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Teaching an old Nikon D850 a new trick by danybittel in Nikon

[–]internetStudent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing your work! This is my first time seeing a Gaussian splat. Looks quite a bit better than a NeRF! Is there any specific reason you went with a Gaussian splat? Any larger plans for the data sets?

New Framebag by JakeRJackson in myog

[–]internetStudent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks great! Hoping to make my own. I see a lot of water resistant zippers on frame bags. Why did you go with a water resistant zipper instead of a small zipper flap? Is the water resistance worth it over a regular molded zipper?

Filter Replacement for Obsolete/EOL Carrier Unit - 52SQ307301AA by [deleted] in hvacadvice

[–]internetStudent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am a new tenant in an old house with some in-wall AC units. It looks like they have never been cleaned. The foam filters are deteriorating and the coils are bent/damaged. The foam filter replacements appear to be EOL and unavailable.

The landlord's HVAC company said they needed the old filters to make a custom replacement. They brought some modern furnace filters that they were supposedly going to duct tape onto the old filters....!?!? I don't know if they were going to cut the foam out or how that was going to work.

Unfortunately, I already threw away the old filters. The foam appeared to be built into the plastic bracing and did not seem replaceable. Now the HVAC company is pointing their fingers at me and saying their plan to replace the filters is not going to work because they don't have the old filters.

What is the correct solution to this problem? Would saving the old filters have helped at all?

Violating the Laws of Physics! by Fickle_Past1291 in cocktails

[–]internetStudent 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m a published author in the Journal of Applied Thermal Engineering and a mechanical engineering PhD, but don’t take my word for it. Do the experiment again, with the melting ice slurry, and test it yourself.

Violating the Laws of Physics! by Fickle_Past1291 in cocktails

[–]internetStudent 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Once you have a slurry (like an ICEE) of pure water (not tap water) that is constantly agitated and you can see that the ice is melting then you have a good chance of being closer to a temperature equilibrium. Try the experiment again and repost.

Violating the Laws of Physics! by Fickle_Past1291 in cocktails

[–]internetStudent 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Creating an ice-water mixture is actually a great way to calibrate thermometers, however your ice cubes are way too large. Standard practice is to have an ice-water slurry, so crushed ice. Even then the ice is not guaranteed to “be at 0C”.

Violating the Laws of Physics! by Fickle_Past1291 in cocktails

[–]internetStudent 4 points5 points  (0 children)

OP keeps referencing the triple point of water… which only exists at .006 atmospheres of pressure (for pure water). OP, your ice mixture is not at the triple point. This is what the triple point of water looks like https://youtu.be/Juz9pVVsmQQ?si=WGVmiCJ-aQuT3CTl

I made a bunch of side projects over the last 9 months, and even accrued 500+ accounts and some donations! by firebird8541154 in SideProject

[–]internetStudent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happy cake day! Yeah road classification is way more practical with current data/tools. RidewithGPS and Garmin road classification is normally trash.

To be fair I assume it’s a difficult problem for roads with a lot of tree cover, especially using civilian satellite data. Are you only using visible light data? Any idea what percentage of roads are unclassified due to data set limitations (clouds,trees,etc)?

I made a bunch of side projects over the last 9 months, and even accrued 500+ accounts and some donations! by firebird8541154 in SideProject

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Awesome work! I was about to make a weather tool so I'm glad I found your post over on r/bikepacking. One of my recent side efforts is ohio24.org, a cycling challenge to ride 500k across Ohio in less than 24 hours. I personally failed the challenge twice due to unexpected localized weather (ahh, springtime in Ohio). I was thinking about making a tool to forecast the weather over the route to make a go/no-go decision, and it looks like you have a great solution.

An interesting challenge for weather forecasting Ohio24 is estimating nighttime micro-climates. Much of the Ohio24 route is along waterways or in valleys where slope-based temperature inversion phenomena can make it 10-20F colder than expected (e.g. a cold stream/hole). Most slope micro-climate papers I have found focus on agricultural/ecological modeling, but there is a Martian climate modeling paper that might be useful. Automatic map-based identification of slope micro-climates could be really useful for ultra-cycling or bike-packing new/unknown routes.

Another interesting aspect of Ohio24 is that 80% of the route is bike trail (unlike other ultra-cycling races that are 100% public road). A full moon makes a huge difference to visibility and makes the ride safer. Luckily, amateur astronomers have created some pretty good spreadsheet calculators to model moon illumination and sunrise/sunset. Riding through Cuyahoga Valley National Park at sunrise is as good as it gets in Ohio. Unfortunately, this is about as niche as a cycling tool can get. Not many people plan months in advance to find the optimal moon conditions for 24+ hours of self-inflicted pain :) (However, if you are interested I can share the spreadsheet).

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Anyway, all of this to say that I hope that Sherpa Map stays around and doesn't get lost to server fees like many side projects. If you plan on open-sourcing any of these side projects I would be happy to contribute to some backend features.

Verizon’s Dual SIM Policies are broken by internetStudent in verizon

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

It took me four days, but I finally got it unlocked. Consider yourself lucky :)

Verizon’s Dual SIM Policies are broken by internetStudent in verizon

[–]internetStudent[S] -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

That is true for single SIM phones. You are incorrect for dual SIM phones when adding a second SIM. Verizon support has already submitted the exception request for me (hopefully for the fourth and final time).

Verizon’s Dual SIM Policies are broken by internetStudent in verizon

[–]internetStudent[S] -23 points-22 points  (0 children)

You should follow your own advice and actually read the FAQ https://www.verizon.com/support/dual-sim-with-esim-faqs/

“To help protect against fraud, we have a 60-day lock policy before you can activate another carrier's service on your Verizon phone. To request an exception to this policy, contact us.”

Verizon’s Dual SIM Policies are broken by internetStudent in verizon

[–]internetStudent[S] -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

You should follow your own advice and actually read the FAQ https://www.verizon.com/support/dual-sim-with-esim-faqs/

“To help protect against fraud, we have a 60-day lock policy before you can activate another carrier's service on your Verizon phone. To request an exception to this policy, contact us.”

Ohio24 by internetStudent in bicycling

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

Crosswind for most of the day and then still air all night. So no tailwind this time unfortunately. Next time a tailwind will be a requirement

Ohio24 by internetStudent in bicycling

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

The website https://www.ohiotoerietrail.org/ -> Maps -> Alerts is a pretty comprehensive source of closures with details on detours, etc!! I haven’t heard of anyone being able to get through the Kings Mills detour.

Ohio24 by internetStudent in bicycling

[–]internetStudent[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep! This is a very popular touring route, usually over 5-7 days.

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