Auk

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[–] Auk@kbin.social 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

If you're running ducting into your server/switch cabinet I've thought before that it could be interesting to have an exhaust setup that you can switch between venting the excess heat directly outside (in summer) or back into the main house (in winter).

[–] Auk@kbin.social 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Unfortunately you're in the minority these days, at least in the eyes of manufacturers. It appears that dual cabs are what sell so they're what get made.

The lack of useful tray sizes in utes is one reason I ended up going for a van for something to put my dirt bike in - unlike most of the utes I was finding within my budget it actually has a load space long enough to fit the bike with room to spare and low enough to roll it in easily.

[–] Auk@kbin.social 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (6 children)

You can't fit a full sheet in a dual cab Hilux, Ranger, or DMAX (etc etc) either but these utes sell in vast quantities. To get a dual cab in something not ridiculously large (and not a cab over design) the tray size will inherently be compromised, it seems however that people still go for the extra seats much more than single cabs with more useful tray sizes.

[–] Auk@kbin.social 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

except there is no ‘#’ operator in C or C++, so any interesting self-referential pattern breaks down here

# is two layers of ++, so the pattern is there. Whether that was originally intended or coincidence is another matter, but it works well enough that I suspect it was considered when picking names.

[–] Auk@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago

For the last while I've been randomising the dictionary of 3 or 4 character words and running down the list until I find something I like the sound of and is available. If it's a well populated username base I might need to drop back to a list of all permutations of a-z in that length and do the same.

[–] Auk@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago

Maybe I should try and convince someone to make a slip on thumb extension for use with modern phones

[–] Auk@kbin.social 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

ZenFone 10, because it's one of the now rare phones where you can still reach the whole screen with one hand.

[–] Auk@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago

No login for updates is a welcome change, it'll save me downloading them manually (because screw making another login for something that shouldn't require one).

[–] Auk@kbin.social 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You don't necessarily have to have ejector seats - WW2 era bombers for example relied on the crew making their way to a hatch to bail out. Despite being a considerably lower chance of survival than modern systems (not helped by various positions having to crawl through narrow spaces to escape and/or find and put on their parachutes due to not having space to wear them during normal operation) the option of bailing out saved a large amount of people.

[–] Auk@kbin.social 9 points 8 months ago

Baked beans on toast is my usual go to when I want something quick and minimal effort.

[–] Auk@kbin.social 4 points 8 months ago

I would be reasonably confident in offline games running in 20 years if you bought the cartridges, if you bought the estore versions I would be significantly less confident.

[–] Auk@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Technically speaking, no one outside of college demonstration engines are burning hydrogen

Toyota has made various working prototype hydrogen combustion engines, so it's not impossible these could end up in production in the nearish future (they've done a hydrogen version of at least the GR Yaris/Corolla engine, a V6, and a V8).

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