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Does the lid open a full 180 degrees and is the hinge sufficiently strong to support the lid if propped up against a wall?

This thread has revealed an interesting cultural difference, with me being in the minority that gets hot water from a remote provider, as opposed to having a heating system and hea…

If your water provider says it's potable I'm not going to question it, but I have yet to see a provider that makes such a claim about their hot water. It is difficult to make a sta…

Hot water pipes don't have the same potability guarantees as the cold pipes, so this practice would unnecessarily increase your risk of poisoning.

The banana equivalent dose is misleading because potassium doesn't accumulate in the body.

Sorin[1] is based in some London repair shop. It is probably viable because he repairs cheap laptops among other things. He also takes mail orders, but I haven't seen him mention a…

^ edit: To elaborate, I believe ANSI is the correct layout for US International, but unfortunately more often than not, when I ordered US International, I got an ISO layout (n=2 ou…

If anyone from Framework is reading this: It appears as though the image[1] accompanying the US International keyboard on the US Framework Marketplace[2] is inaccurate. It seems to…

As with other manufacturers, keyboard availability is determined by the region. If you import one from the UK, you'll have different keyboard options. On top of that, the US market…

The model is deliberately limited in its ability to generate images of people.

It seems that technology-wise, there is more proximity between GDS and the other departments, which is what I was alluding to. This is based on my observation of the various github…

GDS[1] and HMRC[2] don't have much in common besides the fact that HMRC uses GDS's design system. [1]: https://github.com/alphagov [2]: https://github.com/hmrc

Without the ability to open your laptop screen 180 degrees, it can be difficult to create an ergonomic workspace on the go. I would recommend opting for a model that does have this…

From what I've seen in Oxford and Munich, scooter drivers are quite considerate in these cities. Oxford: - requires a driver's license - capped at 12mph - highly granular 0/5/8/12m…

If Moore's law continues for a few more years, we'll probably see offenders fined automatically with the use of omnipresent traffic cameras. Since the scooters have number plates j…

It wasn't necessarily weakly encrypted. The key may have been compromised, which I find more likely.

Opening my ThinkPad e590 all the way and using a pair of push up bars[1] as a stand. The result is an ergonomic workspace wherever I go thanks to the top of the screen being slight…

ripgrep has been a godsend for my bash workflow. It feels impossibly fast when used on git repositories. The caveat is that by default it omits .gitignored files, hidden files/dire…

Once upon a time, back in the Vista days, I was looking for a file. I knew the name of the file, and I typed it into the brand new Search Pane. I waited, and waited, and waited... …

In other words, what all engineering professions have in common is that their practitioners solve problems difficult enough that merely finding solutions is a substantial part of t…