ComplexMoth

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[–] ComplexMoth@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah i meant history of what's come before. When a new user joins, they just see a blank void, not a great first impression

[–] ComplexMoth@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Cheers, I was thinking a Discord style platform would work well but don't want to swap one closed system for another. Matrix looks good - with different rooms in spaces, public or invite only access, email only sign up. One issue with signal is also that everybody uses secretive usernames - not great for friendly neighbourhood community chats. But it looks like some Matrix clients have multi-account support, so that could fix that. Do you know if theres any sort of cap on user numbers? I'm envisioning around 50-150 users for events/requests/etc.

[–] ComplexMoth@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

What do you lot use for group chats? For some reason my social circle decided facebook messenger is the goto. This could be the chance to get them off it. We've tried to setup a signal chat in the past, and there is some interest, but the lack of chat history deters new users. I don't think we need that level of encryption going on.

[–] ComplexMoth@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sure, I'll work off that copper coin lad's dimensions and try and make it adjustable like the smelter. Could you point me towards an example of the little coffee can forge?

[–] ComplexMoth@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Very cool stuff. I might have to look a bit more into this. There's a chap melting copper here with a 13 square foot lens - looks like a pretty small beam, not sure if usable for your purposes. But cool idea, have you got some lens dimensions in mind?

Also, definitely not guaranteeing any safety, but think i'll give it a shot.

[–] ComplexMoth@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think I'll see what I can do with this, Does something like this look suitable? From my back-of-envelope calculations, this gives 17000N force (about 1750kg-force like they've said).

And then the challenge is to release the pellet, and refill from a hopper containing more biomass material. Can you tell me what biomass material you would be using?

[–] ComplexMoth@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago

Any material, the software i'll be using has some basic material properties built-in, but theres room for customisation.

Size limitations - any sort of dimensions. Complexity - i could probably do a few mechanisms that are less than maybe 5-10 parts. Or else one large, say less than 50.

 

I'm a mechanical engineering student with a fairly open brief for a short project. Have to draw a 3D cad model of a mechanism and do some motion analysis. So i thought i'd ask the fine folk of slrpnk if they had any projects that need a bit of ironing out.

Probably best suited if you have an idea and want see how the parts might move in 3 dimensions. I'd be able to tell you stuff like how much force/torque is in a particular part, letting you know how strong bits need to be.

Has to be a mechanism of some sort that i draw from scratch - let me know what dimensions i need to accomodate. And i have to present it to the class.

[–] ComplexMoth@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago

CCS should be SCC (State Capture by Carbon worshippers)

[–] ComplexMoth@slrpnk.net 12 points 2 years ago

Just heard Madeleine King on abc AM.

This is fucked.

If we absolutely must jeopardise our precious artesian basin (the life source of the australian interior) to get some gas out of beetaloo, I'd much rather reimbursement in sweet cash (like taxes), rather than the possibility of maybe potentially getting slightly cheaper gas to burn later on.

Further money thrown to Chevron for CCS, a company that consistantly misses all of its targets, and a tech that isn't ready.

Why not invest in proven policys/tech to reduce emissions? Why not give money to government owned research departments? Or at that very least, not be actively sabotaging CSIRO?

[–] ComplexMoth@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 years ago

Agree with all the positives. I think disagreements could be solved the same way any group solves disagreements (i.e. not always very well) - so yep the framework would have to very well defined. And yeah fairly sure a constitutional change would be needed, but that's semantics as are the rest of those issues. I think the real crux of the issue is the change from elected person to elected group.

I don't think there's much of a difference between multi-electorate seats and what we have now, surely thats just a case of bigger electorates? Multi-representative seats are not a foreign concept either, i believe that's how it works down in Tassie with their hare-clarke system.

 

These two potential candidates want to try become the first job-sharing parliamentarians. I can see the benefits of opening up possibilities for people with kids/dependents. I think a broader range of perspectives in parliament would be great. And these people would be there to do the job, rather than career politic-ing. The linked article mentions how they'd both have to be sworn in as MP's, essentially giving their electorate 2 votes, but I don't think that'd necessarily be the case. However, you would have the power of two people's voices when lobbying.

But I'm also wary of how much easier it would be shirk responsibility to "the other person". Assuming it would work as a shared office rather than a representative person, would a line be drawn between 2 people and a group of people?

Delving into the speculative fantasy, suddenly the 2 mums with kids at home who couldn't commit to full-time parliamenting were pioneers for rotational council representatives, getting rid of politicians altogether.

 

I'm a big fan of stremio, just wondering if there's been development of an open source desktop app. I'd like to avoid the ads and the login component. https://blog.stremio.com/announcing-stremio-core-embracing-open-source-and-rust/

[–] ComplexMoth@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have a look at Perplexity.ai for replacing Chatgpt. It provides sources for the information it gives you.

[–] ComplexMoth@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks for that, i expected something a bit more lightweight, but i suppose its a fairly niche use case.

Will put out some feelers for a code

 

I'm trying to learn to play some folk tunes on mandolin. I'm looking for some software that will let me loop sections and change tempo (without changing pitch). To help learn by ear, i want repetition and then slowly build up speed.

I thought Audacity would do it but it looks like it is lacking the real-time component (or at least seems to be in its infancy) unless there's something i'm missing?

 

The Australien Labor Party has made an ad and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.

 

Getting a ridiculous amount of avo's on the tree this year. In a rental so i'm not knowledgable about this. What's a good way to make the most of the season? Theyre staying green on the tree, and taking 1-2 weeks to ripen once picked atm. How long will they stay like this? I presume they start dropping off eventually, is that likely to happen all at once? Do they freeze well?

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