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  • “Rollable” solar panels are still pretty stiff. You would need a beefier mechanism to handle the extra forces required. They also have a pretty significant “minimum turn radius” so they would need an entirely new design for their mechanism to work without damaging the panels.

    They do make personal solar array with a surface area comparable to your umbrella idea, but those would take days to charge a cellphone, so the charge you get walking around for a few hours is negligible.

    It’s a cool idea, and would be a fun project to build and show off, but it’s not going to be marketable or practical without a whole lot of development in solar, battery and umbrella tech.











  • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.worldNo trickle...
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    It has become normalized for most of the population to carry some form of debt.

    Not just normalized, Required. Credit scores aren’t based on how likely you are to pay off a loan, but on how likely you are to make the creditor money. If you take out loans and pay them off ahead of schedule, it will fuck with your credit. If you close an old credit card after you pay it off, it will fuck up your credit.

    Want a house? You better have 400k cash laying around, or have been paying interest on cards and loans for 10 years to establish a good credit score. Want a decent apartment? They check your credit score too! Did I mention that every single job I’ve applied for has run a credit check on me?

    FYI, Equifax leaked literally everyone’s personal info after collecting it and selling it without consent. They still operate as one of the major credit score providers.