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Post by throw827474737 »

jstrong wrote: post #143
hnbad wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fun fact: in most of Germany this would have been a crime with a penalty of up to tens of thousands in EUR depending on the exact species.

sounds more like a repugnant fact to me

Very ignorant! One can avoid wasps initially, or also later move them more peacefully. They are very important pollinators (we lack more&more) and even have more cool duties. Not sure about your wasps over there, the annoyance factor of the wasps in Germany is usually heavily overdramatized and human arrogance at its best.

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Post by nibbleshifter »

romanovcode wrote: post #145
hnbad wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fun fact: in most of Germany this would have been a crime with a penalty of up to tens of thousands in EUR depending on the exact species.

Why are wasps protected in Germany? I understand bees, but what good are wasps for?

Germany has some very silly laws.

The wasp protection one gets broken all the time for obvious reasons.

Re: Caterpillar offers phone with built-in FLIR camera

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Post by jstrong »

throw827474737 wrote: post #161
jstrong wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

sounds more like a repugnant fact to me

Very ignorant! One can avoid wasps initially, or also later move them more peacefully. They are very important pollinators (we lack more&more) and even have more cool duties. Not sure about your wasps over there, the annoyance factor of the wasps in Germany is usually heavily overdramatized and human arrogance at its best.

"yeah, what did wasps ever do to you?" attack the shit out of me for no good reason!

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Post by aidenn0 »

throw827474737 wrote: post #161
jstrong wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

sounds more like a repugnant fact to me

Very ignorant! One can avoid wasps initially, or also later move them more peacefully. They are very important pollinators (we lack more&more) and even have more cool duties. Not sure about your wasps over there, the annoyance factor of the wasps in Germany is usually heavily overdramatized and human arrogance at its best.

In the US, it's yellowjackets (vespinae, minus the hornets) that are rather annoying. They are attracted to sugar and meat, and sting rather aggressively, which makes outdoor barbecues unpleasant (to put it mildly); paper-wasps (Polistinae) are indeed rather easy to live alongside, but they look quite similar so inherit the bad-rap that yellowjackets have.

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Post by biztos »

romanovcode wrote: post #145
hnbad wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fun fact: in most of Germany this would have been a crime with a penalty of up to tens of thousands in EUR depending on the exact species.

Why are wasps protected in Germany? I understand bees, but what good are wasps for?

Without the wasps crawling into the sugar dispensers at every single outdoor café in Germany all summer long, people would eat the sugar and create a diabetes epidemic.

At least that was my impression in Berlin; wasps got all the sugar, Berliners stayed pretty thin for the most part.

Re: Caterpillar offers phone with built-in FLIR camera

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Post by newaccount74 »

rodgerd wrote: post #52
Gigachad wrote: post #39

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You can buy a stove that uses probes to monitor the temps and hold/stick to a preset program https://www.breville.com/us/en/products/commercial/cmc850.ht... I can't wait for these to become more mainstream so recipes start listing "Set stove to 150c" rather than "to medium" which is widely different depending on what stove you use. An amusing story one youtuber shared was the followed some advice that said to set you…

Some induction tops have similar functionality - measuring the temperature of the pan and keeping at that temperature. It's not as precise as a probe, of course, but it's extremely convenient and useful.

Do you have experience with such a hob? I'd like to get one, but have found little info except marketing from manufacturers.

I would assume those would be mostly useful for frying/searing meat, vegetables, and eggs with little oil. As soon as you have more liquid in the pot you won't be able to control the temperature by measuring the temp at the bottom.

Do they work well with different pans?

Re: Caterpillar offers phone with built-in FLIR camera

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Post by huhtenberg »

Remember when there was a period of time when camera manufacturers dabbled with adding FLIR to their consumer cameras? Sony did that and some others tried to follow, but it all was quickly wrapped up due to a massive amount of abuse. The cameras were mainly used to film women rather than to identify thermal leaks in insulation.

Probably the reason for the subpar FLIR resolution on this phone as well.

Re: Caterpillar offers phone with built-in FLIR camera

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Post by zo1 »

walterbell wrote: post #67

UNI-T UTi260M for Android: USB-C thermal camera with 25hz 256x192 sensor for $400, https://www.amazon.com/UNI-T-Resolution-Handheld-Durability-...

So annoyed at the market right now. Here is the same "UNI-T" camera from AliExpress under the name "InfiRay P2":

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004950256049.html

So which effing company makes this, and why are we allowing this stupid white labeling to occur.

Funny aside. Maybe Elon should buy Amazon and kick off all drop shippers, white label resellers, chinese sellers and all duplicate items by enforcing unique codes for every unique product. Make Amazon Great Again.

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Post by hoseja »

romanovcode wrote: post #145
hnbad wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fun fact: in most of Germany this would have been a crime with a penalty of up to tens of thousands in EUR depending on the exact species.

Why are wasps protected in Germany? I understand bees, but what good are wasps for?

I've come around on wasps. They just do their thing. You got stung? Don't tread on them.

Re: Caterpillar offers phone with built-in FLIR camera

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Post by asddubs »

walterbell wrote: post #128
asddubs wrote: post #118

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yes, but import is the opposite of export

What matters for US consumers is that both 9fps and 25fps are on Amazon for similar prices, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33890299

I was just explaining why the cat phone has only 9 fps. It's using a FLIR sensor.
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