bluewing

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[–] bluewing@lemm.ee -4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If you choose to look, Ted Kennedy received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth 2 whilst a sitting senator. And no one batted an eye. In fact he was widely praised for being knighted when it happened.

There are lots of meaningless honorary titles floating about if you care to actually look. And yes those types of titles, like "knighthood", are meaningless these days and have been for a number of centuries.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Ain't no night clubs within 100 miles of me. Plenty of bars, but no night clubs.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Perhaps where you live. I recently helped a young man get an e-bike, (somewhat mentally handicapped-- we raised funds to purchase the bike to get him to have better mobility), We got him an Aventon Cargo bike. The local bike shop plainly stated they would work on any e-bike you brought in. And that that all of the area bike shops were the same.

One does not turn away a paying customer.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 16 points 1 week ago (21 children)

Perhaps it's odd, but I have never seen anyone use a vape in public. Nor have I seen one just lying on the ground. I maybe need to get out the forest here and visit civilization for a bit again.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I wouldn't worry about it too much. The bikes are very simple and the battery pack can be rebuilt. Any decent bike shop should be able to repair an orphaned e-bike.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

At some point the toys would fail, they were 8 and 9 year olds after all, but it could take a month or more in the hands of children. I was pretty shocked. I did have a paper wad cannon that had a spring that was printed all in one inside the barrel. The first few had issues with the compression spring breaking when over compressed by the kids. But a bit of a redesign of the spring by making it beefier, it not only lasted nearly the whole school year but the kids got more range. Much to the other teachers and parents disappointment.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I've Printed LOTS of PLA living hinges and even springs. They do work just fine for the limited to moderate cycles they last. I've printed 100's of toy catapults and other small toys in PLA and then handed them out to 8 and 9 year old children. They held up amazingly well under that abuse.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You do realize that human touch can differentiate between .01mm? It's why braille works so easily.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago

Whelp, I ain't helping the cause. I might be running Fedora on both my computers, but I can't be bothered to game.

FreeDoom isn't a game, it's a lifestyle

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Your original inference was that no AI was useful at all and all should be banned.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Like the Linux kernel, the cow is merely a means to an end in this example.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

Been there, done that, and nope.

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