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[–] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Right, but that visible ball isn't reliable. You have no idea when it's going to work or not.

If anyone cares, sunset is at 9:04 PM today.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    That was the joke. We know precisely down to the second when the sun will be shining. We've been able to calculate that for over a century at this point.

    "Oh, what about storms and clouds!?!"

    Let me introduce those naysayers to the national energy grids. My house can get electricty from a producer thousands of miles away, so even if clouds are covering my whole state, we're still getting power from sunny areas.

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