Dad, husband, and mechanical engineer based in beautiful New Jersey. On Reddit I'm u/engibineer.
That's a good question, Rotting Cum. The only crimes I'm planning on right now are saving some money doing diy maintenance on the family car while finding an interesting little project for myself.
What have you got for dust control/collection?
I'm running a Pixelfed instance off of an old PC in my house. Eventually I 'd like to set up a personal Lemmy instance as well.
Where? I'm not a fan of her, but Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax proposal is just a way to capture some more revenue (to do the things I mentioned) on a more progressive basis. There aren't really any claims here about fixing inequality.
Take another shower. Taxes aren't used to fix inequality. They're used to fund infrastructure and services that we all need. They're also used sometimes to redistribute income, but the idea isn't to solve inequality. The idea is to get some income, in one form or another, to people who cannot or should not work, like the sick, children, the elderly, and anyone else excluded from the workforce. This non-working population needs income as much as the working population does and it doesn't make sense to force them to get it in inefficient and harmful ways. Taxation to solve inequality is a myth that isn't happening.
Well, I'd definitely get the lawyers and CPAs to make sure that bag is secure and protect my family's privacy as much as possible. After that...
- I'd hire a high-end architect to renovate my home.
- I'd hire a personal trainer to help my family get really fit.
- I'd buy a big vacation for our extended families.
- Buy a less family-friendly vacation for our friends.
Hire a therapist so I don't go insane.- There's a small, vacant movie theater in my town. I'd buy it and get it up and running again.
Yeah, that's exactly it. It's an open source alternative to Instagram based on ActivityPub, like Mastodon and Lemmy. In terms of functionality I think it's better than Instagram. There are no ads or sinister algorithms; I can select and copy text; I can easily reshare posts I like; and I can include working hyperlinks in my posts and replies.
The main benefits to running your own instance are that you don't have to rely on anyone else to keep the site running and you can decide for yourself about federating or not with other instances. For me it's also just a fun little DIY project to set up and maintain my own server.
Yes, I decided to host my own Pixelfed instance and I needed a URL. Still working out the kinks. Apparently, replying to a comment from a Lemmy user doesn't work properly.
Hey.
cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/588472794821065230
> [OC] Hey. > > \#crab #shore #macro > > @animals@lemmy.ml
Hey.
cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/588472794821065230
> [OC] Hey. > > \#crab #shore #macro > > @animals@lemmy.ml
No tulip trees, just a bunch of maples, a few oaks, and one black walnut. There's about 1/6 of an acre behind us in the photo with a cemetery beyond that. Plenty of space for the kiddo to romp around and the critters love it too.
Thanks! We were very lucky to get this house.
AntennaPod is pretty great. Apparently it's compatible with a synchronizing service called gpodder, which I believe you can run yourself.
You're kind of talking about different things. Copyright should of course be abolished along with all private property. I don't rule out compensation to your estate for organs harvested after death and there should definitely be a public bounty/reward system to encourage the living to donate.
You shouldn't be able to opt out, or at least it should be very difficult to do so, because when you are dead what you have a say in that affects the living should be very limited, because those organs won't matter to you anymore, and because those organs might matter very much to living people. Whether you trust society or not doesn't matter anymore when you are dead.
Because living people who are sick might need those organs, which would otherwise just go to waste in your corpse. Also, it good to have a steady supply of organs from the deceased in order to avoid perverse and exploitative market situations.
This would be a nice upgrade for my wife and I. We've been using a knockoff Rubbermaid for ages. Putting it on the future project list.
Hmmm okay, but it has to be difficult to opt-out, kind of like how conscientious objectors have to go through a whole process to get out of military service.
A little jumping spider.
cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/586372528275207158
> [OC] A little jumping spider. > > I remember when I was trying to take this photo the spider jumped on the lens and I might have screamed. > > \#spider #jumpingspider #arachnid #macro #fediphoto365 #pixelfed365 > > @bugmenagerie@possumpat.io
No. Organ "donation" after death should be compulsory. For living donors there should be a publicly funded bounty system where you either take the money or not. Donors and recipients don't get to be picky.
Honey bee on a crocus.
cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/584798333443805438
Alt text: > Macro shot of a honey bee crawling on the petal of a purple crocus. The bee is loaded with grains of pollen.
> [OC] Honey bee on a crocus. > This shot is from the spring. > \#bees #spring #crocus #pollen #pollinator #newjersey #macro #fediphoto365 #pixelfed365 > @pics@lemmy.world
Laphria thoracica
cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/584538944785166417
> A bumblebee mimicking robber fly, laphria thoracica slurping on the liquefied guts of an unfortunate honey or ground bee.
A fawn waiting for its mother
cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/583823734820089872
> A fawn waiting for its mother, curled up in a garden bed under a bush, behind a fence. You can see the mother out of focus in the background. > > \#deer #newjersey #fawn > > @pics@lemmy.world
Hey, I just got my Pixelfed instance up and running and I was able to post from it to !pics@lemmy.world. Hurray!
cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/583823734820089872
> A fawn waiting for its mother, curled up in a garden bed under a bush, behind a fence. You can see the mother out of focus in the background. > > \#deer #newjersey #fawn > > @pics@lemmy.world
What does defederating from Meta's Threads.net actually accomplish?
Afaik, whenever an Activitypub instance has defederated from another it has always had to do with some combination of bad user behavior, poor moderation, and/or spam. Are the various instance admins who have decided to preemptively block threads.net simply convinced that these traits will be inevitable with it? Is it more of a symbolic move, because we all hate Meta? Or is the idea to just maintain a barrier (albeit a porous one) between us and the part of the Internet inhabited by our chuddy relatives?
(For my part, I'm working on setting up my own Lemmy and/or Pixelfed instance(s) and I do not currently intend to defederate.)
So much for federation
Nothing comes up when I search for any of my fediverse/activity pub accountswin the new Threads app from Meta. Go figure.
If you come over to my house, you might get a G&T and an archery lesson.
Attached: 1 image If you come over to my house you might get a G&T and an archery lesson. #archery #gin #weekend
The tree cops in NJ don't mess around.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.one/post/504943
> Twitter user @SamAsIAm wrote: > >A friend who is a municipal arborist just called to tell me about a guy who cut down 32 big mature trees on his neighbor's NJ property to get a better view of NYC. He hired a guy who hired another guy. Cut them down and left the debris there. The fine per tree is $1000 so the guy propably thought he was going to just pay a $32k fine. But the arborist wrote violations to all 3 parties, 96 in all (by hand, took him 12 hours) and there's a provision requiring the replanting of like trees "of the same size." And it's on an inaccessible by road mountainside. He put the affronted landowner in touch with the only guy who would take on such a job. Thry have to build a road, remove the debris, plant big trees and water them for two years. He quoted $1.5 million. And additional fines total $400k. I hope whoever this ass is he can't pay and they lien and sell his property, the value of which he probably figured would be increased so much a $32k fine was worth it, to cover the cost. We are living in the Jaime Dimon ethos. "So fine us, we can afford it." > > >The PS to this is I was just given a zoom link to the 1st court hearing tomorrow. I'm not sure if it's just for trail participants or spectators can use it, but if they let me observe I'll add more. It doesn't appear to have been picked up by any news source yet. > > >A bit overwhelmed I had to mute notices and will check early if zoom link is supposed to be public. Preliminary hearing is 1:30 EDT. May be very limited. I don't want to be disruptive but will be back with the answer. And likely it'll hit the news. > > >And thanks for all the follows! > > I hope the tree gutters pay dearly, but I wonder if the access road will be counterproductive in terms of the environment.
The tree cops in NJ don't mess around.
Twitter user @SamAsIAm wrote: >A friend who is a municipal arborist just called to tell me about a guy who cut down 32 big mature trees on his neighbor's NJ property to get a better view of NYC. He hired a guy who hired another guy. Cut them down and left the debris there. The fine per tree is $1000 so the guy propably thought he was going to just pay a $32k fine. But the arborist wrote violations to all 3 parties, 96 in all (by hand, took him 12 hours) and there's a provision requiring the replanting of like trees "of the same size." And it's on an inaccessible by road mountainside. He put the affronted landowner in touch with the only guy who would take on such a job. Thry have to build a road, remove the debris, plant big trees and water them for two years. He quoted $1.5 million. And additional fines total $400k. I hope whoever this ass is he can't pay and they lien and sell his property, the value of which he probably figured would be increased so much a $32k fine was worth it, to cover the cost. We are living in the Jaime Dimon ethos. "So fine us, we can afford it."
>The PS to this is I was just given a zoom link to the 1st court hearing tomorrow. I'm not sure if it's just for trail participants or spectators can use it, but if they let me observe I'll add more. It doesn't appear to have been picked up by any news source yet.
>A bit overwhelmed I had to mute notices and will check early if zoom link is supposed to be public. Preliminary hearing is 1:30 EDT. May be very limited. I don't want to be disruptive but will be back with the answer. And likely it'll hit the news.
>And thanks for all the follows!
I hope the tree gutters pay dearly, but I wonder if the access road will be counterproductive in terms of the environment.
Are there any good mechanical keyboards available on Amazon?
I've been wanting to try out a mechanical keyboard for a while and I think I finally have the opportunity. The control keys on my old Alienware keyboard stopped working after I spilled some coffee on it, so I need a replacement. Also, I have an Amazon gift card. I see lots of mechanical keyboards on there with good reviews, but I was hoping to find some more guidance here. As far as what I'm looking for, I really just want something nicer to type with, but hopefully not too loud. A number pad and arrow keys would be nice, but maybe the smaller versions have some type of quick way to get that functionality when I need it. Any advice?
I'm kind of surprised that the OceanGate Titan submarine imploded.
I'm not a submarine engineer, but I would have expected that some of the more complex systems would have failed before the pressure vessel. Then again, it seems like they chose a seemingly cost effective design that was apparently susceptible to fatigue. Combine that with a profit motive to dive as many times as possible before retiring the hull and I suppose an implosion was practically inevitable. Oh well.