A heat wave of this severity is unfortunately always followed by a wave of avoidable deaths. :(
Aha, insurance and the lack and weakness of it.... damnedest system, smart move. :)
Wow, where in the world and how (without compromising anonymity or operational security :P ) can one get access to health care via marriage?
IMHO, there's two sides to this coin: past and present. The following few paragraphs are from an Eastern European perspective, so it might vary with local history. I'll write it regardless however. :)
The history of marriage over here - is that of passing down ownership of resources. For feudal lords and merchants, marriage was about passing down power and wealth - it was strictly regulated for them, and often quite an oppressive institution (we can guess which gender it was more oppressive for, and which gender was considered a resource).
For peasants, it was a bit loose. The church had its laws but knew well - peasants didn't give a damn. They didn't have much wealth or power to pass down to children, and in some times and lands, the only inheritance was serfdom or slavery. So peasants, ironically, while being unfree people, had more freedom in their relationships...
...but they were not model people, and had their quirks. Often enough, marriage was entered when pregnancy had started. Peasants wanted to be sure that a couple was fertile, and did the formalities when that was sure enough. Not so late as to get the church pissed off, but not when the guys in fancy robes said it must be done.
Among anarchists, knowing this history, it is not uncommon to shy away from marriage, considering it a bit freaky, a bit like taking church and state to the bedroom, where there ought be two people.
Regardless, I know anarchists who have married. Especially when they were from different lands.
Interesting article.
Regarding marriage: in my eyes, over here (Estonia) it's a formality, not a commitment. Most children are born to unmarried couples. Legal benefits are few. Marriage might be important if partners have different citizenship. The obligation and right to care for their children comes independently of marriage. The chance to set up shared property rights is not an exclusive feature of marriage - civil partnership gives the same possibility.
So I wouldn't focus on the formal, but the actual.
The actual seems to be that people seem to experience increased difficulty with finding relationships. Perhaps also maintaining them.
Part of this could be due to people having other priorities. When you have other priorities and searching for relationships would consume your limited reserves of time and patience, you save yourself from frustration and don't look.
Part of this could be due to women being more independent. When you are independent and stumble on a partner whom you get disillusioned with, you leave them and won't tolerate a frustrating relationship. The dynamic balance between people in relationships and people who are single might be shifted as a result of increased independence.
Part of this could be due to women and men being attracted to different world views, making them less compatible. Even being attracted to different hobbies, and having no common hobbies, can decrease the chances of finding someone. If society directs men and women to different trails in life, and these don't cross often, could it result in reduced chances of relationships?
Part of this could be due to dating on the Internet. Ways of finding and evaluating potential partners have shifted. The number of relationships starting in real life has probably decreased, and the number starting on dating apps has probably increased. It seems more convenient and safer like that... but everyone knows: on the Internet, you can leave false appearances easier. So perhaps people spend their time breaking through proverbial walls with their heads, because they aren't provided tools to find the right person. Dating apps, after all, are serving their shareholders first, and their goal is to earn money, not help people.
...but I'm not a sociologist, and not up-to-date on research. So the above are not facts, but wild guesses.
If it were just a straight glass tube, there would be potential uses (heat collector), but due to the curvature (cannot be stacked) and presence of mercury, nope. It's toxic waste.
From the alternator downstream, the next bit is either a voltage multiplier or a charge controller containing one.
A simple multiplier can be DIY-ed - the Cockroft-Walton scheme is a repetitive pattern of diodes and capacitors which doesn't even require a PCB to manufacture. You input low-voltage AC and get out higher-voltage DC (if necessary, dangerously high voltages can be also produced).
As for charge controllers that actually regulate the charging voltage: that requires PWM or MPPT, and isn't DIY friendly. Controllers that simply terminate the charge and dump the energy into a heater somewhere in a water tank, can be DIY-ed with a ready-made microcontroller (Arduino) or microcomputer (Raspberry Pi) board, if it has or the user adds an analog-digital converter.
However, since price competition on the electronics market seems to be working, the price of buying things is generally less than the hassle of making them. So, unless some fancy behaviour is needed that the store-bought alternatives don't offer, most people buy and few hack their own. :)
P.S.
Speaking of turbines, I built an experimental version with big stainless food bowls, aluminum profile for making furniture and a pushbike motor. The mast is not raised yet, so it's early for me to cheer. :)
Yep, that's what it seems to be. I'll check out the source code and contact the devs with ideas (unless I can perhaps contact the with a pull request).
As a side note: there is another mode of work - construction of things outdoors - that is also difficult to handle in a dense urban area. Welding, cutting, grinding, even mere hammering - do any of those outdoors in a densely populated place, and you'll have annoyed neighbours - and their complaint about noise / light pollution is at least somewhat justified. Leave half-processed materials around, and there's a risk of someone taking them.
In a sparsely populated area, not much of a problem. :)
Oo, tere. :)
Vabandust, ma olin hõivatud / hajameelne ja parasjagu ametis termoakustilise mootori ehitamisega (täpsemalt maha viksimisega ühe egiptuse elektriku pealt, kes viksis selle maha jaapani munkade pealt). :D Seetõttu ei näinud postitust.
Siin on eesti seltskonda väga vähe veel. Osad on lemm.ee-s olemas, aga mina ei jõua jälle sinna eriti sageli.
I wonder what is causing the automated summary to display such a wall of text, including non-relevant data like advertisements and author lists?
I tried posting the same link to an unrelated community that I moderate, and the result was the same - all the unrelated stuff was retrieved, with no way to enter a decent summary. :o
In my opinion, the summary should help the reader determine if they want to read the article / watch the video, so we need to find some better solution than the current way it behaves.
Is it OK if I refer this topic as a sample to u/poVoq (our local server admin), hoping that they might know useful tricks?
Mõistan, r/eesti kultuur jätab tõepoolest soovida ja Facebookis on hukatus. :D
Ma proovisin Mastodoni ja mul on seal konto, aga ma ei kasuta seda üldse, see on hüljatud. Lemmy liides meeldis oluliselt rohkem, siia jäin pidama.