That's a fair point. I can try to avoid politics in this community in the future.
As for this post, I'll defer to the community mod to either leave it up or take it down. No hard feelings from me either way.
An Important Distinction [Saturday Morning Breakfast cereal]
An old comic that feels oh so relevant in this tumultuous election year.
Source: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/an-important-distinction
Somewhere in the northwest US. I don't want to be more specific, lest I give away my location too easily.
That cheaper 88 octane fuel is a blend of 85% unleaded gasoline and 15% ethanol. It's also known as E15 fuel.
The ethanol is an oxygenate: it adds oxygen atoms to the fuel mix so the fuel burns more completely. That's good for vehicle emissions. However, the ethanol is less energy dense than gasoline so you will get slightly worse mileage.
https://www.motortrend.com/news/what-is-e15-gasoline-pros-cons/
I can see your rule from space
"Trans Rights Matter!" spotted on Google Earth.
Also painted on there: Eat the fuckin' rich!! No human being is illegal Nothing short of revolution will save us
This exact product was used in a case of intentional poisoning in Michigan:
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5218a3.htm
It's amazing humanity has survived. So many old products were like "Here's some concentrated poison. Spread it in your house, on your food, and in the air you breathe. It also makes a great toothpaste and eyeliner!"
We went through all this trouble to develop the F-15. It would be a crime against humanity to leave it on the ground.
Some people had magazine racks next to the toilet. There was a whole Seinfeld episode about George taking a book into the bathroom.
Why not gif? It's basically a universal format. The file size is reasonable. And gif is lossless if you stay within a limited color palette, which this comic does.
There is one, but it's quiet: [email protected]
Blaze's suggestion seems like the way to go. That's a much more active community.
Depends what you're into, I guess.
Contact your local sailing club/yacht club. They often have classes and rental boats. Even if they don't, you can sometimes find someone with a boat who is willing to teach a beginner.
"Sabotage" by the Beastie Boys is the same Ab7 chord for the whole song. Lock in that one chord shape and then all you have to do is get the strumming pattern. Put a capo across four strings on the first fret to make life even easier for your left hand.
https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/beastie-boys/sabotage-chords-3688055
This page says there are slight changes in the chorus. Just don't strum the low E string for that part. If you or your friends are belting out the lyrics then it won't matter anyway.
The intro and verse to "About A Girl" by Nirvana is also easy. You go back and forth between Em and G, and it's a relaxed tempo. To play the chorus you have to learn a few bar chords. https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/nirvana/about-a-girl-tabs-36242
I'll use datum planes rather than drawing directly on object faces
I haven't had a chance to try FreeCAD, but this is generally good advice in other parametric CAD tools, too. Create "skeleton" features early on (planes, datums, simple sketches) and define later features by referencing the skeleton as much as possible. It avoids creating a long chain of feature dependencies where Feature A changes and breaks Feature B, which breaks Feature C, etc.
I have essentially given up on the one and only community I created. I opened [email protected] when I first came to Lemmy, and did my best to regularly post interesting things. It was really exciting when I hit 500 subscribers, too! Unfortunately, I ran out of steam before the community took off. I also moved my time and attention elsewhere. At this point c/engineering is dead unless someone else picks up the baton.
Sorry for the rant. But it felt good to get that out.
Some days it'll be like that, take 2
I lost four spokes on my morning commute when the chain decided to jump off the big cog. Of course I don't have a spoke protector. (Who needs a dork disc? Bad things won't happen if you keep your bike maintained. /s) I was lucky to skid to a stop rather than crash when the rear wheel locked up.
PSA: keep a few zip ties in your repair kit.
Whale fall
>A whale fall occurs when the carcass of a whale has fallen onto the ocean floor, typically at a depth greater than 1,000 m (3,300 ft), putting them in the bathyal or abyssal zones. On the sea floor, these carcasses can create complex localized ecosystems that supply sustenance to deep-sea organisms for decades.
Canvas in 30 days 👀
cross-posted from: https://toast.ooo/post/3740832
> turns out I did my math wrong, so it’s a little less than 30 days
>
> # July 12th, 2024 @ midnight EDT
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> https://canvas.fediverse.events
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> ✨ this year’s event also supports the entire fediverse not just Lemmy!
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> (you have to be able to make/receive text posts, like mastodon, lemmy, pixelfed, etc)
> (peertube accounts will not work)
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> you can get update announcements on other fedi platforms with @[email protected] link
>
> chat about Canvas on Matrix or Discord (they’re bridged)
Did you hear about the guy who lost his left arm and left leg in a tragic accident?
He's all right now.
What were the highlights of your first year on Lemmy? / Quels ont été les moments forts de votre première année sur Lemmy?
Happy cake day, sh.itjust.works!
Many of us are having our cake days, or are close to them. What were your highlights over the past year? Did you enjoy or appreciate a particular community, user, trend, or something else? We want to hear about it!
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Joyeux anniversaire, sh.itjust.works!
Beaucoup d'entre nous ont leur anniversaire, ou sont sur le point de l'avoir. Quels ont été vos moments forts au cours de l'année écoulée? Avez-vous apprécié une communauté, un utilisateur, une tendance ou autre chose en particulier? Nous voulons en savoir plus!
(I apologize if the French translation is bad. I am not a native speaker, and relied on Google Translate.)
Buddhist flag spotted in the wild
I didn't expect to see this in the rural western US.
Please pardon the water drops in the image. I was shooting through a car window.
A better picture of the flag is on Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_flag
This three-sided pole on an airport tram
I had never seen one of these before today. They're great. Way better than reaching for a single pole in a crowded car and wrapping your hand around some stranger's fingers. And If you have the whole thing to yourself you can hook your arm through it.
What are your weather limits?
I was excited to ride to work today in the sunny spring weather. Then I saw the wind forecast. No thank you, I'll pass. I ride directly into the wind on my commute home, and am completely exposed the whole way.
Edit: For people who use proper units, 43 miles/hour is 69 km/hour.
Renewables are now the second-largest source of US electrical generation behind natural gas, which fell to 39.4% in March.
cross-posted from: https://startrek.website/post/10838638