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Sean Hollister

Sean Hollister

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    Want solar panels on your California home? Now might be the time.

    The CPSC just unanimously agreed that utilities can pay you 75 percent less for your solar electricity during the day — unless you get grandfathered into the previous NEM 2.0 rates by April 2023. Solar companies are angry; environmental advocates were divided.

    I’d get a move-on, unless you plan to buy batteries alongside your solar and sell power to the grid in the evenings. Permitting and inspection can take a while.

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    Sean Hollister
    Every game should have this feature.

    Friends told me Persona 4 Golden was excellent, and they were right — but what kind of game lets you lose loads of progress if you don’t buy items just so you can teleport back to its save points?

    Ain’t nobody got time to backtrack through repetitive dungeons forever, and it looks like Atlus now agrees: the PC version is getting updated to add quick saves. More like this please.

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    Sean Hollister
    Even if you didn’t win a Steam Deck, you might have still won a Steam Deck.

    Another good reason to check your email today!

    And if you’re curious about what’s next for the Deck, check out my interview with two of its lead developers.

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    Sean Hollister
    Watch a space station habitat blow up.

    Totally intentional, no harm done: it’s the second burst test for Sierra Space’s LIFE habitat module design. Sierra’s a private company that spun out of Sierra Nevada Corp (no relation to the beer), and it’s slated to help build Blue Origin’s Orbital Reef space station with some US government funding.

    You can see an artistic rendering of that station, with a couple of these inflatable modules attached, right here.

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    Sean Hollister
    Snowflake starfighters for your Christmas tree.

    I know what I’m making for stocking stuffers this year! Here’s the new X-Wing, last year’s Tie Fighter is especially stunning in ice blue, and you can find lots of other easily 3D printable “kit cards” at your STL repository of choice.

    I just printed two of these reindeer for my kids. Here’s a picture of them pulling a tiny sleigh!