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- Comment on ‘A very Finnish thing’: Big sand battery starts storing wind and solar energy in crushed soapstone 15 hours ago:
Oh sure the technique of storing heat in stone is valid. Again, the Finnish have used it for long time in oven design. It’s possible to get modern soap stone ovens for this purpose.
- Comment on ‘A very Finnish thing’: Big sand battery starts storing wind and solar energy in crushed soapstone 17 hours ago:
It could be interesting in a smaller scale or off grid purposes, but you’d still need solar panels as a source.
I doubt it’s worth saving heat from a wood stove. It’d be better to burn less wood to begin with. Some of the modern pellet ovens are very efficient for that.
They use this system to convert excess renewable electricity to heat for storage to be used in the district heating system. There’s probably a lot of loss in comparison to a regular battery, so the point is to utilize excess the electrify. It makes perfect sense in Finland because their electricity is a lot cleaner than their heating.
- Comment on ‘A very Finnish thing’: Big sand battery starts storing wind and solar energy in crushed soapstone 1 day ago:
It’s basically a very large sauna stone.
- Comment on A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"? 2 days ago:
Ultima IX: Ascension (1999)
I genuinely enjoyed the game. Fans of the series claim that it destroyed the franchise. Perhaps they’re right, but the franchise was pretty fucked up to begin with.
- Comment on How do you charge an electric car without a credit card? 1 week ago:
Apps or NFC tags are used where I live.
I charge at home myself, but in the odd case where I’ve used public chargers I’ve had to install an app from whatever charging company it is, because I can never find one that takes cards directly, though they all ought to do that by now.
For people who use public chargers a lot, it makes most sense to get some subscription and get a tag for that. Some of them works across different networks. It’s a bit of jungle.
The apps probably do require a card to setup, unless you get it through some company where you already have direct debit (f.i. your electricity provider or gas station monthly billing etc.)
It’s not that different from gas stations. It’s not possible to pay those in cash anymore anyway.
- Comment on We really did 1 week ago:
My parents used one of these to plan the vacations:
- Comment on Only $50? 1 week ago:
The face of Jesus
- Comment on I'll just take the bus 1 week ago:
Not that I know of.
- Comment on I'll just take the bus 1 week ago:
having to remember less could make you more focused on the road.
On contrary, in my opinion. Especially in cities, where manual forces me to anticipate the next turn, light or other drivers. Automatic makes me zone out and focus on everything but driving.
- Comment on Pull to enter, you say? 2 weeks ago:
Oh hey, let me make a treasure map and put the treasure map into the treasure chest and bury it under ground.
Why can’t people find my treasure? Are they fucking idiots or something?
I should probably put more maps in the chest.
- Comment on Avocado 2 weeks ago:
Also, WD-40 is not a lubricant.
- Comment on Amazing. 2 weeks ago:
That’s not possible with the system in my country, but I agree, it ought to be standard in EU too.
I think the machine attracts more people with lots of cans and also teaches more people not to bother refunding often.
My point, if there is one, is that when technology makes life easier, it’s human nature to become even lazier, to the point where the technology doesn’t solve the issue it was made for.
- Comment on Amazing. 2 weeks ago:
A local store just upgraded the deposit machine, so instead of depositing one single can at a time, I now empty an entire bag of hundreds of cans into the machine and let it sort it out. It’s great, saves lots of time and makes everything easier. Instead of bringing a shopping bag with 20 cans everytime I shop I can take an entire sack of 200 cans every month or so.
Unfortunately… the same kind of people who used to cause queues with their 200 garbage bags at the usual refund machines also figured this out, so now they’re causing a queue at the new machine with trailer loads of garbage bags full of thousands of cans.
I have no idea where they get all those cans.
- Comment on Consistency is key 3 weeks ago:
Tartare is cut from inner muscles, less likely to have any infections etc.
It’s also sold separately from ordinary minced meat.
- Comment on what's the word for a leg elbow? 3 weeks ago:
It’s called “popliteal” in English, sometimes but uncommonly shortened to “poplit”.
- Comment on can you say “what it means?” as proper english? 3 weeks ago:
The correct sentence is “what does it mean?”
As far as I know, Russian doesn’t use the auxillary verb “do/does”.
In many languages, the “do” is often a included in the case itself, meaning that it will be part of the word “mean”, as also suggested by the usage of “means” instead of “does mean”.
I suppose another construction could be “It means what?”
- Comment on Why is it okay for shit to go down the drain but not food? 3 weeks ago:
Shit dissolves better.
Food (generally) has more fats and oils that will stick and clog the pipes.
- Comment on Love this 4 weeks ago:
I’ve been skating since 1986. The first time someone asked me if I was too old for it was in 1987. That question is really only in the eye of the beholder.
- Comment on demon named racecar 4 weeks ago:
ok… 3 out of 7 is still pretty good.
(You also fucked up the first two letters)
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Driving manual is not difficult, but unlike the opposite scenario, it’s not something you can learn with only short instructions.
It does take time to develop the motor skills in order do it without thinking about it. The practice wlll take maybe an afternoon or two if you do nothing else. I’d advise you to do it over more than one day to allow yourself to sleep on it and come back at it
Once you’ve learned it, you’ll never think about it again though.
- Comment on The Home Depot tax at work! 4 weeks ago:
The lines don’t matter as long as you don’t cut it.
Place it, then cut it. The cut will be correct if you cut it where you want it cut, not where you think in advance that you want it cut.
- Comment on RIP obsolete tech 5 weeks ago:
My grandfather made it a point to lift everyone until he couldn’t get then off the ground anymore.
- Comment on Sweet pic 1 month ago:
According to the source, he didn’t saturate it.
I drive by something like that daily. Some days it does look like that, but it mostly looks like a regular manure field. Capturing it on camera is a matter of timing.
- Comment on Hopping out of the shower, realizing I forgot to bring a towel 1 month ago:
Not a hoopy frood.
- Comment on Anon missed /pol/ 1 month ago:
At some point, not far away, the people who have guns will run out of food before they run out of ammo. The morons will work with the tools they have.
- Comment on "Can I Make Guitar Hero From Scratch Using Only A Guitar?" | Code Bullet 1 month ago:
The title is sort of misleading.
He’s coding the game by playing guitar.
- Comment on What do office workers actually do? 1 month ago:
An office is usually divided in different departments that have different functions.
In no particular order, not exhaustive, and skipping management and IT, typical functions could be:
Customer service. Pick up the main phone line and check the official mail box, talk to customers, redirect calls to other departments.
Sales coordinators. Receive orders from customers, through sales representatives or by web etc. They basically ensure that all incoming orders have the proper data to be processed. Keeps track of order confirmations and maybe send data back to the customers.
Logistics. Arrange shipments from suppliers, to customers and between stock locations. Files all documents for toll and tariffs.
Debtor controllers. Keeps track of customer payments, outgoing invoices, payment plans, sending reminders and debt collection.
Creditor controllers. Register incoming invoices. Get approvals from whoever ordered it and pays the bills on time or whenever it makes most sense for discounts and such.
Finance controllers. Keeps track of the entire balance sheet. Bank reconciliations, cash flow, investments, files and pays taxes. General bookkeeping that doesn’t fit in the other departments. Does the financial statements, reporting, monthly, quarterly or annually.
HR/Payroll and PR/marketing are self-explanatory I think.
All of these administrative functions are necessary in most companies, but in smaller companies it all could very well be done by a single person, while in large companies they might have several people in each department.
Many companies have several subsidiaries or other constructions, so tasks or functions can also be spread out like that. For instance, I can be the creditor department in one company while also doing finance in another or payroll in a third. So while the functions are somewhat strictly defined by the tasks, it’s only in very large companies that someone does just one function.
All office functions are constantly being made more efficient. A lot of it is truly boring, so it’s in everyone’s interest to automate as much as possible. I don’t feel sorry for someone losing their office job to an algorithm, no, I’m happy for them not having to do it anymore.
- Comment on Who can I ask or where can I find help in moving to a new country? 1 month ago:
Something that people often forget: Contact the embassy in the country.
They know all the stuff, have networks and can send you in the right direction. It might cost something if they need to do any kind paperwork, but in my experience they’ll gladly give you contact info for free to someone who can help you.
- Comment on woag 2 months ago:
!lemmysilver
- Comment on America is fucked 2 months ago:
There’s congestion in German cities too. The point isn’t to drive away. During rettungsgasse, nobody goes anywhere. They just make way by stopping to the sides.
The problem in NY is that the cars are too big for the lanes to do that.