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Utility company's proposal to rat out hidden marijuana operations to police raises privacy concerns (apnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (3 children)

With how common LEDs are nowadays it'd probably be hard to spot a difference between a small grow operation and a 14-hour-a-day streamer. A consistent 1200+ watt jump at around the same time, day in and day out in both scenarios

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

Yep, or all us self-hosters. I have a 200 watt machine that comes on at specified times to run Backups.

Then there's solar and batteries. Grow operations could setup a battery farm that charges slowly from the grid so it never shows a spike, and run everything off the batteries.

It's expensive, but solves the issue

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Or someone running a couple of 3D printers.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Are streamers running lathes or what if they're pulling 1.2kW from the wall?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

2 computers, one with a capture card, a digital audio converter, lighting, etc etc. Main rig might be pulling 600ish watts but there's probably 500 watts of miscellaneous other stuff

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

500w is pretty conservative for all the RGB needs...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hey, leave the woodworking streamers alone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Never mind the Bridgeport lathe-ers milling out 80% lowers!