He doesn't have to be actively working for the Russians, he could just be being manipulated by them. Like many people were recently, during elections and referendums, but with Trump you would assume they had many people dedicated to just him.

He clearly admires people like Putin, Netanyahu, and Orban. Speaks sympathetically about them. It wouldn't take much to plant a few ideas in his head.

Insulation is the key. If your building is decently insulated you can cool it when energy is plentiful, and then coast through periods when it is not. Typically overnight is a period of low demand, as well as during the day when we have cheap solar.

I remember using them at a gallery in Tokyo long ago, and they were fine. It seems to depend on how well they are programmed, not the concept itself.

These days they mostly seem to use QR codes that lead to a web page explaining what you are looking at in whatever language your browser is set to.

Why would they control for one of the major factors in Europe being healthier?

The US has a severe problem with poor lifestyle and diet, due to factors like unhealthy work patterns and low quality food. Apparently even the rich can't avoid it.

The reason is safety. You can't just throw one up because time and time again we have seen that the builders don't stick to the specs, don't do the work properly. It needs to be checked. But before that it needs a careful design review, because every site is different.

The guys re-writing the social security computer system in a month weren't kids all that long ago. I hear that even back then, some of them were pretty good hackers.

Is that some fibre service? Because if it's in anywhere with a significant population, chances are if Starlink was $10/month it would be massively over-subscribed. Either they wouldn't let you join, or it would be too slow to be usable.

I wonder what the economics are really like though. Musk asked on Twitter if people would ditch their broadband if Starlink was available for $10/month. Heavy discounting, but of limited help because Starlink just doesn't have the bandwidth to serve all that many people.

It's possible that the economics of space based internet access just don't work. It's also possible that it becomes obsolete for broadband use as terrestrial bandwidth increases and it can't keep up.

True, although Bezos has turned the WSJ into his personal propaganda outlet.

Local Bytes do some that are CE certified, but for Europe of course. There is a big list of compatible plugs here: https://templates.blakadder.co...

Sonoff products often support Tasmota too, but can be a bit difficult to flash. The cheaper ones tend to be easier to flash, often just needing a couple of screws removing.

If you can't flash yourself, Local Bytes have them pre-flashed, or you can pre-flashed ones on eBay and AliExpress. I'm sure there must be US suppliers that offer them pre-flashed, if we have them in Europe.

If the only provider is Elon Musk, then yes we need competition.

The only viable alternative would be for StarLink to be un-bundled, that is Starlink would just operate the satellites and other ISPs would sell service to consumers. Similar to how DSL works in most of Europe.

I'd say the bigger concern with all these mega constellations is the risk of environmental damage and of collisions.

There are many smart plugs with energy monitoring that support the open source Tasmota firmware. No cloud needed, full control, WiFi.

If you dislike Musk, do you really want to be supporting Bezos instead?

Like Australia, for example. Germany has been reducing coal usage steadily.

It's just a fact. The longer you cling to centralized generation like nuclear, the longer you need to keep fossil fuels around waiting for it.

The UK's Hinkley Point C is a standard EPR design, of which several already exist. It's still taking 20+ years and tens of billions, only to produce some of the most expensive electricity in the UK.