DPUGT2

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Is anyone childfree? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] DPUGT2@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

God no. I can't imagine a more horrific punishment than to be childless.

I wish we had more than the two we have, but my wife and I started late. My daughter (12) sometimes asks how many children she could realistically have... a good sign that she hasn't been tainted by whatever mental illness it is that the "childfree" people have.

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Door locks that can be retrofitted to provide locked/unlocked status? (lemmy.ml)
 

I'm in the process of selecting/purchasing/installing electric strikes. For those unfamiliar with them, it's basically a way to lock and unlock the latch itself that the door's bolt fits into.

In this way, they can work with just about any (non-deadbolt) door lock. You can even continue to use the key to open it, just in case the power's out.

I plan on having an ESP32 that will provide door closed/open status with a reed switch, and also an accelerometer inside the door itself that (experiments pending) might provide door motion telemetry while it opens and closes but also possibly door knocks and attempts to kick it in.

I have plenty of gpio pins left over. And what I'd like to do is to be able to detect the status of the door lock itself. If such a feature exists, I don't even know what to search for. I'm hoping to figure out a way to retrofit it myself. Considering that the lock is entirely mechanical, I thought that perhaps I might manage to stuff something optical into it that would be able to tell if a beam was interrupted. But I don't have a clear idea on how that might be accomplished... the lock itself can probably be disassembled and might have some room to fit very small components into it. Wiring for those will have to be threaded through the door and into the frame on the hinge side though (was planning on doing that for the accelerometers anyway).

It would only need to be able to detect locked/unlocked status so that someone could be warned, it wouldn't need to be capable of locking or unlocking.

Does anyone have any insight?

Is the gig economy opportunity or exploitation? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] DPUGT2@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What exactly is exploitation, and why is it bad?

If two parties each have something the other wants, and they agree to the transaction, where is the exploitation? If we posit that exploitation exist any time that either party has an advantage over the other, then it becomes true that the only fair trade possible is when both are in exactly equally advantageous positions.

This means no one richer can ever trade with anyone poorer. And the poor stay poor. This is a bizarre result for claims that originate in wanting to make things fairer.

Now, that's not to say that some practices aren't immoral. If someone commits crime... they use violence or threat of violence to compel trade, this is wrong. Use a stronger word than "exploitation" for that though, call it what it is, violently criminal. If someone uses fraud to deceive someone into trade, call that what it is again: criminal, fraudulent.

The gig economy is definitely opportunity. But what sort of opportunity? Likely it is a bad one. It isn't exploitation (I don't think such a thing exists), but that doesn't mean that this sort of work is anything worth taking. Uber, for instance, seems little more than a way to siphon value out of new/newer cars, until they are worn and broken.

Why do some people from United States still believe that their country is the greatest in the world? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] DPUGT2@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have no idea what "greatest" means. It's a superlative word, but implies no meaningful measurement that can be tested and verified.

Also the word "believe" is problematic. "think" might be better. Or "hold the opinion".

Both of these points support the idea that you're asking about an emotional state, rather than a intellectual position. Basically you're asking "why do people like the place that they live and mindlessly cheer for it when sociologically appropriate moments for such displays become available". That's a question that answers itself, is it not?