Michael Wong

https://hackaday.com/2026/07/17/eu-adds-exemptions-to-user-serviceable-batteries-rules/ This is helpful but what I want is swappable standardized #Batteries. Think your flashlight when you swap out the AA batteries for a new pair. It just works, no need to hunt for brand "Makita" or "Hoover model ABC113XYZ" battery on the Internet that you cannot find 5 years after you bought the vacuum. Just go to any major store. So swappable standard small/flat size for phones, one bigger size for cordless drills/power tools/cordless vacuums, one biggest size for lawn mowers/power stations/e-bikes. Make them #Lifepo4 for longer life. I wouldn't mind the lower power capacity as much since the batteries would be swappable. Cordless vacuum cleaners are the worst. Non replaceable batteries with proprietary chargers . #sustainability #righttorepair

@DrollTide@mastodon.social @lucifargundam@qoto.org @tzarfenix@dice.camp @BrianBinh@dice.camp Somebody famous called someone else "dotard".

@Nazani@universeodon.com @breadandcircuses@climatejustice.social Sort of like in the movie #Waterworld where the #kevincostner character lives on a big raft? Appropriate. I actually saw that movie in the theater. Really bad movie but I loved watching it for the bad acting and story that didn't make any sense. I just love watching badly made b-movies. My favorite is #Plan9FromOuterSpace.

@breadandcircuses@climatejustice.social Insurance companies know all about risk. It's their core competency. Now banks jacking up mortgage rates due to #ClimateRisk and #ClimateChange. https://www.businessinsider.com/my-mortgage-in-florida-went-up-1000-because-of-potential-flooding-2023-7 Next is banks start fleeing the mortgage market in affected places. Insurance cos and banks generally represent the "smart money". The Florida government already forced to step in to provide state backed insurance to the locals as a last resort. Mortgages next. #Harbinger of things to come.