CompactFlax

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Musk takes the fall. We all knew that already.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 10 hours ago

Precooked onions depend on what you’re trying to achieve with them. Caramelized is another story too.

I have noticed that simply coating the balls of dough with a bit of oil before proofing changes the color of the finished dough; a little more char.

Biggest thing, unfortunately, is high heat. Before I got a pizza oven, I was experimenting with two stones. One on top of the pizza. They need to be really hot, not just in the oven for a while.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 106 points 12 hours ago (10 children)

We and our 908 partners store and access personal data, like browsing data or unique identifiers, on your device.

Absolutely, we need a Reject All button!

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 50 points 13 hours ago

“Gifted child, if only they’d apply themselves”, turns into “Average adult, not always reliable and my god have you seen their <thing we ignore because we don’t have the bandwidth> but usually gets things done.”

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Bodybuilding + Olympic is a great combo imho. You get explosive power and size, but even more importantly, bodybuilding provides the opportunity to work on the smaller supporting muscles, preventing injury.

I started in CrossFit but I’ve been doing dedicated weightlifting and strength training alongside metcons almost since I started (aka “competitive programming”. There is definitely not enough time in CrossFit dedicated to the lifts.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Sleep on side, no snore, but rotator cuff syndrome.

Sleep on back, snore, but no rotator cuff syndrome.

I hate being old.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Post, like several other services, should probably be considered an essential service that’s government-operated. Especially since there’s broad swathes of Canada that are absolutely unserviced by the likes of UPS or Amazon’s minions.

I may be in the minority when I say that i want my bills and notices delivered in paper format. Email is absolutely not a secure nor guaranteed-delivery service, no matter what people think. Bill payment portals and email are 100% “out of sight, out of mind” for me. When there’s a piece of paper that I can write on when I deal with it, there’s less chance of missing things.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 42 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Chilling effects.

It wasn’t long ago that some conservatives in my country wanted to outsource drug approval to FDA because “why do the work twice?” Overlooking the fact that while being a fraction of the population our regulatory environment is so much better.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

There is also no design speed lower than 60kph.

But WHat AbOuT tHE fIRe DePaRtmENT

Roads should feel slow, while continuing to protect pedestrians and the Dutch have done a good job (they’re still implementing it though). Canada is supposed to be building millions of homes because housing shortage and at the same time hasn’t revisited any standards with a modern lens. Fuckin embarrassing!

 

I know this is solarDIY, but it seems like a good place for this anyways. Tl;dr is there a good way to integrate wind and solar without spending a bundle?

Sun only shines during the day, and as distances from the equator increase, day lengths get shorter, and cloudier, and angles get steeper. However, my location has steady prevailing winds. So much so, there’s a wind farm practically in the back garden.

Which has me thinking that instead of a ton of panels and a big battery bank (to make use of sunnier days), a little 1kw or so turbine would go a really long way - especially for steady and/or long-running loads like router/server/modem, refrigerator, heat pump…

I understand that wind turbines make some dreadful power and it tends to be AC. They’re also a bit of a pain to situate but that’s sorta secondary. Let’s say I spin up 10kw of solar, a pile of LiFe batteries, and an eg4 AIO with grid-tie. Is there a reasonable, and safe way to integrate wind? I know one guy who just hooked it straight to his batteries but they were lead acid, and they cooked in a storm. Gave him an excuse to get a big life system instead.

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