#machinery
Russians plunder $5M #farm vehicles from #Ukraine -- to find they've been remotely disabled
Some of the machinery was taken to a nearby village, but some of it embarked on a long overland journey to #Chechnya more than 700 miles away. The sophistication of the #machinery, which are equipped with #GPS, meant that its travel could be tracked. It was last tracked to the village of Zakhan Yurt in Chechnya.
The equipment ferried to Chechnya, which included combine harvesters -- can also be controlled remotely. "When the invaders drove the stolen harvesters to Chechnya, they realized that they could not even turn them on, because the harvesters were locked remotely," the contact said.
The #equipment now appears to be languishing at a farm near Grozny. But the contact said that "it seems that the hijackers have found consultants in Russia who are trying to bypass the #protection."
You may think that in this case it hits the right ones, but think about the following scenario: the world is facing a #starvation catastrophe and is in urgent need of tractors for #food production. But the farmer can't pay his debts at the moment. Then the tractors are deactivated regardless of whether people starve to death. Damn #DRM and damn #capitalism - why do people buy such #bullshit #technology?
#news #software #fail #military #crime #agriculture #problem #war #Russia
Adam Savage discussion – Why all measurements are a compromise of circumstances
Whether you’re a machinist or a garage hacker with nothing more than a stick welder and an angle grinder at your disposal, or anywhere in between in any segment of being a maker, this video is for you. Adam’s enthusiasm is off the charts in this diatribe, and we have to admit – it’s contagious! We’ve never been so excited about measuring things.
Without standard measurements, the Industrial Revolution wouldn’t have been facilitated to the extent it was. The illustrious [Adam Savage] takes a deep dive into the art of measurement in the video below, and if you have 45 minutes to spare, you will not be disappointed.
See https://hackaday.com/2022/01/07/a-savage-discussion-of-measurement-and-accuracy/
#Blog, #engineering, #machinery, #measurements
Save The Mekong
Great photography of the Mekong River, and its people 👌👏❤ A strong blog
via Scientists for the Mekong : Analyst: The Mekong is a Chance for China to Improve Its Soft Power Footprint
Important excerpts by Brian Eyler, director of the Stimson Center’s Southeast Asia program (6 April 2018):
"China, as well, previously wanted to purchase a lot of power from the Mekong basin. That’s no longer the case. In fact, #China
wants to #sell #power from Yunnan province to other #Mekong #countries. So that puts the whole #hydropower venture in the Lower
#Mekong under #question: Do we really #need all of these #dams? Is the #demand for those dams going to be there? Dams
development on the mainstream or the tributaries is driven by the demand for power from the other parts of the Mekong region."
"There are #communities of tens of thousands of people all the way through the basin that #utilize the #river #banks for #agricultural
purposes, and that contributes to the #important part of their #livelihoods. But when #China #releases the #water from #upstream
#dams in the dry season, just like China did two weeks ago, you have #sudden #floods that can #wash out the #fields that are
beginning to sprout #vegetables and other crops, wash away #livestock and #machinery. These unexpected floods also #impact
critical #animal and #bird species that make #habitats along the #riverside during the #dry #season."
"The Council Study (by the MRC) confirms how the #greatest #impacts come from #hydropower even compared to the impacts of
climate change. So we have to think about energy, and we need to work on #alternative #energy #development solutions because
the technology is here now to make that change. I am talking about solar, wind, and decentralized distribution and transmission
processes that can help shave down peak demands, reduce the needs for so much power, bring the power to the people who need
it more quickly, and help the country industrialize."
Let us Pray they stay alive 🙏🙏🙏
Three new Irrawaddy dolphin calves born in 2018. Great news. But, will they survive past 2 y.o.? Remains to be seen. All previous calves have died because of organochlorides, pesticides and other pollutants in fish & water, which damaged their immune systems leading to fatal diseases - according to 5 years research by Dr Verne Dove...
Let us remind the reader thst Dr. Dove was expelled from Cambodia for publishing her results...
Irrawaddy dolphins have long life spans. Hence, the present population consists of adult dolphins.
It's great that the Cambodian government has reduced gillnets and harm to the dolphins. However, if they really wanted to protect this species from #extinction they ought to be implementing strong measures to reduce water pollution and should not go ahead with the construction of the Stung Treng Dam & Sambor Dam as these will "sandwich" the dolphins confining them to a very small area and reducing substantially the species of fish they depend on for survival.