone needs to figure out a service that can be dealt with super quick.... like in 1 day. We need a super quick exchange, a super quick anonymizer (bitcoinfog takes like 12 hours minimum) , and then we are set baby!
my experience is that: regardless of what time you post, the transaction does not even "begin" until the following day, even if you do so well within banking hours on the east coast (say no later thn 12:30 PM Pacific time).
starting THE NEXT DAY, you count 3 days: day 1 you post... day 2 is "1," day 3 is "2," day 4 is "3" and then sometimes that day by 5 PM central time it will show up.
I have had at least 3 transactions where day 5 is "4" and the money shows up, but those are typically when I post the transaction at a time when the weekend is going to slow things down.
but yeah I think your best bet is a walk-in deposit. I have never tried the money order postal schemes. Theoretically they SHOULD be faster, because Dwolla or whomever has your MO, which is "money in the bank" so to speak. its not counterfeit, its not a check that might bounce, and its not a possible depleted gift-card. its legit cash.
Those "cash" services like Bitcoin4cash and Bitcoin2cash were sooooooo attractive until I found out that B4cash is dead/gone/disappeared, and that when he WAS operating, it took fucking WEEKS. Someone needs to figure out a service that can be dealt with super quick.... like in 1 day. We need a super quick exchange, a super quick anonymizer (bitcoinfog takes like 12 hours minimum) , and then we are set baby!
Typical child of the modern age. Use computers enough to know what I am doing
not a hacker
not a skiddy
not a cracker
not a "security researcher"
just a guy who knows how to find answers to quetions on the internet and implement them. the absolute generic power user.
beyond that I consider Bitcoins to be immensely powerful.
I just hope that future regulations in the US (that are currently being discusses as of this moment) regarding regulation of the public internet are goig to make services and systems like BTC harder to implement.
its tough because, while the US may not be everyone's favorite place, the US' regularatory stance on internet openness changes, its only a matter of time before the rest of Europe catches on.... not to mention that the userbase of the US is a significant proportion (perhaps of a majority) of the majority of online services, including bitcoin.
lets just hope that the government doesnt destroy the internet because a bunch of fat old men, who have absolutely no clue about the ideals and priciples of the generations that follow their yourth, deem the internet to be little more than a marketing/economic tool, as opposed to the monumentally important evolution of the written word.
first there were cavemen who spoke oral traditions
then there were early agricultural and tradesmen who used lines and wedges written in clay and on the ground to count livestock and trade goods
then there were scribes and historians of antiquity who actually categorized and developed writing systems for the purposes of recording a narrative
movable type made this accessible outside the population who were literate and the small number of transcribed tomes
the internet is the genuine final evolution.
it is the synthesis of all written forms of communication since nomads and foragers developed agriculture, all the way up to the days of John Bardeen and the integrated circuit.
economics and commerce are merely side effects. the internet is about instant, universal, inexpensive, broadly applicable communication that transcends borders, time, politics, economic status, and the status quo.
that is why regulation of the internet, and anything that depends upon it, is so monumentally dangerous.
politicians who believe that the internet must be regulated to protect stupid people who are stupid on the internet, because at its heart they believe the internet to be just a tool for better transmissio of COMMERCIAL information, are the most dangerous people on the planet.
not quite as dangerous as a terrorist standing right in front of you with a weapon, but way more dangerous than the leadership of any particular terrorist organization.
regulation of the internet will/could be the most catastrophic decision ever made by any governing body since the change of foreign policies that followed world war 2.
not a hacker
not a skiddy
not a cracker
not a "security researcher"
just a guy who knows how to find answers to quetions on the internet and implement them. the absolute generic power user.
beyond that I consider Bitcoins to be immensely powerful.
I just hope that future regulations in the US (that are currently being discusses as of this moment) regarding regulation of the public internet are goig to make services and systems like BTC harder to implement.
its tough because, while the US may not be everyone's favorite place, the US' regularatory stance on internet openness changes, its only a matter of time before the rest of Europe catches on.... not to mention that the userbase of the US is a significant proportion (perhaps of a majority) of the majority of online services, including bitcoin.
lets just hope that the government doesnt destroy the internet because a bunch of fat old men, who have absolutely no clue about the ideals and priciples of the generations that follow their yourth, deem the internet to be little more than a marketing/economic tool, as opposed to the monumentally important evolution of the written word.
first there were cavemen who spoke oral traditions
then there were early agricultural and tradesmen who used lines and wedges written in clay and on the ground to count livestock and trade goods
then there were scribes and historians of antiquity who actually categorized and developed writing systems for the purposes of recording a narrative
movable type made this accessible outside the population who were literate and the small number of transcribed tomes
the internet is the genuine final evolution.
it is the synthesis of all written forms of communication since nomads and foragers developed agriculture, all the way up to the days of John Bardeen and the integrated circuit.
economics and commerce are merely side effects. the internet is about instant, universal, inexpensive, broadly applicable communication that transcends borders, time, politics, economic status, and the status quo.
that is why regulation of the internet, and anything that depends upon it, is so monumentally dangerous.
politicians who believe that the internet must be regulated to protect stupid people who are stupid on the internet, because at its heart they believe the internet to be just a tool for better transmissio of COMMERCIAL information, are the most dangerous people on the planet.
not quite as dangerous as a terrorist standing right in front of you with a weapon, but way more dangerous than the leadership of any particular terrorist organization.
regulation of the internet will/could be the most catastrophic decision ever made by any governing body since the change of foreign policies that followed world war 2.
Make it Easier for New Members to Realize that They Must Post Here!
I am by no means a "noob" when it comes to forums. Given the level of complexity, research, and kid of "semi-underground" status of the bitcoin community, we can probably assume that MOST of the users of this forum also have frequented many many forums in their lifetime of internet usage.
the principle that noobs must post in an "introductory" part of the forum, write an "essay" to for consideration of membership, etc. are all nothing new or unheard of.
the kind of annoying thing was that this information was not plastered at the TOP LINE of the lincense agreement, or somewhere else prominent.
I have no problem doing this, I just wish I didnt spend 2 and half hours trying to figure out why my account wasnt working before I stumbled upon an unrelated post in an unrelated search.
That being said, I am here to keep in touch with members of the BTC community who are unwilling to set up secure email accounts or use PGP. I find it surprising that some service operators (cough bitcoinfog cough) do not simply utilize PGP + hushmail, but instead (so far) require that all communications be performed THROUGH THIS FORUM.
they have no other means of communication, or at least none that are easily identifiable from their Onion page or thie regular page, or their forum post here, or any of the review pages created for them.
I will do my diligence to get to the minimum rank, but my goal here is to get in touch with Bitcoinfog.
Its also important to have a presence in the bitcoin community, but I will be the first to admit: I am a user, not a developer. I won't be mining, I wont be developing, I will be USING bitcoins. I am a simple person with simple ambitions.
the principle that noobs must post in an "introductory" part of the forum, write an "essay" to for consideration of membership, etc. are all nothing new or unheard of.
the kind of annoying thing was that this information was not plastered at the TOP LINE of the lincense agreement, or somewhere else prominent.
I have no problem doing this, I just wish I didnt spend 2 and half hours trying to figure out why my account wasnt working before I stumbled upon an unrelated post in an unrelated search.
That being said, I am here to keep in touch with members of the BTC community who are unwilling to set up secure email accounts or use PGP. I find it surprising that some service operators (cough bitcoinfog cough) do not simply utilize PGP + hushmail, but instead (so far) require that all communications be performed THROUGH THIS FORUM.
they have no other means of communication, or at least none that are easily identifiable from their Onion page or thie regular page, or their forum post here, or any of the review pages created for them.
I will do my diligence to get to the minimum rank, but my goal here is to get in touch with Bitcoinfog.
Its also important to have a presence in the bitcoin community, but I will be the first to admit: I am a user, not a developer. I won't be mining, I wont be developing, I will be USING bitcoins. I am a simple person with simple ambitions.