jmiller

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[–] jmiller@lemm.ee 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It looks cool, but that is a horrible handle. You want it to be wood or plastic so it dampens vibrations as much as it can, and smooth so one hand can slide down the handle from near the head to your other hand at the end as you swing. A couple minutes breaking up concrete with that and your hands would be numb, tingly, and probably bloody. Gloves would help, but using this will always suck.

[–] jmiller@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, that's nuts. Most of my waking hours involve using the internet in some form, but for $5.8m I'd give up using it personally without hesitation.

[–] jmiller@lemm.ee 12 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I read that as Weird AL, and was pleased and interested. Then I realized. Now I am not pleased or interested at all.

[–] jmiller@lemm.ee 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They can't reproduce, should be fine.

[–] jmiller@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I have Libreoffice, I like the word processor and spreadsheet program, but wasn't quite as happy with its handing of PDFs. That could definitely be user error/ignorance though.

[–] jmiller@lemm.ee 34 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I started freelancing on the side recently, needed a PDF editor, Acrobat was cheaper than Bluebeam, so I thought I'd give it a try after not using it for years. It sucked. On top of being inferior in every use case it was infuriating to even have installed. It said it was opting me in for usage data collection but I could opt out in account management, I never found that option. And it had a dozen and a half background processes running on startup that would restart after being killed in task manager. Had to make a little batch file to kill them all at once. Adobe, the software and the company, is cancer. On purpose. Being mean to Adobe online is absolutely justified.

[–] jmiller@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

That is so cool! Did a bit of searching, this looks like like a good place to start. I'm not visually impaired, but am still very interested in learning to echolocate!

National Library of Medicine

EchoRead Programme: Learning echolocation skills through self-paced professional development during the COVID-19 pandemic

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9623408/

[–] jmiller@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I hadn't seen that before, that is interesting. These detergent sheets are quite a bit cheaper though, and have no plastic in the product or packaging. We love them!

https://www.amazon.com/Poesie-Eco-Friendly-Plastic-Free-Biodegradable-Hypoallergenic/dp/B09VPDX476

[–] jmiller@lemm.ee 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Looks like it. We use dissolvable sheets for laundry soap, toss them in like a pod. No plastic, and short washes on cold leave no residue. And if it's a smaller load just you can just rip a sheet in half and leave it in the box. Plus they are super cheap. We've been using them for a couple of years, love them!

https://www.amazon.com/Poesie-Eco-Friendly-Plastic-Free-Biodegradable-Hypoallergenic/dp/B09VPDX476

[–] jmiller@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Airbags are not forbidden in aircraft. They just haven't been considered to offer enough safety benfit for their weight and cost in most cases. That is starting to change though, and airbags integrated into aircraft seatbelts are becoming more common. They can be found in first class in a number of commercial aircraft, and are sold to be retrofitted into private planes.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airplane_airbags

https://www.amsafe.com/product/airbag-restraint-systems/

There are many reasons I doubt this car will make it into commercial production, but the airbags will be OK.

[–] jmiller@lemm.ee 30 points 4 months ago

My first read, I thought that was the source of the mentioned poisoning.

[–] jmiller@lemm.ee 55 points 5 months ago

7km upgrades this to a Demand path.

 

It is a strange looking vehicle, but there are a lot of things I like about the company's philosophy and approach.

 

Very interesting company. They started with a way to produce graphene at scale, then went looking for something to do with it. Their first idea was to use it as a cement additive. They have since used it as friction reducer in engine oil, and are selling it in Australia, Canada, and soon the US, as a radiator coating to improve HVAC performance.

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