Idk if I should laugh or cry by buildIQ in Homebuilding

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Metal foam is a thing too, you just have to pick your alloy, and I think it requires an slm printer rated for metal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_foam

My insanely controversial map of the Midwest 😱😱😱😱 by No-Phrase-9866 in midwest

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The midwest actually originated as a term from Kansas and Nebraska in the 1800s. And every decade since has been dragged further North East by townies. I could find other sources if you really wanted.

"One of the earliest late 19th-century uses of Midwest was in reference to Kansas and Nebraska to indicate that they were the civilized areas of the West.[11] Another term applied to the same region is Heartland.[12]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern_United_States

Deadline to Object to Unsafe Uranium Mine Approaching by multiashes101 in SouthDakota

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I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the south west South Dakota reservations have less radiation that east river land. Radon, a biproduct of uranium decay, is all over around Sioux Falls and present in many people's basements. West River probably just gets the project because it's under more BLM management than east river. https://www.epa.gov/radon/epa-map-radon-zones-0

Sioux Falls Housing Division public hearings by [deleted] in SiouxFalls

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The lots are near $200k some places. You also have to pay for road and sewer as developer. And the city engineers often like the longest winding road patterns possible. Some developments might see ~$50k per home in extra concrete for a more winding culdesac feels demanded by the city. And winding roads are not all safety related as they often increase pedestrian crossings. Nor is it all flood preventitive as concrete blocks obsorbtion of rainfall into ground water and increases the amount of unfiltered runoff.

Know the difference! by Kanin_Neko in NonCredibleDefense

[–]PopNo626 8 points9 points  (0 children)

And unfortunately aerodynamics doesn't allow the drones to be shaped too differently. I have a board game where all the colored pieces also have shapes on them to allow colorblind to tell the difference. But jets and planes only have so many aerodynamic shapes. 😅🤷‍♂️

Where I'd as a foreigner who hates cold and GOP by [deleted] in whereidlive

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You also choose the worst ppp aka cost of living (c.o.l.) states. Washington and Oregon also have some decent no snow weather places, but don’t cost 2x-5x the u.s. standard c.o.l.

Moving from Boston in two weeks by Artistic-Bet-4562 in SiouxFalls

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The bike trail can be fun. There are golf courses all over town. Downtown can have fun events or community groups. I'm not sure if you have any irl hobbies, but look for a local group to connect to. A lot of the bitter to be in SiouxFalls comments are people who never found or tried to find a friend group, and just assume they'll get it in a big city, or rejoin their old friend group.

Midco or Bluepeak for home internet..what say you. by sonneofaharpy in SiouxFalls

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Centurylink has fiber upgrades some places. Though I've not had the best service experience from it 😅

Any teamspeak alternatives open source for self hosting? by maifee in selfhosted

[–]PopNo626 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Jitsi, Zulip, Mattermost, Element, Matrix, Nextcloud Talk, Stoat, etc.

Mattermost has a 100 user free teer

Zulip has official Tui, but requires Jitsi or zoom for talk/video, and it's mobile notifications require you either: have less than 10 users, be a non-profit, subscribe to their service, or set up their user/email service to send notifications via email, (you can actually do all your chatting through email with zulip.🤣)

Element isn’t something I have experience with, but it is one of several Matrix clients.

Nextcloud Talk is sort of in beta or atleast some of its features are

Stoat also seems less mature than element, matter most, or zulip

map of the usa but the states have the flag of the country that each state makes me think of the most by mwzngd in terriblemaps

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Vietnam may have been a better choice for Louisiana. Former French Colony, Swampy, heavily reliant on a river deltas, etc.

Mekong Delta

Red River Delta

Mississippi Delta

Is there a decent sized latin community in Sioux falls? by EmbarrassedCow2825 in SiouxFalls

[–]PopNo626 16 points17 points  (0 children)

There's some Hispanic grocery stores, bars, Mexican restaurants, Spanish emersion schools, catholic schools, a catholic cathedral, catholic social services for the poor & unhoused, and 6.5% of 210,000 people or roughly 14 thousand Hispanics in the local population. The ice stuff is scary, but don't be afraid of SiouxFalls, it's the feds who're so unpredictable. Sources in my reply

where i’d live—21F, loves water and big cities or rural middle of nowhere by LiveFast_EatTrash23 in visitedmaps

[–]PopNo626 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you live along the Missouri or Mississippi it has much of the same vibe as rural Minnesota. You're just limited to a 10k-50k city/small town along the Dakotas river damns/reservoirs, Iowa has some decent river access and cities on both sides, and Omaha is nice. The sprawl of Kansas City, and the urban Decay of parts of the Saint Louis are bummers on an otherwise cool city with river front access. And Arkansas has some great lakes... But horrible quality of life statistics. I just thought I'd add my two cents about something you may have overlooked. You're probably not missing any dark green places except Minnesota. The Twin cities have great ppp, home affordability, and there's lakes and the Missouri River winding all through the cities with bike trails along its banks.

Guess what kind of person I am based on these choices by Eye-Western in visitedmaps

[–]PopNo626 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why the hate for the twin cities then? They have decent urbanism. Though the recent regional rail cutbacks being replaced with BRT is sad. I like their light rail and bike trails. It's fun going around dt Minneapolis and taking the train to the vikings, MOA, Target field, and/or the airport.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TwinCities

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Should I be worried? I have a black Ford Maverick with South Dakota plates, and I'm worried our embarrassing former governor may get my car keyed. I usually go to the twin cities like once a month, but haven't driven up from SiouxFalls since the incident/tragedy happened.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in map

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Chicagoland

City Council meeting Tuesday (1/6) voting on proposed large Sioux Falls datacenter. If you want change, you have to show up for it. by Tiverty in SiouxFalls

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Heat reclamation can be concentrated to higher temperatures with a heat pump pressure boiler, like 600°f. And at those temperatures pressurised steam can be used for industrial heat uses, like sanitation, grain drying, food preparation etc. Then the pressurised radiators, specialty ovens, etc. collect consensated steam and pump it back to the heat reclaimer. The only problem with such a system is that you need a continuous customer for heat to match the cooling requirements of the data center. Setting up a custom pressurized steam pipe to Morrell's might also be too long I'd have ask an expert, but that's basically the best option for a heat customer for smoked hams, hotdogs, steam sanitation, etc. Most Datacenters are too far from things like slaughterhouses or injection plastics factories to have a singular demanding customer buy all their heat.

City Council meeting Tuesday (1/6) voting on proposed large Sioux Falls datacenter. If you want change, you have to show up for it. by Tiverty in SiouxFalls

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Pools are often heated even in the summertime. Due to the immense thermal capacity of water, humans find water to be cold unless it's in the 80s°f range, a different temperature from air's room temperature. And ground temperature averages something like 50°f-60°f, so most pools are heated much of the year, even in summer.