AmpBenzScientist @AmpBenzScientist@qoto.org
Toughbook fan, Mathematician and Locksmith with limited success in other areas.
Political stance is far right and far left. Proponent of First Aid Kits and PPE. Easily disheartened by big tech. Partially hinged personality and stubborn enough to not write this in the First Person.
Distrust of Psychology and a fan of satire. I love a good joke and contradict myself. Somewhat serious but easily distracted.
Joined Jan 2020
@thendrix The free market isn't for everyone.
@boxcars $20 for a galvanized cast steel part with simple threading? That's rough.
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@AmpBenzScientist They acquired VMWare and Bitnami, and now these products have become rent seekers. They made the free version unusable and force you to pay like 5000 USD per month with minimal 12 month service contract.
@skyblond I wonder what an investment of 100,000 could do for FOSS replacements.
That is a trashy move but it seems to be the Modus Operandi of Tech now.
@skyblond Broadcom Wi-Fi? Do tell.
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+bonifartius 𒂼𒄄
hot take, aside hardware support linux desktop was much more interesting and fun 20 years ago. many cute projects doing graphical effects etc. back then.
now desktop linus is lile mac vs windows. two sides of the same boring coin constantly reinvented to be incompatible with the other side.
@bonifartius Remember using CUPS, that was kinda fun.
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A Miniature Ostwald Reactor to Make Nitric Acid
Modern fertilizer manufacturing uses the Haber-Bosch and Ostwald processes to fix aerial nitrogen as ammonia, then oxidize the ammonia to nitric acid. Having already created a Haber-Bosch reactor for ammonia …read more
#hacking #projects
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/03/a-miniature-ostwald-reactor-to-make-nitric-acid/
@thendrix On one of my last drives in ATL I saw 3 Porsche 944s in mint condition with liveries driving in a loose convoy.
One never knows what they'll see in ATL.
Toughbook fan, Mathematician and Locksmith with limited success in other areas.
Political stance is far right and far left. Proponent of First Aid Kits and PPE. Easily disheartened by big tech. Partially hinged personality and stubborn enough to not write this in the First Person.
Distrust of Psychology and a fan of satire. I love a good joke and contradict myself. Somewhat serious but easily distracted.
Joined Jan 2020
