[-] jasparagus@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I've totally had that happen to me before :(

That said, I love my honeywell(?) half-face respirator otherwise. It beats a standard face mask in comfort by a mile. I even got some paper N99 filter sheets + reusable holders for them, which works great and makes it so I don't blow through plastic cartridges.

[-] jasparagus@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Oxidation (and other processes) do affect coffee flavor, and grinding it up increases surface area / exposure to oxygen, speeding that up. Putting it in the fridge seems to also worsen flavor, but the freezer seems to be pretty reliable. Here's a nice video discussing this by a weird coffee person (James Hoffmann): Should you freeze coffee beans?

Also, KGLW, nice!

[-] jasparagus@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Yeah, I think if you're going to do a lot of thin strips, a jig is worthwhile (and that seems like a nice method). I liked just using the featherboard because it worked (surprisingly) well, felt safe, took a matter of seconds to set up, and doesn't require me storing a jig (I'm tight on garage space).

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I found that simply reversing my featherboard makes it function very well as a thin ripping jig to make repeated (thin) cuts on the non-fence side of the blade. The featherboard's hard side is simply set at the appropriate distance from the blade on the side opposite the fence. Then the fence is moved to support the larger "offcut" side as with a typical thin ripping jig, and you can make the cuts with push sticks as usual.

[-] jasparagus@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

I loved the fountain, too. It is so incredibly beautiful, and I'm glad to own it for the same reasons. I also can't imagine when I'll want to watch it again...

[-] jasparagus@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

More info from a different article that provides context:

Bypassing Congress with emergency determinations for arms sales is an unusual step that has in the past met resistance from lawmakers, who normally have a period of time to weigh in on proposed weapons transfers and, in some cases, block them.

In May 2019, then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made an emergency determination for an $8.1 billion sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan after it became clear that the Trump administration would have trouble overcoming lawmakers’ concerns about the Saudi and UAE-led war in Yemen.

Pompeo came under heavy criticism for the move, which some believed may have violated the law because many of the weapons involved had yet to be built and could not be delivered urgently. But he was cleared of any wrongdoing after an internal investigation.

At least four administrations have used the authority since 1979. President George H.W. Bush’s administration used it during the Gulf War to get arms quickly to Saudi Arabia.

AP Article Link

As others pointed out, this appears to only apply to arms sales, not for aid packages as in the case of Ukraine.

[-] jasparagus@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

That was phenomenal.

[-] jasparagus@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

Ah, yes, the traditional Latin spelling: Tvvix.

[-] jasparagus@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

It is a bit lengthy but well worth a watch

This was how I knew it was a Technology Connections video before I clicked haha. His stuff is always so informative and interesting.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by jasparagus@lemmy.world to c/stable_diffusion@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Tiny, fast controlnets for SDXL via T2I-Adapters!

Sep. 8, 2023. We collaborate with the diffusers team to bring the support of T2I-Adapters for Stable Diffusion XL (SDXL) in diffusers! It achieves impressive results in both performance and efficiency. We release T2I-Adapter-SDXL models for sketch, canny, lineart, openpose, depth-zoe, and depth-mid.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by jasparagus@lemmy.world to c/evs@lemmy.world

Another EV with the base model dropped almost immediately. A frustrating trend for sure.

As if some Titan-born Marvel villain snapped his infinity-stone-laden fingers, the base option for the 2024 Chevy Blazer EV has vanished into thin air. The previously announced 1LT trim level, which was to start at $44,995, is gone, leaving the front-wheel-drive 2LT trim (pictured at top) in its place at an as yet unnamed price.

[...]

A Chevrolet spokesperson told Automotive News that the brand envisions higher trim levels on the upcoming Equinox EV will meet the needs of potential Blazer EV 1LT buyers, but with the Bolt twins on hiatus, we lament the removal of another budget-oriented option.

[-] jasparagus@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I never had good luck with jerboa... it worked sometimes, but I was mostly using liftoff (which is pretty good, in my opinion).

[-] jasparagus@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

LOL. I didn't immediately get this one. Well done.

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The graphic above summarizes the median 512x512 render speed (batch size 1) for various GPUs. Filtering is for single-GPU systems only, and for GPUs with more than 5 benchmarks only. Data is taken from this database (thank you vladmandic!). Graph is color-coded by manufacturer:

  • NVIDIA consumer (lime green)
  • NVIDIA workstation (dark green)
  • AMD (red)
  • Intel (blue), seems there's not enough data yet

This is an update/prettier visualization from my previous post using today's data.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by jasparagus@lemmy.world to c/stable_diffusion@lemmy.dbzer0.com

I couldn't find recent summarized data for the (excellent) benchmarks provided via the sd-extension-system-info repo, so I went ahead and pulled/summarized it. Here is the median It/s for each GPU with more than 10 entries in the table (single GPU setups only).

Source: https://vladmandic.github.io/sd-extension-system-info/pages/benchmark.html

Note: updated (found an error in the original post where I hadn't actually eliminated dual GPUs etc.)

[-] jasparagus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Here's a good explainer:

What is tidal locking? https://phys.org/news/2015-11-tidal.html

Basically, the moon acted like a spinning (unbalanced) wheel, and eventually stopped with the "heavy" side pointing "down" towards Earth. I.e. think of the moon as orbiting Earth with the heavy side staying pointed at Earth.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by jasparagus@lemmy.world to c/foundryvtt@lemmy.ml

My top two ended up being measured templates and placeable items. The former because of how valuable I think it is to have spell auras automatically appear (without having to make a macro using Token Auras). The latter was because I often want to put items on the map for players, but have to make a journal container for them, which is decently annoying.

I also threw terrain and cover in there, because it's a little annoying to determine, and I'm starting to play more PF2e, and that's a really cool aspect of that system.

Curious to hear about others' use cases and priorities, or what workarounds they use for the issues I mentioned above.

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Cross posting from woodworking per suggestion from https://lemmy.world/u/njinx.

This is an old post, but is new to Lemmy. I got lucky with some roadside scrap wood, and this was the result! The full-res album is on imgur with build info. I made this about a year ago, and it’s holding up great! Did routing to clear out the bowl, then hand-cut the joinery (mortise and through-tenon) for the stand.

The full build album is on Imgur (with notes and a lot more pictures).

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