overzeetop

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[–] overzeetop 20 points 10 months ago (6 children)

That seems unlikely. It would be hard to imagine that the total costs of planting and raising a movie-set quality corn field with industry labor rates would cost less than the returns on a 500 ac harvest of (I’m presuming) silage-quality corn.

[–] overzeetop 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] overzeetop 5 points 10 months ago

I’m pretty sure that middle bit is like a springform pan. The handle is not solid - you squeeze it to make it sit in the waffle maker but when you remove it, it opens a bit to release. I have no room for this in my kitchen but am intensely intrigued. I might buy a new house so I can get a bigger kitchen and have a place for this.

[–] overzeetop 4 points 10 months ago

That puts a smile on my face.

[–] overzeetop 1 points 10 months ago

I'm with you. As an engineer, I know a sprinkler works through the transition of potential energy (pressure) to kinetic energy (water jet) and the the law of momentum requires an opposite reaction to the ejected water. For the opposite you would still have the energy of the pump and the momentum of water which must change direction through the flow. OTOH, also as an engineer, I know that there are some effects we ignore or intentionally discount as being insignificant to "real world" applications. Depending on the application, 10% error may be more than close enough, or 0.1% might be. It's rare that anything beyond the third significant digit affects something an engineer would care about, but physicists deal almost exclusively in those fine differences (having worked with them) and weird things really do happen.

[–] overzeetop 2 points 10 months ago

What's worse is when you think there's a discussion starting because it's "hot" and there's a comment thread started...only to find that the only comment in the body is the summary bot.

[–] overzeetop 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've yet to find a modern use for usenet as I'm not in the habit of downloading everything as it comes out, nor of looking for content within a few days of release. Often I'm looking for 2-5 year old content or back catalog, and usenet has been a uniform landscape of incompletes, even with two blocks on independent providers (or they were when I bought the data blocks).

[–] overzeetop 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It’s a link bot. the Reddit refugees felt it necessary to write bots to link spam lemmy so it felt busy here.

[–] overzeetop 59 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Prime used to mean something. Guaranteed 2 day shipping with no minimum for no extra charge. $5 for next day shipping. Then next day disappeared. Then the 2 day guarantee disappeared. Then delivery times were in the 3-5 day range for most things. Then, in my university town, around the time of students returning to school for terms it would be 1-2 weeks. I’m not paying an ever increasing annual fee for that.

[–] overzeetop 3 points 10 months ago

Maybe, but PR2V8T6 is harder to say. I wouldn’t buy it. 😉

[–] overzeetop 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It’s not the regulations, generally. Hotels are simply more cost effective for corporate management and ROI. If you want to make 20-25% a year you maximize units and minimize land expense and labor to manage. That it costs $10-30M is not a barrier to entry for a large corporation. AirBnB is less profitable but has substantially lower barriers to entry, especially if you lie about owner occupied status (which nearly all do when starting it).

The regulatory angle only really gets put in play because the land is cheaper due to improper zoning (residential is less expensive than commercial) and if the owners are dodging taxes.

[–] overzeetop 19 points 10 months ago

The best part is that it makes enough for friends to share.

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by overzeetop to c/awardtravel
 

You must go to https://www.southwest.com/loyalty/myaccount/promotions.html then log in and register your account to get the double points credit.

 
 

With credit to https://wayfarershaven.eu/post/12294 (for which I don't know how to crosspost/link across fediverse images)

Of particular interest is that not only will the 100ml limitation per-container go away, but the total liquid volume will increase to 2L. Plus your e-devices can stay in your bag. I would love to see this propagate to the US's TSA and the EU/EEA (and the rest of the world).

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Movin’ on up! (self.insta360)
submitted 2 years ago by overzeetop to c/insta360
 

I just got my One 360 which will replace the X3 I’ve owned for a little over 8 months. Tried it out in my kitchen with Matterport and it worked flawlessly. I’m excited about the better low light performance and scared shitless I’m going to scratch a lens.

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Help Wanted! (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by overzeetop to c/a_cappella
 

Get involved in post-collegiate a cappella by helping others get involved and connecting groups to arrangers! If you have an interest, drop Andrew an email. Thanks!

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Does it really need one? (self.lemmyshitpost)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by overzeetop to c/lemmyshitpost
 

The definition of a shoestring budget is pretty personal so if you love to travel and aren't independently wealthy this is the place. Ask questions, share resources and tips, keep the self-promotion to a minimum.

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