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I used to wear the same shirt every Monday as a social experiment. I wanted to see how long it would take someone to say something. After about a year I ended up telling my boss about it and he said "Oh yeah, we all noticed, we just figured you were so broke you couldn't afford clothes" 💀

It does, but the bowline is easier to untie after an extreme load. But then the bowline is not safe on it's own, it needs to be backed up with another knot. An overhand on a bite also serves the same function but I think that's even harder to untie after loading especially with skinny material. Not sure about that though, I've just heard of people not being able to untie them in their anchors for rock climbing.

Also figure 8 requires the most rope, still my favorite knot though

on Ghosts · c/microblogmemes · 11 pts · 33d

1883 was the year Joseph Mortimer Granville the "father of the modern elctromechanical vibrator" wrote a book about it.

These early vibrators became popular among the medical profession and were used for treating a wide variety of ailments in women and men, including hysteria, arthritis, constipation, amenorrhea, inflammations, and tumors; some wounded World War I soldiers received vibrotherapy as treatment at English and French hospitals in Serbia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrator_(sex_toy)

Welcome to the endless rabbit hole that is self hosting!

I think the best advice I could give is keep it simple, just add one piece at a time, and take notes.

Personally I would stay away from youtube. Get used to reading installation instructions from the source and documentation, it is a valuable skill. Then come here and ask questions if you run into problems. Pihole is a great place to start, it looks pretty begginer friendly (I have not run it personally, but I just read through some docs)

I also started with pi way back when, and honestly it adds one more thing you have to learn about while you're trying to learn about hosting. It's not too bad, especially if you dont mind the command line, but you could get your hands on an old laptop or desktop for cheaper. In fact everything I use runs on a $30 desktop from 2015 (I did upgrade it a bit lol) and my rpi4 is sitting in the corner collecting dust. A more familiar interface will make troubleshooting less frustrating. I find the desktop runs a lot better than the pi too.

There's so much to learn and you will probably feel overwhelmed at times, it will pass though, just stick with it.

I was curious, and it was german american groups like the Gemran America Bund which had ~25,000 members. There were also groups that opposed them and pro nazi leaders were arrested when the US entered the war. So not really broad support by any means.

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

Also US companies kept making money in nazi germany, even using forced labor in some cases...

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

So spaceplanes are a thing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaceplane

But they do take off vertically. From my experiemce with kerbal space program, it's because of the density of the atmosphere. The closer to sea level, the denser the atmosphere and the more drag from air resistance. So instead of burning a ton of fuel trying to get through the thick atmosphere, you go straight up until it's thinner and then you start to turn. Makes a huge difference.

There's also the fact that bigger rockets with more fuel create more drag so the solution isn't "just make it bigger"

on *Permanently Deleted* · c/animals · 9 pts · 108d

I went down the rabbit hole here...

So there's lots of studies on penguin thermoregulation, and none of them directly answer your question. I think we can infer some things, but take it with a grain of salt and I'm throwing different species into the same 'penguin' bucket.

Penguins can spend a loooong time in cold water. This study showed that on foraging trips of ~14 days, they spend 70% of the time in the water. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3504122/

They take breaks and warm up on sea ice. This study showed that after an hour their temperature goes back to normal and suggests they have reduced blood flow in their flippers until they get their body temp back up. Other arctic birds have been shown to have complex vasculature adaptations theat help them reduce heat loss or radiate it when they need to. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7441059/

They can also get hot on the surface, especially while molting when they have a period of "double" feathers. Seems like they don't swim at this time but they get toasty https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11213523/

This one shows how they lose heat through their flippers and head (on land), but checkout how insulated their core is in the thermal pictures. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3645025/

So since they can get pretty toasty on land even when it's "cold", and with the fact that they can spend weeks swimming in freezing water and only lose a few C of body heat, I'm gonna go with it feels great to take a dip in that water

I've never grown those mushrooms, and different species have different needs.

My question to you is what was your set up for the "scaled up" conditions? What are the differences? Did you top fruit in a massive jar? Or use some other container? Did you control humidity differently?

It's usually an issue of air flow or humidity assuming you have a healthy culture with the right nutrients.

Finding sites that prohibit rvs kinda depends on the website you're reserving your site with. You're basically looking for tent only with vehicle access.

You can try going to an outdoor store and chatting with the employees for suggestions