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TIFU by using a hammer drill a little too eagerly
  • I've often found you don't even need the hammer aspect, just using a mason but will work, especially for softer materials. It'll take longer, but if it's only for the finish, it's faster than fixing a blowout like this.

    Alternatively turn off the hammer for the finish, or finish the hole from this side (since you have the pilot hole). This works well on any material, for example to prevent blowouts on wood or flash on metal.

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    Post your IT redundancy tales here
  • I don't understand why they had redundancy so physically close.

    Whatever affects one has a high risk of affecting the other.

    Different regions is a thing for a reason.

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    Unpopular Opinion: Xitter going bad is the best thing that ever happened to the Web
  • I mean Musk said Twitter was a Bad Thing and problematic.

    Then a year or so later bought it, and immediately started doing things which reduced it's popularity and influence.

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    Emergency Communications Solutions
  • HAM can do 50 miles, under the right conditions.

    GMRS can using repeaters or a repeater network (which is essentially what cell phones do).

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    Emergency Communications Solutions
  • Define "communicate".

    With who?

    Over what distance?

    Also for what kind of scenario?

    There's probably some more things to define first, which will help guide a solution.

    In a nutshell, over short/local distances (1/4 mile to perhaps 5 miles under ideal conditions, which never happen), GMRS can be used. It's easy to learn. But it's very range limited in general.

    You could setup your own repeater on something high, and get miles of range then (I regularly pickup folks 10+ miles away because there's a repeater half way between us on a tall building).

    Long distance, HAM/HF. But that's very complex, you really have to learn quite a bit to make that happen, and whoever's on the other end would need similar skilset.

    CB can do significant distance too.

    With any radio, the higher the antenna, the farther the reach - that's the primary driver.

    Radio is a helluva rabbit hole, but I'd recommend starting with GMRS - radios are fairly inexpensive, you can get started for about $100 if you find a deal on a radio 2 pack (and not the cheap blister pack crap, something like TidRadio or better).

    Cell phones are just radios that link to a repeater nearby - the cell tower. That tower then links to the phone network, typically via cable.

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    How do I Graphene OS?
  • You go to the Graphene website and follow the instructions.

    I mean 2 minutes of reading and you'd already have most of this answered.

    That you're asking about things that just aren't an issue because they're part of Android tells me you haven't even bothered to do that.

    Aww, guess I touched a nerve.

    OP didn't even bother to look for anything, just a lazy "do this for me" post.

    How questions are answered by the Graphene devs.

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    iFixit wants to fix the soldering iron
  • Lol, I get it, I often start doing the math and realize "someone has already done this".

    Cool, thanks for the link. I already knew the little 12v batteries suck (though they work fine for the intended purpose, like impact driver or work light). I kill them with any other tool.

    Yea, I was just thinking is the runtime reasonable enough that having spare batteries is a sufficient approach. Like you said, long runtime isn't required, 15 minutes total runtime is probably more than enough (though that would be hell on battery life cycle).

    Since I already have a slew of Milwaukee batteries, I'm trying to avoid things with 18650, except where form factor matters (like my flashlights). A Single Battery to Rule Them All (or at least most things).

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  • www.projectliberty.io Home Page - Project Liberty

    Project LibertyTM is leading a movement of people who want to take back control of their lives in the digital age by reclaiming a voice, choice, and stake in a better internet.

    From their About page: >Project Liberty is stitching together an ecosystem of technologists, academics, policymakers and citizens committed to building a people-powered internet—where the data is ours to manage, the platforms are ours to govern, and the power is ours to reclaim.

    I just heard Frank McCourt on a podcast plugging his book "Our Biggest Fight".

    It was great to hear someone with a voice talking about the problems we see with user data and social media, especially the problem of the Social Graph (the map of all your social connections, which includes weights and values).

    Their solution to this problem was to develop a social networking protocol that enables any compliant app to use (think how email works - a standard protocol, SMTP), but encrypted and user data controlled by the user. They call it DSNP - Decentralized Social Networking Protocol.

    I see both sides of their approach, I'm kind of ambivalent, lots of concern here long-term.

    They've already acquired MeWe and have converted some users to this protocol. He wants to buy the US side of TikTok (if it becomes available) and convert it to DSNP, which would encrypt about 30 million US accounts.

    I'm always cynical about stuff that sounds promising, but I don't have the tech background to really dissect what they're doing. Anyone understand this better?

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    I have no idea where to even start to combat such things. Healthcare professionals must appease the masses of their peers.

    I've seen this first hand in the corporate world, where it's called a 360 review. It's a popularity contest.

    While there's value in the idea of such reviews, they're ripe for abuse. It codifies an environment of dishonesty - where people who are good at masking (err, sociopaths anyone) excel.

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