AmpBenzScientist @AmpBenzScientist@qoto.org

@thendrix Anywhere there's a jug or bar and chain oil that has been opened, there will be oil everywhere.

@thendrix I've made green lumber with a woodmizer at the same place. Too much downed oak to let go to waste.

@thendrix I remember American manufacturing. Some of my tools are American made with American steel. I think I've bought some specialty electronic components that were made in the US.

The grids we have are awful and perhaps it would be better to engineer new grids. I remember having to use suicide cords after shutting off the mains during and after hurricanes. Carbon monoxide poisoning was part of the experience.

What's odd is that the utility companies won't replace the old transformers unless they fail. They do it because it would be expensive and the old transformers were known to last well over 20 years before failure.

The design changed, less cancer and birth defects, and they kinda suck in everything but efficiency and having to deal with pcbs.

@thendrix I don't know why electric chainsaws are so popular. The last chainsaw I was using was a Husqvarna Magnesium block with a 28in bar. I used that and a regular block version. I would swap to the other one when out of gas.

They absolutely rip. I can't say that it's the same savage ripping I've seen a 12v starter do to a steel flywheel. That torque would be uncontrollable.

About the bar and chain oil, use a large plastic container and have the saw on wood over a couple of inches of cheap clay cat litter. Keep purple power or automotive degreaser around with Scott's shop towels. There's no stopping a saw from being an absolute mess.

The 2 strokes are worse because the gas mix will expand and push into the cylinder in the summer. A hydro locked block that has to be drained and the spark plug replaced before it will run again.

@thendrix As much as I hate to say it, the US set itself up for this and it is a lesson that needs to be learned. Some bible thumping senator is always going to be trying to explain away video of him using meth with a male escort. Somehow that is what is given priority.

I can confirm what you said about the transformers. The highest grade is made in Germany and it's priced fairly. A friend of mine works in a supply facility that sells transformers and other electrical grid components.

@thendrix How did it die? It could be an easy fix.

@js290 @Murray_N @blitzed I don't care about a quote when MREs can keep American Soldiers fighting for 3 days. We have an imperfect diet when viewed from the wrong angle. If you need 6,000 calories a day and approximately 200g of protein, it's not difficult to get. That's what I eat in a day because of weight lifting. I can't eat raw, free range soy beans and raw fish to achieve those numbers. If the calories were all meat based, I wouldn't expect to make it to 40.

Scurvy and Cretinism are rare now compared to whenever this guy is referring to. Type 2 Diabetes is from being a slob in many cases. Obesity is poor self control or perhaps an advantage. Heart disease wouldn't be an issue if most people died before 40.

I see nothing but a person thinking that what they observed was representative of reality and not the survival of the fittest.

@PawelK A larger military that doesn't like a certain neighbor.

@skells That looks like Euler's Method or some Mathematical Model. Those ugly gaps are a good sign as they know it has to be Modeled.

@eionmac Needs of the many vs needs of the few. We don't need to go back to when the economy had to have an IV drip and people dying due to lack of medicine.

I've never been vaccinated and I've had Covid-19 twice. My only long-term effects have been stomach issues. I got the early variants and the second time while disinfecting a hot area to keep infection rates down. I worked in IT.

The irony is that I became symptomatic the evening before I could get vaccinated with the previously unavailable vaccine. It's recommended that I not get vaccinated because it took over a year before I could get infected again.

Do I think people should be more cautious? Absolutely. Am I afraid of long term effects from a virus? No, it's fairly common with viruses and we all die someday.

I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees.

@js290 @Murray_N @blitzed It's not just the food, lifestyle and environment; it's also the gut flora. US soldiers traveling overseas continue to eat bag lunches and drink heavily treated water. They get the shits upon arrival and it is ignored when a soldier sprints to the nearest head.

Is modern food unhealthy? Yeah it probably is but name an alternative when everything has estrogen like compounds in it. We're fucked and we did it to ourselves.

@lupyuen The Pinephone ran Ubuntu Touch or UBP before the 3A was released. I hope that project dies a horrible death. No mention of the Pinephone but not failing to mention OnePlus.

The very first to both underwhelm me and infuriate me. No one would have cared about UBP if wasn't for the Pinephone. Furthermore it would be a dead project if it wasn't for the Pinephone. The original project ended as a miserable failure.

All hail the corporate overlords.

@inference
Maybe give it a listen.
https://youtu.be/yc8bM_MHBu0

@thendrix Like that grind set, sell licenses of grandma's voice to the family and her likeness. Gotta out Sigma big tech.

@thor Entrepreneur in this market? Here?

@GNUxeava @inference Make your mindset into grindset. Be too based and red pilled for that employer.

I really need to do some research and it's likely to lead to more dead ends. Hopefully it will only be a matter of time.

@pete @inference @404zzz @thebiologist1117 @futureisfoss Window 2000 Professional was ugly but it was quick and mostly reliable. I remember ME and I loved it. Windows Media Player with internet radio and the malware taught me about system restore by using system restore to restore itself.

@inference @404zzz @thebiologist1117 @pete @futureisfoss Ha.