Daniel @daniel@campduffel.social

3 down on the worship team this morning for various reasons. I might have to sing if this keeps up. Say a prayer for us!

@rek
https://youtube.com/shorts/c40u2vPi5OQ

Annual renaissance festival trip!

Regardless of your thoughts on Titanic, it is a powerful display of music when a piece can transform a grumpy, self destructive toddler into a sleeping mass of cuddles in under 6 minutes.
https://youtu.be/Uk1d9bUTJxA

@Sophistifunk Well, I was thinking about weight, longevity, and coolness factor. I wonder how much difference there would be in two finely tuned systems?

@Sophistifunk Someone more capable than myself should build aftermarket jet turbine gensets that can replace the batteries, while keeping the superior electric powertrain. Use green ammonia or whatever fuel you want. Plus, they sound futuristic.
https://youtu.be/BcEkt5vQTVQ

@mary and I usually send the pups back and forth to each other when we’re about 1/4 mile apart. They just ran about 2 miles in 8 minutes and they are hanging on my every word for the signal to keep going!

Ok, shopping done. Didn't opt for 128GB of RAM lol. Spent less than I did for this computer, especially considering inflation, and the new one will be better in almost every way by over an order of magnitude. It probably won't be able to open a web page in 5 years.

It's been almost 14 years, so I'd say that's a fair run.

MOBO is getting long in the tooth, one of the fan plugs stopped working and I'm concerned that it might just die soon. Been putting off shopping long enough. 128GB too much RAM? VM's, CAD, and ZFS eat plenty, but I don't use Chrome.

You have a screw loose @mary! Check out the Magneto helmet she made Timber.
Timberneto?

@atyh I think it boils down to the fact that a much greater percentage of kids don’t believe in a God who will judge them for their actions and that their actions will have eternal consequences. Also, kids seem to be jaded at much younger ages and have a very negative outlook on life. There is very little real teaching of morality, and even if there is, it has no teeth without faith in a higher power.

Been revisiting one of my older ideas regarding energy independence. It is basically a very large(room sized) heat engine designed for very long uptimes and durability. Think decades. It would use a low temperature differential and have abysmal efficiency, but it could be built and maintained with off-the-shelf parts. All it needs is hot water. Heating water with solar thermal is debatably cheaper than photovoltaics, but even if it’s not, the goal is a low tech solution.

@gbrnt@mastodon.technology Yes, they are called a hutch. Super popular in the 80's.