troyunrau

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[โ€“] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 58 points 1 week ago (15 children)

Or come to Canada. We're mostly nice. Ignore those bots in Albertastan

[โ€“] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

Moths are nudists. Checkmate atheists

[โ€“] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Right. I'm messaging three of them now. Apparently they want my credit card

[โ€“] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (4 children)
[โ€“] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Someone sold them a bridge, it seems.

The hydrogen economy will never exist in a profitable or stable way provided most hydrogen is sourced from natural gas wells. It's a "value add" for existing producers, and a way to say they can't shut off the wells.

Hydrogen created by electrolysis of water is not energy efficient.

[โ€“] troyunrau@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Non-animal fabrics don't have this issue.

[โ€“] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You'd be served dog, probably. This breed is called papillon because its ears look like butterflies.

[โ€“] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 week ago

Some are even electric

[โ€“] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 47 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I thought GCC dropped support for compiling to the abacus?

[โ€“] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

We agree entirely.

Without the ability to exert control and therefore reinforce the definition, borders are as arbitrary as any other law. They are created by people, enforced by people, and if we change our mind then they can go away. It's not some intrinsic property of the planet.

While I'm ranting, the definition of a relic or artifact is equally arbitrary. As well as the definition of a people. And ownership. At any point in history, these definitions will be different. Right now we've defined it in such a way that we've decided that it is socially acceptable to return relics to people who live inside geographic areas where the relics originated from. This is also arbitrary.

But as long as people, decide to exert force to reinforce this definitions, there is true as any other law.

[โ€“] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

When I was in grad school, the philosophy of science students would egg me on with things like: "I'll buy you a beer if you can prove the electron is real". I'd like to think I'm carrying on their tradition in science memes.

[โ€“] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 week ago

One time, I was in the arctic doing some research. On a snowmobile, in winter, we crest a hill and see a couple of wolves pigging out on a caribou. I'm riding in the toboggan, and I start telling at the driver: "go go go!" They proceeded to chase our snowmobile for like a mile, with no hope at all of catching us, but running anyway. Like dogs chasing tires, I think they had no choice. Instincts are strong.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

We maintain a small fleet of RTK GPS systems (Emlid Reach RS+ units or similar). But sometimes they sit too long on the shelf and parasitic drain kicks in. The manufacturer recommends recharging every three months, but ooops, this one went too long. If the batteries are too low, the battery management system (BMS) won't charge the batteries at all when you attach the USB charger cable. In this case, the batteries were testing at 0.9V rather than the desired 3.4V.

Solution: open the device, expose a tiny bit of conductor on the battery harness, and attach 3V worth of alkaline batteries for a short period. Once the lithium batteries are up a little, you can then charge with the normal USB charger again.

The manufacturer does not recommend opening the sealed unit, as it voids the IP67 rating. And this is not a best practice. But it works. The above photos were taken in April and the unit has been trucking along ever since. Saved a few thousand dollars :)

 
 
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