When Canada went metric in the 1970s, it was from Imperial.
Some people still think in it. But we also see a lot of American media, so it's really confusing where Imperial and American are different, especially liquid measures. Is a pint 16 US fluid ounces or 20 Imperial? (The ounces are almost, but not quite, the same)
I updated my WordPress plugin that warns your site's visitors if they don't have an ad-blocker installed.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/detect-missing-adblocker
#wordpress #webdev #WebDevelopment #ads #AdBlocker #OpenWeb #IndieWeb
The existence of the imperial system of measurements makes tool shopping so much more annoying.
Also, nothing more frustrating than flipping over your metric square and finding some useless 25.4mm scale on the other side, because you didn't look close enough when you bought it.
Just drop that shit already.
Ktoś może wyjaśnić, co to urządzenie robi w miejskiej przestrzenie i kto wykorzystuje dane? #panoptykon #Surveillance #wroclaw
Globally we produce A LOT of #energy, but did you know the majority of fossil energy gets wasted? In the US alone, two-thirds of that energy is *wasted* as heat.
As Hannah Ritchie has pointed out, we don’t actually need to produce a low carbon equivalent of all of the coal, oil & gas we currently use.
That means we can decarbonize quickly by being less wasteful & more efficient. #ClimateChange #science
Co obowiązkowo zabrać ze sobą na wycieczkę w góry? @alkospoko #błędneSkały #bledneskaly #dolnyśląsk #dolnyslask
Here in the US it's a common belief that technology will save us from #climatechange. What's usually meant by this is a deus ex machina in the form of bazinga-brained tech like fusion/vat-grown meat/direct-air carbon capture. I contend technology has *already* saved us from climate change. We have all the technology we could ever need to solve this crisis. Ship, rail, solar, wind, biofuels, etc. We just aren't building it. It isn't a technological problem.
They should have renamed #Mastodon to a single letter, but used ⍼ as the letter...
Fun history behind that symbol.
to my #gardening and #permaculture peepz around here. Do you use any software or digital resources for your gardening endeavours, and if so, which ones and why?
Life finds a way. Unless you're a horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) in the forests of Poland and the horse chestnut leaf borer (Cameraria orhidella) kills you.
#ThickTrunkTuesday 🌳
Das Imposante Wurzelwerk eines Urwaldriesen auf #Dominica.
#Fotografie #Photography #Nature #Trees #TreesOfMastodon #TreesOnTuesday
Horizontal transfer is being used for DNA information to be passed not vertically from mother / father genes, but "sideways" transferring a gene, like the astounding slug breed that ACQUIRED photosynthesis, the ability to eat sunlight.
This is another thing, its name not yet famous, of sharing cellular makeup, sharing abilities, shating the organic structures that preform the ability.
Life, supporting life, not even same species. And its built in!
Compassion squared
Through 1 November 2023, we're seeking partners willing to share eDNA metabarcoding datasets to test an experimental tool:
Having established a foundation for sharing DNA-derived data, we've developed a browser based tool aimed at making it easier to publish data through GBIF.
If you:
✅ have DNA metabarcoding data
✅ understand its source and structure
✅ want to extend the reuse and impact of your data
please email us at DNA@gbif.org to signal your interest!
Jest szansa, że przed zimą dokończymy budowę domu i przestaniemy mieszkać jak zwierzęta, ale jedna sprawa jest bardzo trudna do ogarnięcia – gliniane tynki wewnątrz domu. Nie mogę znaleźć nikogo z doświadczeniem na lubelszczyźnie. Znasz kogoś od gliny? Możesz podać dalej? Wszelka pomoc mile widziana.
Od zawsze podobał mi się pomysł zrobienia magazynów energii w starych kopalniach.
Tutaj odkrywkowa.
Żeby było ciekawe, od lat są opracowania dla Bełchatowa czy Turowa... wszystko zwraca się w parę lat.
Może będziesz zorientowana. Czy są w Lewicy - czy to jako posłanki i posłowie, czy jako kandydatki i kandydaci, czy gdzieś indziej w strukturach osoby zorientowane na tematykę cyfryzacji, technologii, ochrony prywatności, danych osobowych, wolnego oprogramowania itp.? Ogólnie "obywatelskiego społeczeństwa cyfrowego"? Na podobnej zasadzie, na jakiej Ty interesujesz się transportem publicznym? Ktoś, do kogo można by się zgłaszać z takimi zagadnieniami? A jeśli tak, to kto?
Living in the #wetlands of #Polesia (also spelled #Polesie) in #EasternPoland. Surrounded by #bogs and #forests, trying not to fuck up surrounding nature too much.
Taking care of a small pack of #dogs – #IdąPsięta.
Luddite working with hi-tech.
#RuralBroadband provider by accident. Starting a small LoRaWAN project to monitor our wetlands. Coding in #Python. Dealing with dirty data, cleaning them when time allows.
#Atheist. I don't *believe* in #science – science is the *only* thing that protects us from belief.
Fuck nazis.
My account on Twitter is still up, for good reasons. https://twitter.com/szescstopni
I check facts before I toot.
I sometimes toot in Polish.
Zdolny, ale leniwy.