I'm catching up on streams that I missed, @RekietaLaw has this one rant about critical race theory that I just love. He's talking about how critical theory is an advanced technique in literary theory and that it has no place in k to 12. Personally, I want to take it a step further and say not only does it have no place in k to 12, it has absolutely no business being used to derive government policy. If you are analyzing a literary work it doesn't matter if you come up with garbage analysis. If you are driving government policy that does have a direct impact on people's lives then it absolutely does matter if your method of analysis turns out junk data. We should not be using literary analysis to decide how to run the country. That's absolutely absurd.
@jeffcliff @11112011 What you're saying could have been right, but I think cryptos are like Icarus. They've flown too close to the sun, and now they're going to fall to their deaths.
Look at governments around the world, they're regulating the hell out of cryptos. I think the idea of using them for financial liberation is over. The investors got involved, so the money got involved, so the regulators got involved.
I think the real path to financial liberation will by necessity have to remove the investors and fiat currencies from the mix. In Africa, cell phone minutes became a de facto currency because they represent a tangible service that has value to people, and no institutional investor is going to hoard cell phone minutes. I'm imagining a decentralized computing platform that allows people to redeem tokens for general online storage or processing power within that decentralized platform. people could use fiat currency to buy such tokens not as a currency per se but just as a service, then if tokens were transferrable then they could be usable as a currency.
By doing that, we'd achieve a few things: First, you'd have a real value ceiling and floor for the unit because you're only want to pay as much as the processing power or storage is worth to you. Second, you'd have built-in demand for the token so you aren't relying on investors to inject money into the system and in fact it wouldn't make sense to have investors buy tokens. Finally, I really like the idea of such a decentralized processing and storage platform existing and being something people could use for whatever they want on the web as an alternative to big tech datacenters.
It wouldn't be totally decentralized, you'd need to set up a non-profit to broker access to the platform and to handle getting access, but I think something like that could work while avoiding being treated as a security because it's just access to a good and not a currency by itself.
Look at governments around the world, they're regulating the hell out of cryptos. I think the idea of using them for financial liberation is over. The investors got involved, so the money got involved, so the regulators got involved.
I think the real path to financial liberation will by necessity have to remove the investors and fiat currencies from the mix. In Africa, cell phone minutes became a de facto currency because they represent a tangible service that has value to people, and no institutional investor is going to hoard cell phone minutes. I'm imagining a decentralized computing platform that allows people to redeem tokens for general online storage or processing power within that decentralized platform. people could use fiat currency to buy such tokens not as a currency per se but just as a service, then if tokens were transferrable then they could be usable as a currency.
By doing that, we'd achieve a few things: First, you'd have a real value ceiling and floor for the unit because you're only want to pay as much as the processing power or storage is worth to you. Second, you'd have built-in demand for the token so you aren't relying on investors to inject money into the system and in fact it wouldn't make sense to have investors buy tokens. Finally, I really like the idea of such a decentralized processing and storage platform existing and being something people could use for whatever they want on the web as an alternative to big tech datacenters.
It wouldn't be totally decentralized, you'd need to set up a non-profit to broker access to the platform and to handle getting access, but I think something like that could work while avoiding being treated as a security because it's just access to a good and not a currency by itself.
@djsumdog @NecroHole @Moon @ThatWouldBeTelling @graf @ledocool431 @vriska
One thing I do want to mention because I'm a bit of a food nerd is that often the reason that food is salty, fatty, and sugary is logistical.
The big things that make food inedible are microbes or exposure to oxygen.
The microbes obviously multiply and spoil the food, and exposure to oxygen can cause the food to deteriorate as it oxygenates. Milk for example spoils as microbes change it to be more acidic which eventually causes it to curdle. One solution to this is pasteurization where you bring the milk to a high temperature for a short time to destroy the microbes within the milk. Another option is to acidify the food so it isn't amenable to growing microbes such as is the case with pickles. Yet another option is to make it incredibly sugary because microbes can't survive in sugary foods due to osmotic pressure. Making it very salty works the same way, and also pulls water out of the food, dehydration being another means to prevent microbial spoilage.
Apple slices spoil as the interior of the apple is exposed to oxygen causing it to turn brown and soft. A little soak in lemon juice can make a lot of fruits including apple slices last incredibly long because of its anti-oxidant properties. Another option for making food less likely to spoil is to cover it in oil. The oil acts as a barrier between the outside oxygen and the food inside, so it has less of a chance to spoil.
I think there's two cultural factors that make the US particularly prone to attempting to keep food from spoiling in these ways. the first is obviously the giant cities and the need to feed them, that food must be preserved to be able to grow it and distribute it to cities of 20 million. The number of steps from farm to table in one of these cities is by necessity immense. The second is US militarism. The US military requires shelf stable rations, and to facilitate that the US military works with US food companies to have technologies to produce shelf stable food. This is why fresh baked bread might last a week, whereas corporate produced bread might last months if it isn't taken out of the container, because they are using the technologies of the armed forces to produce shelf stable food.
One thing I do want to mention because I'm a bit of a food nerd is that often the reason that food is salty, fatty, and sugary is logistical.
The big things that make food inedible are microbes or exposure to oxygen.
The microbes obviously multiply and spoil the food, and exposure to oxygen can cause the food to deteriorate as it oxygenates. Milk for example spoils as microbes change it to be more acidic which eventually causes it to curdle. One solution to this is pasteurization where you bring the milk to a high temperature for a short time to destroy the microbes within the milk. Another option is to acidify the food so it isn't amenable to growing microbes such as is the case with pickles. Yet another option is to make it incredibly sugary because microbes can't survive in sugary foods due to osmotic pressure. Making it very salty works the same way, and also pulls water out of the food, dehydration being another means to prevent microbial spoilage.
Apple slices spoil as the interior of the apple is exposed to oxygen causing it to turn brown and soft. A little soak in lemon juice can make a lot of fruits including apple slices last incredibly long because of its anti-oxidant properties. Another option for making food less likely to spoil is to cover it in oil. The oil acts as a barrier between the outside oxygen and the food inside, so it has less of a chance to spoil.
I think there's two cultural factors that make the US particularly prone to attempting to keep food from spoiling in these ways. the first is obviously the giant cities and the need to feed them, that food must be preserved to be able to grow it and distribute it to cities of 20 million. The number of steps from farm to table in one of these cities is by necessity immense. The second is US militarism. The US military requires shelf stable rations, and to facilitate that the US military works with US food companies to have technologies to produce shelf stable food. This is why fresh baked bread might last a week, whereas corporate produced bread might last months if it isn't taken out of the container, because they are using the technologies of the armed forces to produce shelf stable food.
@TheFreeThoughtProject Slinging around words like "unpatriotic" and "dangerous" is authoritarian, giving undue weight to a personal opinion by pretending your personal opinion is really a matter of national importance.
Respect who you want to respect. Admire who you want to admire. Or don't. That's nobody's business but your own.
Respect who you want to respect. Admire who you want to admire. Or don't. That's nobody's business but your own.
@jeffcliff @11112011 Beanie babies still exist, and they'll continue to exist, but without a bubble in place they'll never be a way to get rich quick.
https://estatesales.org/thegoods/beanie-babies-collectibles
https://estatesales.org/thegoods/beanie-babies-collectibles
Dangit. Failed print. Good news is the failed print showed me some problems with the original design when I did a test fit. I got the entirely wrong number in my head when I did the original design, and I also found that the hole for the bearing on the bottom was just a bit too small, so I increased it by half a mm. I also decided to change the print orientation and speed. I was printing it lengthwise up and it seems the taller the print gets the more unstable the printing, so I've switched to a horizontal print and modified the design to facilitate that.
I've been planning to change to a standard e3d v6 nozzle on this printer forever, I think I need to stop procrastinating and just do it!
Two things are neat about this design, one intentional one unintentional. It prints entirely without internal supports whether you print it horizontally or vertically. I've given the holes a bullet-like shape so the printer doesn't need to bridge a huge gap anywhere. The hole for the bearing on the bottom and the hole for the bolt on the front are close enough together than when it slices the two are connected internally. If the printer had to try to print that deep hole on the front without being connected to the inside then I'd need more time and material to print infill.
Shout out to yi-hack-v5. I bought a cheap chinese ptz camera, and it only worked through a proprietary app. I previously installed yi-hack-v4 custom firmware by another author, and the only way to even get a video image from the camera was to pay for the camera add-in (on a camera) -- The author of yi-hack-v5 doesn't ask for money, and in addition to that the software is basically functional so even without connecting using rtsp you can see an image and use ptz functionality.
https://github.com/alienatedsec/yi-hack-v5
I've been planning to change to a standard e3d v6 nozzle on this printer forever, I think I need to stop procrastinating and just do it!
Two things are neat about this design, one intentional one unintentional. It prints entirely without internal supports whether you print it horizontally or vertically. I've given the holes a bullet-like shape so the printer doesn't need to bridge a huge gap anywhere. The hole for the bearing on the bottom and the hole for the bolt on the front are close enough together than when it slices the two are connected internally. If the printer had to try to print that deep hole on the front without being connected to the inside then I'd need more time and material to print infill.
Shout out to yi-hack-v5. I bought a cheap chinese ptz camera, and it only worked through a proprietary app. I previously installed yi-hack-v4 custom firmware by another author, and the only way to even get a video image from the camera was to pay for the camera add-in (on a camera) -- The author of yi-hack-v5 doesn't ask for money, and in addition to that the software is basically functional so even without connecting using rtsp you can see an image and use ptz functionality.
https://github.com/alienatedsec/yi-hack-v5
My mom gave me a lawn ornament, a windmill. I liked it, but it doesn't turn to face the wind and I feel like that's a waste. I spent a bit of time and designed this body. I'm going to put a skateboard bearing on the bottom so it spins freely, and I'm going to put the bolt that holds the arms of the windmill in the hole in the front. I'm hoping that it'll be really cool looking and that it'll spin no matter which direction the wind is coming from.
@gbrnt Here's a photo of the test at the time. Doesn't look great but it did work, it just wasn't really beneficial. I was doing some serious calibrations on this printer, and used the repeatability of the calibration as a benchmark, and these were not repeatable.
@gbrnt Random trivia, one of my early 3d printer projects was trying to replace the home switches with cherry switches.
I was successful, but what I learned is that while cherry switches are very nice keyboard switches, they make terrible limit switches so I returned to standard limit switches.
I know it sounds sort of crazy, like "why would anyone even try that?" but my first printer wasn't very good and playing with it trying to improve the prints was a lot of fun
I was successful, but what I learned is that while cherry switches are very nice keyboard switches, they make terrible limit switches so I returned to standard limit switches.
I know it sounds sort of crazy, like "why would anyone even try that?" but my first printer wasn't very good and playing with it trying to improve the prints was a lot of fun
@joerebelloharley Thanks, that does! I'll have to see if I can get my hands on one locally to take a look in person.
Shame about the facebook account requirement, I haven't been on mine in a year and I'm about to delete it.
Shame about the facebook account requirement, I haven't been on mine in a year and I'm about to delete it.
@gbrnt What were you using for physical switches?
Keeping in mind I'm not a musician (one of the skills I've always wanted but could never quite wrap my head around), but I'm imagining having your fingers on the buttons then pushing them in would be a more intuitive experience than hovering your fingers over the buttons and tapping.
Keeping in mind I'm not a musician (one of the skills I've always wanted but could never quite wrap my head around), but I'm imagining having your fingers on the buttons then pushing them in would be a more intuitive experience than hovering your fingers over the buttons and tapping.
@joerebelloharley I'm curious about this.
I've been in a number of situations where the ability to work in a VR space would be beneficial but I can't justify carrying around an RTX laptop and all the stuff for a full oculus setup, but if you could do something similar from a headset that is just a headset I could see that being good.
How does it work? Is it stand-alone? Is it any good?
I've been in a number of situations where the ability to work in a VR space would be beneficial but I can't justify carrying around an RTX laptop and all the stuff for a full oculus setup, but if you could do something similar from a headset that is just a headset I could see that being good.
How does it work? Is it stand-alone? Is it any good?
@HiroProtagonist @th1rd Not just any bug -- Eat the bug off the ground! That's what these people actually believe!
@djsumdog @matrix @nekojanai Personally, after applying custom CSS I'm really happy with lotide. my instance is at https://lotide.fbxl.net/
Nothing super fancy, but it does the business and it's federated, and with the install guide I put together it's straightforward to install, which is a problem I've had with a number of other projects. https://lotide.fbxl.net/posts/3
The thing I'm starting to realize about the fediverse is how incredibly versatile it is. Yes you can cross post between servers and subscribe to other people's servers using lotide, but you can also subscribe to a community using pleroma. Same with peertube channels. In a sense, you get a true distributed web where everything connects to everything else.
Nothing super fancy, but it does the business and it's federated, and with the install guide I put together it's straightforward to install, which is a problem I've had with a number of other projects. https://lotide.fbxl.net/posts/3
The thing I'm starting to realize about the fediverse is how incredibly versatile it is. Yes you can cross post between servers and subscribe to other people's servers using lotide, but you can also subscribe to a community using pleroma. Same with peertube channels. In a sense, you get a true distributed web where everything connects to everything else.
@alex I think if we dig deep enough we'd find that many of society's attitudes towards certain specific things is due to massive lobbying by the most powerful people on earth.
Ultra-powerful people want everyone to treat corporations like God, so small businesses that can't act like God are shunned even when they do good work.
Ultra-powerful people want everyone to treat corporations like God, so small businesses that can't act like God are shunned even when they do good work.