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Rube-Goldberg Workflow The overall goal is to suck methane from an old coal mine via a Coal Bed Methane gob well (the mine operated from ~1917-1940), dry and regulate down to a pressure that is suitable to run generators for ₿itcoin mining. The compressor starts up with gas from a conventional well. Once the compressor warms up, its fuel source is switched over to the methane it extracts from the coal mine. That gas is then sent out to be dried and regulated. It first hits a filter separator, then an aftercooler, a drip, a desiccant tower, before the back pressure regulator which keeps that side at 200 psi. This enables the gas to be better dried and cooled. On the other side of the BPR there is another drip, the gas is stepped down to 65 psi where it passes a flaring unit (never use it, but it can be if needed). The gas then travels to a valve bank where a pilot motor valve sends gas out to a trunk line that feeds the generators, delivering a consistent 12 psi by opening and closing its valve based on demand. Any unused gas it pushed back to the suction side of the compressor. The gas that travels to the trunk line for the gens, passes through a meter, past a buffer tank to deliver a smooth flow of gas. And is regulated down via a reg at each generator unit. That’s basically it, that the Rube Goldberg machine I’ve created. It can be stressful as there are so many points of failure, but I love it and wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world. The last picture posted here is why I do it. ❤️ 👧🏻👧🏼👧🏼

I was on a train in Tokyo. We stopped between stations. Announcement in Japanese, then in English: "We apologize for the delay. We will resume shortly." The delay was maybe 3 minutes. Not a big deal. When the train started moving again, another announcement: "We sincerely apologize for the delay. We were stopped for 3 minutes and 20 seconds. This is unacceptable. Thank you for your patience." Three minutes and twenty seconds. They measured it exactly. And called it unacceptable. When I got off at my stop, there were station staff on the platform bowing and handing out delay certificates. I took one out of curiosity. It was an official document stating that the train had been delayed by 3 minutes and 20 seconds, signed and stamped. The staff member said in English "for your employer. So they know the delay was not your fault." I said I'm a tourist, I don't need it. He looked confused. "But the delay affected you. You deserve an apology." Three minutes. They were treating a three-minute delay like a major incident. Later I mentioned this to a Japanese friend. They said "oh yes, delay certificates are normal. Trains are supposed to be exactly on time. If they are late, they must apologize." I said three minutes isn't late, it's nothing. My friend said "in Japan, three minutes is late. On time means on time. Not approximately on time." They said the train company probably investigated why there was a 3-minute delay. "They will find the cause and fix it so it doesn't happen again." I kept the certificate. It's framed in my apartment now. A reminder that somewhere in the world, people care about three minutes. © 6IX.

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The Fraternal Order of Police, the largest law enforcement organization in the United States with over 382,000 members, is opposing a key provision of the CLARITY Act. In a letter to Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott and Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren, FOP National President Patrick Yoes said the organization "strongly opposes" Section 604 of the bill, which would exempt non-controlling developers and providers from being classified as money transmitting businesses. The FOP argues this change would "strip prosecutors and law enforcement of the statutes used to track and take down criminals using digital assets to commit crimes" and would make it "even easier" for criminal organizations to profit from illegal activity. This is exactly the provision that matters most for open-source developers. The same section the FOP wants removed is the one that would protect developers from being prosecuted for what their users do with their software. Without it, building privacy tools, non-custodial wallets, or mixing software could make a developer criminally liable under money transmission laws, regardless of whether they ever touched a user's funds. The FOP says it supports the right to trade digital assets. It just wants to make sure law enforcement keeps the ability to prosecute the people who build the tools those assets move through. That distinction is the entire fight.