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  • aehardingMtoVoyager•Push Notifications?English
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    11 months ago

    I have no specific data. But I consider polling in the background to be abuse, especially for a free service hosted by volunteers. Once lemmy implements actual push (which is scheduled soon!) I will implement.

  • aehardingOPMtoParamotor•Interested in the cheapest form of aviation? Ask your questions here!
    1·
    1 year ago

    Yeah. It’s not cheap. But class should definitely be much cheaper than $10k… http://www.madcityparagliding.com/prices.html is $2.9k for example. That is about typical.

    Of course gear is extra, but you don’t need to consider purchasing until after training is done. Rental gear should be included with training.

    Also places like Mad City allow paying in increments, and renting gear after graduating while you save up! And if they know you’re on a budget they should be able to help hook you up with some used, cheaper but SAFE/modern gear.

    Lastly any reputable instructor should encourage you to come out for introductions, watch people fly, show you the gear and what the sport is about, totally free. :)

  • aehardingtoData is Beautiful•WHO Lived When?English
    4·
    2 years ago

    Probably because Sync on your phone is connecting/downloading directly from Imgur, which is bad for privacy. Voyager uses the image cached on your instance, if possible, to avoid connecting to arbitrary hosts to load images when browsing your feed.

  • aehardingtoData is Beautiful•WHO Lived When?English
    6·
    2 years ago

    It’s not a client issue. It’s a lemmy/instance-specific issue. Look at the following link in your browser, then tap the image to expand. You will see bad image quality. https://lemmy.world/comment/11323036

    Edit: Works fine with my vger.social account. Looks like shit on lemmy.world.

    Edit 2: Looks like shit on sh.itjust.works and lemmy.world. Which are both running very outdated 0.19.3. Looks great on feddit.org, vger.social, lemm.ee which are running up to date version of Lemmy (0.19.5).

  • aehardingOPMtoParamotor•Interested in the cheapest form of aviation? Ask your questions here!
    1·
    2 years ago

    Hey, awesome!

    How expensive is the cheapest way to fly?

    Probably about $10,000 US to get training and initial gear. However depending on your instructor you can pay as you go, for example pay training in chunks, then afterwards rent gear from your instructor, save and buy wing, then save and buy motor.

    And is the fan powered via motor or battery?

    Most motors are two stroke. However there are some electric motors. For example, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWU6Mqi6GTw

    If you want to get in to the hobby, check out what instructors are in your area, if they are any good they would be happy to have you come out and show you around, answer your questions etc.

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