BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Re: people with autism
De:       poindexter FORTRAN
Data:     Sun, 10 May 2026 09:20:55 -0700
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-=> Arelor wrote to Denn <=-

 Ar> Spain had a total power grid blackout last year. As in, no electric
 Ar> power at all for mortals who aren't as cool as Arelor.

 Ar> Meanwhile Arelor laughted in prepper because the services at $job were
 Ar> designed to work in isolation without requiring Internet access (ie. no
 Ar> cloud crap required) and there were batteries to last the day. Arelor
 Ar> could buy a loaf of bread because he didn't depend on cloud-enabled
 Ar> TPVs and credit cards, then drove home and cooked something from his
 Ar> prepper food reserves. Therefore Arelor had a very good day precisely
 Ar> because he is the sort of paranoid everybody mooks.

Maybe they poke fun at Arelor for referring to Arelor in the third
person?

I live on the coast, and we have occasional long blackouts - sometimes
preventative during high winds to help prevent fires, other times
because we're dependent on a power line running over a ravine that has
trees fall on it more than I'd like.

Some neighbors have battery/solar setups or generators, I've been able
to get by with a hybrid vehicle and an inverter. I can run an extension
cord into my house to power my fridge and tankless water heater. We have
a gas stove and a barbecue.

Once I turn off my homelab, I've got a 1500va UPS I can use if needed
for electricity.

The last time I had an extended outage, I was running the BBS off of a
laptop. I took the laptop with me to a starbucks with wifi and
crashmailed all of my downlinks.

I enjoyed the time - my Kindle is charged, I have a stack of books I've
been waiting to read, and I journalled and wrote in a notebook. Go to
bed early when the sun goes down, wake up early when the sun comes up,
like people used to do.

Over 48 hours, I think I burned through a quarter of a tank of gas
keeping everything running.



 
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