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bluGill

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  • These paper batteries made from plants want to replace AA and AAA cells

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  • Will they not leak? I have lost too many devices because the battery leaked. I don't use my tent light often but I need it to work when I'm in the middle of nowhere

  • Ukraine Receives 26 Archer Self-Propelled Howitzers From Sweden as Frontline Artillery Use Intensifies

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  • On the one hand great, but only 44? that is a drop in the bucket, ukraine needs thousands to win. They should be firing 50,000 rounds pre day, wearing out 50 barrels in the typical day.

  • Is there anyway I can screw around with ICE? I need a new hobby I come from a long line of immigrants. If i send my home address and phone number will they actually come and deport me to choose a cntr

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  • Go to the political party of your choice's monthly meeting. Each party/state has slightly differen't rules, but the major parties have a local chapter in every state. Speak up when the chance is offered / on topic (it won't be everytime). This is where you learn who is planning on running before they announce - in enough detail to have an informed opinion on if they are good. that is where you go to find out how to help those who are running win.

    everything else is noise that won't change much. Get good people elected. Knocking on every door will turn out enough votes toechange election results in your area.

    don't fall for one party good. all are badin different ways. Find one that mostly you can support and reform it. Small issue voteres who get involved change how the party acts (in part by ensuring people who agree are on the ballot, in part because those who do the work get long conversations with the people they support - thus changing how congress thinks).

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    If college is better than no college, then going to an average college isn't bad?

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  • That if assumes something wrong. Some degrees will make you worth a lot more - doctors and ingineers skew the averages. Pick a degree in history or teaching and odds compare to someone who became a plumber without college and things can be different. History can still be better - but only because who you know matters and you can meet the right person - but odds are you won't

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    If college is better than no college, then going to an average college isn't bad?

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  • i know the party schools near me, but if you go to one half way across the country I've never heard of it and so I can't judge you.

  • Reddit is unusable

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  • That is the problem when any forum/community gets "large" - to make it possible to find anything in the noise they have to be extremely strict about a narrow topic and killing anything not in that narrow topic. This in turn makes the mods look like jerks. Don't read the above as saying the mods are not jerks, or defending them. Often they are jerks even when they don't have to be.

    What we need is a way to select everyone into smaller groups of random people who know something but don't overlap. I sometimes want a couple doctors to discuss some deep issue near me, but 1000 would be too many. I sometimes want to talk fishing with a few people. There are millions of other topics someone can get in depth in and my life is better when I hear a few of those conversations - but all million is overwhelming. I don't know how to do this though - there are too many "anti-vaxer" types in the world that sound like they know something about a topic when you don't know anything about it: but they are worse than nothing.

  • Blackboards were the OG dark mode

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  • Blackboards were often real slate. Chalkboards (note the different name!) were wood painted green. I don't know why the name was different, but that is what I always saw.

  • The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 08.01.26

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  • The evidence seems to be Russia advances a lot of troops in bad weather when drones don't work well - but a single clear day allows the drones to clear them out. Ukraine also seems to be giving up territory when Russia masses lots of troops - but Russia then overextends and Ukraine comes back over the next months and clears them all out.

    Back in 2024 is was predicted that 2025 would be a hard year for Ukraine as Russia still had plenty of old equipment to work with, while Europe was still gearing up industry - then 2026 would be much better as Russia runs out of old equipment while Europe completes gearing up industry and starts producing. It is still early, but we seem to be seeing the start of that play out: Ukraine isn't winning yet, but they are acting like they have more equipment, while Russia is conserving what they have left.

  • Only 7% of Americans Want Their Next Car to Be Electric, Survey Finds

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  • I guess I'm keeping my f350 running for another 27 years... give me something I can afford that meets my needs. I hate driving the truck without the trailer but I can't afford a 50k suv that won't even do the job of my truck. Besides I miss the way my last sedan handled and want another, but again I can't justify 40k, but maybe 20k

    edit - and just a few hours latter the fuel tank fell off and there isn't enough unrusted metal to reattach it. I don't have time for that much body work so it is gone. :(

  • This EV Was Already Cheap, Then Dacia Knocked Off Nearly $6,000

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  • I don't need to compensate. I like small cars - they are so much more agile on the road. I don't need more power - it doesn't take much skill to make up for low horsepower, and again I don't need to prove anything with my car.

  • When/how frequently do you replace your phone with a new one?

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  • I had the first G1 android, overall better than the flip it replaced. Replacing that got me something better. Every other one the specs were better on paper but in reality I couldn't tell the difference. Which is why I replace when it breaks.

  • Laptop recommendations?

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  • I would by from system76 or framework - dedicated linux companies that will ensure things work.

  • Raspberry Pis are cheaper than Mini PCs again

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  • The price of a mini pc includes the price of the case, power supply, heat sinks, fans and such. The hdmi is the only thing suspect but if the case doesn't expose the hdmi port that will be in the minipc as well. when you compare just the board of a pi to a full pc that is unfair.

  • GNOME and Mozilla Discuss Proposal to Disable Middle Mouse Paste on Linux

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  • There are two clipboards in X11 - but MMB pastes from the selection not the clipboard. I have never heard of the other clipboard being used for anything and I first heard of this more than 30 years ago. (I don't know what wayland does about clipboards, butiit acts live X11)

  • Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage during hacker conference

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  • My guess is they started the site in the first place.

  • Is ice heavier than water?

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  • A pound is the same for both. The oz measure is what was different. Thus an oz of metal is heavier than an oz of feathres. However a pound of both weights the same.

  • Recommendations

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  • Bambu has great marketing: they have given printers to a lot of well known makers who in turn now feature them on their YouTube and the like. If you just want a printer that prints standard stuff with standard work flows they are probably good. However they are in the long run likely to be expensive since they require their supplies (which are reportedly good, but expensive). If you want to print something and not think about the printer they are good enough. However if you want to hack a printer, save money, or experiment they are going to limit you.

    Everyone recommends Prusa for a reason: most of the things that make printing good and easy were developed by Prusa and then the others used the open source license to put their own name on it. Some of the others have done some innovation, but the major hard work was done by Prusa and he should be supported for that.

  • Latvia bans teaching Russian as second foreign language starting 2026

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  • normally I'd agree but the language in question here is russian that currently needs to die for political reasons. Too bad, it is a pretty language from the little I've heard it.

  • Latvia bans teaching Russian as second foreign language starting 2026

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  • Russian is useful to know if you are a spy but otherwise not worth it

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    bluGill @fedia.io

    anyone have a sheet music system/workflow that works?