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If you're interested in learning more about the ecological impact of beavers, I highly recommend "Three Against The Wilderness" by Eric Collier. He homesteaded in BC in the 1930s-6…

Llama 3.1 8B model

Chanterelles smell great. I would wear something that smelled like that. Pine mushrooms, not so much.

I'm an author, and don't have any problem with it - however my book is obsolete as it's computer related. My publisher probably feels differently. :)

It sounds like typical CBC reporter to me. Maybe the AI was trained on these types of broadcasts.

I get it in the mornings here in Vancouver, BC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfvMU36fgKw Same effect, Marilyn Monroe / Albert Einstein

My bet is Broken Social Scene.

lcwo.net is a great resource for this... however the best way is to get on the air talking to people.

I just had my first CW contact with someone in Australia from BC - using a 10W radio. It's great fun!

Seems like everyone's shutting down radio services. CHU and Weather radio in Canada too :(

If you want a challenge, try https://lirdle.com/ One letter per line is a lie.

Cold is fine - solar panels perform better the lower the temperature. That's what makes Calgary ideal for solar.

I just need to know what happens to our 9am standups in Vancouver when the other team is in SF. If I'm doing the math correctly it moves to 10am. Also, I've often picked a random c…

The dose makes the poison. Warfarin is prescribed as a blood thinner for humans.

After watching Disclosure Day with my kids, we had an interesting conversation on the way home - what would it take for you to believe that aliens are real and visting Earth? With …

Niacin works well as an 'active placebo'.

It's my favourite slime mold. Just by the name you can instantly recognize it.

I asked it to use geomorphology to help me find lakes nearby that would have thriving trout populations, and it bumped me down to Opus. :-/

For me it was when Facebook sent the C&D order about the Whopper Sacrifice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whopper_Sacrifice

A modern station list is available here: https://short-wave.info/

I 100% agree with having inspections if you're grid tied. You don't want your system energizing the neighbourhood when the power goes out!

The MPPT solar controller. MidNite has a sizing tool for this: https://www.midnitesolar.com/sizingTool/

It's fairly easy and there are a lot of forums around with knowledgeable people. My main issue was ensuring wire gauges were correct. One's intuition about dealing with house wirin…

The "Sunshine" Coast of BC. Right now we're limited by the charging capacity of the inverter/charger. It can only do 50A in from an external solar controller. In hindsight I should…