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A couple huddles under a green bottle cap propped up like an umbrella. The miniature figures stand on a rain-drenched surface, their delicate scale contrasting with the oversized texture of the metal cap.
Two tiny lovers embrace beneath a blue bottle cap held aloft like a romantic umbrella. The background is softly blurred, focusing attention on their intimate moment.
A tipped-over cup spills its contents, becoming a rushing river for two tiny kayakers. The creative twist turns an accidental mess into an action-packed adventure.
Two tiny vacationers lounge under a Thai beer bottle cap that serves as a beach umbrella, complete with folding chairs and a backdrop of real ocean and mountains.
A man kneels to propose with a candy ring, repurposed as a massive engagement ring for his tiny partner. The Houses of Parliament rise in the distance.
A miniature family enjoys a roadside picnic beside a classic green and white VW camper. Spread out on a cloth, their meal unfolds at the foot of a real boulder.
Dressed in hazmat suits, miniature forensic investigators examine a discarded cigarette butt as though it were the scene of a major crime.
Get ready to be mesmerized by the fascinating world of 3D street art! In today’s blog post, we’ll delve into the mind-bending realm of anamorphic masterpieces, as we explore how these optical illusions are created and what makes them so captivating.Vidar (Street Art Utopia)
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Why are SSH keys better than passwords for authentication under #Linux ??
Because trying to brute-force a good SSH key is like trying to find a specific grain of sand on all the world's beaches... while blindfolded... and the beaches are on different planets 😂
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Humans step up as Texas steps back from autonomous trucking
Human operators, aka drivers, are back in the driver seat as partners have requested them says Aurora’s CEO.
electrek.co/2025/05/24/humans-…
Texas State lawmakers are reviewing House Bill 4402 – a proposed law just passed the House, effectively banning full self driving trucks.Jo Borrás (Electrek)
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Just rode Waymo through a crowed hilly part of SF. It was excellent. Missed having a driver, but the two Lyft rides we took were a guy who didn’t speak English, and a very confused young woman who told us crazy beliefs she had for 20 minutes.
Professional drivers - trucks, fork lifts, ride service, delivery service are all on the robotics/AI chopping block.
Manual labor is a thing of the past. Learn a skill that requires creative application of knowledge.
Generally speaking I would avoid combining critical networking infrastructure with other services. Just from a reliability standpoint.
Let your router be just a router. Simple = reliable.
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I want to do a:
What does this sign mean, wrong answers only
thread, but I have no idea what the sign actually does mean. I'd welcome both humorous answers and the correct one
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That's a pretty good explanation, considering it was sent to me by a friend who's currently biking in Spain
So you're saying there are speed limits for bikers, and they use drones and helicopters to issue tickets to violators, or to warn them to slow down?
That sounds really crazy when I type it
New Zealand's first super-sized grid-connected battery - built at a cost of $186 million - will help improve Northland's energy resilience in future power outages, Meridian Energy says.The company said its Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) would also help smooth out power peaks and troughs, by storing energy when electricity is cheap and releasing it at times of peak demand, such as early mornings and evenings.
The battery park consisted of 80 shipping-container-sized batteries spread over a two-hectare site at Marsden Point, next the former oil refinery south of Whangārei.
Project director Alan de Lima said at full capacity the giant battery could supply 100 megawatts (MW) of power, enough for 60,000 homes or about half Northland's population, for two hours.
It had been connected to the grid since the beginning of the year and would start operating as soon as final tests had been signed off.
It was also stage one of Meridian's planned Ruakākā Energy Park.
Stage two would involve building a $227m 130MW solar farm, with 250,000 panels spread over 172ha of land next to the battery.
Work was due to start in August with power expected to start flowing in early 2027.
The country's first super-sized grid-connected battery will help improve Northland's energy resilience in future power outages, Meridian Energy says.Peter Degraaf (RNZ)
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Batteries will be a great way to cover peak shortfalls.
Pumped hydro might have been a better way, rather than all that battery manufacturing, but I haven't given up hope on the pumped hydro yet.
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I don't know much about pumped hydro but it sounds good!
This is really dumb of me but I just realized someone tried to describe this battery facility to me and I somehow thought they were talking about this fish farm.
The journey to this point has been one of scientific discovery and practical application.NZ Herald
Pumped hydro is basically pumping the water from a hydro dam back to the top of the dam to be used again. It's basically a form of battery, use energy on days when you have too much so that you have water in your hydro lakes for days when you don't have enough power.
The incoming government cancelled it pretty early on, I think this long term thinking was getting in the way of tax cuts.
This is really dumb of me but I just realized someone tried to describe this battery facility to me and I somehow thought they were talking about this fish farm.
Ah interesting!
The journey to this point has been one of scientific discovery and practical application.NZ Herald
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Is there an active geothermal area in Northland? I once saw a proposal to use forestry slash in combination with geothermal. Use the slash as fuel to get the geothermal heated water up to the next level for better power generation, then capture the CO2 and pump it underground. I think this is the article I read.
I think Northland has a lot of forestry, so if you have geothermal you could do this idea!
Our research shows NZ’s potential to burn forestry waste and capture the emissions in geothermal wells. But we’ll need new partnerships between power generators, manufacturers and the forestry sector.The Conversation
Fascinating out of the box idea. It does have geothermal at Ngawha which is relatively near a forestry and could be expanded significantly.
While looking for that website I just stumbled on a tiny, rickety old hydro station
so turns out I was wrong about that!
Find out more about the history of the 'Niagra Falls of New Zealand' and when is best to visit.Maungatapere.nz
It does have geothermal at Ngawha which is relatively near a forestry and could be expanded significantly.
Opened in 2020! Your link also says "The Ngāwhā geothermal field is the only high temperature geothermal resource in New Zealand, outside the Taupo Volcanic Zone." so I think I'm allowed to be surprised 😅
While looking for that website I just stumbled on a tiny, rickety old hydro station so turns out I was wrong about that!
It can be fascinating reading the list of power stations in NZ.
I noticed one that's believed to be one of the oldest continually operating hydroelectric plants in the world. Mokopeka, since 1891. Some photos here.
That's so cool! I love old "modern" tech like old subways etc.
That list really is fascinating. Thank you Dave you always give me something to dive into! I get the sense that we are way under-utilizing solar.
Solar has got a lot cheaper recently, and big projects take time. But they are happening now!
That list of power stations has 8 operational solar fars and another 18 proposed/in development!
Its horses for courses. Pumped hydro is great in areas with suitable terrain and for longer term storage. In other areas / applications batteries make sense. NZ is of course capital constrained. It would be great to do everything altogether all at once but its a journey right and you have to bring people along with you.
There is also a weird effect with new tech where delaying actually makes economic sense if costs are going down so you get the most bang for your buck by holding off for a bit.
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City considers warning system for 'shark bridge'
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The city of Enid is looking at a system to take a bite out of the number of truckers falling victim to the East Maine "shark bridge."
The article is blocked by a paywall. If you were ever wondering why I don't often share links from local newspapers, this is why. Still, this famous truck-eating bridge is worth mentioning. Ha!
Support local news if you can.
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Archive version that also avoids the GPDR discrimination.
I wonder why they call it golden hour.
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If you’re in the EU and you opted out of Meta training generative AI on your Facebook, Threads and Instagram posts and pictures, Meta are requiring you to opt out *again* or they will continue training on your data.
Users have until May 27 2025 to opt out again or forever lose the right. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
This is the random ass opt out URL, which isn’t advertised in their apps: facebook.com/help/contact/6359…
Instagram opt out: help.instagram.com/contact/233…
EU users have less than two weeks to opt out of Meta’s AI training.Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)
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"Instead of using actual spray cans, some artists are just cleaning dirt off of certain areas to make their masterpieces and they are calling it reverse graffiti"
(This one is by Paul 'Moose' Curtis of the Reverse Graffiti Project )
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I'm thinking about networking, and there is one thing* that is a mystery to me. Can someone please explain it in a very, very ELI5 way?
Let's say I have IP cameras, and adhering to good practices, they are on a separate VLAN, let's say 192.168.10.X.
And then I have another VLAN, 192.168.20.X for my laptop and my homelab server.
The server is running Frigate for the cameras.
So the cameras somehow would need to reach my server in another VLAN.
What is the correct, industry standard way to do it? Create routing to punch through VLANs? Connect my server to two VLANs (with two NICs?)
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@RaccoonForFriendica This weekend I took some time to investigate how much work would be needed to build an iOS version of the app, and it turned out that at least building and running a basic version of the app is doable with some minor changes (see here).
What do you think about it? Would you like to see a Raccoon on iOS too?
#friendica #friendicadev #androidapp #androiddev #fediverseapp #raccoonforfriendica #kotlin #multiplatform #kmp #compose #cmp #opensource #foss #procyonproject
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@feb I just added Raccoon for Lemmy and Friendica to the delightful client list on codeberg (Relatica is already on it)
codeberg.org/fediverse/delight…
A curated list of apps, for mobile and desktop, for accessing accounts in the Fediverse network (based on ActivityPub).Codeberg.org
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@feb It only lists open source projects but it's been around longer (for community contributions) and is pretty comprehensive. The list of platforms is good, too.
codeberg.org/fediverse/delight…
A curated list of server applications with support for the ActivityPub protocol (Fediverse network) and related standards.Codeberg.org
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in reply to abeorch • • •For small projects I like uberspace.de/en/ and for something more professional netcup.com/en
Both have tutorials and labs explaining how to install wordpress and so on.
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