If we can avoid massive collective issues that would be appreciated as there is very little agency the individual has to address those and that helpless ess can often extend to the more solvable individual matters we all grapple with but also occasionally rise to conquer.

  • Monster@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 hour ago

    I’ve been living with my parents for almost 2 years now after graduating from university. Now, I have a job that pays me just enough to live off of and I’ve been wanting to move back to the city where I lived for University. But, my situation is as follows that prevents me from doing so. My dad has a condition, one of the worst conditions you can get, you can probably guess what it is and please don’t say what it is because I don’t like the word. Because of this, my dad can no longer work, and my mom has been trying to find work so I’m taking care of things. And, because of this condition, home life isn’t as great as it used to be and my mental health has deteriorated to nearly nothing. I don’t know what to do and how to get everything back to normal. I’ve been looking for apartments but how can I leave in good consciousness knowing what I’m leaving? I’m stuck and I cannot move literally and figuratively.

    • cheese_greater@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      1 hour ago

      So shouldn’t he apply for disabillity or something? Not to be unkind but you can’t keep your parents warm by setting yourself on fire.

      home life isn’t as great as it used to be

      Are they making it that way, like do they act manipulatively or threaten you or harm you in any way?

      • Monster@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 hour ago

        They’re working on it. I think maybe something may happen with it by the end of this month? And don’t worry, I know I’m burning myself to warm them. I’m trying to fix that a bit. No, it’s not me that’s the target. The condition is straining all of our emotions and things are just in general not as happy anymore.

  • Octospider@lemm.eeEnglish
    01·
    9 hours ago

    I live in an increasingly dystopian capitalist world where simple necessities for life are increasingly challenging to obtain, while the pressure for higher productivity for less pay continues to increase.

  • hostops@sh.itjust.works
    0·
    15 hours ago

    I would like to force my Luba 2 robotic mower to mow steeper terrain (almost 45 degrees). The main problem is wheel slipperiness. Current ideas:

    • some kind of net in that area for better grip
    • making wheels rougher (eg with nails).
    • rope that would constantly pull it uphill to counter force of gravity.
  • wellDuuh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    14 hours ago

    TL-DR: I want dual axis solar array on my hiace rooftop

    Explanation:

    This video clearly states the advantage of having this feature on your solar, gives you more than 8 hrs of peak power (8:00 - 17:00) with a comparatively small surface area (perfect for space-concious application), compared to about 5 hrs laying it down flat (10:00 - 15:00)

    And yes, I get it. A 30% increase in energy collection daily isn’t significant to justify the maintenance that can come with actuation.

    But as a guy living in a van full-time, 30% is the difference between having 2 ceiling fans on for an hr and 5 hrs through the night. Yap, full blast, it’s hot here.

    Further more; this video show-cases the single axis solar array, Then I started wondering, if it reaches high noon, this guy will have to I dunno, turn his car around? So that the solar panels can actuate another way around.

    Surely there is a solution to this somewhere… right?

  • tetris11@lemmy.ml
    0·
    15 hours ago

    I wanna build a fun NN that takes as input an image of your face, and outputs your predicted weight.

    If the prediction is wrong, you enter the real answer and then it will use your face and your real weight for the next round of training

    I just really want to know if it’s possible to guess someone’s weight by their face, and think it could be a fun exercise.

    It’d also be fun to see what features it extracts at various layers (e.g. age, cheek sag, double chin, eye sink, etc.)