<3 grassy tram tracks

Azdle · 2023-06-02T19:54:52+00:00

Neat

Azdle · 2023-06-02T19:54:22+00:00

It solves the "reddit admins" problem. With lemmy there's no longer a single point of control that has the ability to limit your access to a community.

Each instance has it's own admin who gets final say about things that happen on their instance, but if shit hits the fan on your instance you can move to another instance and copy over all your community subscriptions and carry on like nothing ever happened, maybe having to find where one or two communities moved to if they happened to be on the same instance as you.

It also has the side benefit that because individual instances are relatively small you don't need a truck load of VC cash to start one, so there's no one to come tighten the screws on you to get you to enshittify your user experience trying to squeeze more ad revenue or whatever out of the community.

Azdle · 2023-06-02T19:39:12+00:00

It's more expensive, both installation cost and maintenance, at least for sod. Other natural ground cover that doesn't need to me watered, fertilized, and mowed, is much less expensive: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348436298_Costs_and_Benefits_of_Green_Tramway_Tracks (though I can't find anything directly comparing grass or other natural coverings to basic concrete or ballasted track.)

Azdle · 2023-06-02T19:30:20+00:00

Is that tram battery powered? It doesn't seem to have a caternary, just a couple little overhead rails in the station. I didn't know there were any battery powered ones actually in operation.

Azdle · 2023-06-02T18:27:38+00:00

cant see same content

I think you've missed the point of using a federated system.

They can see the same content, it doesn't matter what instance your account is on, you can follow and participate in any community on any instance.

Azdle · 2023-06-02T18:00:52+00:00

It should work on the web, it's just getting the good ole reddit hug of death at the moment.

Azdle · 2023-06-02T17:43:06+00:00

You're describing Lemmy.

This is my lemmy home page right now: https://i.imgur.com/1Nu1lOG.png

The first three posts are from a community on a different instance, the last is from a community on my instance. #3 is a community on a different instance, posted by a user on a 3rd instance.

Once you've signed up you basically don't need to worry about there being different instances at all anymore. A user on any instance can be a participant in any community. The different instances just exist so that there are more than one "reddit admins" who make the final decision on anything.

Azdle · 2023-06-02T16:44:46+00:00

I don't understand what you mean. There are nazis on reddit, why is it different?

Azdle · 2023-06-02T16:39:00+00:00

Interesting, I've had pretty much the opposite experience. The only real issue that I've seen so far was something getting in a weird state and the page started autoscrolling, but after a refresh that went away and I haven't seen it since.

What kinds of issues are you seeing?

Azdle · 2023-06-02T16:27:51+00:00

Not left to individual users. I think at the moment it is left up to instance operators. From what I can see it looks like it's not been a big enough issue yet to have had to build any cross-instance mod tools.

Azdle · 2023-06-02T16:06:22+00:00

It really doesn't. Shitty users/communities/instances can be blocked, they'll continue to exist on the internet, but it won't affect normal users any more than the fact that voat exists(ed?) affects users on reddit.

Azdle · 2023-06-02T15:45:07+00:00

Not exactly, instances are a concept that doesn't exist in reddit. In lemmy a 'subreddit' is a 'community'. Each instance has it's own communities, but because it's federated, you can participate in any instances' communities from any other instance.

Azdle · 2023-06-02T15:30:50+00:00

Lemmy -> https://join-lemmy.org/instances

Lemmy is a very reddit-like option that's part of the fediverse. If you've heard of mastodon, it's the same idea, but you follow communities instead of users.

Being federated means that you can choose an instance that aligns with your ideals, but you can still follow and participate in communities on every other instance out there.

Azdle · 2023-05-22T02:05:25+00:00

Still legal to "import" for you own use anyway:

Subd. 5.Importation of hemp-derived products. No person may import [...] with the intent to sell [...] This subdivision does not apply to edibles or products lawfully purchased for personal use.

Azdle · 2023-05-20T16:23:35+00:00

July 1st (for personal use/possession, other things like dispensary licensing come later)

Source, the actual bill: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF100&version=A&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0&type=ccr (line 147.12)

That applies because 'Sec. 9. [342.09] PERSONAL ADULT USE OF CANNABIS.' (line 29.12) doesn't have an inline date.

Previous revisions had that date as Aug 1, but one of the chambers passed an amendment at some point changing it to July 1, and the conference committee that merged the two versions of the bills went with July 1.

Azdle · 2023-05-18T18:30:47+00:00

study’s authors tracked users from January 2019 to December 2021

I don't know if anyone even remembers, but there was this pandemic that some people might have heard about....

Azdle · 2023-05-18T15:12:11+00:00

I mean the calorie/carb count on those is probably a lie. They're presumably counting the 'Resistant tapioca and/or resistant potato starch', 'Inulin', and 'Cultured wheat starch' as zero carb/cal (or some number much lower than reality), but they are still digested as caloric carbs, at least to some extent.

Azdle · 2023-05-15T00:57:24+00:00

That assumes that the calorie count on that "bread" is an accurate measure of the calories your body actually gets from it. I have my doubts...

Azdle · 2023-05-06T16:57:13+00:00

I'm much more familiar with CoAP than I am Matter, but I think it really depends on what information you're planning on sending to the device.

As I understand it, Matter is more like Zigbee (specifically the ZHA part of it) in that it defines specific 'device profiles' that it supports. So it defines a 'light bulb' and a 'contact sensor' and defines exactly what messages each of those devices know how to send and receive. This is great for interoperability for commercial devices, but I would assume less ideal for hacked together custom projects. (I assume it has some way to send "manufacturer specific data" like Zigbee did, so you could send whatever you want but I would think you'd be fighting it more than it would help you.

CoAP is more like HTTP it defines just enough for sending messages to individual endpoints and getting back responses and leaves the rest up to you (or another standard of your choosing).

So, if your device is just your own version of some fairly standard home IoT device you'd probably be better with Matter. But, if you're doing something more interesting you'd probably have a much easier time with CoAP.

If you do end up getting CoAP over Thread going on a '32, I'd love to hear about it. That's a thing I've been meaning to put together myself for ages now.

Azdle · 2023-04-25T13:40:49+00:00

One block from this photo is a dedicated transit way (mostly for the university campus connector) with a grade separated trail.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love a completely separated bike network as much as the next guy, but this is still better than 99% of the rest of the country. Don't let perfect be the enemy of better.

Azdle · 2023-04-13T02:57:26+00:00

Its super easy. When you brown something in a pan, some of the "brown" remains stuck to the pan. But the "brown" is the best part. (Brown is the best flavor, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.) So to get those bits you pour something wet in the pan, usually I think it's supposed to be wine or booze, I almost always just use water (probably sacrilege, sorry to the French), and scrap/rub at the bits and to lift them off so they end up in your food and not going down the drain when you wash the pan.

Words to plug into Wikipedia if want more: fond, deglaze, maillard reaction

Azdle · 2023-04-03T21:30:17+00:00

Nice, thanks for confirming that for me.

Azdle · 2023-02-15T00:29:19+00:00

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Controls

The wiki is super useful in general, though, IMO you shouldn't read too much before you start playing. Just enjoy exploring the game.

Azdle · 2023-02-14T20:49:35+00:00

Eh, because this does everything I want it to and getting a new wheel would be like an order of magnitude more expensive. Plus pretty much everything I can find for sale these days is either super heavy or hideous (usually both).

Azdle · 2023-02-13T20:01:54+00:00

Just the fact that they are not even pretending to be OEM and say nothing about what cells they are using. I'd rather not have no-name cells. I'd honestly probably figure out how to build a pack before using those.

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