AmpBenzScientist @AmpBenzScientist@qoto.org

@inference

Headaches, loss of coordination and confusion are the symptoms that are going to get very serious if one doesn't cool off and hydrate. This is characteristic of heat stroke in the early stages.

What you are describing sounds like heat exhaustion which is the one with the cold clammy skin. Being deprived of sleep does make it easier to develop symptoms. I've only seen it a handful of times throughout my life. Heat Exhaustion is what normally precedes Heat Stroke but the climate here makes it a much faster transition.

You need to find a way to cool off. The US Army recommends a cold shower in the evening for getting rid of excess heat. You need to seek medical attention if your symptoms don't improve soon. I didn't know this was continual, I thought you were just getting sick occasionally. Invest in chemical cold packs and a better first aid kit.

What you are experiencing is more severe than I thought and I'm glad you mentioned it again.

@thendrix I was going from the general reclamation of earth by plants. Grasses and weeds start within year 1 and by year 3 there are shrubs growing and little saplings. If you want a good tree for that soil I would recommend finding some Sassafras seeds.

Sassafras attracts Monarch caterpillars, smells great, has a really good root system, loves most soils like swamp or clay and it's going to grow quickly. It's a native tree and will reproduce enough to be all in that area. The roots on those are perhaps the best way to stabilize the soil. They spread out and form a dense web like structure. It will keep that top soil from washing away. They also like to grow into tight packed groups. It's a cool tree.

@thendrix It happens nearly everywhere down here. The only people I know who have known what to do were the heavy equipment operators.

It's good that the grass is growing and it should be a year or so before you see saplings. It sounds like a gully and shid fer if it isn't called that there.

@thendrix I wonder why we have steep hills and expect top soil and maybe some netting to prevent washouts. A Terraced Farming style would allow for soil to be stabilized by grasses and shrubs. The benefits are not limited to washout protection but also the buildup of better quality soil that can absorb water. Steep slopes can make the velocity of water very high.

I remember one hill south of ATL that took nearly 2 decades to grow grass despite constant erosion control work. I'm not an Engineer but I wonder if anyone ever questioned the 70°- 65° angle of the hill being the problem. It fixed itself by eroding to a more shallow angle.

The closer I move to FLOSS, the less relevant I become. The world isn't going to move away from the digital prisons. I used to think that Libre Software was enough but it's not.

One of the biggest problems for people involved in development of Libre Software and Firmware isn't the actual development. The biggest problem is the whole idea of Intellectual Property on a physical device. The companies who designed these products have made them hostile to any other work than superficial Open Source. They have the legal right to have criminal charges pressed on people who are only working to give people the option to use FLOSS.

These companies will hide the fact that they have IP embedded in many different products and they won't make themselves known until development is underway on a replacement. They set traps and sabotage work on FLOSS. What they do isn't for security, criminals aren't deterred by laws.

The results from the above don't just waste a developer's time, it destroys their work, discredits them, erodes at morale and this affects an entire community. There would be many more stories about this if the companies didn't go after those who dare to be specific. There's nothing like being wronged by those who laid their traps just to cause harm. It's not uncommon to find BSD and similar licensed code being used in the same firmware.

My point is please be patient with the developers who fight to give people control over their own hardware. They don't get paid for their work and they could easily get criminal charges without knowingly violating any laws. These developers are usually some of the most dedicated and perhaps some of the best around. The best possible reward for these people is simply achieving their goal.

@inference @hxvy0 Yes that's the exact stage I was referring to. If you haven't experienced it, it performed like garbage at first and then performance gradually improved. It was a weird experience but I have never seen an Intel with the thermal and boost control of those processors. It was a normal load or the fans started to sound like they were a distant jet using afterburner. Really good iGPU on those and that's essentially all they had going for them.

That's a nice Athalon. Minimalism is underappreciated now and it's almost as if it's foreign.

@thendrix I guess it's over for them unless they pull the George Washington quote about the danger of Political Parties and declare them unconditional. That being the only branch of government that's protected from political pressure and the only one sober enough for such a decision. The Supreme Court won't go without a hell of a fight. It would require changing The Constitution which incites more anger than The Bible getting revised.

I just don't see it doing anything but backfiring and seeing the Legislative Branch get culled. President Biden could easily side with The Supreme Court and become one of the most important Presidents of our history.

@thendrix It's protected by DHS, they will run or be highly encouraged to run. Who knows what would happen if they decide to say no?

@thor Ham Radio because it's a tight community, it's not nerdy and you might get special privileges. In the US, certified ham radio operators are considered essential personnel and allowed free movement even under military control. It's because they can get some coms working after a disaster.

I can't think of any activities that would be enjoyable on the level that nerdy stuff is. From what I've heard of hacker/maker spaces, perhaps you selected the wrong difficulty and need to move up the ranks.

Improvise, adapt and overcome. I think I could make a reconfigurable antenna but the ideas I'm coming up with are very crude. It's not that it would be inefficient but it would be complex. Electronic and Pneumatic logic separate from the feed line.

I think I just witnessed Electromagnetism interference completely disrupt a cellular signal. I don't think I've seen lightning do that before. I think the plasma can cause this type of disruption. I'm not familiar with the exact Physics of plasma but I seem to recall being able to hear thunderstorms on some type of radio.

Waves are really cool.