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I'm using the basic HTML that I learn, made this simple introduction for , for encouragement for myself and welcome boost :blobsmilehappyeyes:

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Re: Repeated posts

Am I missing something, because it looks to me like these two are identical. If you decide to edit a new post, removing and editing, then re-tooting it is the proper way to go.

It's confusing when we have duplicated threads, @chikara

repeated posts:

qoto.org/web/statuses/10321164

qoto.org/web/statuses/10321165

26 min ago... 27 min ago...

Amazon secretly planned to use facial recognition and Ring doorbells to create neighborhood "watch lists"
boingboing.net/2019/11/27/cybe

Just received this notification, upon logging into our local Forum, the Discourse pages.

😊 :blobsmilehappyeyes:

discourse.qoto.org/t/youre-a-n

Very happy to be here, lots of fun things and interesting people. Glad I found my way to fediverse and to Qoto.org. Thank you!

Just discovered a Canadian source for our hifi cravings. BIG listing of headphone models.

Located in Montréal, Québec. No crossborder fees added.

musicredone.com/collections/st

Black Friday sale on headphones coming in soon now. Listings here: musicredone.com/collections/mo

Including this and other BeyerDynamic models.

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Spent some nice relaxing and quality time last night. Brought down the headphones, connected them to a portable amp and listened to some great music.

Full sized headphones can be wonderful. Some HiFi pron imagery for your Wednesday morning/evening pleasure.

friends don't ask friends to install proprietary software

The original discoverer of Insulin refused to collect patents on the drug due to the vital role the drug played in saving lives. He would be ashamed of this.

"You give a few pot heads a bunch of weed and nothing to smoke out of and they suddenly become engineers. It's amazing."

reddit.com/r/StonerEngineering

With thanks to @salad_bar_breath !

Wonderful Sci-Fi story, read on web 

"Solar Sailing

Light is made of packets of energy called photons. While photons have no mass, they have momentum. Solar sails capture this momentum with sheets of large, reflective material such as Mylar. As photons bounce off the sail, most of their momentum is transferred, speeding up the sail in the direction opposite the bouncing light.

Unlike chemical rockets that provide short, powerful bursts of thrust, solar sails provide continuous, slight thrust and can reach higher speeds over time. Sunlight is free and unlimited, whereas rocket propellant must be carried into orbit and be stored onboard a spacecraft."

The Planetary Society's LightSail project.

planetary.org/explore/projects

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Wonderful Sci-Fi story, read on web 

Just read another news item about the Planetary Society's successful experiment with Solar Sail propelled spacecraft earlier this year.

I love the idea, and fondly recall one of my favourite Arthur Clarke Novels, titled "The Solar Wind", whci I read many years ago.

Searched for it, and found a complete post of the "Sunjammer"short story originally published by Clarke, which was further expanded into the novel.

Read it here and enjoy. 😉

bookzone.boyslife.org/arthur-c

see also: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunjamme

"All spacecraft come with an expiration date: They can only travel as far as the fuel onboard allows.

This is one of the biggest obstacles we face in attempting to explore deep space.

But an experiment spearheaded by the Planetary Society may be a step toward addressing that problem. The group launched a satellite called LightSail 2 on June 25; it's designed to be the first-ever spacecraft propelled solely by sunlight."

businessinsider.com/worlds-fir

@wolfie @georgia @hushroom there are alternatives to capitalism besides central planning-- I recommend @xj9's wiki walkaway.wiki/ if you're looking to sidestep the central planning vs. markets questions and improve communities. 40% of food produced is wasted while people starve, electronics are designed to resist repair, there are plenty of houses but no one can live there-- we're not post-scarcity yet, but austerity is rarely necessary and we can do better.

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