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@ kivihiili @lemmy.blahaj.zone

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she, her, etc. (for any one or all of us), y'all, you

plural, and may use both "we" and "i". it's complicated, but "i" is most often by the girl amongst us who does a lot of the feeling emotions and other stuff, as she is most often "at front".

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all photos taken by us and published here are under the CC0 1.0 public domain dedication unless otherwise noted

  • Help name my cat.

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  • "spintop"! the white part on their face looks kinda like one

  • Shoutout to my selfhosting homies with a partner, kid, and cat(s), with these storage prices. T_T

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  • (this is a log scale)

  • just pick your platform bro :3

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  • plan 9 when

  • happy pride month <3

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  • the technical term is "buttering the brick", and as an added bonus, mortar is colloquially called "mud"! hehe

  • Programmer Humor @programming.dev
    kivihiili @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    new RFC was just published!!!

  • Microslop official documentation on how to ground an AI

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  • for extra hallucinations simply assume the consumption of one (1) early 1900s fire extinguisher's worth of carbon tetrafluoride as part of your scribe's daily fluid intake

  • Microslop official documentation on how to ground an AI

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  • every time we see AI mix up U and V we just imagine it not as a machine, but instead as a european renaissance-era writer who accidentally time traveled into the current year and promptly got locked up in a cubicle with a real-time brain scanner wired up that interfaces with chatbot programs seen online

  • < :-( >

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  • mm our font renders them basically the same hehe

    screenshot:

  • Wow, I'm right here

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  • the microchips in the equipment you are using to view this are merely rocks with magical runes carved into them.

  • wood

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  • managed to find this other image (taken by Eric Schultz)

    you look to be right!! they do not look to be able to accommodate a hinge. we weren't able to find a photo of the area of interest unfortunately.

  • wood

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  • our two cents on this:

    if there are hinges on the rear of the hood, it may just slide up the windscreen, as the screws (or whatever fastener) used to attach them might simply rip out. the planks used as the frame of the hood look to provide a very convenient load path directly towards said hinges, and the not so strong looking mounts they are on. as you said, wood can withstand much compression along the grain, meaning those mounts would be put under very high loads, and probably fail.

    and if those mounts did not fail, the actual sheet of plywood or OSB used isn't super thick, maybe about three eighths of an inch, or about 10mm if it's metric? its failure mode would likely involve buckling or it just crumbling into pieces... cars are heavy!

    either way, the windscreen is very strong, and the wood used here is a lot weaker, at least as far as loads on the broad surface go. the most pertinent hazard here seems to be of the hood catching air, flipping up, and obstructing the view of the operator. there do look to be tie-downs here to stop that, but even the non-modified hood of a regular passenger vehicle can absolutely flip up if it is not closed properly! again, the windscreen would likely still protect the occupants, and in the latter case has for many.

    of course, this is all conjecture... much more information would be needed about this setup to come to a decisive conclusion. happy engineering! :)

  • What do you keep in your pockets and which pocket do you keep them in?

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  • maybe a hair tie or marker pen. sometimes tools (mainly wrenches). uhh not really any specific pockets we use for stuff, ,

  • Can we see a photo you took recently?

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  • meow mrrrp mroww

  • Can we see a photo you took recently?

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  • tyy, the socks seem to be a favorite among the crowds. yesterday at protest, we also wore them and received no less than fourteen compliments about them. further ones are still VERY welcome though hehe :D

    they are also so so super comfy. if you haven't any knitted stuff, do get some!!

  • Can we see a photo you took recently?

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  • us testing out a fender we designed for our go-kart a couple weeks ago

    the fender on the left wheel is the third iteration. the second iteration was on the right wheel but was ripped to shreds (this is why we test stuff).

  • What are your Lemmy upvoting/downvoting habits? How do you judge posts/comments?

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  • the instance i use does not have downvotes. i personally like this, as if someone disagrees with something, they must express that via their own words, which i find to be a lot more productive and useful!

    my basis is, if the comment contributes meaningfully/helpfully to the subject at hand—whether that is via explanation, personal storytelling of something relevant, something funny or kind that makes other people smile/feel joy, among many others—then i elect to give an upvote.

    if it is unintelligible to me (like a reference i don't get), overly provocative, actively harmful (anti-vaccination stuff etc.) or otherwise not made in a real effort to contribute anything useful or interesting, then i elect not to give an upvote.

    that is just my reasoning though :)

  • What kind of car do you drive, and what kind do you wish you did?

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  • from what i've gathered, many earlier EVs were more so "luxury" vehicles, and a lot of them were made by tesla, notorious for shoving wireless connectivity in vehicles. those other luxury EVs decided to follow suit with that!

    but note that "many" i sneaked in there. there were absolutely some that weren't spyware machines! the first that come to mind are the earlier models of the nissan leaf and chevy volt (well, there is onstar, but it is not so hard to disable), but there are certainly others. there is no valid reason for the spyware, i mean these cars easily did without it (minus again, onstar...)!

    as for an electric van, i knew a (ex-)teacher who did just that! from what she said, she pulled a couple of the major drivetrain components (motor, battery, differential etc.) from a crashed nissan leaf, hooked up an aftermarket controller, and from what i heard the most fiddly parts were the charge port and getting the axles dealt with. i don't know if she got custom axles made or if she just mashed together the axles from both vehicles, but she said it was ultimately a nice vehicle to drive around.

  • What kind of car do you drive, and what kind do you wish you did?

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  • i have! the fun part is while the malfunction lights weren't lit up, neither was anything else :D

  • What kind of car do you drive, and what kind do you wish you did?

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  • my friends old toyota 1-ton pickup! i don't really "drive" it per se (i don't even have a drivers license hehe), but i do occasionally operate it myself to tug/tow heavy stuff around very short distances. honestly haven't even touched any higher gears than second.

    a purchase of an old 80s subaru wagon may be in the works however, but only time will tell :)

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    kivihiili @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    little librarule (with bonus rock!)

  • Overcome

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  • i find this a surprisingly elegant solution!!!

    it's nice and simple to put in place, and if you have this class of audio equipment at your whim, you probably have something to scavenge the copper from

    copper does oxidize, but so long as it can trade broker enough electrons around, i'm definitely making use of this idea in the future, thank you for the post