CrimeDad

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hashtags good.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

"Ars on your side!"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why can't it stay liquid?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Well, the water is necessary for for life support and needs to be sourced somehow anyway. It kind of sets a minimum crew and passenger capacity if you want to make the most use of your shielding water.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Water doesn't have to be a liquid, but don't actual spacecraft typically contain liquids during wall of those cases? What do you mean?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I don't think it works that way. The water slows down the neutrons so that when and if they get to you they don't have enough energy to hurt you. The radiation doesn't contaminate the water any more than a microwave oven does.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (26 children)

Since the astronauts need water to survive, why not line the spaceship with reservoirs of it to provide the shielding? Or does water not block space radiation well enough?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Trying again doesn't necessarily mean trying again right away.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (6 children)

They could have tried again with another booster and landing pad.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

If the developers could fix search, it would go a long way in improving Mastodon.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Never post your resume or sign up for LinkedIn in the course of a job search? Never use a dating site? Never buy a domain? Never pay property taxes? Never go to court? I see your point, but never revealing your info online isn't realistic or even a choice for most people.

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Bop Spotter compromised! (pixelfed.crimedad.work)
 

I wish I got to do fun little projects like this at my job. Anyway, this proof of concept shows that hydrogen would be a great alternative to propane and natural gas for cooking. Hat tip to @[email protected].

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/91685

cross-posted from: https://jorts.horse/users/fathermcgruder/statuses/112563861339745778

Solar project to destroy thousands of Joshua trees in the Mojave Desert
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/solar-project-destroy-thousands-joshua-100000768.html

It's crazy to me that a destructive photovoltaic solar project like this one is considered reasonable, but a new nuclear power plant within or adjacent to a city is beyond the pale.

@usa

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#StarTrekIRL (christiemed.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/79634

cross-posted from: https://jorts.horse/users/fathermcgruder/statuses/112378811040247396

#StarTrekIRL

Took my daughter for a blood draw today and we got to use a vein visualization device for the first time. It wasn't this exact model, but it was pretty similar: https://christiemed.com/products/veinviewer-models/veinviewer-vision2/

Maybe I'm just basic, but I was really impressed. Apparently it uses an infrared camera to see the patient's blood vessels and then it uses a projector to display them on the patient's skin so that the phlebotomist has an easier time finding a good blood vessel. Brilliant!

@crosspost

 

On my flight home yesterday a free, but limited, wifi option was available that allowed only for messaging (WhatsApp, Messenger, and I think the Google and Apple ones were specifically mentioned), but not web browsing. I checked and, sure enough, I couldn't get web browsing to work, but WhatsApp and Messenger worked fine. I decided to try my XMPP client and I was pleasantly surprised to that that worked fine as well.

I know it's a limited use case, where XMPP is one of the few unblocked protocols, but are there things I can do with it besides chatting? Could I use it to receive status updates from my server? Is there a way to use it for SSH somehow? I guess some sort of bot running on my server would be required. Seems like there are lots of possibilities, like bots that fetch websites or interact with ActivityPub. Has anyone found or tried anything like that?

cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/598286716239948208

Dog on a plane

My wonderful neighbor, Juicy, on our flight home.

#italiangreyhound #dog #gooddog

@[email protected]

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Hello, World! (lemmy.crimedad.work)
 

First post from my new, self-hosted, personal instance. Feels good!

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