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Super Blue Moon (August 30th 2023) (earthsky.org)
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Thematic Book Series: How to Build a Low-tech Internet? | Low Tech Magazine (lemmy.world)
 

(posted for discussion, not necessarily in agreement with author)

https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2023/08/thematic-books-series/

Links to articles used in book (not linked on the site, presumably this is the book's contents):

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Why we need a speed limit for the internet

https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2015/10/why-we-need-a-speed-limit-for-the-internet/

Email in the 18th century: the optical telegraph

https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2007/12/email-in-the-18.html

How to build a low-tech internet?

https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2015/10/how-to-build-a-low-tech-internet

How to build a low-tech website?

https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2018/09/how-to-build-a-low-tech-website/

How sustainable is a solar powered website?

https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/01/how-sustainable-is-a-solar-powered-website.html

How and why I stopped buying laptops

https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/12/how-and-why-i-stopped-buying-new-laptops

Why the office needs a typewriter revolution

https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2016/11/why-the-office-needs-a-typewriter-revolution.html

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What are your Best Travel Tips? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by walnutwalrus@lemmy.world to c/travel@lemmy.world
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How to save money?

Make best use of time?

Gear to bring?

Things to do?

edit: "Staycation" ideas?

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"Blackberry Pi" DIY Build ("Pocket Linux") (zxmake.dev)
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"Blackberry Pi" DIY Build ("Pocket Linux") (zxmake.dev)
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Push For A 4-Day Work Week Picks Up Steam — And Critics (www.foxnews.com)
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Refreshable Braille Display | Hackaday.io (hackaday.io)
 

Braille displays can be expensive, so this project idea focuses on making them cheaper and open source

ABC shuts down official Twitter accounts due to 'toxic interactions' in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] walnutwalrus@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

media bias being called out too much

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Brachiograph: DIY Pen Plotter For $15? (www.brachiograph.art)
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Best Tips To "Speedrun" To Accomplish Certain Things In Life? (lemmy.world)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2869130

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2869129

In the gaming world, there are "speedruns" which may attempt to make use of glitches or advantages in games to be able to complete them quicker.

So it seems possible that in a similar way, we might try to find glitches or advantages in life to be able to accomplish things quicker.

What are some of your top "life hacks" to "speedrun" through certain things in life?

How could the concept of "speedrunning" be applied to life, and where shouldn't it be applied?

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Best Tips To "Speedrun" To Accomplish Certain Things In Life? (lemmy.world)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2869129

In the gaming world, there are "speedruns" which may attempt to make use of glitches or advantages in games to be able to complete them quicker.

So it seems possible that in a similar way, we might try to find glitches or advantages in life to be able to accomplish things quicker.

What are some of your top "life hacks" to "speedrun" through certain things in life?

How could the concept of "speedrunning" be applied to life, and where shouldn't it be applied?

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Download Stack Overflow For Offline Reading (and More) with Kiwix (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by walnutwalrus@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2864522

Project site: https://www.kiwix.org/en/

Content packages they have available for download and viewing online with them : https://library.kiwix.org/

Partially related article: https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/20/23413615/stack-overflow-offline-coding-copy-kiwix-prison-arctic

edit: !kiwix@lemmy.world

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Download Stack Overflow For Offline Reading (and More) with Kiwix (lemmy.world)
 

Project site: https://www.kiwix.org/en/

Content packages they have available for download and viewing online with them : https://library.kiwix.org/

Partially related article: https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/20/23413615/stack-overflow-offline-coding-copy-kiwix-prison-arctic

On the future of Lemmy vs reddit in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] walnutwalrus@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When reddit imploded Lemmy wasn’t fully set up to take advantage of the exodus

I think it was good enough but now is better maybe

Human Powered Air Compressor and Energy Storage System | Low Tech Magazine in c/general@lemmy.world
[–] walnutwalrus@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

the website is solar-powered, so I think the images are optimized to use less energy as well (just a guess)

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