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Re: Caterpillar offers phone with built-in FLIR camera

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Post by nils-m-holm »

lostapathy wrote: post #287
nils-m-holm wrote: post #270

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you mean directly in front of the entrance, yes, there will always be a bunch of wasps waiting for their turn to get in. And, yes, do not get too close to that spot unless you know what you are doing. In particular: know their flight paths and do not stand there.

So when they built a nest near my back door, I'm just supposed to surrender my back patio so them so I can stay out of their flight paths?

As I wrote before, if you want to get rid of them, there are ways to do so (and keep them away) without killing them.

But to answer your question more directly: We have happily surrendered part of our terrace to wasps. Their right to live tops our desire for convenience. A nest lives for one year. If we do not want them to use the same spot next year, there are ways to make sure they do not.

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Post by lostapathy »

nils-m-holm wrote: post #291
lostapathy wrote: post #287

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So when they built a nest near my back door, I'm just supposed to surrender my back patio so them so I can stay out of their flight paths?

As I wrote before, if you want to get rid of them, there are ways to do so (and keep them away) without killing them. But to answer your question more directly: We have happily surrendered part of our terrace to wasps. Their right to live tops our desire for convenience. A nest lives for one year. If we do not want them to use the same spot next year, there are ways to make sure they do not.

I'm not surrendering "part of my terrace" to wasps - I'm talking about the rest of my family being unwilling to open the back door because there are always wasps flying near it. I'm not willing to surrender my back door to wasps for a year in hopes they find new flight patterns next year.

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Post by nicoburns »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #216
butterknife wrote: post #205

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The Li chemistry produces much higher voltages and so would require step down circuitry to function as a direct replacement for AA/AAA. If you are talking about form factor, then there are a lot of similar size or smaller cells available.

I'm talking about having rechargeable AA/AAAs with higher power density, possibly using the same chemistry as in phones, laptops, drones, etc., so the industry could cut down on the amount of variation in sizes and connector types (which could possibly make the batteries somewhat cheaper thanks to less variation in manufacturing - though I suppose the price driver is still the chemistry). What's the minimum voltage w…

I think the issue is that li-ion isn't that much better than NiMH as to be worth it. It's also worth noting that there are already standard sized Li-ion batteries. 18650 batteries (so called because they are 18mm diameter by 650mm long) are the most common, but there are a bunch of other standard sizes. These are commonly used in things torches (flashlights) and headlamps.

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Post by randomdata »

MBO35711 wrote: post #98
randomdata wrote: post #86

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Usage dictates that spring = Q2 when used in a business context centred around a US-based business. It has nothing to do with the seasons. It is quite common for words to have multiple meanings, using context to establish the exact definition in play. The only thing that is actually obnoxious is silly pedantry.

Not so. I would have guessed it was either Feb,Mar,Apr (astronomical) or Mar, Apr, May being the gardeners calendar. But Q2 is Q2. It's not just having to flip the season for the hemisphere.

Quite so, even if a regional dialect. Certainly where Caterpillar operates out of it is common. If we were instead talking about an Australian company that produces barbies then we'd know we're talking about barbecues and not dolls, even where regional dialect only knows Barbie as a doll. Words don't exist in a vacuum. Context is significant.

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Post by zejn »

exclusiv wrote: post #179
tildef wrote: post #11

I used the S62 as a daily driver for a couple of years and it was fairly decent. The convenience of having a thermal camera in your pocket at all times was remarkable, and it's one of those things you kind of miss when it's gone (my daily use for it was checking if the coffee was cool enough to drink--yes, I know my tasting organs provide much of the same functionality...) However, the resolution of the thermal camer…

> my daily use for it was checking if the coffee was cool enough to drink My wife has the same issue with hot coffee which drives me a little nuts. She uses a normal mug most of the time. Because she isn't certified in coffee temp detection like I am; she waits and waits, gets distracted, and eventually it becomes too cold. So she reheats it in the microwave, usually to the point where it's too hot, and that cycle co…

For the price of washing two mugs instead of one, you can also pour the coffee through air from one to another a couple of times. That brings the temperature down much quicker comparing to just leaving it sit a while.

Helps to have containers that have an edge that is easy to pour from. Less spilling.

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Post by HeyLaughingBoy »

nils-m-holm wrote: post #229
TeMPOraL wrote: post #222

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Just reading this makes me sweat. Aren't hornets - and wasps, to a lesser degree - extremely territorial? How do you deal with one when it find its way inside you house? Not to mention, aren't hornets and wasps natural enemies? I imagine you didn't have the two set their nests near your terrace simultaneously ? I can intellectually process all the facts you wrote, but in my dealing with wasps and hornets, I find it h…

Yes, wasps are territorial, but this just means that they will defend their nests at all cost. As long as you do not rock their nest (or otherwise cause strong vibration) or stand directly in their flight path, you are safe. Different nests can be as close as a few meters and their inhabitants will mostly ignore each other. The hornets were about 7 or 8 meters away from the yellow jackets, and I have never seen them…

> stand directly in their flight path, you are safe

Having been chased by wasps while on a riding lawnmower, I'm calling bullshit! And those suckers are fast!

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Post by winReInstall »

nils-m-holm wrote: post #265
winReInstall wrote: post #242

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nonsense, hornets eat yellow jackets as snacks.

Larger wasps prey on smaller wasps, but they can still coexist in close proximity. They do not spend the entire day with hunting.

It depends on the dietary needs of the hive, but beneath the pear tree of my fathers farm, they most definitly did. Swoop, crack open, slurp. Was a evening background noise..

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Post by Sakos »

legitster wrote: post #72
motohagiography wrote: post #64

The lack of a replacable battery is infuriating because it's planned obselescence of a FLIR device. I got one of the first CAT s60 phones when they came out and tolerated all the android spyware on it because I really liked having a properly ruggedized phone. Got about 4 years out of it. The flir camera I would say I used most often at night for finding my dogs poop to pick up on neighbours lawns in the dark, but I u…

All things considered, 4 years is pretty good! Someone explained to me it's more of a supply chain thing than planned obsolescence. Phone technology and batteries specifically have pretty short production lives - keeping a battery in production and in stock for long periods of time can be crippling to your product line when the competitors come out with 10% denser batteries every year.

> All things considered, 4 years is pretty good!

4 years would be fine if you voluntarily upgrade because a newer model improves over what you have in an appreciable way. 4 years isn't fine if the device meets your needs and the only reason you have to replace it is because of the battery wearing out.

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Post by delijati »

kejaed wrote: post #12

You can also consider buying a FLIR ONE accessory for your Android or iOS device https://www.flir.ca/flir-one/

i would no recommend them. They are ok but battery is empty pretty fast and the software is pure ... (why does it need GPS and Bluetooth on?).

The nice thing is that you can run them from desktop with tool https://source.dpin.de/nica/flir-gtk

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Post by opan »

tildef wrote: post #11

I used the S62 as a daily driver for a couple of years and it was fairly decent. The convenience of having a thermal camera in your pocket at all times was remarkable, and it's one of those things you kind of miss when it's gone (my daily use for it was checking if the coffee was cool enough to drink--yes, I know my tasting organs provide much of the same functionality...) However, the resolution of the thermal camer…

>(my daily use for it was checking if the coffee was cool enough to drink--yes, I know my tasting organs provide much of the same functionality...)

For tea I pretty much found the right amount of cooling time once and now I just repeat it. I boil water, steep for 5 minutes (with a timer), then when that 5 minutes is up I remove the bag and start an 18 minute timer. It's still pretty hot but slowly drinkable then, and within a couple minutes can be comfortably consumed quickly as well. I don't even try to drink before my timers are done anymore as I don't want to scald myself.

I think I also did some experimentation with a laser thermometer, but I don't recall what numbers I landed at, and this way I don't need to wonder how long it will take either. The time also lines up pretty well with eating breakfast if done all together.

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