#continuously variable

[russellmoreton]

The Architecture of Interior Spaces. by Russell Moreton Via Flickr: Pinhole Photography, Winchester Discovery Centre and Library. russellmoreton.blogspot.com Analogue : On Zoe Leonard and Tacita Dean. Margaret Iversen 2012 murrayguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Iversen-Critical... "The imprint of light on emulsion" "The alchemy of circumstance and chemistry" Tacita Dean : Filmworks, Kodak Analogue, page 96/97

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

DAF 66 Marathon Coupé, 1972. The 66 was available as a 2-door saloon, coupé or 3 door Kombie estate. All used DAF's Variomatic continuously variable transmission. After the Swedish takeover of DAF in 1975 the saloon and estate were rebadged as Volvos however the coupé was discontinued and not replaced.

[noknowshame]

I've decided I'm going to quit grad school to focus on making abstract art out of botched data analyses

[calculatesguilt]

Made those adjustments I've been meaning to make for a while now. Anyways some lore under the cut:

Perceptor of Nova Cronum

Originally from Protohex, though no longer identifying himself as such, Perceptor went to Nova Cronum expecting to expand his understanding of science and the universe. What he was met with instead was a society ran by aristocrats and old money.

Wanting change, especially in how the sciences were funded, he was voted in as a Governor and was met with setback after setback after setback. Having grown frustrated, he funded a small rebellion group. The war came crawling in a mere 100 years later.

Perceptor stayed as a neutral during the collapse of the old guard until the Decepticons used the power vacuum to move in and establish militaristic rule. He joined with the Autobots and remained a low-tier scientist for a long time before his intellect was eventually taken note of.

Following the loss of key cultural landmarks, both factions came to an agreement to send out a coalition between the two factions, tasked with preserving Cybetronian cultures and relics. Perceptor was chosen to lead this coalition due to his past as both a politician and a scientist. Such relics include the Matrix of Leadership and Vector Sigma itself.

[synthient]

been thinking about the Doctor's Daughter Died And He Forgot impies of Donna-as-Doctor-mirror for awhile now, but. oof

[mudwerks]

(via Watch This Lego Gearbox Spin To See How CVTs Work)

[youcanthandelthetruth]

Anyway my Motivated Time is pretty regularly 7pm or when it's raining so the two filming lights are going to make it so I can just go instead of waiting for the sun. And I got a little microphone so I can up the asmr-ness too. I've wanted this stuff for years I'm so excited

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

DAF 600, 1959. The first car produced by the Dutch truck maker. The 600 was powered by an air-cooled 4-stroke flat twin engine and was the first car of the modern era to use a continuously variable transmission (CVT) system - the DAF Variomatic.

[flock-of-cassowaries]

VS Code has too many UI adjustment settings and I am scared.

(Not as scared as my coworker who apparently can’t google “JavaScript substring” should be, though, and they seem totally confident about their technical ability. So. Bravely, we forge onwards.)

[pertamax7]

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[i-am-l-ananas]

keep changing my mind on how I want to run my maxent niche modeling and I keep telling myself this will be the final data run. and yet what if I tweak this one thing

[rajaniesh]

Optimizing Azure Container App Deployments: Best Practices for Pipelines & Security

🚀 Just shared a new blog on boosting Azure Container App deployments! Dive into best practices for Continuous Deployment, choosing the right agents, and securely managing variables. Perfect for making updates smoother and safer!

In the fifth part of our series, we explored how Continuous Deployment (CD) pipelines and revisions bring efficiency to Azure Container Apps. From quicker feature rollouts to minimal downtime, CD ensures that you’re not just deploying updates but doing it confidently. Now, let’s take it a step further by optimizing deployments using Azure Pipelines. In this part, we’ll dive into the nuts and…

[deoidesign]

A general cane guide for writers and artists (from a cane user, writer, and artist!)

Disclaimer: Though I have been using a cane for 6 years, I am not a doctor, nor am I by any means an expert. This guide is true to my experience, but there are as many ways to use a cane as there are cane users!

This guide will not include: White canes for blindness, crutches, walkers, or wheelchairs as I have no personal experience with these.

This is meant to be a general guide to get you started and avoid some common mishaps/misconceptions in your writing, but you absolutely should continue to do your own research outside of this guide!

This is NOT a medical resource!!! And never tell a real person you think they're using a cane wrong!

The biggest recurring problem I've seen is using the cane on the wrong side. The cane goes on the opposite side of the pain! If your character has even-sided pain or needs it for balance/weakness, then use the cane in the non-dominant hand to keep the dominant hand free. Some cane users also switch sides to give their arm a rest!

A cane takes about 20% of your weight off the opposite leg. It should fit within your natural gait and become something of an extension of your body. If you need more weight off than 20%, then crutches, a walker, or a wheelchair is needed.

Putting more pressure on the cane, using it on the wrong side, or having it at the wrong height can make it less effective, and can cause long term damage to your body from improper pressure and posture. (Hugh Laurie genuinely hurt his body from years of using a cane wrong on House!)

(some people elect to use a cane wrong for their personal situation despite this, everyone is different!)

(an animated GIF of a cane matching the natural walking gait. It turns red when pressure is placed on it.)

When going up and down stairs, there is an ideal standard: You want to use the handrail and the cane at the same time, or prioritize the handrail if it's only on one side. When going up stairs you lead with your good leg and follow with the cane and hurt leg together. When going down stairs you lead with the cane and the bad leg and follow with the good leg!

Realistically though, many people don't move out of the way for cane users to access the railing, many stairs don't have railings, and many are wet, rusty, or generally not ideal to grip.

In these cases, if you have a friend nearby, holding on to them is a good idea. Or, take it one step at a time carefully if you're alone.

Now we come to a very common mistake I see... Using fashion canes for medical use!

(These are 4 broad shapes, but there is INCREDIBLE variation in cane handles. Research heavily what will be best for your character's specific needs!)

The handle is the contact point for all the weight you're putting on your cane, and that pressure is being put onto your hand, wrist, and shoulder. So the shape is very important for long term use!

Knob handles (and very decorative handles) are not used for medical use for this reason. It adds extra stress to the body and can damage your hand to put constant pressure onto these painful shapes.

The weight of a cane is also incredibly important, as a heavier cane will cause wear on your body much faster. When you're using it all day, it gets heavy fast! If your character struggles with weakness, then they won't want a heavy cane if they can help it!

This is also part of why sword canes aren't usually very viable for medical use (along with them usually being knob handles) is that swords are extra weight!

However, a small knife or perhaps a retractable blade hidden within the base might be viable even for weak characters.

Bases have a lot of variability as well, and the modern standard is generally adjustable bases. Adjustable canes are very handy if your character regularly changes shoe height, for instance (gotta keep the height at your hip!)

Canes help on most terrain with their standard base and structure. But for some terrain, you might want a different base, or to forego the cane entirely! This article covers it pretty well.

Many cane users decorate their canes! Stickers are incredibly common, and painting canes is relatively common as well! You'll also see people replacing the standard wrist strap with a personalized one, or even adding a small charm to the ring the strap connects to. (nothing too large, or it gets annoying as the cane is swinging around everywhere)

(my canes, for reference)

If your character uses a cane full time, then they might also have multiple canes that look different aesthetically to match their outfits!

When it comes to practical things outside of the cane, you reasonably only have one hand available while it's being used. Many people will hook their cane onto their arm or let it dangle on the strap (if they have one) while using their cane arm, but it's often significantly less convenient than 2 hands. But, if you need 2 hands, then it's either setting the cane down or letting it hang!

For this reason, optimizing one handed use is ideal! Keeping bags/items on the side of your free hand helps keep your items accessible.

When sitting, the cane either leans against a wall or table, goes under the chair, or hooks onto the back of the chair. (It often falls when hanging off of a chair, in my experience)

When getting up, the user will either use their cane to help them balance/support as they stand, or get up and then grab their cane. This depends on what it's being used for (balance vs pain when walking, for instance!)

That's everything I can think of for now. Thank you for reading my long-but-absolutely-not-comprehensive list of things to keep in mind when writing or drawing a cane user!

Happy disability pride month! Go forth and make more characters use canes!!!

[pddparthi]

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[waterbearable]

ok so 2023 was very much a year of. slow crawling progress with like. creative things i care about. especially art (weeps). really hoping that 2024 will not be so deeply adversarial to my ability to create lmao. so like. nothing substantial enough this year for me to feel justified in making an art recap. but!

i feel like early 2023 was when i really started tooling around with the idea of developing Personal Project as an if (whether i ever publish it is a v diff story)? like i went back and i was still trying to understand coding back in feb before i got any deeper into writing. in april it was an accomplishment that i had cracked 10k in story drafting with an idea i'd just had floating around forever.

and today personal project is over 28k! the prologue is inching closer to draft 1 being done. i've dipped a lil into the very start of chapter 1 and i know where i want it to go for the most part. once the prologue's done i'm going to try coding again in earnest bc i've forgotten most of it. but it's something that exists and is mine.

[nuperflore]

I was debating on making a second part to this but I think now is a good time.

As you fell to your knees, barely on the brink of consciousness, the loss of blood rushed out of you and leaving your nerves to give out. Hands pathetically on your wound as if it could stop the flow. For you final vision - what of left you can see are blurry sights of the family you've grown to forever resent reaching Damian first before giving an afterthought to your dying body.

You wish you could've seen their faces when their gaze directed to your form but alas only the blur overcomes your sight. Leaving the last chuckle out of your as blood splurts out of your mouth, you've taken your last laugh.

Oh but the family couldn't handle it. Only after your death had they taken to initiative to even feel the guilt rising. The audacity of they who should've known better.

Dick 'Richard' Grayson, The Eldest of The Bunch. Stared in horror at your slumped body, his own frozen and hesitant even if he has seen bodies before - this time it's different. It's You who's dying or worse yet — dying. His sibling that he's not even worthy of calling them that, has died. His thoughts snapped out of it after dismantling the weapon away from Damian with others and immediately came rushing next to your lifeless body. Water dripped down on you, has he been crying? How could he not have noticed like how could he have not noticed you all along?

Jason Todd, The Second and The One Death Once Claimed. He was approachable at first, violent yet sweet and trusting. Those eyes that used to look at You with endearment then icy now looks at you with grief. He oh so badly wanted to claw at the floor but he can't move. Even when you've fallen limp and everyone else rushed to you side, he took a step back. He may be strong once but now he's weak.

Tim Drake, The Third Of Them Who's An Exhausted Genius. This is not part of expected variables that could happen. Pathetic isn't he? Still thinking of You as aere problem. He begs over and over that maybe it didn't hit anything vital but when you've fallen and blood continues gushing, he could only stare. When Dick rushed over, he follows with a slight trip because what else can he do? He's a genius yes but he doesn't - can't bring you back alive.

Damian Thomas Wayne, The Violent Youngest Raised By The Strongest. He stumbles. He is acting strange. How unlike his nature but he trip backwards, still holding onto the bloody weapon that has graced upon You. When he reluctantly glanced at his weapon, immediately it was dropped as if it was on fire. Weapon out of his hands by forced from others. Why is he acting Ike this? He should be proud, he should be happy but this? This feeling? It's a feeling that he wants to desperately scratch off his skin as it is beneath it.

Finally, Bruce Thomas Wayne. The One Who Hovers Over Them All. He failed. He wouldn't expected this. You weren't supposed to be in front of him bleeding. It was as if you two were the only ones in the dark and he wouldn't even as much as reach a hand out hesitantly. He's not worthy of taking care of you and it was proven to him with blood splatters on the silver tray. Out of everyone in this family he had created, little old you was someone he should've keep a closer on. A lot of his thoughts gone haywire and doubts use to crawl up his shoulder when he saw you to the point his reasoning has long gone past within reason.

Now the family had truly destroyed what's left of you they've known alive.

Now the family has directed their thoughts and eyes on you.

Now even in death, they know to not truly let you go for they have to try for another chance.