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As a citizen of a country currently defending in a war, unmanned systems are a literal lifesaver. We can send an armed robot where we previously would have to send a soldier. This …

Paper inside a plastic bottle will be fine.

Ukraine just made a decision on that, importing fuel from India is going to restricted starting October 1st https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/09/15/7530979/

There are different calibers of mortar shells, bigger size has more range and power. I think author of the article has cheated by not specifying the caliber, because a 155mm artill…

Run it in a VM.

People want a desktop because they 1. can use a smartphone for all mobile tasks 2. see better on a large screen 3. are more comfortable with a mouse than a trackpad 4. don't have t…

Yes, it doesn't have to be very flexible. But every pipe is flexible to some extent. I'm thinking about my 25m deep well, with 32mm PE pipe, scaled up. It is flexible enough to be …

Pipes would either be flexible, or rigid but assembled in sections, so you'd disassemble the pipe while pulling it out.

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DIY batteries here are usually battery banks assembled from Chinese LiFePo4 cells, plus a Chinese BMS.

Old EU toilets can be poop shelf. When I've shopped for new one in 2015, there was not a single one of that design.

> how do I charge the tenant for electricity? Just buy another electricity meter and install it after the inverter.

I've fixed the letter A in their logo: https://gist.github.com/smotesko/ac65667cbc748a72ecddb350d69...

In my country the car registration document has the weight number but not the width number. I suspect in France it's the same, and that's the reason they went by weight instead of …

The nationals are the country and should take responsibility for their country's actions because it's effectively their actions.

Search for "tactical active headphones", there are multiple brands.

Russian citizenship is not something that people cherish or want. Most of the Russian territory and population has been occupied at some point: Siberia long time ago, Caucasus in t…

Ukraine does not publish any official numbers of Ukrainian losses, only confirmed numbers of Russian losses.

I've got a source for you: this Ukrainian is serving in Bakhmut right now. He's a "YouTube guy" in his unit, consistently uploading good quality footage. Skip the talking part and …

You've chosen a wrong place to disinform. Tech people understand that having russian CA certificates installed allows russia to MITM all your traffic, if they can access it.

It still burns fuel and exhausts CO2 doing that.

In my country everyone is speeding as well, but speed limits are enforced primarily by the radar-cameras, not cops. So you just have to know location of those cameras (thanks, Waze…

Isn't it wrong that "attention from cops" is a factor in your everyday life?

It absolutely happens with EVs as well. I’m Ukrainian, here people have been importing totaled cars from US for years, including a lot of Nissan Leafs and Teslas. Some businesses r…

Sternenko got a popular channel covering the war in Ukraine, so of course he's become a target of Russian bot army. Now they're using the reporting mechanism to try and silent him …