I would like to start using RSS feeds but every client I’ve searched up has a subscription method of payment. Are there any RSS clients that don’t do this?
I use feeder (and apparently there’s more than one rss app called feeder), and it’s FOSS. I like it a lot. The one feature it doesn’t have is any filtering. I wish I could filter some feeds. My local news seems to be like 50% sports, and a lot of sites these days have half of the “articles” they put out just containing a list of Amazon affiliate links. It also doesn’t do audio of video, but I don’t use it for that
I feel like there are a lot of resources on making diy wind turbines, but way less resources on how to use the energy generated. The most common thing people do is hook it up to an alternator, but then you either need to direct drive 12V appliances that can handle dirty power, or you need further electronics, batteries, etc to store power and possibly convert to AC. A lot of that is not necessarily diy friendly. I’d like to see more people experimenting with direct use of mechanical energy. I wish I had the space to experiment with this kind of stuff
Sorry this isn’t actually foraging per se, but the only kind of people who’d grow these are probably foragers anyway. I’ve been growing them for a couple years, but this is the first year I had enough to bother trying to eat them! From two plants we got about 1/2 a cup....
It might be one of those “soak with 3 changes of water, and boil with 3 changes” situations to leach out whatever is making them bitter. “Bitter” in plants is often caused by alkaloids, and usually you don’t usually want to eat them (unless they are one of the fun alkaloids). I’m sure you’ve googled around for it, but from this link, it sounds like other people are saying the same thing. permies.com/…/Phaseolus-polystachios-thicket-bean…
Yeah, I think treating them like lupini is probably a good bet. Native people knew how to soak acorns to make them edible, I could see them using a similar process for beans.
If it’s typically clear, grip tape would be best. If you expect snow to hang around, you might want to add furring straps. You’d want them to be fairly short, though, to make sure they aren’t a tripping hazard
I’m mostly asking because I posted a photobash of an airship yard I did to the solarpunk subreddit and someone brought up combining airship mooring masts and screw conveyors like grain silos use (though we might be closer to concrete-industry-scale once you lift stuff to mooring-mast-height). A combined mooring mast and silo...
There’s a lot of problems with industrial ag and monoculture, but I don’t think the way that we store and process the grain is really a problem. There’s a few different things that a lay person might call a “silo”. The taller/skinnier ones are actually silos or grain elevators, which can be used for grain storage. If you see one out on a farm, though, it might be more likely that it’s for storing silage. As far as i know, there’s no reason you can’t have many types of plants mixed into your silage, and having larger quantities in one space makes the fermentation work better.
The shorter/wider silo looking things are “grain bins” for getting grain to the right moisture content. They basically have a screen on the bottom that dry air is pushed through to dry grain and preserve it.
Obviously, we want as much small scale, local agriculture as possible, but part of having a climate resilient system will probably always involve silos.
Urine obviously has a lot of nitrogen that can be made available to plants, but more importantly, it has a lot of phosphorus. Phosphorus is vital to agriculture, but it is largely mined as a non-renewable resource
That’s the whole point of how any aid works in most situations. Especially with the US’s military-industrial complex. Ukraine gets munitions, US industry gets the money. The point is not to build a military industry for Ukraine.
The infamous “government cheese” was given to the needy in the US not because poor people have a dire need for cheese, but because the government wanted to give a lot of money to wealthy dairy farmers.
To suggest that lawmakers don’t understand that that is what they are doing is crazy.
My town have a plantation of Juglans nigra. These nut trees don’t grow usually in France yet when I decided to have a taste of them, I thought I would handle it like another nut. But they are different....
It’s called “black walnut” in most places where it grows natively. You can find some good resources on it if you Google that. The main thing is if they are super hard, just wait for the green part to soften a bit; a few days should be good enough. People have made a bunch of mechanisms to get rid of the husk, but the simplest way I think is to just put them on the ground somewhere concrete or stone, and stomp on them with heavy boots. I suppose it would probably be better for your ankles to use a heavy log or something like that like a giant mortar and pestle. You then want to rinse them with water by soaking them in a bucket. Some will float, and those are apparently empty nuts (the actual seed was aborted). After, you dry them out on a screen for a few weeks. To crack the nuts open, they are much stronger than European walnuts, so most people use a bench vise
I would also definitely second using a standalone rain jacket. Even the best rain jackets are going to end up holding some humidity in depending on how hard you bike, so you want to be able to go without a rain jacket when you can.
When you aren’t wearing the rain jacket, you want to be wearing something that acts as a decent windbreaker. The warmest sweaters don’t work too well when you are on a bike moving fast. Puffy jackets are nice cause they pack down small, and generally block wind well. Like mentioned above, down doesn’t work as well when wet, and synthetic fill is cheaper anyway. You can get a puffy jacket used to save some money. I’m not too convinced that one brand’s synthetic filling is better than another’s, just get something with a decent amount of filling, and wash the jacket according to the instructions to help fluff it up.
For an actual waterproof layer, I wouldn’t try to get used, unless it looks in really good shape. When the membrane on the inside of the jacket starts to break down, there’s nothing you can do. Just get something preferably 2.5 or 3 layer. Look in my comment history for an explanation of what that means. Armpit zippers are going to be really important. I’m not sure what brands are available to you, but try to find a brand that’s been around for a while that’s not really trendy. Patagonia makes good stuff, but it is expensive, and you can get a jacket made from materials that are just as good for 1/3rd of the price. Quickly googling European brands that might work, I found there’s eu standard 343:2019 that rates the waterproofness of work clothing. Something with a 4/4 rating looks like it would be good. I was just looking at engelbert Strauss. No clue if they are actually a reputable brand, but seems cheap and effective.
For shoes, it’s a bit harder. I just wore boots when I had to bike in winter, but I think using gaiters is probably the best way now. That way you could wear whatever shoes you like, but keep water and wind out. It’s nice to keep any road grime off of your shoes and lower pants.
I’m looking for a lightweight waterproof jacket with a hood, ideally available in the UK. I don’t buy jackets very often so I don’t know what I should be looking for asides from that broad category. Suggestions welcome!
In my opinion, it really depends on the type of activities you want to do in the jacket. Modern uninsulated hiking-type jackets are made at the very cheapest end with some kind of single layer of fabric coated with what they call “dwr” (durable water resistant). These coatings are traditionally made from “forever chemicals”, though many brands are moving to compounds that are probably better. Unfortunately, the more eco friendly compounds dont work as well. These coatings, despite the name, are not that durable, so they wear out over time, especially if you wear a backpack. You can replace the coating, but it’s a bit of a hassle. Better jackets will have a layer underneath the outside called a membrane that allows water vapor through, but not liquid water. Gore tex is a brand name for a type of membrane, but there are others. This membrane is not very strong, so it will wear out in time, so the best hiking jackets will have a third layer just to protect that membrane.
The paradox with waterproofing is that if you make a jacket 100% waterproof, you will end up wet from your own sweat condensing inside the jacket, so all the hiking jackets are technically only water resistant. Even the best of these jackets will “wet out” eventually and then you are wet anyway. Basically the outside of the jacket gets wet enough that no water vapor can escape past it. This happens faster as the dwr wears out.
If one of those hiking jackets is something you are looking for, look for a jacket that mentions 3-layer construction. Some also advertise a 2.5-layer construction, which is just a thinner inside layer. I wouldn’t get too caught up in brands, but just look for one that has armpit zippers.
When it starts to get less waterproof, just re-coat it. Nikwax is the common brand name for the stuff to re-coat, and they are from the UK, so you should be able to find it. Also, make sure to keep the jacket clean. Oils from your skin or any dirt basically clog the membrane and reduce its effectiveness. Nikwax also makes products to wash technical fabrics.
Lately there’s been a few companies making jackets out of dyneema composite fabric, which is super lightweight, strong, and waterproof, but they are very expensive. They all also look kinda weird, something you’d want for the trail, but not around town. I don’t know how durable the waterproofing actually is because I’ve never had one.
If you don’t intend to use it for hiking, etc, there are different options. When you aren’t working up a sweat, it’s a lot easier to just have something that’s actually waterproof. If you want a good looking option (though not super lightweight), oilskin or waxed canvas are waterproof and can be recoated as needed. Fjallraven Greenland wax is an example of the wax you can use. If you definitely want lightweight, something with polyurethane will be truly waterproof and lightweight.
I am starting IT studies. As someone always interested in computers I have paths in my head how to get needed information. There is also a luxury of testing anything learn in practice by for ex. contributing to open source or creating a server....
Wikipedia is rough for math. Anything remotely complex isn’t really explained well to a layperson. What kind of math do you want to learn, and why? I can also recommend numberphile. Project euler is a cool way to teach yourself some math/programming concepts. I also can highly recommend the book “shape” by Jordan ellenberg to help build interest in geometry
While baking bread, specifically sourdough or similar lean doughs, don’t just use 100% bread flour. Replacing ~20% or so with whole wheat flour, rye flour, semolina, or similar more flavorful flours makes a big difference in the final flavor of the bread. If you are using whole wheat, just keep in mind that it goes bad fairly quick due to the fat content in the germ, especially if you just keep it in the paper bag it came in. Just give the flour a smell before you use it; it should smell fairly neutral or good. Too many people will use whole wheat flour that’s been sitting in their cupboard for 5 years and gone rancid.
Keep in mind that there will often be no fruit. Pawpaws spread in monoclonal colonies, and a colony can’t pollinate itself. I live surrounded by many pawpaw groves, but only a few actually make fruit. Supposedly you can spray the trees down with fish emulsion to attract the flies that pollinate them, but that still only helps if you have 2 non-clones next to each other
Finding them is pretty easy once you know what to look for, but until you’ve seen them, it’s hard. Easiest time to find them as a novice is in the spring. They have very unique flowers that pop out before there are any leaves. Also, in the late summer/ fall, easiest way to find them is by smell. The fruit is so fragrant, if you know the smell, you can find the tree.
Here’s a few more things to look out for. They are fine growing in shade. They usually are in groups (clonal colonies, technically) unlike some similar looking trees. Deer don’t eat them, so they do really well in areas with an overabundance of deer that eat all their competition.
Asphalt used on road surfaces are byproducts from fossil fuel. With the ultimate goal of eliminating the use of fossil fuel to combat climate change, are there any good alternatives for road surfaces? I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a viable replacement of asphalt in the works, or even a plan to replace it in any...
Definitely noticed this as well. Wish I could filter out articles by certain keywords/phrases that pop up a lot. I know that’s an option for some of the paid rss readers, but it should be a pretty simple feature from a code perspective, so I don’t want to pay for it. It might drive me to actually learn how to compile my own app. I also want to get rid of any sports news from my local newspaper cause it seems like 50% of what they put out is professional, college, and even high-school sports
In the last year or so I’ve been getting more and more into coffee, but I’m still a student so I can’t afford all the fancy equipment and beans yet lol. After learning how to brew good coffee with my moka pot, some family members gave me a Melitta cone for pour-overs...
V60 can definitely be hard if you are pouring from a kettle that is not designed with pourover coffee in mind. I’ve only used used the Melitta style a few times, but if I recall correctly, the filters are the exact same ones you’d use in a cheap drip coffee maker, so you can pick them up at the supermarket for cheap. From what I remember, it drained pretty slowly, so there’s more immersion than percolation. I imagine that as a student, you probably don’t have a fancy accurate grinder, so immersion is probably a good thing, it’s more forgiving.
Personally, I think the exact technique is probably the least important thing when it comes to the taste of coffee. In my mind, it goes beans>ratio>brewing method>water temp> grind size>technique. Grind size is gonna be more important for some types of brewing (e.g. espresso) than others (e.g. french press). I’d say just make sure you are using consistent ratios (get a scale if you don’t have one, doesn’t have to be a fancy coffee scale, either), and consistently hot water. Stirring should help.
If you are looking to make better coffee, I’d really just start by making sure you are using good beans.
I think it would probably be good to go to shed some light on what the movement actually is to some people. At the very surface, the whole point is “how do we do the most good?” which is a fair question to ask. For university students still finding their way in the world, I’d say it’s a good thing that they are trying to find the answer. Many of the techy goals of people in that realm seems like cool scifi. It’s only once you dig deeper that you see the true sinister nature of the people in the field.
They claim that through technology, they will be able to usher in a utopia where people don’t have to work as much. Funny how they don’t lobby for laws that would require technological advancements to benefit workers, not the owners. There’s many examples throughout history, but one of the best is probably the cotton gin. It was created as a labor saving device to helpfully reduce/eliminate slavery, but all it did was make slavery far more profitable. That’s what happened with an inventor trying to do the right thing. Most tech these days is not developed to benefit everyone.
It’s no accident that the people claiming that AGI is a risk to humanity are also the ones trying hardest to get there. They are just a little scared of AGI because it could truly cause societal upheaval, and those at the top of a society have the most to lose in that situation. It’s self preservation, not benevolence. The power structures of modern society are vital to their continued lives of extravagance. In the end, they all just want to accumulate wealth, not pay any taxes, and try to make themselves feel like a hero for doing it.
I’d really just say that the people that would be in that room with you all probably do have legitimately noble goals, so it’s important not to treat them as an adversary. You aren’t going to win anyone over if that’s how you approach it. Just do some research, and make sure to focus on the impact of the actions of the EA people, not their stated goals
The cheap/easy method that I’ve used before is to just heat up some milk in a 1 cup french press, and just plunging it rapidly. Doesn’t make too much mess if you keep the lid on. I just stick the glass pitcher part of the French press in the microwave, but you could heat it up in a mug instead
Just curious really. I don’t bake very often, so sometimes I question why on earth I keep a starter alive. If it didn’t take a couple of weeks to get a new one going…
That’s gotta be down to the exact mix of bacteria and yeast you have. I’ve had that with starters before, but my current one is a champ in the fridge. How much volume of starter do you keep? I only ever have about 60 grams going. To make bread, I always just step it up once or twice. That way I never have to discard anything
Crossposting here because an off-grider is relying on milk and potatoes for nutrition completeness. I suppose getting nutritional completeness with as few ingredients as possible is generally interesting to off-grid living.
The thing they don’t mention when they say that a combination of food items are “nutritionally complete”, is what quantities they need to be consumed in. Some micronutrients are technically in a lot of foods, but you’d have to eat the equivalent of 15,000 calories a day to get what you need. There’s definitely a lot of people around the globe who get by on rice and beans for 90% of their diet, but they do have to eat other stuff. Lots of nutrient deficiencies also take a while to start to have an effect, and the effects might not be obvious. I know what pellagra, scurvy, and rickets do, but I have no clue what a selenium deficiency would do
Obviously I like buying things once and for all, but I feel it’s extra difficult with anything electrical because I just don’t know that much about it personally, and I can’t exactly check the insides....
I’d say a lot of making a vacuum (and lots of appliances) last is just routine maintenance. Too many people vacuum till dirt/dust/hair is well over the “fill” line in a cannister, at which point it builds up on the filters which they never actually clean. Keep your cannister empty, clean the filters regularly (some can be washed), and cut away any tangles of hair/string on the rotating part.
What are some RSS feed clients that do not have a subscription
I would like to start using RSS feeds but every client I’ve searched up has a subscription method of payment. Are there any RSS clients that don’t do this?
Build This Open Source DIY Wind Turbine for $30 (www.treehugger.com)
First ever Thicket Bean (Phaseolus polystachios) harvest (assets.pxlmo.com)
Sorry this isn’t actually foraging per se, but the only kind of people who’d grow these are probably foragers anyway. I’ve been growing them for a couple years, but this is the first year I had enough to bother trying to eat them! From two plants we got about 1/2 a cup....
Help making this ramp nonslip for winter (lemmy.world)
Does anyone know the best way to make this ramp nonslip? We get a fair amount of ice and snow and there are a couple elderly folks using the ramp....
How do grain silos (and grain) fit in a solarpunk future
I’m mostly asking because I posted a photobash of an airship yard I did to the solarpunk subreddit and someone brought up combining airship mooring masts and screw conveyors like grain silos use (though we might be closer to concrete-industry-scale once you lift stuff to mooring-mast-height). A combined mooring mast and silo...
Urine-diverting dry toilet - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
A Ukrainian soldier went to Washington to explain the war. He says American politicians don't realize much of the funding actually stays in the US. (www.businessinsider.com)
A Ukrainian soldier in Washington, DC told Insider he's using his break from the front lines of the war against Russia to educate US lawmakers.
How should I crack upon nuts from Juglans nigra ?
My town have a plantation of Juglans nigra. These nut trees don’t grow usually in France yet when I decided to have a taste of them, I thought I would handle it like another nut. But they are different....
Looking for Winter gear (Commute via Bike, Mild Winters)
cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/4891794...
Lightweight Waterproof Jacket Recomendations?
I’m looking for a lightweight waterproof jacket with a hood, ideally available in the UK. I don’t buy jackets very often so I don’t know what I should be looking for asides from that broad category. Suggestions welcome!
How to learn math after school?
I am starting IT studies. As someone always interested in computers I have paths in my head how to get needed information. There is also a luxury of testing anything learn in practice by for ex. contributing to open source or creating a server....
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Found a paw paw tree!! Many more nearby (sh.itjust.works)
Are there any green alternatives to asphalt in development?
Asphalt used on road surfaces are byproducts from fossil fuel. With the ultimate goal of eliminating the use of fossil fuel to combat climate change, are there any good alternatives for road surfaces? I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a viable replacement of asphalt in the works, or even a plan to replace it in any...
Encountering mostly promotional articles in tech RSS feed
Here’s something that appears slightly unsettling to me these days....
What is this community's opinon on the Melitta pour-over cone?
In the last year or so I’ve been getting more and more into coffee, but I’m still a student so I can’t afford all the fancy equipment and beans yet lol. After learning how to brew good coffee with my moka pot, some family members gave me a Melitta cone for pour-overs...
18+ I was invited to an EA event on AI safety
The local Effective Altruism chapter had a stand at the university hobby fair....
Need some help figuring out the best milk solution.
TL:DR Need a simple but not too crappy solution for heating/frothing milk - ideally one that my kids could use safely....
How often do you bake?
Just curious really. I don’t bake very often, so sometimes I question why on earth I keep a starter alive. If it didn’t take a couple of weeks to get a new one going…
Aeropress—Can't be a BIFL community without a mention (amzn.to)
Durable, hackable, portable, and brews a great cup.
milk and potatoes are “nutritionally complete” -- the vegan answer to this (slrpnk.net)
Crossposting here because an off-grider is relying on milk and potatoes for nutrition completeness. I suppose getting nutritional completeness with as few ingredients as possible is generally interesting to off-grid living.
What should I know before buying electrical appliances? A vacuum in particular?
Obviously I like buying things once and for all, but I feel it’s extra difficult with anything electrical because I just don’t know that much about it personally, and I can’t exactly check the insides....