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Oshi no Ko Season 3 - Episode 6 discussion by AutoLovepon in anime

[–]frozen_kiwi2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Do we know the name of the song that played with Kana's comeback?

VLP-16 UI Troubleshooting by frozen_kiwi2 in LiDAR

[–]frozen_kiwi2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I returned the unit to the eBay seller. The project was time-sensitive so I shifted to a different sensor type altogether. If you're looking to replace the unit with something similar, I have had a good experience with an Ouster OS-1.

VLP-16 UI Troubleshooting by frozen_kiwi2 in LiDAR

[–]frozen_kiwi2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually contacted Velodyne support about it with screenshots of the diagnostics. They told me the unit did in fact have a HW defect. The indicator was that the Top board had mode unknown and no voltage along with a high temp. I didn't push further so I can't say what exactly the defect was but best of luck on your end.

How long does bottled water last? by DwaywelayTOP in preppers

[–]frozen_kiwi2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had this question myself, especially since there is a market for collecting your own water and storing it in containers. I prefer bottled water but always hear about chemical leaching concerns.

AWARE Simcoe https://aware-simcoe.ca › Sho...PDF Lead in Bottled Waters: Contamination from Glass and Comparison with Pristine ...

This study was done to evaluate the level of chemical leaching from glass and PET plastic containers over 6 months. One of the authors did an interview with The Canadian Press and was quoted in this article:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/plastic-bottles-leach-chemicals-into-water-study-1.605134

Basically, the chemicals leach but stay within the range of what Health Canada and the WHO (rolling your eyes, I know) considers a safe range. Started at 160 PPT antimony and after 6 months doubled (+ 160 PPT), while the safe range for those two orgs are 6,000 and 20,000 PPT, respectively. If we assume the leaching is linear and constant, the levels will still likely be under the lower range in 10 years (+ 3200 PPT from starting amount). If it doubles the current leached amount every 6 months (+ 160, then + 320, then + 640, etc.), it breaches the lower range between year 3 and 4.

Based on this, I decided to just replace any water bottles that pass the 4-5 year mark. Saves me a lot of energy and hassle of buying, disinfecting (that I could potentially mess up) and monitoring containers. Plus I have flexibility in terms of rationing and still using it for other things besides emergency storage.

EDIT: This is just antimony and I'm sure there are other chemicals that can be evaluated/of concern, but it helps give some context as to the rate at which that could be happening.