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ace_garp, 1 year ago to asklemmy in Have you ever seen coal burn? If yes, why?

Yes, in 1989.

East Perth to Midland train yards on the footplate of the Flying Scotsman.

The fireman was shovelling coal into the firebox, and it was one of the most concentrated sources of heat I have seen in my life.

ace_garp, 1 year ago to asklemmy in Any good YouTube recommendations?

The Engineer Guy

Bill Hammack explains engineering concepts and household items clearly.

(All licenced under Creative Commons BY)

ace_garp, 1 year ago to comicstrips in Someone talk to me about Go (the board game). I'm in the process of learning it right now.

Go / Wéiqí / Baduk is like the ocean, simple to understand near the shore, but unknowable and somewhat scary in it’s greatest depths.

Games on a 9x9 board are faster and may help during early learning.

Tsumego are small contained Go puzzles, where there is one ideal solution to be found. (Gobandroid or similar)

There is a massive amount of knowledge at this website:

senseis.xmp.net/?StartingPoints

(All available under the Open Content Licence)

It is a humbling game. I know nothing about Go.

ace_garp, 1 year ago to comicstrips in Sentient vacuum cleaners?

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ace_garp, 1 year ago to asklemmy in What free things online should everyone take advantage of?

This free software and media helps a lot: perthfreeculture.org

ace_garp, 1 year ago to comicstrips in Sentient vacuum cleaners?

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ace_garp, 1 year ago to comicstrips in History

Whack your porcupine!

Buying a copy of this in '86 was the pre-Internet way of getting memes.

ace_garp, 1 year ago to asklemmy in Are there any apps with kind of an educational feed for mindless scrolling?

Aard 2 - an offline Wikipedia reader app

ace_garp, 1 year ago to linuxmemes in But the older boys made me do it 🥺

Nollywood’s finest.

ace_garp, 1 year ago to lemmyshitpost in Waffle Squarf

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ace_garp, 1 year ago to opensource in Looking for software for poster design

Also, PosteRazor is great for printing a large wall poster from multiple smaller sheets(A4/A3 etc).

GPL3. Has an online version and a downloadable version.

ace_garp, 1 year ago to asklemmy in What’s your favorite fantasy universe and why?

Flash Gordon universe.

Particularly from the 1980 space-opera of the same name Flash Gordon. This is a fun movie.

ace_garp, 1 year ago to asklemmy in Beyond Wikipedia, what are some of your favorite online learning resources?

Here are some:

lifesciencedb.jp/bp3d ( human body parts in 3D )

plosone.org ( peer reviewed scientific journal )

gutenberg.net.au ( ebooks )

librivox.org ( audiobooks )

More general:

instructables.com ( DIY projects )

en.wikivoyage.org (travel guide)

foodista.com ( food recipes )

ace_garp, 1 year ago to asklemmy in What are some of your cheap eats hacks?

I did not know it was safe to freeze after the sous vide water-bath.

Thanks for that!

ace_garp, 1 year ago to asklemmy in What's something you'd like to leave behind in the old year and not carry into the new year?

Writing 2023 in the date field.