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The great thing about solar is that you just sort of forget about it. With the system being 11 years old, I don't often think about it. My system is not large enough to power all my house, so it just generally lowers my bill each month based on sunlight. Instead of worrying about battery power, I just push excess power to the grid and get a credit against power I'm using later.
Per the battery, my basic math says the systems can't come close to paying for themselves. If you decide on a battery, its for the backup, not a financial decision.
Best I can tell, the Tesla Powerwall costs $10,500 USD installed. It can hold 14 Kwh of electricity. My rates are approximately $0.10 per Kwh. Assuming I could completely charge/discharge the battery each day, I could save (assuming I didn't get credit for the power pushed to the grid) $1.40 per day. 10,500 / 1.4 = 7,500 days to break even. So about 20.5 years of perfect charge discharge each day. I doubt it would last that long at full charge/discharge. This would require a significant power price difference, so I'll keep being grid tied 
One Year of Solar Power – Snorkie
Hogan
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Goat or spread. (6)
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Parsed ?
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Nope.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Thank goodness for that 
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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BUTTER! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I liked it.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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So did I!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Good one. Even with the answer, it took me a while before the 'Ahh!' moment hit me. (I'd been trying [unsuccessfully] to get an anagram of 'Goat or')
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I've seen this one before but didn't remember it until I saw your answer
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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And here's me thinking it was original.... Inspired by my cat Ringo, who earned the moniker by routinely headbutting me in the face just before first light. As soon as he's convinced I'm alive, he curls up to sleep on the pillow beside me for another hour or two.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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So he needs to be sure you're awake so he can sleep - I'd have a problem with that
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I see the puzzle will after it has been solved, but my first guess was Cheese.
Why is Butter the answer?
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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A pun.
Butter - one who butts - goat.
Butter - spread (noun or verb!)
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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It's a double definition, so each word has to clue for the solution independently. "Cheese" makes sense in the pairings "goat cheese" and "cheese spread", but cryptic crosswords don't allow that kind of clue.
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He is clever... he doesn't say anything after it... 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I'm surprised the 'bro' didn't show up.
"Five fruits and vegetables a day? What a joke!
Personally, after the third watermelon, I'm full."
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Oh ... wow.
I saw the site and thought "There is a developer who really cares about function, not form." Could be good!
Then I followed a few links. And I thought "There is a developer who really doesn't care about presentation." The function could be really good!
So I looked at a few documents. "Or documentation". 
Then I lost the will to live.
Have you considered updating your resumé?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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4C came about in 1986 when Dennis Noon and Kevin English decided that they needed a better tool for writing business applications. Machines were getting more powerful and customers were demanding more features. After searching and trying multiple tools that promised to solve this problem, they found that they kept running into the "Brick Wall Syndrome." Some of the tools were easy to use and easy to write simple programs with. Unfortunately none of them made the real hard problems easier.
So, command line switches for the entire toolchain it is, then!
In fact with some of the tools, you just couldn't write complicated programs at all.
Guess they haven't kept up with the times. They should try honey's template metaprogramming!
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In the history page the DNA something that uses that software/framework/whatever it is says "Programs are 90% self-documenting" so I guess you don't need documentation. Unless you need the missing 10% to solve your problem.
Honestly, some of their other pages scary me more than missing documentation.
Quote: Security - Updated 19 November 2013
Known and Fixed Bugs - Updated 26 June 2009
The lack of bugs I can concede that they are brilliant at their jobs. But the last security update seems outdated. A lot has happen security wise since 2013.
I agree with you. That site is depressing. Somebody hide all the knives 
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It doesn't even show the slightest prospect of beginning well!
Phil
The opinions expressed in this post are not necessarily those of the author, especially if you find them impolite, inaccurate or inflammatory.
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One of the most profound examples of NIH(*) syndrome I've ever seen.
(*) Not invented here
Software Zen: delete this;
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