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debating whether to use tig or wire feed welder. wire feed is flux cored so its stinky with fumes, but tig is more of a hassle to move everything around
1951 Admiral Tele-Bar combination Television, Phonograph, AM/FM Radio, and Bar with glasses and locking cabinet. Super cool antique retro console that I've essentially been using as a storage...
kun porukka kyseenalaistaa että "ootko muka oikeesti mielisairas, siivoa huonees ja käy lenkillä" niin mun mielestä sen voisi muuttaa muotoon että "ootko muka oikeesti mielisairas, ota tästä kolme tonnia kuussa ja katsotaan sitten"
Nothing can get between these brothers' sweet bond, not even a bunch of school benches.RELATED VIDEO » Our favorite military reunions of all time https://yo...
"Wenn man zu lange auf Mastodon moderiert, verliert man nicht nur den Glauben in die Menschheit, sondern man vergisst auch, was echte Probleme sind." @ErikUden
Quote: Corporate profits have increased by 29% since the start of the pandemic; grocery prices have risen by almost the same percentage. According to the Groundwork Collaborative, this increase accounts for a large portion of the higher prices we are all paying. By their assessment, as much as 53 cents of every dollar spent can be attributed to corporate profit-taking.
Quote: Corporate profits have increased by 29% since the start of the pandemic; grocery prices have risen by almost the same percentage. According to the Groundwork Collaborative, this increase accounts for a large portion of the higher prices we are all paying. By their assessment, as much as 53 cents of every dollar spent can be attributed to corporate profit-taking.
"Human rights violations emerge in Syria amid shifting power dynamics", committed by the new rulers now pushed by world "leaders" and their press as jolly nice fellows and some delisted as terrorists even as new atrocities are documented, clearly for political purposes as those of the world political elite compete over which will grab overlordship over the new rulership in Syria npasyria.com/en/119713/
By Muhammad al-QadiQAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The presence of fighters affiliated with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and the widespread distribution of weapons and armed individuals in various areas of Damascus has become a routine sight.On Dec.8,
Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Wuthering Heights will be released in theaters on February 13, 2026. Starring Margot Robbie & Jacob Elordi as Catherine & Heathcliff. inbella.com/805143/emerald-fen… #PopCulture #SeriousGossips #TV&Movies🎬🍿
Emerald Fennell's adaptation of Wuthering Heights will be released in theaters on February 13, 2026. Starring Margot Robbie & Jacob Elordi as Catherine & Heathcliff. - INBELLA
Wal-Mart grocery shipping result: -Items being cancelled because they don't have it (why isn't it sold out immediately?), don't like that -I don't like that they substituted some items. Thankfully it was just the tubed yogurt, and only to another flavor. Sure, whatever. But if it happens and they substitute it to another brand entirely, that's bad because of my allergies -They fucked up the pasta sauce, it was another flavor and I sent a request for refund. Guess I'll have to try it now because today is spaghetti day -I got an entire bag of groceries I didn't ask for. Canned tomato sauce, canned corn and tim horton coffee ground. Guess I'll give it to my parents
In one of the final reports of this #PCAST, we have released a report on strengthening groundwater resilience in the US. Groundwater is an important resource for agriculture, drinking water, and industry, but many aquifers are being depleted faster than their natural recharge. Our knowledge of the precise state of these aquifers is quite incomplete. While the management of groundwater resources is primarily the responsibility of state, local, and tribal governments, we have some recommendations for ways in which the federal government can assist, in particular in creating a centralized effort to collect both federal and non-federal data, models, analysis and research on groundwater resources, and to support research on more sustainable uses of these resources. The press release is at whitehouse.gov/pcast/briefing-… and the report can be found at whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uplo…
The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) has released a new report addressing America’s groundwater resources. Groundwater is central to the health, security, and economic vitality of communities across the United States.
well, this concern could be legitimate if the quantum computing is actually effective realiry. But if you can break the encryption for bitcoin, you can break the encryption for every bank and any financial institution in the world plus the governments.
A recent court ruling stemming from Sean Spicer's dismissal could empower Trump to fire any Biden appointee. Discover how this legal precedent may reshape the political landscape.
Filmmaker Joel Gilbert uncovers the true story of the shooting of Trayvon Martin that divided America. By examining his 750-page phone records, Gilbert discovers the key witness in the trial of George Zimmerman, Rachel Jeantel, was a fraud. Gilbert locates Trayvon's real girlfriend, Diamond Eugene, who actually was on the phone with Trayvon in his final minutes, and exposes the epic hoax.
Uncover the shocking details of how the Biden administration failed to protect U.S. citizen Gonzalo Lira, ultimately leading to his tragic death in a Ukrainian prison. Read more to learn the full story.
Came across another great podcast episode while restoring my web-site. I interviewed @pluralistic about his first crowd funded publishing experiment, the short story collection, *With a Little Help*.
yesterday marked a huge day in with the development of exigy - a design feature i've had stashed in the back of my head for years, but haven't had the programming expertise to take advantage of it: loading code into existing objects at runtime.
this was the reason I chose Lua for building the engine/tooling day one: it has several functions that allow runtime inclusion and compilation of new code. it isn't done via any special process or hacky code injection - it uses all the same functions that are used when you require/include external scripts at compile time.
so as of today, exigy is capable of doing the one thing i wanted that no other game toolkit/engine does well: let me fiddle around with code while the game is running, and seeing what happens when the code changes, *without* recompiling.
thank you to @ThreeOhFour who introduced me to the exceptionally weird Else Heart.Break(). it was the realtime in-game code editor in that game that led to this IDE design feature. below: screenshot from Else Heart.Break()
the man Biden granted clemency ruined scores of children’s lives by sentencing them to juvenile prison, for which he received millions of dollars in kickbacks.
this is the kind of person the Democrats go to bat for. not people like you or me.
A new report by UK #NGO #Airwars has extensively analysed all available data about the victims of 606 "incidents of civilian harm" (mainly Israeli airstrikes) that were recorded in #Gaza over the first 25 days of the escalation back in October 2023.
The newly published report found that a minimum of 5,137 civilians were confirmed killed in the strikes. (There were likely considerably more whose bodies were never recovered, or who have subsequently died of their injuries, or who have died due to the collapse of the healthcare system that began in these strikes). The victims included over 1,900 children, a toll for children around seven times greater than any previous month of warfare anywhere in the world analysed by Airwars (which was established in 2014). Gaza is by far the most intense and deadly conflict for civilians over this period.
Out of all those confirmed killed in the 606 incidents analysed in the report, Airwars found the number of #Palestinian militants (Hamas or otherwise) was between 30 and 58, meaning combatants were only 0.6%–1.1% of all deaths (=98.9–99.4% civilian death rate for these airstrikes).
This data does not point to a military that is attempting to limit civilian casualties, rather than opposite.
According to often cited claims, Hamas alone had around 30,000 militants at the start of Oct 2023, representing approximately 1.3% Gaza's population.
So if you took a random sample of 5,000 people in #Gaza at that point, you would have picked more #Hamas militants than the Israeli military managed to target in hundreds and hundreds of airstrikes.
The #Airwars report includes a detailed explanation of their methodology and links to their full dataset, and is available for free here: gaza-patterns-harm.airwars.org….
@heretical_i @palestine I am citing a wide-quoted figure of 30,000 Hamas combatants, without intending to comment on its accuracy.
My point is that if you take that claim at face value (made repeatedly by Israeli military and political figures and cited endlessly in Western media) then you would expect that a random sample of 5,000 people in Gaza in early Oct 2023 would contain a minimum of ~1.3% people who might be considered combatants.
So the fact that this report found that these 606 incidents of civilian harm killed a far lower proportion of combatants than that shows that the Israeli military are either utterly atrocious at targeting, or are not really targeting combatants at all. The latter would be completely unsurprising to anyone who had been paying attention to the scores of examples of Israeli political and military leaders making outright genocidal statements during this period.
@heretical_i @palestine Yes, I agree. And this report brings mountains of evidence to demonstrate (once again) just how comprehensively that is true, and has been all along.
And it's important to have this kind of analysis because I suspect that there will come a day when western media and political elites seek to distance themselves from their full-throated support for this genocide, and one predictable line of (false) argument would be to say that the escalation of Israeli violence from the 7th October was initially targeted against the perpetrators of various war crimes, and only later devolved into genocide and ethnic cleansing, hence western support for this violence was also initially justifiable. But that will be a(nother) lie, because there was little attempt made by Israeli political and military figures to hide their genocidal intentions from the outset, and because the pattern of civilians harms documented in this report show definitively what was possible to grasp simply from looking at pictures of the devastating intense bombing campaign that began on 7th October: namely, that their stated intentions were being put into horrific reality.
Streaming now at https://abc7chicago.com/watch/live/11064984/.President-elect Donald Trump said Friday he's in favor of eliminating daylight saving time. FUL...
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Friendly reminder that disagreeing with someone's opinion does not necessarily mean it breaks a rule. Stop spamming Fedi reports for not standing someone disagreeing with you. Grow up.
I guess the truth about Jan 6 just needed to keep together until Biden was reëlected or Harris was installed because it's all complete and utter bollocks. > A Day in the Life of Harry Dunn: Part One — A Leisurely Pace | The Truth About January 6 youtube.com/watch?v=PR403PdISF…
Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn continues to make national headlines, while Congress and the Department of Justice ignore questions about the truthf...
The Vatican faces an unprecedented financial crisis, with donations plummeting and pension funds at risk. Discover how Pope Francis' leadership may be reshaping the Church’s future.
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Open-source Windows and Office activator featuring HWID, Ohook, KMS38, and Online KMS activation methods, along with advanced troubleshooting. - massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts
Leaked internal documents show that the insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy. Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
I have a friend and two relatives with 5 autistic children between them and I've seen the excellent results from these kinds of programs (and, unfortunately, the poor results of not using them). It's shocking, yet at the same time not shocking, that an organization as evil as UnitedHealthcare would limit access, which will result in lifetime limitations to those denied.
Hate the word but just been out with a few of my ‘normie’ friends, a few I’ve known from primary (elementary) school. God help me, I’m trying so hard but people are blind beyond belief. It’s incredible the job THEY’VE done on us.
The rules are literally "Hitler." I had a friend who I was meeting for coffee bump into a mutual "friend" on the way into the place, wherein the mutual friend called me Hitler and then he subsequently came in and told me what he just said. I saw it go down 25 ft away.
Another friend (in the club) and I became more than acquaintances when he reached the threshold with some old friends. Had an IRL Mr Hitler's Anti-vaxxer club going on during the pandemic for a while.
Oh and I forgot, the friend who came over to tell me about the other guy is a jew. We had a good laugh over washed up feminized old white men talking gossip trash thinking the rest of us give a shit.
The Israeli army is preparing to deploy automated, remotely monitored machine guns to protect illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, Israeli Army Radio reported on 15 December.
🍕 Deep Hamburger Sausage & Pepperoni Pie - this is a pizza lover's dream! 🍕
Ingredients: 1 lb ground beef 1 cup Italian sausage, crumbled 1 cup pepperoni slices 1 medium onion, chopped 1 green bell pepper, chopped 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese 1 cup marinara sauce 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon black pepper 1 package (2.5 oz) refrigerated pizza crust (or homemade dough)
Directions:
Preheat the Oven: Preheat your oven to 400°F (200°C). Grease a deep-dish pie pan or pizza pan with cooking spray or olive oil.
Cook the Meats: In a large skillet over medium heat, brown the ground beef and Italian sausage until fully cooked. Drain excess fat. Add the chopped onion and green bell pepper to the skillet, cooking until softened, about 5 minutes. Season with garlic powder, Italian seasoning, salt, and black pepper.
Prepare the Pizza Crust: Roll out the refrigerated pizza crust on a floured surface to fit the size of your pan. Press the dough into the bottom and up the sides of the pan, ensuring an even thickness.
Assemble the Pie: Spread half of the marinara sauce over the crust. Layer the cooked meat mixture evenly over the sauce, followed by the pepperoni slices. Sprinkle the shredded mozzarella cheese on top, then add the remaining marinara sauce.
Bake: Bake in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes or until the cheese is bubbly and golden brown, and the crust is cooked through.
Serve: Let the pie cool for a few minutes before slicing. Serve hot, garnished with fresh herbs if desired. Enjoy your hearty Deep Hamburger Sausage & Pepperoni Pie!
Solvent-based gravure printing inks consist of pigments, resins, additives, and a significant amount of solvents, making the ink relatively thin. The drying process of solvent-based gravure inks is volatile, which makes them suitable for printing on paper, films, aluminum foil, and other materials. Given that gravure printing presses operate at high speeds and deposit a thick ink layer, it is essential to understand the impact of ink properties like thixotropy, flowability, viscosity, and drying speed on print quality. This knowledge is crucial for enhancing the quality of printed materials.
Thixotropy Thixotropy refers to the change in the flow properties of ink under the influence of external forces. Specifically, it is the phenomenon in which a suspension or dispersion thins when stirred and thickens again when left undisturbed.
Generally, high-quality inks have low thixotropy, allowing them to be used directly on the press without special treatment. However, inks without thixotropy tend to experience sedimentation, which is not ideal. In general, white, yellow, and cyan inks have low thixotropy, while magenta and black inks exhibit higher thixotropy.
The thixotropy of inks is influenced by the following factors:
Properties of the Pigment: For example, carbon black pigments treated with ozone have significantly lower thixotropy compared to untreated ones.
Pigment Particle Size: Smaller pigment particles result in lower thixotropy, while larger particles cause higher thixotropy.
Pigment Quantity: Larger amounts of pigment can cause coagulation between pigment molecules, which increases thixotropy.
Molecular Weight of the Resin: Inks with high molecular weight resins but low n-heptane values tend to have higher thixotropy, and vice versa.
Pigment Wettability: Inks with better wettability of pigments generally have lower thixotropy. Some ink manufacturers pre-disperse pigments in the production of black inks to improve wettability and reduce thixotropy. For solvent-based gravure printing inks, an appropriate level of thixotropy is required. If thixotropy is too high, the ink may exhibit poor leveling, viscosity control issues, and can result in printing defects like mottle or orange peel. If thixotropy is too low, dot gain may increase, causing text and lines to appear thicker.
Flowability The flowability of solvent-based gravure printing inks is a comprehensive reflection of factors such as relative density, viscosity, thixotropy, and cohesion. To achieve optimal flowability, the ink must have suitable viscosity, good pigment wettability, and a balanced pigment concentration, while minimizing thixotropy.
When testing the flowability of ink, aside from measuring its flow time using a #4 or Zahn #3 cup, the amount of ink remaining on the cup wall compared to the amount that flowed out is also important. With a fixed viscosity, the smaller the ratio of retained ink to flowing ink, the better the flowability.
If the ink’s flowability is poor, printing faults such as uneven ink transfer or print defects are likely to occur.
Viscosity Viscosity in solvent-based gravure inks is closely related to flowability, and maintaining the correct viscosity is key to ensuring effective ink transfer. Although many factors, such as resin type, ink adhesion, printing speed, pressure, substrate material, and environmental conditions, influence ink transfer, viscosity remains a critical factor. The relationship between viscosity and transfer rate is depicted in the diagram below.
Factors affecting viscosity in solvent-based gravure inks include:
Viscosity of the Resin Solution: Higher resin viscosity increases ink viscosity, and vice versa.
Pigment-Resin Compatibility: If pigments react with the resin and cause coagulation, the ink’s viscosity increases.
Solvent and Dispersant Compatibility: If solvents dilute the dispersants at any ratio, the ink’s viscosity will decrease.
Temperature: Lower temperatures increase ink viscosity, while higher temperatures reduce it. Low viscosity in solvent-based gravure inks can result in issues such as pinholes, uneven color coverage, rough patches, or poor adhesion, leading to print defects. On smooth surfaces, ink adhesion may be weak, and on paper substrates, powdering or flaking may occur.
Conversely, high viscosity can cause issues like scratching, color bleeding, plate flooding, and “orange peel” defects.
Conclusion In the design and production of solvent-based gravure printing inks, it is crucial to select compatible pigments, resins, and solvents to achieve the desired initial viscosity. Printers should use appropriate solvent blends, preferably provided by the original ink manufacturer, to adjust the ink to its optimal “working viscosity” for printing. This ensures high-quality printed results.
Furthermore, ink viscosity is also influenced by printing speed. Typically, faster printing speeds require lower ink viscosity to achieve optimal ink transfer.
Solvent-based gravure printing inks are volatile inks, meaning that when solvents evaporate from the wet ink film, it transitions from liquid to solid. The rate at which solvents evaporate directly affects the drying speed of the ink.
In designing and manufacturing solvent-based gravure printing inks, a mix of medium, low, and high boiling-point solvents is typically chosen to meet drying requirements. Incorrect resin selection, low softening points, poor solvent release from resins, or excessive high-boiling solvents can slow down solvent evaporation and result in residual solvent in the cured ink film.
When formulating solvent-based gravure printing inks, resins are typically selected first, followed by solvents. Solvents with similar solubility parameters to the materials being dissolved tend to dissolve more easily and evaporate faster. However, the presence of pigments reduces solvent evaporation rates, especially if the pigments are large.
Additionally, environmental factors such as higher ambient temperature, lower relative humidity, and faster air circulation increase the evaporation rate of solvents.
Common printing issues caused by improper drying include:
Ink drying too quickly at certain printing speeds can cause plate flooding, scratching, ink whitening, poor gloss, and leveling issues.
In multi-color printing, slow drying can result in roller adhesion or ink smearing during the next printing station, leading to print defects. The evaporation rate of solvents in ink depends not only on their boiling point, vapor pressure, and latent heat of evaporation but also on factors such as printing environment temperature, relative humidity, air flow, and ink layer thickness. Therefore, ink solvent evaporation rates should be adjusted based on varying conditions.
Under normal production conditions, if ink dries too quickly, slow-drying diluents should be added. If ink dries too slowly, fast-drying diluents should be used. Where possible, printing environments should be controlled between 18-25°C, with relative humidity kept below 65% to stabilize ink performance.
In a surprising move, Minnesota Satanists have installed their inaugural holiday display at the State Capitol. Discover the implications of this provocative statement of faith and freedom.
I didn't escalate, by asking him if he understood that the long term consequence is a doubling or tripling of rapes in the European larger cities, and if it was worth it.
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@hannu_ikonen I wish she’d break away from the party, declare it dead, and take the reigns of a new party. She’d bring everyone under 60 with her, give hope to the millions of true-Left Americans who have given up on and abandoned this system, and we could finally, mercifully bury the old guard that brought this country to the ruinous state it’s in now.
A gun-toting female teenage student at a Christian school in Madison, Wis., shot dead another teen pupil and a teacher there Monday morning, according to police and the AP.
Although async #Rust can be confusing, I must say it has some nice features that I miss when using other languages.
For example, if I want to do a compound async operation (like fetching a web page over HTTP) but cancel it if it's taking too long, in Rust this is trivial—just race it against a timer, and drop it if the timer wins. When a future is dropped, any async operations it owns are cancelled.
In the other languages I've seen, this is difficult if not impossible.
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