[-] DempstersBox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

What's really crazy is how fucking Good all those microphones are.

I've been using alfredcam to utilize old phones and tablets, and holy shit they can hear so well.

Like the k88, an ancient tablet that was useless when it came out, foisted upon at&t users. The mic on it will pick up conversations clear as a bell OUTSIDE my house

Shit's fucked, yo

[-] DempstersBox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

What the fuck

I want to know more

[-] DempstersBox@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

So I have a solar setup-older panels, like 15 years old. They can be 3/4 obscured by a building or whatever, and still make 85% of what they're rated to.

Which is fucking awesome. Right now, they're covered in so much dust I can see the 'clean' spots where the morning dew condensed on them, and they're still kicking 20 amps, about 15 more than I actually need.

Daily cleaning? Way excessive. Monthly? Maybe, probably less. Not a whole lot going on in between rails.

I'd be way more worried about tweakers trying to steal the wiring

[-] DempstersBox@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

The cleanliness of the panels isn't actually as big a deal as it's made out to be. Like yeah, they can't be completely obscured, but you'd be surprised at how fucking filthy they can be and still make juice. Or half-or more- covered with trees, or other shade.

Right now, my panels are covered in enough crap I really should hose them off, and they're still kicking 20 amps. So ahhh... fuck it. Maybe it'll rain and I won't have to.

Same with cloudy days-sometimes I get more power on cloudy days because the panels don't get at hot. Hell, some streetlights put out enough light to harvest energy from-but they're largely getting replaced with LED's. Sad face?

I expect with the type of traffic going on between rails, these will need vanishingly little maintenance. I hope it goes well

[-] DempstersBox@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

You may not be an old dude, but it sure seems like you already hit the wall.

Friend of mine's father, who was seventy at the time, got hit on by an older lady at the grocery store.

Lamenting that he didn't follow it up with her, "she was eighty, but a young eighty, if you know what I mean"

Wall? Gtfo, dumbass

[-] DempstersBox@lemmy.world 35 points 2 weeks ago

Gatorade isn't actually a good source of electrolytes though.

It's sugar and pinch of salt.

However! There's totally good electrolyte powders that are packed with the goods, and they're not much pricier.

Also, sour patch kids have a weird ingredient in the coating that most electrolyte stuff doesn't have. Potassiumsomething something, irrc?

If you're super dehydrated while drinking a fuckload of water, stick some of them under your tongue

[-] DempstersBox@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

For dickbags to exercise power and control over people.

[-] DempstersBox@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Shit, my panels were still kicking at 95% when covered in a layer of dirt so thick I had to hose them, and wash em twice.

Now they're back up to 99%, and they're about ten years old

[-] DempstersBox@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago
[-] DempstersBox@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago

Nobody is coming to the US to be homeless. That's not a thing.

We're shitty enough to our own citizens to make plenty of our own folk homeless.

You are closer to living on the street than you realize.

[-] DempstersBox@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago
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