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- Comment on I'd like to control my air-purifier with one of those power-socket-timer-switch thingies – Is there a way to "auto-press" those non-mechanical buttons? 4 hours ago:
How would you switch it? What’s an example of something capacitive? This hadn’t occurred to me. I do know there are supposedly capacitive styli for phones, but they don’t work very well.
- Comment on I'd like to control my air-purifier with one of those power-socket-timer-switch thingies – Is there a way to "auto-press" those non-mechanical buttons? 4 hours ago:
It doesn’t look that way. us.switch-bot.com/pages/switchbot-bot
- Comment on I'd like to control my air-purifier with one of those power-socket-timer-switch thingies – Is there a way to "auto-press" those non-mechanical buttons? 4 hours ago:
Oh man switchbot is scary, a lot of awful looking IOT stuff though with one wall switch flipping peripheral. I think I’d just rip into the air filter with a soldering iron. Also better check whether the buttons are capacitive.
- Comment on I'd like to control my air-purifier with one of those power-socket-timer-switch thingies – Is there a way to "auto-press" those non-mechanical buttons? 4 hours ago:
As everyone says, what happens if you just turn on the power at whatever time?
- Comment on What will the next age of innovative art culture create? 15 hours ago:
AI slop I’m afraid.
- Comment on What are some good uses the new ballroom can have after the Trump regime is over? 5 days ago:
Impeachment ceremonies?
- Comment on [deleted] 5 days ago:
It’s just called makeup. Almost all public “faces” such as actors and politicians wear it. There’s actually an Oscar category for best makeup and hairstyle or something like that. An extreme example, Mr. Spock’s makeup on the original Star Trek took something like 2 hours to put on each day. Leonard Nimoy wrote about it in his autobiography “I am Spock”.
- Comment on Is there an anti- sleep-paralysis device? 1 week ago:
This sounds medical, better to ask an MD about the syndrome.
- Comment on What is known about darkrooms? 1 week ago:
Yeah ask a clearer question. Darkrooms and chemical photography in general are pretty niche now. Everything is digital. But, back in the day they were more of a thing, especially for photo hobbyists. Commercial labs for randos used automated equipment so again no darkrooms, especially in the later parts of the era.
- Comment on If you lose your memories, are "you" dead? If a close relative/friend lose their memories, are they still "your relative/friend"? What the hell even is memory? How sentimental are you about memories? 3 weeks ago:
People with amnesia are usually considered still alive, I expect.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
The main I disliked about the few King works that I read was that the characters had got put into these horror-like situations and then had no freedom of action. This sounds like another one of those. I guess I’ll make a note of its existence in case I find it on a park bench someday, but I don’t feel likely to go looking for it. Thanks.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
I watched the long walk and now I’m reading the book. I was wondering, how credible is the distance? It’s 300 to 400 miles. What would happen to your body on the way?
I don’t know what happens in the long walk, but if you mean nonstop, 300-400 miles isn’t happening unless maybe as a death march. OTOH for someone who is in shape, 300-400 miles with stops for sleep and provisions is certainly doable. The Appalachian Trail is 2200 miles and lots of people through-hike it. It typically takes 5 to 7 months though some do it faster. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_Trail
Oh man, the long walk sounds nuts. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Walk_(novel)
- Comment on Before modern-day authoritarian regimes, did people living under abosolute monarchies talk criticize the monarchs? Or did they just stay silent in fear of persecution? 4 weeks ago:
They stayed silent in public, but until recently it wasn’t feasible for the monarch to monitor what everyone said in private. That’s what has changed.
- Comment on How do you get over a really good manga or webcomic you've read that you want to read more of but you've caught up with all the current updates? 4 weeks ago:
Just refresh the page every few minutes. The next update will appear if you do that for long enough.
- Comment on How could I order a package without my parents finding it? 4 weeks ago:
Here in California, I rent a mailbox and get all my mail and packages there.
- Comment on what advice can you give me to try and mend a broken friendship so we don't interrupt each other or yell at each other while trying to solve our issues? 5 weeks ago:
Maybe try writing a letter, among other things acknowledging that it was mostly your fault, since you are saying that here. Other than that, how to handle a meeting is something the other person has to be on board with, and if you try to set the terms, you are already trying to control them, which isn’t great. You may end up having to just back away for a while (like months or years) to let the feelings settle down.
Sometimes in legal or business negotiations, the participants use a chess clock (you could enlist a third person as a mediator to enforce the no interruption rule) so each person gets the same amount of speaking time. You talk while your side of the clock is running, then press the button to turn the floor over to the other person. But, that’s a much different type of situation that probably doesn’t transfer.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_clock
If you want to try the chess clock thing, there are tons of phone apps for it, so you don’t need a physical one. I installed “Simple Chess Clock” from f-droid.org (I’m a crappy amateur chess player) a while back and it seems fine.
- Comment on Why can't countries with vast deserts make solar farms to power the world? 5 weeks ago:
It’s happening gradually, China now has something like 1TW of solar deployed, a lot of it in deserts. But, that translates to maybe 300GW of base load, because it’s night half of the time (so no solar) and so on. And the other part is battery storage, which is also getting built fast. There is a lot of catching up to do though. And also, transmitting electricity over intercontinental distances isn’t really a thing.
- Comment on How can I store a used water filter canister? 5 weeks ago:
Hollow fiber backpacking filters don’t need cartridges and they last a very long time (100,000 gallons for Sawyer filters, supposedly). What happens is they clog up and filtering slows down. You then backflush them by squirting water through them in the reverse direction. If the water isn’t that dirty to start with, you should be ok.
sawyer.com/…/one-gallon-gravity-water-filtration-…
Filter by itself (threads onto soda bottles): sawyer.com/…/mini-water-filtration-system-red
- Comment on How can I store a used water filter canister? 5 weeks ago:
Look for instructions about backflushing and cleaning water filters. If it’s just about microbes, maybe get a camping filter. At least with camping filters, cleaning and storing them is fine as long as they don’t get exposed to freezing temperatures.
For chemical removal I’ve been wanting to try an activated carbon aquarium filter, but they aren’t really made for the purpose.
- Comment on If you had to buy a new TV, what brand would you get? 5 weeks ago:
Web search says absolutely yes. Affordable ones? IDK, you’ll have to check.
- Comment on If you had to buy a new TV, what brand would you get? 5 weeks ago:
I’d buy an HDMI monitor instead of a TV, I guess. Why a new one though? There are tons of super cheap ones at goodwill stores.
- Comment on Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds? 5 weeks ago:
It answers OP’s question about why they are so miserable from a cold. It could be that it isn’t a cold.
It also means they should isolate longer to not spread the virus, and (IDK what is currently recommended these days) maybe seek antiviral treatments. Plus it can explain lingering symptoms after apparent recovery.
- Comment on Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds? 5 weeks ago:
Get a COVID test if you still can.
- Comment on Are There Any Pastebin Alternatives that Allow Editing and Long-Term Storage? 5 weeks ago:
That sounds like you just want a web page. neocities.org might be a fun approach. If you want something more serious you should probably use paid hosting. namecrane.com/store/da-shared-hosting starts at $8 per year and you get quite a lot of resources for that. You can install a wiki so your friends can edit, among other things.
- Comment on how do school shooters know how to use guns? 1 month ago:
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
I don’t fly drones and generally find them to be dorky, but it would have occurred to me to worry about carrying radios. I’m not worried now either. And, there really isn’t much that isn’t made in China these days, including quite a lot of mobile phones.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Wut. Usually it’s for elderly people who need someone looking after them. So yes this is sus.
- Comment on What's the name of the type of man I'm attracted to? (pictured) 1 month ago:
Idk what they are called but I know what version control software they use.
- Comment on What is the difference between these 3 sets of movies? 1 month ago:
Iron Man 3 motto: “This time it’s not going to suck”. (h/t Tom Smith)
- Comment on Hypothetically, if you have memory problems and need to write down events, is there a system which you can verify that its not tampered with? (Like a digital checksum, but for a journal) 1 month ago:
Maybe there’s a technical solution but what if you forget to check it?
Anyway watch the movie “Memento” if you haven’t.