Interesting Stuff You Saw on the I-net Today

[abarbarian]

22 hours ago, zlim said:

I wonder about adults over 70 what our chances are?

 

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"The principles make sense and underscore what we have always known: People need to remain engaged in life, whatever that looks like for them," Petersen said.

 

[V.T. Eric Layton]

1 hour ago, abarbarian said:

People need to remain engaged in life, whatever that looks like for them..

 

I'm thoroughly engaged is being a poverty-stricken hermit... that's what it "looks like" to me.

[Pete!]

On 5/10/2023 at 9:58 AM, zlim said:

Hey Pete, we are not in that age range.

I wonder about adults over 70 what our chances are? Or because we've been hanging when we were 50 to 64.9 are we now covered?

Based on how long we've known each other without ever having met, I think we're "grandfathered".

[abarbarian]

She signed up to live on a cruise ship for three years. Here’s why

 

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The cheapest rooms on the MV Gemini cost around $30,000 per year, including a discount for solo travelers. Lane calculated this cost was manageable, and decided to dive in.

“By midnight that night, I had done enough research that I booked a room,” she says.

Now, Lane is busy preparing for MV Gemini’s November disembarkation. She’s selling most of her possessions, giving up her rental lease and preparing for a long stint at sea.

 

[V.T. Eric Layton]

2 hours ago, abarbarian said:

giving up her rental lease and preparing for a long stint at sea.

 

Yeah.,. NOPE.

[crp]

i dunno, i like microwave reheated coffee of standard quality -

 

[crp]

might be overpriced -

 

[abarbarian]

3 hours ago, crp said:

might be overpriced -

 

 

I'd buy one if I had the loot. Fab invention.

[abarbarian]

US to give away free lighthouses as GPS makes them unnecessary

 

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Ten lighthouses that for generations have stood like sentinels along America’s shorelines protecting mariners from peril and guiding them to safety are being given away at no cost or sold at auction by the federal government.

The aim of the program run by the General Services Administration is to preserve the properties, most of which are more than a century old.

The development of modern technology, including GPS, means li

 

[crp]

On 5/27/2023 at 5:56 AM, abarbarian said:

US to give away free lighthouses as GPS makes them unnecessary

 

 

I don't see how GPS makes lighthouses unnecessary.

[abarbarian]

9 hours ago, crp said:

I don't see how GPS makes lighthouses unnecessary.

 

With all the satellites up in the air and modern electronics you should be able to pinpoint your location anywhere on earth to within several meters at any time. Even if all the ship electronics went west as long as someone had at least one modern phone it should be possible to figure out where it is. Not a 100% method but almost as sure as a man on watch in any weather looking for a flashing light that may or may not be working.

Yet another example of tech taking away folks jobs.

[crp]

If a GPS is off by a few seconds, that could be disastrous. And I don't think it is such a good idea for people to assume that their boat's electricity will always be working flawlessly, even without taking weather conditions into consideration.

 

and lighthouses aren't something that are not setup to have lights that may or may not be working. and they don't have keepers anymore anyway. lighthouses are sophisticated buildings and in places where there is not a good spot to put one where it is needed, lightboats are used.

 

 

[crp]

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-did-chess-pieces-get-their-names

 

Quite the interesting side note "the Spanish term peon also means “farmer,”

[crp]

not the candy bar

https://capturetheatlas.com/milky-way-photographer-of-the-year/

 

[abarbarian]

The house of the future could be built with dirty diapers

 

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Zuraida couldn’t collect dirty diapers from other households during the pandemic, but fortunately, she didn’t have to look far. She washed and disinfected her daughter’s dirty diapers herself and then left them to cure for 28 days, drying them in the sun. She then enlisted a brother’s help to manually shred them with scissors.

This shows that households in rural or low-income areas could potentially replicate this DIY project on their own, she says.

 

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That’s how they found that diapers could displace up to 8 percent of the sand used to make concrete and mortar in a 36-square-meter home (387.5 square feet). That includes 27 percent of the sand used in concrete columns and beams and up to 40 percent of sand used to make mortar for partition walls.

All in all, that home could divert 1.7 cubic meters (60 cubic feet) of diaper waste from landfills. The study doesn’t calculate how much greenhouse gas emissions that could prevent, but landfills emit a potent gas called methane, and diapers are a major source of plastic waste and pollution. The global construction boom has also triggered a looming sand shortage. These problems have only grown with urbanization and population growth, particularly in Indonesia, where this study was conducted.