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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Steady on mate, steady on. It also shows how freaked out oil companies are at being held accountable, and how seemingly close this is to setting that precedent, and maybe starting an avalanche of lawsuits that will help weaken their grip as renewables potentially s-curve hard, no matter how they try to stop it.

Humor is how many of us cope with the darkness the world seems to be in right now, it's a good way to keep up moral as we truck along and try our best to bring this shit to an end, one wrench thrown in one gear at a time.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Hol up, lemme update the to-do list...

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

There is the Meshmap. I'm not sure it's complete, but it could give you a rough idea. It's usually a good idea to search meshtastic along with your city name, and hopefully there's a community site for any active projects.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (3 children)

That's super cool! Though yeah, definitely targeting different demographics.

 

Supplemental video by the creator of the blog post: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ry-ck0fhfw

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The more primitive electronics are still pretty easy to work on and fix though. OBD helps with diagnosing, and the sensors are usually simple enough to swap out for a new one if they fail, in most cases. If an ECU fails, that's usually as simple as swapping a cartridge, like on an old console.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Very much so :)

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

Fair enough, but in my experience Techmoan has always been trustworthy in his reviews, he's not sponsored by the manufacturer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Apparently the version without the head sprinkler is the one that was most widely adopted.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

the outer pot must be unglazed to allow it to become saturated with water. There's quite a few guides on how to make these, like this one, which detail their capabilities and the materials needed.

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

He lays out the financial reasons why you'd save money without a car, but it does assume you can afford to rent or get a loan for a house/apartment in a city in the first place. Are you suggesting that is an unreasonable demographic to target with this advice? Because that sort've implies that any cost-saving measure advice should only be for those in the most dire financial straights, if I'm understanding you correctly.

Homelessness is a horrible and cruel epidemic, but if anything, the advice in the video could be seen as helpful to avoid becoming homeless, or at least to ease the overall financial burden on people who are already on the edge, not for the wealthy, but that's just my take.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It mentions the neck-coolers being ineffectual, but at least according to a Techmoan review I saw, the model he had was surprisingly effective.

Not that I disagree with the point of the article, which is that we shouldn't need this shit to begin with and only the wealthy first world nations will be able to afford them, but the tech itself does seem to work.

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Pot-in-pot refrigerator (en.wikipedia.org)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson is an absolutely brilliant horror book, one of my favorites!

The Coming Race is an eerie early sci-fi book, considered one of the first, in fact.

 

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The design on this seems less than ideal, as I imagine the clear plastic door reduces the efficiency somewhat, and it's much more complicated and costly to make compared to a traditional Pot-in-pot design, which uses the same principle.

A more advanced version of this concept that could work in any humidity (the clay designs only function in dry, non-humid regions) was seemingly in development by a company called Coolar, but haven't updated anything since they released this presentation. But that design certainly wouldn't be within the grasp of the people who most need it, compared to the clay designs.

EDIT: After a bit more investigation, the upright fridge design by Mitt is indeed pretty lame. It can cool interior temperatures down by 8 degrees C compared to ambient, which is about 14 degrees Fahrenheit lower.

In comparison, the pot-in-pot 'Zeer' design can reduce internal temperatures by up to 22 Celsius, or 40 degrees Fahrenheit. So... I'm starting to think this upright 'fridge' is more of a novelty than it is practical.

So if you're curious about these, live in a climate where it is usable, and want to try building one, here's some instructions on building the Zeer design instead.

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Orwell is the tall fellow at the very back, standing above the rest.

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