Post #382726

2026-02-21 23:18 UTC

Every now and then, I check up on https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/about/the-solar-website/ This is a website that has managed to optimize itself to only contain 0.5mb of data per page (on average). They&#39;re running on a battery and solar power, without any mains connections, and maintain an impressive site uptime. I would highly recommend giving their site a read. Shout out to @rra as one of the contributors to the site, I can only apologize for not having the time to find Fedi handles for the other awesome contributors. #solarpunk #lowpowerengineering #sysadmin #solar

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@DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social 2026-02-22 01:36

Tagging for #SolarPunkSunday, @GigaByte4711@whitespashe.uk @rra@post.lurk.org ! #LowTechMagazine rocks!

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@praetor@mstdn.social 2026-02-22 01:48

@GigaByte4711@whitespashe.uk @rra@post.lurk.org It's getting better all the time. I've been around the sun a few times, and I'm STILL amazed I'm able to power my MacBook, with 2 attachable monitors, my audio interface, etc etc on one cable hooked to a 100w power brick, There was a time you needed 100 watts for just for a lightbulb.

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@seachaint@masto.hackers.town 2026-02-22 10:39

@GigaByte4711@whitespashe.uk @rra@post.lurk.org People often point out, correctly, that the whole monochrome-dithering thing is really just an aesthetic. Using normal JPEG compression or scaleable formats for repeating designs, like SVGs, one can still achieve tiny sites with full colour visuals. Something about the posterised/dithered aesthetic does grab the attention though, so maybe they're doing it for that reason :)

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