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withersailorto Weird Wheels@lemmy.world•[REAL, 1850] The Impulsoria, a locomotive powered by four horse's on treadmills.English5·2 years agohttps://www.frrandp.com/2021/02/the-impulsoria.html
Other than one prototype unit, however, the locomotive was never produced. By 1850, steam was clearly king, and any horse-powered railways outside of streetcar operations were on the way out. Thus, the Impulsoria became nothing more than a strange curiosity of an early railway engine.
withersailorto Fuck Cars@lemmy.ml•Thought you guys might enjoy my comic for todayEnglish1·2 years agoAlways enjoy a comic. This one is so true!
withersailorOPto World News@beehaw.org•‘Boil in the bag’ environmentally friendly funerals arrive in the UKEnglish1·2 years agoI think that’s because burial uses space. Space is expensive. And we insist on burying people lying down instead of upright.
withersailorOPto World News@beehaw.org•‘Boil in the bag’ environmentally friendly funerals arrive in the UKEnglish1·2 years ago“Boil in the bag. Like sous-vide,” explains one mourner to another. “You get flushed. Down the drain. Out to sea. The end.”
thin, large and sturdy?
Sounds like: garbage bags!
You’d have to buy them too.
I’ve a nylon bag that I found. Packs small, is strong and sturdy. Idk where you buy them though.
withersailorto Australia•National anti-corruption commissioner promises to be 'fearless but fair', revealing 44 complaints already received11·2 years agohttps://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Anti-Corruption_Commission_(Australia)
It will not be able to make a finding of criminality.[30] The NACC will have the power to investigate pork barrelling.[31][23] It will not have the power to sack parliamentarians.[32]
So another toothless tiger, newly born, pending it can bite.
Options are in Settings. Works on Jerboa 0.0.37. Before that it was broken.
withersailorOPto Technology@beehaw.org•Gfycat.com shuts down on September 1 and all Gifs will be taken down - gHacks Tech NewsEnglish3·2 years agoSaving money is my guess. Running it is costing more than it makes. Company shuts it down.
withersailorto ObsidianMD@lemmy.world•Obsidian now has more than 1000 community-plugins!1·2 years agoWow. Seemed like 500 wasn’t too long ago…
withersailorto Technology@beehaw.org•A Look at Bluesky - An overly complicated social networking platformEnglish1·2 years agoI had issues trying to depopulate my timeline. Junk kept showing that I didn’t subscribe too.
withersailorOPto Science@beehaw.org•Static electricity attracts ticks to hosts, scientists findEnglish2·2 years agoHahaha. I imagine the research thinking “I want to zap those blood suckers”. Then experimenting and going “hey, look at that!”
withersailorto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Smash Mouth wasn't lying when he said "the years start coming and they don't stop coming"English3·2 years agoAnd they get faster too.
Idk if the vanced community’s patch is different, but I’ve read a couple of “add your own API key”. They end with: it won’t take much for reddit to break this. Also, even with the new key, other stuff is broken. Not worth the effort IMHO.
Rip the band-aid off now.
due to factors like land clearing and development, three of Australia’s wild macadamia species are considered threatened, and one is endangered. So experts are keen to track down more centuries-old macadamia trees that harbor rare DNA—trees that are likely to exist on “little pockets … on private land and even in people’s backyards and farming land,” Denise Bond, executive officer of Australia’s Macadamia Conservation Trust, tells Nichols.
Land clearing is something Australia excels in.
withersailorOPto Science@beehaw.org•Static electricity attracts ticks to hosts, scientists find1·2 years agoMaybe it could help.
Maybe the earth grounding group are into something?
What about go high to zap them instead?
withersailorto Science@mander.xyz•Computer simulation provides 4,000 scenarios for a climate turnaround1·2 years agoTo be fair, the article doesn’t talk about finding a solution. Just that they now have different simulations on what a decision could mean.
withersailorOPto Science@beehaw.org•Adding a natural molecule to toothpastes and mouthwash may help prevent plaque and cavities2·2 years agoLong way. Takes years from research to market.
The Wikipedia article talked about how well the trials went. I was wondering if any were actually used.