thesmok

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by thesmok 5mo ago
As a citizen of a country currently defending in a war, unmanned systems are a literal lifesaver. We can send an armed robot where we previously would have to send a soldier. This is a good thing and before the war many had the same pacifis
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by thesmok 1y ago
Paper inside a plastic bottle will be fine.
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by thesmok 1y ago
Ukraine just made a decision on that, importing fuel from India is going to restricted starting October 1st https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/09/15/7530979/
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by thesmok 1y ago
There are different calibers of mortar shells, bigger size has more range and power. I think author of the article has cheated by not specifying the caliber, because a 155mm artillery shell cost is more than a $1000, precision guided one co
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by thesmok 2y ago
Run it in a VM.
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by thesmok 2y ago
People want a desktop because they 1. can use a smartphone for all mobile tasks 2. see better on a large screen 3. are more comfortable with a mouse than a trackpad 4. don't have to worry about spilling tea on a laptop or dropping it o
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by thesmok 2y ago
Yes, it doesn't have to be very flexible. But every pipe is flexible to some extent. I'm thinking about my 25m deep well, with 32mm PE pipe, scaled up. It is flexible enough to be forcefully rolled up into a 5m diameter circle. Wh
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by thesmok 2y ago
Pipes would either be flexible, or rigid but assembled in sections, so you'd disassemble the pipe while pulling it out.
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by thesmok 2y ago
DIY batteries here are usually battery banks assembled from Chinese LiFePo4 cells, plus a Chinese BMS.
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by thesmok 2y ago
Old EU toilets can be poop shelf. When I've shopped for new one in 2015, there was not a single one of that design.
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by thesmok 2y ago
> how do I charge the tenant for electricity? Just buy another electricity meter and install it after the inverter.
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by thesmok 2y ago
I've fixed the letter A in their logo: https://gist.github.com/smotesko/ac65667cbc748a72ecddb350d69...
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by thesmok 3y ago
In my country the car registration document has the weight number but not the width number. I suspect in France it's the same, and that's the reason they went by weight instead of width – it's easier to administer that way.
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by thesmok 3y ago
The nationals are the country and should take responsibility for their country's actions because it's effectively their actions.
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by thesmok 3y ago
Search for "tactical active headphones", there are multiple brands.
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by thesmok 3y ago
Russian citizenship is not something that people cherish or want. Most of the Russian territory and population has been occupied at some point: Siberia long time ago, Caucasus in the past centuries, Crimea in 2014. Russians don't care
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by thesmok 3y ago
Ukraine does not publish any official numbers of Ukrainian losses, only confirmed numbers of Russian losses.
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by thesmok 3y ago
I've got a source for you: this Ukrainian is serving in Bakhmut right now. He's a "YouTube guy" in his unit, consistently uploading good quality footage. Skip the talking part and watch https://www.youtube.co
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by thesmok 4y ago
You've chosen a wrong place to disinform. Tech people understand that having russian CA certificates installed allows russia to MITM all your traffic, if they can access it.
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by thesmok 4y ago
It still burns fuel and exhausts CO2 doing that.
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by thesmok 4y ago
In my country everyone is speeding as well, but speed limits are enforced primarily by the radar-cameras, not cops. So you just have to know location of those cameras (thanks, Waze) and slow down there. I assumed that your concern was cops
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by thesmok 4y ago
Isn't it wrong that "attention from cops" is a factor in your everyday life?
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by thesmok 4y ago
It absolutely happens with EVs as well. I’m Ukrainian, here people have been importing totaled cars from US for years, including a lot of Nissan Leafs and Teslas. Some businesses restoring those totaled Teslas grew from a garage shop into
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by thesmok 4y ago
Sternenko got a popular channel covering the war in Ukraine, so of course he's become a target of Russian bot army. Now they're using the reporting mechanism to try and silent him on YouTube. As a result, here's an (incomplet
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YouTube bans Ukrainian activist from saying “the sky is blue” in video title(twitter.com)
6 points by thesmok 4y ago|1 comments
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by thesmok 4y ago
For individual homes, it often takes three stakes, each several meters long (deep), placed in a triangular config, connected above ground.
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by thesmok 4y ago
I've had a Lightning port fail on my original SE last year. Replaced it with the part taken from a donor SE. That was a bit scarier job than replacing the battery, but still doable.
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by thesmok 4y ago
I have Abloy Protec2 on my front door, with optional hardened plate (product code CH101) protecting it from drilling. The key hole in the plate is just big enough for a key to go through, but not big enough to allow damage to the lock mecha
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by thesmok 4y ago
That mistake was already made in the 90s. The West had high hopes of transforming Russia into a civilised member of the world, and they've just used that support to strengthen themselves. Russians are imperialistic, Russians opposing P
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by thesmok 4y ago
You're better prepared for russian invasion.

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