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Robot begins removing Fukushima nuclear plant’s melted fuel. in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Sadly that's what the human race does. It's nothing unique to nuclear power.

It still baffles me, for example, that with all this technology, we still generate all this rubbish which we then bury in the ground. And we all know it. We all buy things in disposable packaging. We are all complicit.

Robot begins removing Fukushima nuclear plant’s melted fuel. in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 day ago (6 children)

The care and maintenance stage is part of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) decommissioning strategy and spans an 80+ year period. This waiting period allows for radiation levels within the reactor core to decline and helps to facilitate a smoother demolition process. Dungeness A is due to enter the care and maintenance phase in 2027. Demolition of reactor buildings and final site clearance is planned for 2088 to 2098

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeness_nuclear_power_stations

It's an amazing place. I visited last month. You can overlook the power station from a nearby lighthouse.

Robot begins removing Fukushima nuclear plant’s melted fuel. in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 1 day ago (23 children)

When reading about dungeness reactor i learned that even reactors that haven't melted down also take about a hundred years to decommission safely.

Another interesting stat I heard on a podcast is that the coal industry has proven much more deadly than the nuclear industry in terms of human lives lost.

Almost 1 in 4 millennials and Gen Z-ers say they won't have kids due to finances in c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 3 days ago

Kids are crushingly expensive in their early years... if you want to have a career at the same time...

Music industry’s 1990s hard drives, like all HDDs, are dying in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

These people haven't heard of zfs then?

A Look At The Small Web, Part 1 in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 4 days ago

I enjoy reading phlogs on gopher.

Android apps are blocking sideloading and forcing Google Play versions instead in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 days ago

Can you side load on ios?

Seems like the kind of thing they wouldn't want you to do?

Android apps are blocking sideloading and forcing Google Play versions instead in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 30 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I have an android DAP (music player) that runs Android 7. It's a box with a headphone jack (remember those?) and it's sole purpose is to play offline music from an SD card.

I side-loaded a few music players, because there's no way I'm putting my Google password in android 7 in 2024.

I'd be upset if I couldn't side load. These DAPs never have an up to date android.

Let's hope the music apps I use don't block sideloading.

Poweramp won't. Musicolet?

Comparison of pilot capless and the clones in c/fountainpens@lemmy.world
[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, there's no real need to get the jinhao if you have the a1 IMHO.

I don't like the style of the A3 personally.

There's also the A2, which is a slight revision of the A1 using a plastic barrell.

Comparison of pilot capless and the clones in c/fountainpens@lemmy.world
[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 days ago

It's just a cutting board, yeah.

NPD: Lamy Dialog 3 Medium in c/fountainpens@lemmy.world
[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 days ago

Thanks for taking the time to write such a high-quality and comprehensive review!

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Comparison of pilot capless and the clones (www.youtube.com)
 

Hey,

We've recently been discussing the capless clones. Doodlebud just made a video comparing the real deal with the clones.

[SOLVED] Pen Search Help Request in c/fountainpens@lemmy.world
[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 6 days ago

In addition to the other recommendations, you can also still buy quills!

E.g. https://cultpens.com/products/manuscript-art-of-writing-quill-pen-and-ink-gift-set

No idea if they are any good.

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Dungeness nuclear power station, Kent, UK [OC] (lemmy.sdf.org)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/20971587

Dungeness nuclear power station earlier today

Picture taken just before lunch today from the old lighthouse.

Boy was it windy!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeness_nuclear_power_stations

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeness_Lighthouse

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Dungeness nuclear power station earlier today (lemmy.sdf.org)
 

Picture taken just before lunch today from the old lighthouse.

Boy was it windy!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeness_nuclear_power_stations

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeness_Lighthouse

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What notebook and notebook accessories do you use? (lemmy.sdf.org)
 

We talk about writing instruments a lot, but equally important is the paper and related bits.

So tell us, what paper do you use? Do you use any cover/case for your notebook?

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Majohn/moonman A1 (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by vext01@lemmy.sdf.org to c/fountainpens@lemmy.world
12 comments fedilink
 

[Reposting because it failed to federate again]

Picked this up for £11 from Aliexpress and I reckon it's one of the best FPs I own. Great for quick note taking.

Sure, it's a shameless clone of a pilot capless, but I'm never going to spend that kind of money.

Note also: only comes in . Writes like an if you ask me.

Considering buying a few more to gift to friends.

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Posts from sdf not making it to lemmy.world (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by vext01@lemmy.sdf.org to c/support@lemmy.world
7 comments fedilink
 

Hi,

Several posts I've made to /c/fountainpens have not made it to lemmy.world from the lemmy.sdf.org instance.

If you compare these two urls, you can see that the top post (and several others) are only visible when viewed from sdf:

https://lemmy.world/c/fountainpens https://lemmy.sdf.org/c/fountainpens@lemmy.world

I've looked at the debugging tool and the sdf instance thinks that outbound lemmy.world is up to date, so has lemmy.world rejected the posts somehow?

It seems to happen non-deterministically. Some posts have made it through. This has been ongoing for at least a couple of weeks now.

Any ideas?

Edit: this post did federate... could it be to do with posts with images or something?

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Parkker IM (lemmy.sdf.org)
 

[Reposting, as it didn't federate properly last time]

This is a parker IM I've had in my collection a while. I don't usually go for Parker branded pens. I usually find them a bit boring/vanilla. But when I saw this one come up pristine on Ebay, I thought I'd give it a go.

It looks nice, but sadly it doesn't seal well. There's a hole under the clip that lets air in. Why? I guess I could try to cover it.

Bonus device in the background.

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Federation issues recently? (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by vext01@lemmy.sdf.org to c/sdfpubnix@lemmy.sdf.org
19 comments fedilink
 

Hi,

I posted twice to a community on lemmy.world and wondered why no one upvoted or replied.

If I go to the the community directly via a web browser my posts don't show.

Is federation broken again?

My posts were 6 and 7 days ago.

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John Anderson: Former Gladiators referee dies aged 92 (www.bbc.co.uk)
 

His voice is still burned into my brain even now all these years later. Good childhood memories.

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Which pen do you use the most and why? (lemmy.sdf.org)
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Lancashire mum fined £240 defends term-time holiday (www.bbc.co.uk)
 

Thoughts?

Asides from what was mentioned in the article, I think the current rules are unforgiving of children who have family abroad whose school holidays don't align.

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Mod not active (lemmy.sdf.org)
 

Hi,

I noticed that the sole mod of this community seems to be an inactive account.

Although this community is very civilised, I wonder if a) there should be another mod from an active account, or b) we have the power to add a mod.

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