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Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar
Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar
@yngmar@social.tchncs.de  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Pretty cold. Discoveries I made this morning:

EVA rubber boots are no longer flexible and difficult to wear until your feet warm them up.

LCD displays stop working.

The fancy microcontroller thermometer had an integer overflow and showed +64°C when it was... I guess -31 or 32? 😆

The -25°C winter wiper fluid is now solid, but it shouldn't damage the cars as it has contracted rather than expanded like water does.

The barn cat is still alive and got warm water and leftover porridge.

LRT reports -34°C in nearby Ukmergė and that diesel engines can't run on jelly. Apparently LPG vehicles had problems too, not enough Propane in the mix: https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2825089/lithuania-records-lowest-temperatures-in-30-years-cold-disrupts-public-transport

#Lithuania #Cold #Winter #Diesel #Physics #Electronics

A picture from image search illustrating what happens to diesel fuel when it gets cold. A fuel filter is held up that is filled with yellow gel blocking it, looking like vanilla custard.
A picture from image search illustrating what happens to diesel fuel when it gets cold. A fuel filter is held up that is filled with yellow gel blocking it, looking like vanilla custard.
A picture from image search illustrating what happens to diesel fuel when it gets cold. A fuel filter is held up that is filled with yellow gel blocking it, looking like vanilla custard.
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Lithuania records lowest temperatures in 30 years, cold disrupts public transport

Lithuania recorded its lowest air temperatures in nearly three decades as severe cold gripped much of the country, the L...
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Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar
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@yngmar@social.tchncs.de replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Having had coffee, the thermometer overflow puzzles me. From my faintly remembered assembler days, shouldn't it overflow either -31 to +32 or -63 to +64.

Perhaps it was just a malfunctioning outside sensor that sent its maximum value rather than a signed int wrapping around 🤷

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Marc
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@corpsmoderne@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@yngmar something overflew but there must be a mapping from raw sensor value to the displayed value...

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