cynar

Vitamin D helps if you are dealing with S.A.D (seasonal affective disorder). Basically, our brain gets to go into a state akin to hibernation. Unfortunately, modern life isn't compatible with this. The effect is tiredness and low mood.

SAD seems to be triggered by low vitamin D, low exposure to sunlight, and the cold. The exact trigger levels vary from person to person.

If you've not tried it yet, a daylight lamp could help a lot, combined with the Vitamin D, it trucks the brain into thinking it's still warm and bright outside. You want a hot in the morning, as well as one in the mid to late afternoon.

Failing that, accept your need to hibernate, and plan it in. It's not ideal, but not fighting it will also help your mood.

I'm a member of a maker space. It's a fun game to "nerd snipe" other members, as they are leaving.

It can backfire however. We've had the sun come up on us, while chatting in the car park. That was a mutual win/loss.

The type G was designed when things were designed to do their jobs. Any pain inflicted by user error was considered a learning opportunity.

The cord coming out the bottom means the plug can't pull out. Combined with the big, chunky plug and pins, means the cable will likely fail first if pulled. It will also fail at the live core first, leaving a safe plug in the wall.

But yes, the foot pain is... impressive. It's just blunt enough to not generally penetrate the skin, but it can happen.

I've taken a 240VAC hit a few times. That will definitely wake you up.

Interestingly, the only times it has happened have been when I've been abusing the wiring. Never via a plug etc.

It's not a true fractal, so the length has some finite bounding. It's just stupidly large, since you are tracing the atomic structure.

It's not dark rooms necessarily, but low stimulation environments. Many ND conditions limit mental "bandwidth". Sensory processing can eat up a lot of that bandwidth normally. Throw in something like socialising, that eats even more, and we can saturate.

The manifestation of that saturation can vary a lot. My personal preference is a quiet, well lit place, with a static environment. It's change and ambiguity that cause me problems. I fully understand the appeal of darkness, however, particularly if your sensory filtering on intensity is prone to failing.

First off, have you got HA up and running yet? That should be your initial focus.

There are 3 main options.

Old laptop

The cheapest option, but only if you have a spare. It doesn't need that much grunt. You definitely want to check how much power it draws however. It'll be on 24/7 and the cost of that can mount up.

Raspberry Pi (or other single board computer)

This is a good "play around" option. It's one of the cheapest choices as well. Unfortunately, Pis can become a bit unstable down the line.

NUC, or other mini PC. The small mini PCs are my preferred recommendation. They are powerful enough to do more complex tasks, but power efficient enough to not be problematic. They are also a lot more reliable than the SBCs.

As for other hardware. Z wave is the best, but also more costly. ZigBee is cheaper, and still very functional. WiFi does the job, but needs a bit more planning. I personally use a mix of ZigBee and WiFi.

If you're buying WiFi hardware, I would try and focus on esp based options (ESP8266, ESP8285, or ESP32). You can replace the firmware in these, with either Tasmota, or ESPhome. I personally use sonoff and/or athom hardware, but there are plenty of other options.

This might help finding appropriate hardware.

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The question is, would the 2nd head be an independent personality, trapped inside the horse, or an extension of the outer horse's senses?

You just reminded me of the bit where they discover that fucking with causality is BAD.

spoiler

The poor scientist who is the only one who remembers their friend existed. As well as the lead who is left wondering how many scientists he accidentally killed.

I do love how the side effects (leaking improbability) were critical to the story making any plausible sense.

Throw in bistro-mathematics as an alternative star drive.

What genres are you looking in?

For building games, factorio, or satisfactory absolutely blow away anything from yesteryear. There are similar games in many genres.

It's worth noting that some genres saturated a while back. FPS type games have been optimised to the limits for a while. It's difficult to make something new and interesting in that environment.

It's also worth noting that shovelware production has been industrialised, particularly in mobile gaming. Companies pump out mass numbers of games, that are basically reskins of each other. They are entirely focused on $$$ rather than making good games. They are predatory to the extreme, and water down the market further in the areas they attack.

It's definitely a product of its time. Some of the humour has become a bit dated, but it still holds up well, as a low budget production.

That's exactly what I do. I also have IoT devices that are still trucking along a decade later. I fully expect them to likely do a decade more.

Both Tasmota and ESPhome provide open source firmware for many IoT devices. They throw up a local API interface that other systems can talk to. Providing legacy support is as hard as using HTML put and get commands.

It's more the power that can be applied. Most people capable of getting a pedal bike up to those speeds also know how to read the road for safety. Even then, bikes can basically disintegrate in a (initially) minor accident.

A powered bike is capable of destroying itself if misused.

Fully agreed on that. It generally only comes out when explaining the rule, in the moment, will either cause compounding issues, or is unfeasible. I've also used it once or twice, while running near my own mental limits.

As a parent now myself, I've used the "because I said so" line.

I have a personal rule however. When I've used it, I make a point to sit down and explain why. It might be after we have all cooled off, or after the stress is gone.

It gives them a sense of what went wrong. In the moment, they also know they will get an explanation eventually. Lastly, it keeps me honest. No using it because I can't explain in a way that doesn't make me look bad.

It's worth noting, parenting is HARD. Our generation at least has the advantage of modern information and science. The generations before us were stuck with hearsay and hope. Recognise their mistakes, but try not too judge them too harshly for them.

Proviso of this is that, globally, politicians grow a spine, along with a sense of morality, and long term planning. It would also require them to deal with the money hoarding issues with the hyper rich.

The first step is a massive push for renewables. They should be representing 200-500% of grid demand regularly. If nuclear can get up to speed and be part of this, great, but we can't wait on it.
That excess power should be soaked up by large scale, portable, energy storage. Green hydrogen is the current best option, but synthetic fossil fuels could also take up the slack. Depending on the area, desalination could also be combined into this.
We seriously decarbonise the transport networks. For vans and smaller, electric vehicles win. BYD have demonstrated that low cost electric cars are viable. For larger vehicles, where electric becomes inefficient, hydrogen is viable. This is where a lot of the excess hydrogen will be going.
Carbon credits with teeth. Rather than relying on a planned economy mindset, we can make capitalism work for us. We need a global fixed carbon emission limit. This limit should trend towards net zero on a preset timetable. Credits are bid on, akin to stock market trades. Companies must have credits by the end of the year/period. The fine for not having credits should be a multiple of the closing credits price (10x?). The fine for falsification should be multiples of that, erring towards corporate execution levels.

This will force easy savings out of the market quickly. It will then force compulsory emitters to factor in Carbon costs.

Combined with the carbon credits will be negative credits. If a group takes a ton of CO² out of the air, long term, they gain a new credit. They can sell this to emitters. This will provide the CO² emissions industry requires, while meeting net zero.

An example of this might be large scale bio capture on the open ocean. Grow seaweed etc on pontoons, and turn it into a solid. This can then be locked up (old coal mines?) taking carbon out permanently.

Geo engineering. There are multiple methods of reducing incident sunlight on the earth. Everything from powders in the upper atmosphere, to mylar solar shades at the Lagrange point. They will be short term fixes, but will buy us time.

None of these require massive reductions in quality of life. They do require changes in how we do things. It's also worth noting that I've not covered the numerous problems to be solved e.g. power grid upgrades to account for renewables. None of these should be insurmountable however, just engineering, or political/policing challenges.

An no, I've no fucking idea how to get politicians to grow a spine and do what's required for our long term comfort/survival. Fixing the planet? That's just a (really big) engineering problem. Fixing human nature? ...Fuck knows.

Latin is used BECAUSE it is dead. It means the terms don't drift. It also lets the names/terms be a descriptive as necessary.

Asking a doctor to memorise some Latin words is a lot easier and less error prone than a sea of acronyms.

Unfortunately, it's more like cancer. It will spontaneously appear. Without continuous vigilance it will eventually get you.

The world needs to deal with the current acute outbreak, then work out preventative measures, for the long term.

Unfortunately it's not a cure. It's a treatment.

It's a chronic condition requiring continuous treatment. If you let up, it comes right back.

Keep up your meds people.

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How long after starting Vitamin D supplements should you notice results?

I do this

British plugs

British plugs

Jeopardy wall calendar pretending that the coastline paradox doesn't exist

Helpful fact

A noob looking to find hardware for a first time HA setup.

When your vibe code works, but it has no right to

What is your favorite version of FTL in science fiction?

What is your favorite version of FTL in science fiction?

Why are todays pc and mobile games so bad?

What movie did you love that had a stupid plot but the execution was excellent?

Logitech will brick its $100 Pop smart home buttons on October 15 - Ars Technica

There is a limit how much power the pedal assist of an e-Bike is allowed to provide. There is no limit though on how strong the exoskeletton is that you use on a regular bike.

Do you agree?

Do you agree?

How would you propose we actually combat climate change?

Why don't they have simpler names for brain disorders, where perhaps even the person suffering the disorder might be able to remember the term themself?

It's 99.9% effective at reducing fascism!

It's 99.9% effective at reducing fascism!

Robot Lawnmowers

What are your jokes for younger children?

Low cost Zigbee GU10s via Ikea (UK)

The beans have been consumed! The golden lemming of Lemmy has arisen!