Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town

so, the fatigue limit for a material is the highest amount of stress that can be applied to that material for an infinite number of cycles without breaking.

aluminium has no such limit. every time you apply even a TINY bit of stress to it, you are contributing towards it eventually completely failing.

so you know how the cybertruck has a cast aluminium subframe that the towing hitch is attached to?

did you know that aluminium has no fatigue limit?

the final report on the train collision that occurred on the Gdynia Główna station on October 5th, 2023

the cause of the crash has been determined to be one of the train drivers failing to act on a shunting signal with the "Stop" aspect, due to fatigue in the **12th hour of a night shift**, and time pressure caused by an unplanned need to refuel the diesel train

"the authorities are in agreement on the causes of the crash. that's why we're prosecuting the train driver responsible"

yet again the industry is in denial about systemic factors, because proper fixes would require systemic changes they cannot afford. but they can afford to be in denial about this. they have a scapegoat, you see

@rynek_kolejowy_bot

RE: https://pol.social/@rynek_kolejowy_bot/114144496782281502

Liberals make me angrier than conservatives do.

With conservatives, you get what you pay for.

Liberals, on the other hand, will wish literal death on you if their candidate didn't win!

Their support is extremely transactional!

They look at what's happening and say "This is what y'all get!" instead of fighting against unjust systems!

It makes me fucking sick to my stomach!

Dansup (Pixelfed, Loops, and FediDB dev) 's treatment of Hazel, a dev that he excitedly announced was joining the Loops team only to later retract that and publicly berate her, catalogued here - https://dansup-open-letter.github.io/appendix/#behaviour - is gross.

Dansup's treatment of Tobi, one of the GoToSocial devs, and the GTS project in general, recently has also been gross - https://mastodon.art/@welshpixie/113956125906236265

🧵

#pixelfed #loops #fedimeta #dansup #fediadmin

PSA: There seems to be a host of stable #kindle #jailbreak s out there. If you, like me, have an older Kindle lying around, don't let it connect to Amazon for the latest firmware updates. Instead, head over to https://kindlemodding.org/jailbreaking/kindle-models.html and follow the instructions.

Only took a few minutes in my case :3

a heterotechnical relationship is one where your SO doesn't use the same OS

The still lingering effects & patterns of the #COVID pandemic - 5 years on.

(via NYTimes)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/09/upshot/covid-lockdown-five-year-charts.html

My mom accidentally referred to cryptocurrency as “kleptocurrency” this morning and I think I’m going to call it that from now on! 🤑

#BlackMastodonAllies

I see a lot of negative mental health posts from time to time (and no, I’m not subposting at anyone in particular, nor do I believe this is a “bad thing”! 💜) and I wish I could just say;

You’re good
You’re enough

and give them all a hug.

Life can be really tough, sometimes for a very long time, but it can also be beautiful and filled with simple joy.

So the little hug emoji (🫂) I sometimes reply with, please know it means a lot more. You are good enough.

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The wires ended up not working very well - however, they did inspire a slightly different solution. Instead of wires, I now fill up the slots with a solid layer - but only a *single* layer, instead of the full height, which is just enough to provide extra rigidity.

I've also slightly increased the thickness of the whole thing again, because it was bending at the hooks too much, risking breakage under weight. I've also modified the end hooks a bit; they are now actually hook-shaped, and thinner in some non-critical places.

The end result is a plastic cost of 1.65 meters; only slightly higher than the empty-slot version, which was about 1.55 meters. The original design was 3 meters!

The design seems about perfect now; the hooks only engage with the rim of the bin once it's under weight and the hooks are pulled towards it, whereas without weight there's enough margin that you can take off the whole net without getting stuck on that rim.

And it's working quite well with some stuff stacked on top of it! And a lot more stable than my previous corner design :)

I've been wondering, where *does* this idea come from that you need to show up with thousands of people for a protest to be 'meaningful' or 'effective'?

You only need a handful of people (like, under 100) to cause unrelenting havoc for a long time and force an organization's hand through direct action.

But to make a significant difference in an election, voting-wise, you need *way more* than a few thousand people, to do it reliably (and it must be reliable, because that's the threat underpinning the protest).

So then what strategy for change does this idea of "thousands of people protesting" serve, exactly?

*Does* it actually serve anyone's strategy?

Honestly, there should just be a tax on disposable packaging. Watch how quickly reusable packaging and refill setups become "cost-competitive".