nilloc

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[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 month ago

And snakes hide in grass.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago

Shared scooters end up being a mess for cities to clean up though. See Lime, Bird etc.

Many people don’t seem to want to take care of things they don’t feel invested in, or that are used by other people. It’s why we can’t have nice things.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago

Pretty sure the Trump team would have plastered that all over the media if it had happened.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Good choice and those wheel weights aren’t too expensive either. Plus they stick in place. I’ve got a bunch left over from replacing rusty ones on my snow tires too!

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago

It’s like an acid response for her that causes her throat to swell. Not quite an allergy but feels similar to one i guess (she has a strong pine nuts allergy that she carries an EpiPen for).

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Melt brand vegan butter is decent, though it’s pretty much just margarine from memory. Or I think the Trader Joe’s brand too, but I haven’t been there in a while so I’m not sure.

They do make the popcorn a bit more soggy than real butter though from what I’ve noticed.

We add brewers yeast and salt as well, adds a nice umami flavor and soaks up some of the margarine.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago

It hit a phone pole 20 feet from our house once and killed our router and everything connected the the coaxial cable.

All the windows rattled in our house and if it weren’t for the flash you’d think a semi drove into it.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Arduino has always been a kinda shitified version of Wiring. The “founders” stole it from one of their grad students and have been making kinda dumb decisions since.

The main thing they’ve been good at is marketing. Arduino is a great name, but stumbling into the oddly positioned headers to make the shields unique is a good example of kinda dumb choices. Also the infighting with the board maker and ex-professors.

Wiring is a terrible name for a language, and completely unsearchable, but here’s a link to the originators of the wiring language (what became arduino) if you’re interested.

https://wiring.org.co/

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Lightning and distant clouds are the only thing I miss about living in the flat Midwest.

Mountains and blizzards are a good trade off though. We get thunderstorms too, but if you see a lightning bolt, you’re probably in danger of either dying or frying some of the electronics in your home. And your ears will be ringing.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I was working with the education division about a decade and a bit ago when they had an open source platform with sensors and motors. Then iRobot abruptly killed that division too, right as our project was getting going.

I haven’t felt good about that company since.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Does anyone remember margarine? It’s mostly as good as any other butter, was historically much cheaper, and actually better in things like butter cream frosting (makes it lighter and fluffier).

My wife has developed an allergy to dairy in the last 5 years and all these alternative butters are ridiculously overpriced, but many of them seem to just be margarine with vegan butter branding Some of them like Miyokos are kinda terrible sometimes, or smell like fish oil when heated in a pan.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I live both north and east of NYC, I want the later sunlight in summer and winter. The first hour of light is wasted on me and many others. Farmers maybe not, but around here that’s pretty much over by late October anyway.

I’ve also lived at the most extreme opposite end of the Eastern time zone in Michigan, and like the late evening sunlight even more!

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