schizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoSolar modules deployed in France in 1992 still provide 75.9% of original output powerwww.pv-magazine.comexternal-linkmessage-square169fedilinkarrow-up11.11Karrow-down13 cross-posted to: energy@slrpnk.net
arrow-up11.11Karrow-down1external-linkSolar modules deployed in France in 1992 still provide 75.9% of original output powerwww.pv-magazine.comschizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square169fedilink cross-posted to: energy@slrpnk.net
minus-squareMagicShel@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 months agoJesus Christ. Look, back in the Stone Age when I went to school the coolest calculator was the TI-36 Solar. It was already that mundane. Naturally, I used a non-solar Casio, because I wasn’t one of the cool nerds.
minus-squarebassad@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agodamn you just reminded me my mom bought a basic calculator with tiny solar panel 25 years ago : it is still working !
minus-squareDragster39@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoAnd then there are the calculators with fake solar cell windows
Jesus Christ. Look, back in the Stone Age when I went to school the coolest calculator was the TI-36 Solar. It was already that mundane.
Naturally, I used a non-solar Casio, because I wasn’t one of the cool nerds.
damn you just reminded me my mom bought a basic calculator with tiny solar panel 25 years ago : it is still working !
And then there are the calculators with fake solar cell windows