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A Thoughtful Trucker Tries to Design a Safer Bike Light - Core77
  • This seems like a neat light. I'm willing to invest in good lights, but I'm not willing to carry around such a bulky solution. My normal lights detach and I can throw them in a small pocket on a bag. These would take up the whole bag. I can see them being well suited to road cyclists who don't leave their bikes parked much. But for an urban commuter, id like a smaller option.

  • Wasp-inspired setup 3D-prints complete homes for $1,000
  • Yep. The cheaper and easier solution to extreme housing issues is a few pallets of bricks and some mortar. This company is on a marketing campaign to try to get people in rich countries to get excited about buzzwords so they can get funding.

  • The UN is testing a 3D printer it says can build small modular homes, with the smallest single-room units costing just $1,000.
  • I like your optimism but disagree with your conclusion. Even before factoring in cost, I think there are far more drawbacks than benefits for 3D printing a house. Even if it lowered the cost of frame building to free, it still wouldn't be used because all the other problems it would create. The costs of mitigating those problems will keep it niche and expensive.

    The real innovations in home construction aren't going to be noticed by the average person. It will be things like new types of lumber, greater use of pre-fab sections, etc. This article is likely pushed by a PR firm for a startup to get funding from the UN based on buzzwords and hype.

  • The UN is testing a 3D printer it says can build small modular homes, with the smallest single-room units costing just $1,000.
  • I seriously doubt 3D printed homes will ever be disruptive in any real sense. Effectively, it makes frame building easier. But that has never been the limiting factor in construction. All of the wiring, plumbing, etc is what is most difficult about building a home.

    This company intends to do away with all that by just building a basic structure for people that need housing the most. Their "printer" is very cheap and fits in a shipping container. This is pretty much best case scenario, and it still would be upstaged by a shipping container of cinder blocks. The use case for 3D printed homes is luxury housing with funny shapes sold for high prices.

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    How the hell are people outside with this heat?
  • Linen is better than polyester (unless it's a fancy sports garment) and much better than cotton imo. It also kinda looks nice a little wrinkly so a baggy fit works well with it.

  • Illegal voting by noncitizens is rare, yet Republicans are making it a major issue this election
  • You're moving the goalposts. Neither the person you're replying to nor the article mention anything about relaxing the standard. All of the legislation and proposals in this area come from Republicans trying to make it harder for non-citizens to vote.

    The article is pointing out the boogyman nature of this focus from the right. I would go a step further and say that this focus is an effort to disenfranchise working class voters by throwing more paperwork between them and their vote. I might even go another step and say that it's an effort to delegitimize our elections by claiming fraud to pave the way for illegitimate power grabs (like Jan 6).

  • Are Chainless Belt Gears The Future of Bicycle Drivetrains?
  • Yes but not like that. I have 2 belt-drive bikes with internal hub gears. For a utilitarian city bike, I think there's nothing better and they will be much more common as more people try them.

    List of benefits:

    • Basically no maintenance required. You might need a yearly oil change.
    • You can change gears while stopped
    • Nothing oily to get your pants dirty
    • Virtually silent. The ones I have don't even click while free-wheeling.

    Downsides:

    • Most internal hub or gearbox transmissions don't like changing gears under load
    • They're heavier than a chain and derailer setup
    • They're generally more expensive
    • They require a frame that can split somewhere in the right side chain or seat stay. This isn't a problem if you get a bike with a belt but it makes it pretty much impossible to convert an existing bike
    • To change your transmission, you need a whole new wheel (or de-lace, and re-lace your existing wheel).
    • There are fewer options.
    • Generally, you have fewer gears
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    What is it like to be dead?
  • I have a friend who used to drink too much water. This eventually lead to him having dangerously low sodium levels but he didn't know that. One day, he knew something was wrong and was yelling to his landlady next door to get help. He passed out outside of his apartment. Then he was in a coma for 4 days.

    I asked him what the coma was like. He said he remembered having a vague sense of panic like he was still trying to get his landlady. He doesn't remember, but when he first woke up, he was screaming her name and fighting the nurses.

  • BlindWarriarSven (blind street fighter player) Plays on the Evo Main Stage

    Game starts at 4:05. He entirely relies on game audio to play the game. Street Fighter 6 has good accessibility options that he uses to help understand the game state.

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    Is there a better way to sort posts in my feed?

    On the Beehaw local page, it's filled with posts from the Socialism community. On my subscriptions page, it's filled with posts from a 196 community. I'm glad Lemmy is getting communities that are gaining traction, but I don't want my feeds dominated by a few communities. I'm not sure if this is a Lemmy issue, a Beehaw issue, or a Thunder issue. Anybody have any ideas?

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    Inside a Taper Outer Ring Raceway Grinder

    Pictured is mainly the shoe unit and backing plate for a CNC internal grinding machine. The quill sans wheel is on the right. The single point dresser is mounted to the shoe unit. This is a picture taken before re-fitting this grinder to grind taper inner ring bores. This grinder wasn't meant for that so I took a picture for reference while we discussed what modifications were needed.

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