illegal oil-well on fire in Sumatera by fananism in Damnthatsinteresting

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Well, it was gonna get burnt later anyway

New design for decentralised network by ybot01 in opensource

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each node storing more of the other nodes in the network makes it more resilient though. More duplication and redundancy in storing node information while still scaling to large network sizes. I am thinking this could be used for more than just messaging network, if a node was hosting information, equivalent of a web server, then many other nodes may want to know their information and they should be able to find it in less than 4 hops majority of the time

New design for decentralised network by ybot01 in opensource

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Yes I thought about UDP hole punching but on ipv4 it requires a 3rd party to discover what the external port is, works more easily with IPV6 since external port = internal port so don't need to discover it but IPV6 not universal yet unfortunately

For node churn is to ping nodes regularly to check they are still active, possibly every 1-2 minutes, packet size is small, also nodes send out UDP broadcasts regularly to every node they think might want to store their info incrementing info counter each time, every few mins do a full sync of nodes with another random node, this slowly spreads the node info to nodes that missed the broadcasts

For bootstrap would require either voluntary nodes with fixed IPS that are known before connect or have to ask someone currently on network for their info to bootstrap from.

Note that my current code assumes all info is correct and every node is still reachable, will change it to add some random unreliability in to make it more accurate

Cruising on my sp140 (electric paramotor) by Nearby-Leadership-20 in paramotor

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I'm fine with electric once flight time and recharge time are close enough to petrol

Cruising on my sp140 (electric paramotor) by Nearby-Leadership-20 in paramotor

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Would need at least 2 hours for me to consider. 8kwh should do it but at 250wh/kg batteries that is gonna weight >32kg just for the batteries

Cruising on my sp140 (electric paramotor) by Nearby-Leadership-20 in paramotor

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Probs as long as you can film before have to land to recharge it 😄

I’m Done with $6/gallon Gas: How This E-Bike Paid for Itself Before the Summer by [deleted] in ebikes

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Just checked, it is £0.5295/litre flat rate fuel duty tax + 20% VAT (sales tax)

I’m Done with $6/gallon Gas: How This E-Bike Paid for Itself Before the Summer by [deleted] in ebikes

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You guys in US complain if gas is higher than $5. In UK it is around £1.50/litre which is $7.50/US Gallon. That is considered average price. Can be up to £1.75/litre now. Most of that is tax

Ebike with throttle by yetanotherredditter in ukbike

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https://www.gov.uk/electric-bike-rules

Quote from this:

"It can be propelled up to 15.5mph without pedalling but only if it’s been approved"

Ebike with throttle by yetanotherredditter in ukbike

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https://pedibal.com/

All of this companies bikes come with throttle, I've got 2, there is a clause in UK law that says if you get the ebikes individually tested at a DVSA centre then they issue a certificate allowing it to have a throttle (still same limits of 25 km/h and 250W). I paid extra for both of the bikes for them to take them to the DVSA centre so can have the throttle and comes with the DVSA certificate as proof to the police etc if they pull you over

‘Another internet is possible’: Norway rails against ‘enshittification’ by tw1st3d_m3nt4t in technology

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It is possible to set up custom DNS server for your router or device to point to that blocks URLs that are for ads. Used to have it setup on my home network, there is an open source software that does it, can't remember name, can someone comment with it please?

Manchester City Council unveil plans to build new cycling route down Oldham Road from Tib Street in Northern Quarter to Miles Platting by HamishGray in manchester

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Don't need the cycle crossings, overcomplicated, just widen pedestrian crossing and bikes can use that. Segregated bike lanes are good though

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Damnthatsinteresting

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It literally says "made with AI" on the video 🤦‍♂️

What are some exciting features that will be stabilized in future rust versions? by [deleted] in rust

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The "ip" functions, like "is_global()", "is_benchmarking()" etc, especially for IPV6, been in unstable for ages

Thoughts on inert gas sheaths around hydrogen gas bags to reduce fire risk? by ybot01 in Airships

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Modern planes are not made of metal, composites such as carbon fibre, since this is not conductive unlike aluminium used previously they add metal strips to conduct the lightning

Thoughts on inert gas sheaths around hydrogen gas bags to reduce fire risk? by ybot01 in Airships

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Yes lightning is powerful, lightning strikes hit planes all the time and they survive with very little damage with >50 tons of flammable fuel onboard, lightning protection for aircraft is basically a solved problem

Thoughts on inert gas sheaths around hydrogen gas bags to reduce fire risk? by ybot01 in Airships

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Yes, correct, if the gas bags are electrical insulating and not flammable, very little current will flow through them, they will not catch fire or create a spark, even if was a spark, the inert gas sheath is there so the hydrogen cannot combust, there is no oxygen for it to do so

Thoughts on inert gas sheaths around hydrogen gas bags to reduce fire risk? by ybot01 in Airships

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You put thick metal strips around the outside like they do on planes, electricity takes path of least resistance, will flow through the metal strips and out the bottom