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https://earthtoveg.com/chinese-hawthorn-candy-haw-leather/

The Chinese Hawthorn is used in a few snacks. I really like the fruit leather you can buy in Asian supermarkets. My math teacher from High School got me interested in both math and Chinese snacks, and it was really nice to see him get excited about sharing both with us. It'd probably work with American haw berries too - but the pitting would be a lot of extra work as they are smaller.

Comment · 2 years ago
I was curious whether handling them directly is a good idea. There's some guidance here: https://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/meteorite-falls/how-to-handle-mete...

Try not to handle any freshly fallen meteorites with your bare hands! Oils and microbes from your skin will slowly degrade the surface of a meteorite, dulling the fusion crust, contaminating the meteorite, and promoting rust. The contamination aspect is especially important for carbonaceous meteorites and other uncommon types.

Comment · 2 years ago
You're not wrong - they do that.

Have a look at https://thekitepower.com/products/ There's a diagram of the flight path and power generation over the cycles.

The flight path on the way out is much much longer going cross wind in figure 8s. On the pull back in it's a direct path back in, and it looks the kite shifts to point back at the base station more so there's a ton less resistance than on the way out.

Comment · 3 years ago
I have fond memories of Dick Smith. My dad bought my first soldering iron, along with some soldering projects (I remember the FM Wireless Microphone from here https://ia801002.us.archive.org/3/items/dicksmithsfunwayinto... ). You could tell the people creating the kits were really keen to share their love of electronics.

You could buy loose components out of trays, and it seemed like they had a bunch more unusual adapters and gadgets that wouldn't interest a typical consumer. But they gradually became just a retailer for big brand items.

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Comment · 5 years ago
Can confirm. Went on a trip NZ->UK and was fascinated. They're so twitchy, fast and inquisitive, and so furry. They are legitimately as interesting to watch to me as almost any zoo animal.
Comment · 5 years ago
You can add the CSS rule "filter: grayscale(100)" to the body if it helps. I have no idea how black and white monitors worked though, I would guess they'd have less than 8 bits of brightness info?
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Comment · 5 years ago
How huge is the latency? It's using Elk Audio OS, claiming 1ms roundtrip. I doubt this usage gets that low but I wouldn't be surprised if it was doing alright
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Xiaomi has hit 480hz touch sampling with the Mi 11. It looks possible in hardware and in software, someone just has to manage to perfect both in the same phone
Comment · 6 years ago
One nice thing is that in brewing it can be used to generate heat for boiling during brewing rather than converting to electricity first. They mention a furnace but not a generator. 81% of Dutch power is fossil fuel based, if you have an environmental concern about that and it's good press why not.

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