el_abuelo

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Call me stupid, but why don't they just charge enough to cover costs and a bit of profit? The current pricing model is broken if you can't run a solar plant profitably.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I wish this worked, but it only does for things that are popular.

As it stands I think I'm just going to have to back up my entire media collection for fear of not being able to get a copy during retirement - when I plan to watch a shit tonne of TV.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

About as consensual as defending yourself from someone punching you in the face.

Sure, you could let them keep punching you in the face...or you could try and stop them.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

We have 2 ceramic water fountains that don't have these problems.

The pump is hard to clean, but it's worth it for the amount of water our little guy drinks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

No downvotes recorded my end. Maybe they miss-pressed? I fat finger the votes all the time.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

I think that's fair. Comets don't appear to move across the sky unless you're observing for a long time...and anyone observing for that long needs a more complex diagram.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Yes. Yes it was.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Ah very interesting, and yes theoretically I believe. Some people are experimenting with other gases due to the price and low availability of Helium.

Rebreathers are becoming a lot more accessible these days and so are making dives much cheaper, but they're still $20k so it takes a while to recoup the cost.

https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argox

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

At a stretch perhaps, but it's more recreational - I liken it to going to visit a castle, or going on a safari.....just underwater!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Most welcome! I can talk endlessly about diving so welcome the question.

I added an edit with some more information incase you're more curious.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (12 children)

Reducing the amount of narcotic gases in your mix so you don't act like a drunk idiot when in a life threatening situation.

Those narcotic gases are nitrogen and oxygen (although there's only so little oxygen you can have....and also only so much!)

Edit: extra info: oxygen and nitrogen are narcotic at depth, nitrogen is better understood and so often we talk about nitrogen narcosis, which tends to start hitting people after about 30m, but each person reacts different and to different degrees at different deaths. I personally notice it at about 50m or so. If I was more relaxed while diving it'd probably hit me sooner.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

As a software person i have to protest at being called out like this. It's the fucking weekend man...stop picking on me for just one damn day.

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