Sure, the first year (or two) of COVID were wretched, but most of those barriers have since cleared — yet I’m still struggling. I’ve noticed the same with a number of people within my family and neighbourhood....
My e-bike (Onyx RCR, basically a motorcycle) hasn’t needed anything of the sort. So it might be either a specific manufacturer thing and/or a cargo bike thing. I can imagine them using regular bike parts even though it’s taking way more weight/stress.
For pedal bikes, they can be that reliable if you want to pay for it:
hub gearbox (a rohloff gets 100,000km minimum)
decent belt drive (30,000km)
solid tires get 5,000km. Not as good as car tires but there’s a reason; any additional durability will add noticeable drag/weight. Super thick e-bike tires could probably get 70,000km like a car
If you want scientific details, look-up longitudinal studies on cocaine addiction and treatment. There are some surprising scientific insights on dopamine
It’s been a while since I last studied neurology. I couldn’t find the paper I was hoping too, but I found a different one that honestly might be more what OP was looking for anyways.
Note: the gambling task is probably the most relevant in terms of distorted logic and decision making.
This might be a limitation of Lemmy or voyager, but is there some option for me to “watch” or “subscribe” to a post and be notified of new comments?...
We can revert normal human bloodcells into stem cells and then into specialized cells like neurons. It was an incredible breakthrough several years ago that nobody seems to know. There’s been recent developments too
I only found out about it when I was talking to Hon (the lead on this project), and asked him where he got the neurons for playing pong, and he said “I got them from myself”.
For software engineers; you can make an executable that runs ANYWHERE. Same file, executes on windows and on Linux and on mac, x86, arm doesn’t matter.
Fair warning, I was only taking Hon’s word for it in my original comment.
That said, the magic term that will get you a flood of journal articles is “induced pluripotent stem cells ( iPSCs)” and this article a good overview/context to the work.
Judging by the design of the driver door, I’m guessing this is a 90’s Sambar, which indeed does have a bed length of 6.5ft and a width of 4.5ft.
Also, this is normal: “They generally have 1.8 m (6 ft) pickup beds with fold-down sides; dump and scissor-lift beds are also available, as are van bodies. The length limitation forces all of these models into a cab-forward design.”
According to wikipedia, that length is normal: “They generally have 1.8 m (6 ft) pickup beds with fold-down sides; dump and scissor-lift beds are also available, as are van bodies. The length limitation forces all of these models into a cab-forward design.”
Ah You’re right, the window design is also straight cross the bottom rather than curved. My new guess is a Honda Acty, which is only 6.3ft. Ill update the comments
And to be fair I upvoted your comment as I agreed it looked more like a 4.5ft bed. But then I looked it up.
I don’t really understand the comment about the Silvarado. Are you saying a silvarado has a bed longer than 6.5ft?
Hey everyone! Looking for any interior decorator aficionados out there. For as long as I can remember I’ve never been able to decorate spaces where I live and would love some advice!...
I find it really funny how people think economic growth is just this magical thing that can happen. Not just Russia but everywhere.
Either citizens get better at making food/water/housing/heating/medicine/etc or they don’t. There’s no way to print money, or shift funds, or “create jobs” that somehow avoids those things AND helps the economy. Even jobs like Netflix, or the military don’t contribute because they don’t (at least not usually) help farmers make food or help build housing, etc.
If, other things staying equal, a sizable amount of the population is, let’s say, locked inside their own home, or maybe at war destroying resources instead of producing them, then there is NO WAY to escape the economic loss.
However, there are ✨lots of ways to try and lie about it with bad metrics and poorly done statistics.✨
Really, how can I stop them from eating my plants? Some don’t have leaves anymore. They are not even edible. They are even biting the cacti for some reason....
I saw an effort at trying to systematize solarpunk elsewhere that felt a bit confused, but it reminded me of this. I’m not typically inclined to try to taxonamize everything, but I’ll admit that the appeal definitely isn’t lost on me. This felt useful.
These are useful categories, and “shades” is a good name.
The “now solar” almost fees more like “ancient solar” to me, because 1800’s America, at least in the Appalachian mountains, very much had that kind of jugaad/frugal-engineering vibe. Places with water wheels, front yard gardens, small windmills, compost, wells, rainwater systems, and lots of clever wooden hacks. With a general style a little bit like this place
I plan to speak to my city council about creating a tool library, where citizens use their existing library card to checkout tools. To make the idea a bit more robust, I’m also planning to require citizens deposit something as collateral when checking out a tool....
I mean ideally yeah, and I figured I’d get this comment here.
Librares receive continuous funding for books that wear out over time and books that never get returned. Our existing libraries, at least in the US, are not self perpetuating.
Proposing anything to a city council is going to be an uphill battle. And if there’s one thing they’re always going to ask/listen-for, it’s “funding”. It’s a really big selling point to say the tool system won’t require any continuous funds; tools are donated, use the existing library infrastructure for storage/tracking, and when a tool is not returned by the deadline, the collateral can be lent-out instead meaning the number of tools stays the same until they completely break.
If anything, I’m concerned about them saying something about collateral value-appraisal, and or cost of wear and tear (misuse/mistreatment of the tool). I want to say something along the lines of “just let the librarian eyeball it, and that should be good enough”, and “the library gives a fine for a mistreated book, and they can do the same for a mistreated tool”
If people use the service a lot, and 99% of people return their tools, THEN I can easily go back to the council, present the evidence, and ask for the collateral requirement to be dropped.
I’m not opposed to the idea but I don’t know how to get it working in practice.
Where would I put the tools? I can’t host it myself because I don’t have the space and I’m rarely home.
How would I tell everyone that the service is available? I don’t have a media following. People know to look at the city website for these kinds of services, in addition to the city having many avenues for announcing the service.
If I were to ask a large donor for an initial tool supply, they would likely be confident donating to a library. But if it was just some shed somewhere, I would have a lot harder time convincing them.
When a tool is checked-out, who would keep track of it being checked out? If there’s no book-keeper equivalent, who would host a website, or prevent one bad person from just straight up stealing all the tools? If there is a book-keeper equivalent who would have the time/availability for it?
I plan to speak to my city council about a tool library, and literally have citizens use their existing library card to checkout tools. To make the idea a bit more robust, I’m also planning to require citizens deposit something as collateral when checking out a tool....
Yeah the “All” in particular is pretty bad for the average person. They’re not going to enjoy a Star Trek meme, followed by a Arch meme, a Self-hosted post, a grad-student Science meme, followed by a privacy post.
I’m also convinced Lemmy’s “hot” algorithm is broken; I can easily find posts with ONE UPVOTE on the all feed. Hot is supposed to be a balance between acceleration and total vote count, but it seems like it just only acceleration. Go look at the front page of reddit. The difference is night and day.
We need a normie.world that has an “all” feed that doesn’t contain 70% niche communities. We have c/humor, c/news, etc but they’re completely diluted by overpowered niche posts.
Yeah I completely disagree. Imagine if a city/local gov wanted to use Lemmy in order to be self hosted (similar to EU govs switching to Mastodon) but the public just wonders why their local gov put their stuff on a weird circle jerk website that’s flooded with niche memes. “Why didn’t they use the normal thing (i.e. reddit)?”
We should be welcoming enough that, when someone wants to make a new subreddit, they make Lemmy community instead. And I don’t think thats the case right now.
Yeah I could’ve been more clear. I mean the All feed not Local. I went and updated my comment. And to be fully clear, I’ve got no complaints about lemm.ee. It’s exactly what I want, e.g. show me everything and I’ll decide what to block. That said, I know I’m not the norm.
Saying you blocked a fair amount is exactly what I’m talking about, so have I. A little bit of effort can really make the feed more palletable. We need to have a place where that is done by default. Maybe even an open source AI or even just an algorithm that tailors it to the user. I’m already glad Lemmy.world is much more moderate than lemm.ee, and we just need a place that goes all the way; NSFW blocked by default, several communities blocked-by-default (not defederated), and somehow prevents All from being flooded by niche memes. I love Linux and the memes (even if they get a bit repetitive) but we shouldn’t have 3 of the top 10 posts be linux memes.
I tried to get my lab mate, a PhD in computer science and Linux Mint user, to get a Lemmy. He took one look at the all page, laughed, pointed out the circle jerk stuff and asked how some junk posts even made it to the all page and then said “yeah, no thanks” and has never touched Lemmy since. He was already 4 times more likely than the average person, but even he was instantly turned off.
Under a centralized system, bans are terrible. But federation is awesome because it’s perfectly okay for an instance to be ban-happy. Just join another instance. (I’m on lemm.ee because I want to see everything)
Not only is it fine, but I think we actually need a variety of instances; no-bans, some-bans, lots-of-bans, and excessive-bans. People should have the choice.
Yeah, and maybe that means I should try making such an instance. I don’t have the funds for something like lemmy.world, but I’ve got the technical background. So maybe that’ll turn into my winter break project
Weird title, I know. But I’ve recently found out that I’m pregnant with my first child. It’s an equal mix of anxiety, excitement, and anger at just how consumeristic having a goddamn baby is. So I’m curious how my fellow Solarpunks would handle the introduction of a new small mammal into their world....
Convincing people to not give is actually really hard, I’ve tried doing this for Christmas for the last 3 years.
I quickly learned that entirely robbing someone of the joy of giving/helping in any way is actually pretty horrible. Giving really makes people feel like their life is well-lived.
BUT, you can change what they give and be really effective.
Ask for advice. People love giving advice
Ask for a list of newborn items they would recommend
Then create some excuse (shipping, saving for big items, avoiding duplicate items, whatever) to recommend, if they must, send money instead of presents.
Be warned, you’re probably still going to get a lot of amazon stuff. It’s the lowest effort way to give, and that’s really hard to beat.
Hi friends and comrades! What are you working on these days? I’m really interested in praxis and in new ideas of what to do in real life to advance towards a solarpunk future....
You might be interested in this; I want to write a satrical piece titled “Roads, Utilities, and Libraries are Socialist and have no place in America!”
But actually the satire is against every ideology. Even the most socialist countries usually have the idea of “my bed”, “my house”, etc. There’s still some form of ownership, and market driven prices.
The real point of the satire is; saying “oh that’s a socialist idea” or “that is a capitalist idea” is stupid. Don’t call right to repair socialist, just (truethfully) say it has bi-partisan support. Making a big deal about ideology is not helping the adoption rate. Ideas should be accepted when they’re good ideas, not because they have a label. So don’t label them.
If you can, instead of publishing, just keep a weekly or monthly “dear future self” log somewhere online. Once the basics are up, people can ask about the missing details, and it’s a lot easier to reply and fill in the gaps than it is to sit down an write up a comprehensive summary.
Sorry, it looks like I kicked up a fire and I didn’t mean to do that.
I’m a bit sad I didn’t hear anything about the satire article. I thought you would like the idea. 😕 For context, it’s motivated by threads like this
If you’re willing to talk about it, I’m still curious if you think the article a good idea.
I just see this Pokemon meme happening a lot in the polticial space. People cant say “that seems like a good idea” if the idea came from “the enemy ™”. It’s really sad when an idea isn’t adopted only because of that. Maybe the UK is better about it, but I see it happen every day in the US.
That’s all I wanted to get across.
Sorry if my original comment was unclear. Labels and ideologies are useful, and I didn’t intended to derail the original point over what owership means. I want ideas to be judged and accepted based on merit rather than what faction they came from.
Is it just my circle, or has it been a challenge getting into the Christmas/holiday spirit the last couple of years?
Sure, the first year (or two) of COVID were wretched, but most of those barriers have since cleared — yet I’m still struggling. I’ve noticed the same with a number of people within my family and neighbourhood....
What are some "no brainer" inventions or features that just haven't made it to the consumer yet?
Living on the Edge Rules (lemmy.world)
Can external dopamine intake influence one's logic and reasoning?
This question has been stuck on my mind since last night....
What brand/model of pants can you recommend?
I’m sick of having my pants rip and tear from light daily use....
Would reverting back to tribes or city-states not be sufficient to save us from ourselves?
I was having this conversation with a friend. Albert Einstein was known for saying the following…...
How can I "watch" a post?
This might be a limitation of Lemmy or voyager, but is there some option for me to “watch” or “subscribe” to a post and be notified of new comments?...
What are some recent breakthroughs or findings that haven't received much attention?
same bed length (feddit.de)
Anyone have any guides or tips for how to decorate home living spaces to feel more "lived in"?
Hey everyone! Looking for any interior decorator aficionados out there. For as long as I can remember I’ve never been able to decorate spaces where I live and would love some advice!...
Russia's economic growth shows Western sanctions very effective - for Russia itself (www.marketscreener.com)
How do I stop my cats from eating my plants?
Really, how can I stop them from eating my plants? Some don’t have leaves anymore. They are not even edible. They are even biting the cacti for some reason....
What arguments most convince you that the earth is flat?
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Legal definitions aside- what milestone made you think, "I'm an adult now."?
Categorizing themes and visions of solarpunk fiction [from Solarpunk Stories] (solarpunkstories.substack.com)
I saw an effort at trying to systematize solarpunk elsewhere that felt a bit confused, but it reminded me of this. I’m not typically inclined to try to taxonamize everything, but I’ll admit that the appeal definitely isn’t lost on me. This felt useful.
Feedback: A Library of Tools
I plan to speak to my city council about creating a tool library, where citizens use their existing library card to checkout tools. To make the idea a bit more robust, I’m also planning to require citizens deposit something as collateral when checking out a tool....
What is a fun gadget you have purchased that has added value to your life?
Feedback: A Library of Tools
I plan to speak to my city council about a tool library, and literally have citizens use their existing library card to checkout tools. To make the idea a bit more robust, I’m also planning to require citizens deposit something as collateral when checking out a tool....
Why? Are we not doing enough? (file.coffee)
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Best way to share video to a friend ? (~1GB)
How do you have a baby The Solarpunk Way? AKA, without using Amazon?
Weird title, I know. But I’ve recently found out that I’m pregnant with my first child. It’s an equal mix of anxiety, excitement, and anger at just how consumeristic having a goddamn baby is. So I’m curious how my fellow Solarpunks would handle the introduction of a new small mammal into their world....
What Are You Working On?
Hi friends and comrades! What are you working on these days? I’m really interested in praxis and in new ideas of what to do in real life to advance towards a solarpunk future....