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Yup, exactly - which is what makes the regulated descriptors (eg "juice") so important!

> it is impossible in canada to sell swedish meatballs - cant have the onion or breadcrumbs I don't know if that's just an attempt at humour, but it doesn't feel like it, so I'll c…

> it’s unreasonable to spend tax dollars on saving people from that ambiguity I quite appreciate the taxpayer funded regulation of technical terms - I like being able to buy ice cr…

> The truth is that Canadians simply don't seem all that interested in purchasing American dairy products Yup, taking this a bit off topic: I've always bought dairy products with t…

> Call it 5kw/h in 1/60 hours, thats 3000kw, at 700v thats still roughly 4000 amps. (Please correct my head math.) 5 kWh * 60 = 300 kW at 800V (typical charging voltage) that is 37…

I'm saying that data (not anecdotes) on those would've been better justification for your ranking. That said, for most people, going abroad for surgery or to buy a home is not an o…

Also Canada, and I disagree pretty strongly with your post. Those two statistics have little bearing on happiness. Housing costs and healthcare access are much bigger concerns.

If it brings you moral discomfort, why do you shop at whole foods? Shopping at Walmart (or whole foods!) would also bring me moral discomfort, so I just ...don't do it.

> NASA's 25 billion dollar budget for 2025 was a paltry ~.04% of the total government budget. I'm sorry, I think you have a math or data error here. The US government budget for 20…

That's because Nova launcher sold to new owners (whose presumed only goal is to serve ads)

> Yeah in his case it's his editor he really misses which is probably why he hasn't released anything since she died. You're referring to Sally Menke? Tarantino has released 3 movi…

> Something like 50% of marine fuel usage is shipping fossil fuels around the world Note that marine shipping is extraordinarily fuel efficient (from a gCO2/(t*km) basis), so I dou…

Yes, doubling then subtracting 10% of the resultant works because that is the same as multiplying by 1.8 :) When going the other way and dividing, I similarly find it mentally easi…

No need to simplify this. (F - 32) / 1.8 = C C * 1.8 + 32 = F I personally find the math just as easy to do accurately. For example, 87F -32/1.8 = 55/1.8 =~30.5C. Compare that to y…

> I can run faster than the TTC streetcar Yeah, so can I - doesn't mean much. The streetcar is not where TTC excels in ridership, the subway and buses are.

> It's for just 50k vehicles, which means that the first 50k that get sent will be all Luxury high margin electric vehicles. [...] Why would anyone use there quota for cheap stuff?…

> Massive trucks are useful for construction. No, trucks are useful, but a massive modern pickup truck is much less useful in the urban context than a standard pickup truck from 30…

Correct - where I am it is cheaper most of the year, a bit more expensive in the winter.

Fuel is sold by volume, which is why volumetric fuel efficiency is desirable to the consumer

> but was struggling (am still) to see how it relates to a wooden trough that merely holds cables. Overhead Catenary [1] is a standard term, for a system that has two wires overhea…

You have an inbuilt assumption about the purpose of a street name. Compare it with addresses in Japan [1], where some streets don't even have names. I don't know anything about Pak…

Note that this setting (only accessible from desktop) also blocks spellcheck, a feature that absolutely does not need AI to implement

Not defending mozilla adding AI to firefox, but... If you've tried chrome recently, you'll know that it's jam packed full with even more stuff you don't want. And the article lays …

Knowing the average of 108 W wouldn't help with knowing your peak demand, as fridges vary significantly from off to startup to running, so knowing the average isn't useful in that …

Aside from desiring a longer battery life, you'll likely be shocked to hear that some of us (non-iphone users) still use the Aux jack and the SD card slot too!