CompactFlax

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[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

There is a gene (iirc) that’s linked to caffeine management and metabolism. You’ve probably got it. It also means that you don’t a lot of the measured benefits (eg sports performance). There’s also tolerance that develops over time but that’s different. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780443138683000533

ADHD is linked to caffeine tolerance but, speaking for myself, I get very jittery with more than my usual 2 strong cups of coffee. I do intentionally keep it that way; I don’t want caffeine tolerance.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 19 hours ago

I know too many people who do the same thing despite having smartphones.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It’s only weird if you keep shaving them for him. Open conversations like that are a sign of great communication and trust!

I know that removing pubes can have a health impact for vagina owners. I don’t know if that holds true for penis owners. That may be something to investigate and advise.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Beat those drums, hawks.

Also can’t report on how dreadfully ineffective the strikes are, because that would look bad for those who called them in.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Burying the lede via a linked article is that this is a $100m 2k footpath. Over a year late too. That’s international grade incompetence.

That’s a lot of spray foam.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

direct-to-cell services

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (11 children)

xkcd 927 in action right there.

Zigbee works just fine, but needs a hub to share out devices eg internet access or HomeKit. But it is quick. How thread compares remains to be seen.

Hitting particularly cold water makes it even worse.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

You can improve a skill by visualizing your performance of the skill.

But you need to have the experience beforehand to be able to understand what you’re visualizing.

So - absolutely not.

There’s enough people locally who die that it seems reasonable for me to project that thousands die globally each year because they have no clue how to swim, but other people are there having fun in the water and how hard could it be?

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 67 points 4 days ago (1 children)

When everything is high viz with flashing lights and alerts, nothing is high-viz.

Agreed.

The way I think it should be is:

  • mandatory 25 days of vacation, plus statutory holidays
  • mandatory vacation is subtracted from any performance targets (i.e. it is accounted for in business planning and not offloaded to the employee)
  • vacation beyond that is unlimited, but may impact your performance
  • major anniversary events within the company grant paid leave of absences

To the last point - I don’t recall which company it was - I have seen one where after a certain period of service your granted a 3 or 6 month leave of absence to go do something else. Travel the world, get really deep into Japanese joinery, or build a new version of DNS. I think that’s something that is healthy for humans.

 

I’m interested in barefoot shoes but the prices are just ludicrous. I mean, a ballerina slipper for $240. There’s certainly a lot to be said about economies of scale, but theres not a lot of material here and longevity is a pretty frequent talking point. I typically spend less than €150 on shoes.

Somewhere on this fediverse, someone posted a list of some of their successful and less successful shoe purchases from both online shops as well as Amazon sellers. There were shoes in the €50-100 range that seemed like reasonable options.

If you’re reading this and have experiences good or bad, please share them here!

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Wind (discuss.tchncs.de)
 

I know this is solarDIY, but it seems like a good place for this anyways. Tl;dr is there a good way to integrate wind and solar without spending a bundle?

Sun only shines during the day, and as distances from the equator increase, day lengths get shorter, and cloudier, and angles get steeper. However, my location has steady prevailing winds. So much so, there’s a wind farm practically in the back garden.

Which has me thinking that instead of a ton of panels and a big battery bank (to make use of sunnier days), a little 1kw or so turbine would go a really long way - especially for steady and/or long-running loads like router/server/modem, refrigerator, heat pump…

I understand that wind turbines make some dreadful power and it tends to be AC. They’re also a bit of a pain to situate but that’s sorta secondary. Let’s say I spin up 10kw of solar, a pile of LiFe batteries, and an eg4 AIO with grid-tie. Is there a reasonable, and safe way to integrate wind? I know one guy who just hooked it straight to his batteries but they were lead acid, and they cooked in a storm. Gave him an excuse to get a big life system instead.

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