#Bidirectional

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https://www.futureelectronics.com/p/electromechanical--circuit-protection--tvs-diodes/pesd1can-215-nexperia-6297154

TVS zener diode, Bi-Directional TVS Diode, TVS diode polarity, TVS diode array

PESD1CAN Series 70 V 17 pF SMT CAN Bus ESD Protection Diode - SOT-23

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https://www.futureelectronics.com/p/electromechanical--circuit-protection--tvs-diodes/sm712-02htg-littelfuse-9049160

Transient voltage suppression diode, TVS diodes for USB, TVS diode application

SM712 Series 31 V 600 W Surface Mount Asymmetrical TVS Diode Array - SOT-23-3

[jnth2konn]

TVS diode array, TVS Zener diode, Electrical high voltage, Bidirectionnel TVS

SM6T Series 600 W 36 V Bi Directional Transient Voltage Suppressor - DO-214AA

[yoshiyoshitaniart]

Trans Mythical Monsters

Kinarra-- I've loved Kinarra for a long time--but this is my first time drawing one! They are found all over South East Asia, including Thailand, which just legalized same-sex marriage!

Bi-Directional Hermaphrodite Merm -- as a genderfluid person, I love Bi-Directional Hermaphrodite fish aka fish that can fully change their gender between male and female multiple times in their life. The Ranma 1/2's of the fish world. So I imagined a merm that could do the same!

Saytr -- Classically, Saytrs are male, and love music, wine, and having a good time. Here I imagined a trans femme Saytr who enjoys all the traditional Saytr pastimes!

Happy Pride! This set is available in my shop

https://yoshiyoshitani.store/products/trans-mythical-monsters-mini-print-trio

If you join my patreon, you'll get this set 25% off! Additionally, you'll get to vote monthly on which theme and color palette I'll use

[soath]

Of Contracts Between Gods and Men

On the Aeorian Kinsey-Deicide scale I’m a solid 5 (near exclusively god-preserving) which may seem surprising to my many dear associates who want those fundamental truths of existence wrecked. Without digging in any further, let’s do some quick religious history review on the question: Do you owe anything to the gods and do they owe anything to you?

The answer is not as universal as many raised in the nigh inescapable miasma of Christian theology may think! Reciprocal (or even unilateral) responsibility in religion comes and goes across history and geography. The Norse Aesir, for example, created humans but don’t owe them nada and only rarely bothered messing with them. The Greek pantheon are significantly more touchy on the subject of their pride but a person could manage offering no prayers or sacrifices as long as they didn’t promise any prayers or sacrifices. Probably. Compare this to Mayan theology, wherein both gods and humans have significant co-responsibility in maintaining balance; with ritual and sacrifice key to the continued safety of the polity. Divine-mortal relationships can be classified as nondirectional, unidirectional, or bidirectional with various advantages and disadvantages to each model. Gods come in lots of shapes and the demands they make aren’t universal!

A phrase that will often come up in any divinity studies is “covenant”. Originally a translation of the Hebrew berith or Greek diatheke, and also present in Islam, the Bahai’i faith, and possibly historical Phoenician religious practices, covenant theology has metastasized in Christian scholarship to the point it was genuinely hard to research this piece while dodging blogs by guys named Richard. But, broadly, it’s the idea of making an explicit deal with power(s) greater than yourself where you both have sides of the bargain to uphold.

Contract law is not the solution to every problem on earth or in fiction, but when the issue is a large disparity in power and mutual fears of future adverse behavior…. to quote Kate Bush “I’d make a deal with (the) god(s).”

Vitally, compared to other bidirectional pacts in world religion, Exandria has some advantages. For one thing, they have a godeater they’re right now helping to suppress. As long as the gods remain behind the divine gate they need mortal champions to effect their will—but that only holds true as long as the Divine Gate stays up. And unfortunately the problem with a fence someone else has erected is that you don’t know if they’ve kept a key.

If I was mortality’s lawyer? I’d ask for a second layer to that divine hamsterball I’d ask for anything left of the godkilling spark to be kept by the temples of Vasselheim—if they can’t be trusted with it no one can. And I’d promise cooperation from people of a certain degree of civic responsibility, not coerced or threatened out, whole hearted. But terms and conditions may vary.

Anyway, I guess the thesis is that it’s a terrible sin to destroy something you can’t comprehend with no idea of what the outcome will be (and a lot of you don’t seem to get the inconceivable joy of having/knowing/being a god, even just in fiction) but you can bring any monstrosity to the negotiating table. Don’t kill your gods, unionize against them.

[beautifulstorms]

Yuna Aoki, FS She • NHK Trophy 2023

[thyfleshc0nsumed]

Rb and put tell me about ur fave arcade game in the tags, mine's Battlezone or Mr. Do!

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this story from EcoWatch:

Sunrun, a solar company, and Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), the largest utility provider in Maryland, have launched a pilot program for a bidirectional power plant fueled by solar energy and EV technology.

The pilot, which involves three households, allows users to draw energy from a Ford F-150 Lightning electric truck when paired with the Ford Charge Station Pro and Home Integration System sold by Sunrun. This setup lets the household utilize energy from the EV during peak energy demand, Smart Energy International reported.

The pilot program is the first vehicle-to-home power plant in the U.S. and was funded with grants from the U.S. Department of Energy.

“This program is a significant proof of concept — no other market player has done this — and the goal is to expand these programs all around the country,” Sunrun CEO Mary Powell said in a press release. “This exciting partnership lays the foundation for the power grid of the future where electric vehicle owners can contribute to grid resiliency and utility price stability for everyone. The summer heat can be especially stressful on our power grid, which is why proving the use of stored energy in electric vehicles for capacity is so important.”

The process works by sending energy from the EV batteries to the homes, allowing the vehicle batteries to operate as energy storage. This can complement solar energy sources as well as reduce demand on Maryland’s power grids during peak times. The bidirectional power provided through the charging station can power homes for up to 10 days in the event of an outage, Sunrun said.

For the pilot program, the trucks share energy from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays from June 1 to September 30. The pilot is offering an estimated $800 to participants.

Currently, there are only a limited number of EV models that offer the bidirectional charging feature, including the Nissan Leaf, the 2024 Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 6 models from Hyundai, Kia’s EV6, EV9 and Niro EV, and the Ford F-150 Lightning, Cars.com reported.

More vehicles are expected to introduce bidirectional charging in the coming years, including all GM and Tesla EV models, CNET reported.

Sunrun and BGE are planning to expand the program after monitoring the pilot and will offer incentives for F-150 Lightning owners to join, helping increase grid resilience. The program could also help contribute toward Maryland’s goal to reach net-zero emissions by 2045 and achieve 100% clean electricity by 2035.

[sdmsims]

Looks like Alpha Release won, I'm excited /pos

hehe >:3

no promises because my health issues seem to just spin the wheel of fortune for each day, but i just gotta finalize the morph replacements on the fem head - i think putting it out as an alpha would be useful at that point so i could gather feedback IRT bugs or morph addition suggestions, so once i have a solid list i can apply it to the rest of the ages and masc sims

[ketolivityblog]

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[kp777]

By Alejandro Lazo

CalMatters

July 20, 2023

In Summary: Through bidirectional charging, owners of electric cars can sell energy to the grid or use it to power their homes. But will the technology, which is costly, become widespread?

As a historic 10-day heat wave threatened brownouts across California last summer, a small San Diego County school district did its part to help: It captured excess power from its electric school buses and sent it back to the state’s overwhelmed grid.

The seven school buses provided enough power for 452 homes each day of the heat wave, and the buses were recharged only during off hours when the grid was not strained.

California energy officials have high hopes that this new power source, called bidirectional charging, will boost California’s power supply as it ramps up its ambitious agenda of electrifying its cars, trucks and buses while switching to 100% clean energy.

Gov. Gavin Newsom called two-way charging technology a “game changer,” saying “this is the future” during a speech last September, about a week after the heat wave ended.

This year, a bill already approved by the state Senate in a 29-9 vote would require all new electric cars sold in California to be equipped with bidirectional technology by 2030. In the Assembly, two committees approved the bill earlier this month and it is now under consideration by a third.

This two-way charging has big potential — but also faces big obstacles. By 2035, California expects to have 12.5 million electric cars on the road, but it’s an open question how much California can rely on them to feed the grid. Automakers say the technology would add thousands of dollars to the cost of an electric car, and California’s utilities are still sorting out how to pay ratepayers for selling them the kilowatt hours.

Read more.

[wolfnowl]

New Jersey offers $50,000 V2B electric school bus incentive

YaY!! 🌞

[uranium]

STARTED THIS PROJECT AT 4PM ENDED AT 10AM I AM FINALLY FREE. OH MY GOD

[transformationofmatter]

something (un)holy?