𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆

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  • Yeah it really is a nice little haven. I came here to escape the lack of ethics from reddit, but after learning about the origins of the fediverse and diversity, it felt like it was worth the tradeoff of a smaller community with somewhat less technical utility/inspiration. I want to question my biases and expand my understanding. Like I wasn’t adequately empathetic towards transgender or to a lesser extent gay people until I engaged here. I expected a different ethical awareness than most groups, like more self awareness in general, and probably more of an ultra liberal stance. Instead I see a much larger spectrum of people with much more to offer than what one might expect, along with many idiosyncrasies that make me feel more comfortable with my own. It is a pretty cool little place to be and appreciate for what it has evolved into so far.











  • 𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆@lemmy.worldtoGaming@lemmy.worldStill waiting...
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    No one has paid to replace it or has the money to do so. I faced this challenge in bike shops with advertising media. It is risky to accept large stuff like this from brand reps. It comes down to a plan and the level of investment in the product. Looks like someone bought in and had no long term plan for the space. Looks like a business on the threshold of black to red finances.


  • Scuba or snorkeling – diving leads to spear fishing.

    It helps to have modern elastics to make a riffle like spear gun. When under water, big fish are easy game. You’ll see them easily in the ocean and reasonably well in large rivers and lakes too. With rivers and lakes you can just noodle with large catfish. If you reach into holes and cervices, catfish will bite your hand. It is more like sucking. You just pull them up, no tackle or equipment needed.

    Without modern elastics, any bow or torsion based energy storage system would work to make a crossbow like action. I could easily flake a rock to make a crude knife, and fashion something out of some sticks.

    I would probably struggle most with my chemistry using organics I find in nature. I know stuff like the best bows are recurved with composite wood. Ultimately, I am loosely aware of the innovations of Watts with the pressure regulation of a steam engine. I know how to make bloom iron. And I know the basics of indirect heating and atmospheric control of the Bessemer process. Additionally, I am aware that the key to lathe precision is a heavy base, and that a lathe screw lead is able to cut a more accurate lathe screw lead, and eventually achieve any machine precision desired. Prussian blue or any dye based pigment, is used with a special thick chisel to hand scrape metal flat. Magnetite is the primary ore for iron. Steel is all about precision control over the carbon content. Heating calcium carbonate is super handy. Boxite requires chemistry to get to the aluminum. High voltage arcs across electrodes in air will make nitric acid, but guano is the most accessible form of nitrates at smaller scales. Potatoes are the most important food source to scavenge.

    A general deep curiosity and willingness to explore are the key personality traits. I love learning at a fundamental level where I actually understand stuff. I am not all that bright, just a jack of all trades type person where I have a very broad set of skills and understanding of the world. I’m a swiss army knife – all the tools, but the world’s shittiest scissors.