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by thomasjb 3y ago
A Citicar might work well for you, although they're all a bit old now. Apparently the Tazzari Zero [1] is available in the US, otherwise I'm unsure what else is available, and how electric vehicles interact with the US import rule
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by thomasjb 3y ago
Confusion ensues when you are 'remote first' and also manufacturing the latest in vertical lathes in your multi-dozen square foot shed
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A Guide to Weekly, Monthly and Quarterly Business Reviews(1517.substack.com)
1 points by thomasjb 3y ago|0 comments
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by thomasjb 3y ago
Is there any data on how much of private jet usage is for urgent medical requirements, government contracted transport and transporting specialist workers quickly? Maybe this report is taking private to not include that usage, but I can&#x2
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I would like to think that the well off would behave in a manner similar to how people in Germany who can't be bothered taking their bottles back for pfand do: They leave them beside the bin where people who want to can collect them an
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by thomasjb 3y ago
Perhaps a used battery purchase scheme would be a good solution? There is some value to the used batteries, if the city paid a premium over that, the problem would most likely decrease significantly. By paying more per kilo for the larger b
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by thomasjb 3y ago
If you want some entertainment, look up the Jones Act fleet. I believe the biggest and most modern vessel in it is actually a foreign vessel that the US government seized from criminals and auctioned off.
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Absurd 200-Foot ‘Railway’ Demolished After Court Closes Shipping Loophole(thedrive.com)
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This would be great for making a light sporting cyclecar around, a category of vehicle that's been sadly neglected this last 100 years.
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That was an extremely interesting read, although I must admit I'm glad I never came across it in the wild. I wonder how things could be different if client certificates were more widely embraced? It could be useful to prevent social me
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by thomasjb 3y ago
Low bandwidth mesh for email ought to be viable, I'm sure that used telecoms equipment could enable a 'good enough' network, although perhaps using QRP APRS equipment would reduce the cost when starting from an energy demands
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by thomasjb 3y ago
I keep on seeing all this talk about Powershell, and it's inspiring me to maybe learn some, although I've already commenced pursuit of skill in bash and python
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Dumping Flash from a WAG45G (2017)(polprog.net)
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by thomasjb 3y ago
This was an extremely interesting read, especially finding out that perhaps the router chip is the real power onboard. Got me scouring ebay for old Sun hardware
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by thomasjb 3y ago
'Open repair policy' ~= No dealership support in your country. There's a number of lesser known brands of tractor which just bolt together parts from ZF, Perkins and the like, but they don't have dealer coverage, and the
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by thomasjb 3y ago
https://nitter.net/FedeItaliano76/status/1650871570137600000
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by thomasjb 3y ago
It's not by me, I just submitted the link when I saw it
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A WiFi color eInk picture frame(spritesmods.com)
274 points by thomasjb 3y ago|85 comments
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by thomasjb 3y ago
A car, treated right, will last upwards of 100 years, whereas pets have a more finite lifetime. And all they really need is to be stored and used right, with a little maintenance work. Either case is an irrational idolatry though
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by thomasjb 3y ago
The best thing is to fence its presence, such that there are periods in each day where screens are not involved. Unfortunately I have not done well at this lately, but a proper alarm clock and turning my phone off at night was helpful to me
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by thomasjb 3y ago
I wonder how much methane you could capture from a domestic-sized greenhouse, fertalised with manure? I'm really not sure what paths there are for manure which don't release methane and other emissions, at least here the effect is
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Dealing with Altera MAX7000/MAX7000E devices in legacy designs(mattmillman.com)
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Cheese and chorizo, with mayo, or a nutella sandwich. I don't get the point about not requiring refrigeration, aren't most sandwiches OK for a couple days out of the fridge? On my travels, a bag of chocolate brioches has always be
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by thomasjb 3y ago
With a beautiful full frame sensor, lens mount and the carbon fibre bodied lenses all there, it would be a shame if they didn't start making a really light camera body with them, something on the Leica-Fujifilm spectrum (Although I gue
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by thomasjb 3y ago
I was under the impression that tractor manufacturing was down to bolting together bought in components at this point, such as the various Turkish Perkins engine + ZF gearbox + Carrero front axle + random cab companies cab, with a bit of fa
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by thomasjb 3y ago
One of the cantons of Switzerland does this, making it much more economical (in tax terms) to have a very lightweight sportscar than an SUV
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by thomasjb 4y ago
This looks good, I'd been thinking about putting my little Python program that prints a random line from a textfile onto my Apache server for the internet to enjoy, this ought to enable it nicely. Where would be best to look for exampl
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by thomasjb 4y ago
How would the government even know you had batteries in the house? Build a suitable setup and tell no one
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Is it really not good for society to allow high prices? A high price on electricity would lead to consideration of alternate solutions, such as just not doing the thing which requires it or local power generation. The problem we have is tha
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by thomasjb 4y ago
The handbook which is linked is both irritating to navigate, and seemingly anemic. There are, however, hints as to their specific future funding activities, which include Offline Freecodecamp and Last Mile, with hints in the Activities sect

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