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[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 day ago

You don't execute C source files. They have to be compiled.

First point as someone else commented, that driver is already present in any mainstream kernel. It's very unlikely you have any need to build it.

But if you really want to build it the command will be make that will get instructions from Makefile on how to build the driver. But there will be other tools and libraries needed.

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Well all conventional air conditioners are strictly heat pumps, but when we say heat pump everyone usually means bi-directional heat pumps - ones that can provide heating as well as cooling. My Amazon results are not that and I was recently reading about them coming to market starting at $2k.

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Same. I'm a little embarrassed that I have little idea what it's like. Last one I used daily was Windows 7. But then I wonder

how convenient it all was and how was missing so many things

What are these things I'm missing?

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I feel like this is well named (run as user 0) so then I'm wondering what else you dislike and what you think would be improvements?

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Where? My $300 U shaped window AC is modern quiet, tidy and efficient, but I was reading about window heat pumps being $2-3k.

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 week ago

Yeah, the whole observation needed the adjective American.

Long so I noticed US soaps we're all wealthy people being miserable, while British soaps were all working class people being miserable, but Australian soaps were all working-class people being happy (after resolving some minor difficult situation).

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 week ago

hands touching the wall

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What about a lightweight variant like Lubuntu or Xubuntu? 4Gb should be usable for a lot of things.

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah, why can't they just quietly trudge towards our own extinction with resignation like the rest of us, instead of making a fuss.

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 3 weeks ago

I'm not triggered by any of this. I'm not sure why my thinking the question is inane would count as "being triggered".

Upvotes does not necessarily mean people agree with OP’s stance.

It should mean they think it's a useful/interesting question and I think it very much is not. It's just someone whining that it doesn't look like something they're used to and a bunch of very patient people generously leading them through the very basics of the language that's well covered in many introductory tutorials - as such it makes it all a waste of time and worthy of being buried.

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 3 weeks ago

We can't imagine anything but unfettered capitalism, so onward we go to our own destruction!

 

This is my rescued Marin Hamilton, that over the years has evolved into a modern take on the old English 3-speed. My former commuter was stolen, and at the same time this appeared, broken, rusty, and abandoned on the same office bike rack (coincidence?). I saved it before the office management sent it to the trash, and got it on the road again.

The wheel bearing races were pitted from rusty neglect and I find SS awkward in the urban stop-start, so after a failed experiment with an SRAM Automatix 2-speed hub I fitted a Sturmey Archer 3 speed. 3rd is a single-speed ratio, 1 & 2 are for hills and setting off. It's a sweet setup for my area and usage, and is almost as robust and low maintenance as SS.

A transportation bike needs fenders (Velo Orange Zeppelins - excellent, effective, silent). The original fork rang like a tuning fork on braking no matter what brakes or pads, so I got a $40 Marin fork off Ebay and converted the front to disk, and put on generator lighting at the same time.

And just now it got some luxury new tires - Schwalbe Marathon Supreme 700x50 on the label, but are actually 43mm, in typical Schwalbe fashion. Great tires though - light and fast and grippy and durable and puncture resistant.

It's a fast and comfortable city bomber. I have a little TSDZ2 motor and battery that I fit each year for commuting the hottest summer months, and then in winter it gets studs to get me through the ice and slush. For fairer weather riding I have a very similar derailleur bike and the pair of them get me around nicely.

 

In Cambridge, MA, USA, and nearby communities, bike advocates have made real progress with lanes and paths and general infrastructure. Also the city requires that new builds have a proper bike room. This building was recently gutted and fitted out and this is the bike room today - overloaded, and the building is barely half full... Looks like they will need to find more efficient bike racks!

Meanwhile in a recent commute I was in a queue of 30 bicycles at a light at which about 6-8 cars get through at a time. 10-15 years ago I was one of the few bikes on the roads at any time.

Hats off to the advocates and representatives of the local cities that have made this happen through continuous pressure and work over decades...

 

The lack of keyboard interface on Lemmy is killing me, but really what I want is a good client in Emacs. However, it's beyond my Elisp to design and start such a project, but I could probably help. Anyone on it?

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