CompactFlax
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- Comment on Do I need a relay or something else entirely? 6 days ago:
AC and DC are different, and 230V is nearly TWENTY TIMES the rated voltage for the switch (and possibly the lamp you’re using).
I’m all for DIY and experimentation, but this is headed rapidly towards a large incendiary event which insurance may decide they are not going to pay for. Mains voltage is not to be fucked with. There are rules and regulations around how things are built to be allowed on to the market for a reason. I suggest you get a 12V transformer (certified, not from aliexpress) and work from there.
- Comment on Capsicumel 2 months ago:
It’s like Nemiroff but you can drink quantities. I’ll have to try this!
- Comment on What are we doing wrong with our rubber plant? 2 months ago:
Looks like it’s too wet, and/or not sunny enough.
- Comment on "At this rate, why make game art at all?": Nvidia DLSS 5 demands a sale damaging and stock tanking fightback, argues New Blood boss 2 months ago:
As if nvidia and nvidia’s shareholders considers gamers to be customers in 2026.
- Comment on Could waste heat power the Great Lakes region? | The Narwhal 2 months ago:
Two-thirds of the energy generated by the 2,100-megawatt Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, east of Toronto, comes in the form of heat, not electricity. The excess heat is transferred to cooling water that is dumped into Lake Ontario.
It all comes in the form of heat. I think what the author is trying to convey is that only 1/3 of the energy released by the reactor is converted into useful electricity.
- Comment on I love mango 2 months ago:
If it wasn’t so expensive I’d give it a go. I’ve done cider - dead simple - and added fruit to a very light ale but never tried any other fruit. Do you just squeeze mangos?
- Comment on I love mango 2 months ago:
I’m curious what mango tastes like with all the sugar fermented off. I feel like it would be gross but evidently I’m wrong.
- Comment on Those who are hosting on bare metal: What is stopping you from using Containers or VM's? What are you self hosting? 5 months ago:
To me, docker is an abstraction layer I don’t need. VMs are good enough, and proxmox does a good job with LXCs so far.
Why would I spin up a VM and virtual network within that vm and then a container when I can just spin up a VM?
I’ve not spent time learning Docker or k8s; it seems very much a tool designed for a scale that most companies don’t operate at let alone my home lab.
- Comment on Upgrading ungrounded two-prong outlets to grounded three-prong? 8 months ago:
Just want to add a note that flipping the main breaker de-energizes the rails but there will still be hot wires in the panel from the meter box. Exercise caution.
- Comment on Upgrading ungrounded two-prong outlets to grounded three-prong? 8 months ago:
GFCI doesn’t change the fact that there is potentially no ground wire.
- Comment on Upgrading ungrounded two-prong outlets to grounded three-prong? 8 months ago:
The short answer is that there’s a really strong chance that you’ve got 2 conductor wire with no ground going to the receptacles if they’ve not installed electrical outlets with a third prong. Fixing that would require running a ground cable to every outlet so configured which means cutting a lot of holes. All things considered I’d probably do a re-wire at that point. It brings into question the type of wire used and the safety of the electrical panel etc. These things age, and standards change.
I would personally want to check the receptacles that have a ground to make sure that the ground is actually hooked up to something and that it is not simply connected to the neutral, which are both bad things.
Given the variables, you’d be best to consult a professional.