Barely tbh

The word HEALTH is fatphobic now? Jfc

why does anyone need a meter app to understand how to reduce their energy usage? "oh golly gee, you wouldn't believe it but having a Samsung Smart fridge, TV's on , and a million devices plugged into my outlets at all time made my electric bill go up. " it should be pretty common sense on how to lower your energy consumption. maybe deal with the heat a little bit instead of running constant ac, dress a little more cozy inside in for the winter, take a shorter shower that's not scalding hot.

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That’s about what I make in RI and I feel like I live pretty comfortably

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I guess it depends on your lifestyle. According to https://www.adp.com/resources/tools/calculators/salary-paycheck-calculator.aspx that will be about 3300 after taxes per month, less if money is taken out for health insurance/retirement. From what I see on Zillow you'd spend about 1500 on a 1 bedroom apartment, another 200 on electricity, then car payments and insurance (400????), cell phone (50??), and you'd have about 1150 left for food/clothes/stuff/fun/savings per month.

Can it be done? Absolutely! Will it be easy and relaxed? Not so sure...

Definitely. I’ve lived in a few different regions throughout the country. While housing is more expensive, other cost of living expenses aren’t too different IMO. Also, if you don’t mind a bit of a commute (1 HRish) there are a lot of job opportunities in the Boston area

Uprises is trash the head of it is the liberal version of a crazy trump supporter. Spouts biased garbage daily with little credibility. Don’t try to setup a false comparison this isn’t uprise OR Sinclair. Both are garbage. I’ll go a step further and almost all media organizations are garbage. I’ll look at ground.news once I a while to see where media blind spots and coverage is that’s about it. If something is important I’ll eventually hear about it. Media is a virus.

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Most of the article focuses on the footage featuring the testimony. What's the issue? Also, telling that you don't even mention Sinclair in your list of "least reliable and biased "media""

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Uprise RI is the least reliable and biased “media” around. Trash.

Whenever I hear people talking about "parents rights" I hear "don't teach my kid to think for themselves or they'll realize I'm full of shit."

That does seem like a distinct possibility

This is correct. As someone who currently monitors my meter in real-time using rtlamr2mqtt, I can vouch for the benefits of knowing your energy usage in real-time. I had a rooftop solar array installed recently, and I use real-time monitoring to see whether I’m generating excess energy, which helps me know when the best time is to run my clothes dryer or charge my car. It absolutely helps people make better choices around their energy usage, and I think it’s something everyone would benefit from if it was more easily accessible.

I know we’re a cynical bunch, but sheesh. Our current electric meter tech is very outdated. Right now they literally have to drive a truck past every customer once a month to read everyone’s meter, which is expensive and wasteful. Real-time energy monitoring is objectively better technology and it’s the right direction to be going in.

We have every right to push back on who should pay for it, but calling the technology itself unnecessary is Luddism.

Remember the "Federal telephone excise tax" that was imply to pay for the Spanish-American war, but somehow we keep paying for?

My fear is this is going to be something like that, "new meter charge", that will stay on your bill till 2354(that is the date a huge astroid will hit earth and end all life), because why not, we can .

Then they'd be in violation of the state they are entering, provided their firearm isn't legal in that state, or if they were lacking a permit to carry, if that was their intent.

YouTube has a wealth of information to get you started. On The Water channel is great. Get those kids into striped bass fishing and they’ll be hooked for life.

Remember when all the assholes in here said it would never happen? That was also funny.

Oh neat, I didn't realize that theft was anything more than a drop in the bucket. Thanks for the info!

It’s okay I was just confused

>My name is Murphy, and that is my law.

Hah, fair enough. I'm sorry to deny your identity like that. It was unfair, and I am sorry.

> So they'll add $380 to my bill, to make their lives easier and fire couple meter readers to save costs ?

Well yeah, basically. With a few extra notes that the owner will have a couple additional tools too, early replacement will reduce surprise failures, it will allow them to track and fix outages faster, and the cost savings will hypothetically pay for the upfront cost.

Then it doesn't seem to be part of the proposal, but these meters will also unlock the ability to have different rates at different times of the day, which can save everyone money by reducing peak loads, and help attentive consumers spend even less money on energy.

What is the legislation regarding in-school suspension? The rest are abhorrent but if that bill is about isolating the kids who obviously do not give a shit about education and are only there to disrupt, fuck em. I'd rather the other 28 kids learn without distraction.