perestroika

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[–] perestroika 2 points 11 months ago

It might not be relevant to the conditions at your place, but in the city nearest to where I live (Tallinn, capital of Estonia), there is a library that lends out tools. It's the Pelguranna library, a branch of the Tallinn Central Library, and the only English description I could dredge up is this one:

https://keskraamatukogu.ee/en/kojulaenutus-2-2/toolbox/

[–] perestroika 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's a poor solution, but better than nothing. The plowing profiles are welded with the L pointing forward and down (to ensure rising on top of snow), the holding profiles can be welded any way. They are at 1/3 of length and 2/3 of length respectively.

P.S.

A note: if one has automatic transmission, or continuously variable transmission, one should not pull things.

With manual gearboxes, fixed reductors and direct drive, it's OK. The car is indeed blurred for privacy. :)

[–] perestroika 6 points 11 months ago

Yep. The three networks I don't have here are:

  • public roads (I'm plowing a no mans land which belongs to some folks, but nobody uses their land)
  • electrical and fuel networks
  • water and wastewater grid
[–] perestroika 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Ordinary mobile phone network. Also I would be uneasy about giving my money to Elon Musk's companies without a dire need to do so. :)

(Having communications also helps see weather reports, which kind of matter in such conditions. I especially love meteorological radar.)

[–] perestroika 3 points 11 months ago

Having opened it, I can confirm it's a scanned magazine and contains no active content.

[–] perestroika 2 points 11 months ago

Don't ban, just tax them appropriately. :)

[–] perestroika 8 points 11 months ago

As an anecdote, I can tell that I'm still using my shattered solar panels. :)

(Normal people would not, of course.)

One broke during welding because a droplet of molten metal hit it - the hardened glass shattered all over. Another met with a flying plywood sheet during a storm - the plywood went right through with a corner and made a hole.

I use both panels on a wheelbarrow to pump water on the field during flood season. They're perfect, nobody wants to steal them because they look like they got nuked. :D I worry about the wheelbarrow considerably more. :D

But yes, a recycling plan would be needed. Grinding them up and getting the aluminum back is not too hard, but how to separate the glass from the sealing silicone and doped silicon - I know some folks in Korea do it, but I don't know how. :o

[–] perestroika 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It's some strange interaction between YouTube (which populates some parts of the HTML with ads) and Lemmy (which consumes them to make the summary).

I've seen it before - happens every time anyone posts a YouTube video.

The recourse for me, for now, seems:

  • trying "old.slrpnk.net" (since I notice you are from another server, that would be "other old Reddit style Lemmy interfaces¹") - the compact interface doesn't show the field crowded with advertising texts)
  • reporting a bug to Lemmy developers (now that I found the password for my GitHub account, I think I can describe it tonight)

¹ old.slrpnk.net uses https://github.com/rystaf/mlmym

[–] perestroika 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Wow, I would expect Udmurtia to have a continental winter at this time, but nope. :)

We have had a very mild autumn also, this is the first time ground starts to freeze a little, on the top. Tiny field roads that were unpassable by car will be passable (if one is careful) after a day or two. For me, this means: I can bring firewood with a car, not with a garden cart. :D

Snow has not bothered to appear so far. Some time every autumn, wind starts blowing from the north and the Gulf of Finland subsequently tries to evaporate and fall into Estonia. Hasn't happened yet. Surprises us every time. :P

[–] perestroika 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

If the soil is dry enough to avoid liquefication, lifting should not happen. A ditch around the pool with drainage to lower ground at some distance would likely solve the problem even if the soil is problematic.

If the concrete is reinforced with rebar, it can withstand sideways load by the soil. If not, the issue of soil pressure would need closer consideration.

Disclaimer: I'm not an engineer

[–] perestroika 4 points 11 months ago

It's just a fence made of solar panels. Helps produce energy in winter, because snow cannot cover them. :)

[–] perestroika 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Estonia, just south of Finland. It was not particularly cold, only -5 C during the night in places where the sky was starry. By the time of taking the photo, there was a considerable difference between air temperature and surface temperatures - thus the steaming. :)

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