curioushom

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Another patio sectional, fresh out of the shop. in c/woodworking@lemmy.ca
[–] curioushom@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Definitely a reality check about pillow prices! Especially with outdoor pillows I imagined that the fabric would be pricey but not $750 pricey.

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1950s Bendix Central Air Data Computer used in fighter planes (oldbytes.space)
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Fighter planes in the 1950s used the  Bendix Central Air Data Computer to determine air speed, mach number, altitude and so forth from pressure. It is electromechanical, using gears and synchros for its computations. Amazingly, it is modular and can be easily disassembled.

We separated the top layer from the rest for testing. The "interface" between the layers is two gears and an electrical connection. The electronic servo amplifier blocks come off too.

(3 photos in link)

I am currently making 60l of berry cider from red and black currant and josta berries in c/greenspace@beehaw.org
[–] curioushom@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hi, I'm your designated cider taster, please let me know where I pick up my growler! Looks awesome, cheers!

Beta testing in c/jerboa@lemmy.ml
[–] curioushom@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

The whole software is currently considered alpha. If you want to test bleeding edge stuff, you could build the main branch locally and test that. Or you could use the app releases and report bugs on github (the devs would much prefer pull requests fixing bugs than just reports and they're great at merging). I'm not a dev but I have contributed to the app.

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How do vinyl records hold stereo sound? (www.youtube.com)
 

The backwards compatibility achieved by clever "simple mechanics" is very cool!