They actually do count it but it’s only visible to the uploader

Also, from what I understand about specifically ReturnYoutubeDislikes it counts dislikes FROM people using the extension and uses that to extrapolate from the visible like count. I haven’t seen the video though so it’s definitely possible that’s all bunk

I’m convinced Gboard does this, it’ll always suggest grammatically incorrect words, or the wrong tense, or a word that just doesn’t make sense there in the sentence. My favorite part is when I type 75% of a word, see the CORRECT completion as the center suggestion, then tap it and it’s picked some random variation of that word (made plural, made past tense, etc.)

And it ALMOST ALWAYS autocorrects “live” to “love”, and “in” to “on”

I couldn’t type on a smartphone without autocorrect though, so it’s a lose lose situation getting rid of it or keeping it!

That’s awesome, I’d love to get a system like that going for my generator. Good luck with that, if you end up doing it!

What’s the insulation situation in your house? I didn’t build mine and the previous owner who did used Styrofoam and cinder blocks so it’s a losing battle keeping it climate controlled 95% of the time (alongside no central ducts at all minus the chimney)

It can be pretty great, but you really do need to treat it differently than you would on the grid!

For example: at night, making sure you don’t leave lights on, not running heavy loads like the microwave for very long, etc.

The good news is that as the old expensive equipment gets phased out, it gets easier and cheaper to DIY your off grid (or emergency backup) system!

For real, I have wood stoves (and propane heaters a supplemental) for winter heat so luckily a little less load on my system! This past winter was so cold here I had to get a subzero sleeping bag and put a living heater (my dog) inside of it because even the wood stoves couldn’t keep up

I have mini splits but because of the sun situation I couldn’t run them on heat without burning through my power/spending hundreds of dollars on gas for the generator!

As someone who’s house is entirely powered by solar, I love the long days! I also do a lot of outside work so the extra hours of daylight really help me there too

During winter it was so overcast and cloudy that I had to run a generator almost the entirety of the season