FiFoFree

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[–] FiFoFree@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

We made rocks glow with the power of lightning.

[–] FiFoFree@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

Not with that attitude.

[–] FiFoFree@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Absolutely, just like there's some things a horse can do that a car just can't.

I don't plan on buying a horse or needing to do those things, and I don't think the vast majority do either.

The end result is that there will still be ICEs in niche applications, but those who know how to operate them and the supply chains that currently make them cheap and dominant will slowly die off.

[–] FiFoFree@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

But solar panel costs are falling way faster than battery costs.

[–] FiFoFree@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

We also use it for engine displacement.

[–] FiFoFree@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Our heat pump didn't really kick in the resistive auxiliary heat until temps were well below 0°F, but humidity also plays into that. It wasn't ever running the resistive heat exclusively.

If sized correctly, heat pumps also don't really like setbacks in the winter. Just set the thermostat to whatever and leave it -- don't have it cool down at night and warm back up in the morning.

[–] FiFoFree@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

/c/flashlight sends its regards

[–] FiFoFree@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you own anything with "white" LEDs, I have some bad news for you...

[–] FiFoFree@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

7? Psh.

Try 40.

No but seriously, it's addictive. One moment you're like "I just need a good flashlight" and the next you're telling somebody how the flashlight they got from Lowes has terrible tint and CRI compared to your hand-assembled copper and titanium pixel camo Emisar D4v2 with dedomed Nichia 519As you got for like $120 from a Chinese guy named Hank.

[–] FiFoFree@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

*since 2020.

If my cowboy math is correct (assuming two parents and two children), that comes out to about 292 people per year or 876 since 2020.

With a population the size of the United States (330 million), that means that, for a given year, 0.00009% (rounded up) of that population dies as a result of a family annihilation. For comparison, around 40,000 people (including around 1,000 children) die in vehicle accidents annually in the US.

Not that family annihilations aren't horrible. They are. But, from a purely statistical perspective, there are much more frequent horrible things that we don't talk about as much, for a variety of reasons.

[–] FiFoFree@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

This is the comic Salvatore based his skit on.

 

Emisar D4V2 mule - W1 Amber. It's got that same monochromatic yellow as an old sodium street lamp, to the point that I briefly felt a tinge of nostalgia on firing it up for the first time.

 

Light, sound -- it's all just waves, man.

 

I was thinking of getting a 519A DD CCT-shift for the giggles of having that much high-CRI rosy light. What's everybody else getting?

 

Emisar D1K UV emitter fried itself. Bit of a bummer, but I've already reached out to Hank. Anyone else run into this with the 5W UV emitter?

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