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Better to keep things running at a low level than fully idle I'd think. Even if the outputs are consumed by testing, development, or even just stockpiled. Lots of things can get lo…

>By now, its battlefield lethality exceeds that of small arms and artillery shells. The war in Ukraine seems to be showing this to not be true. Drones are used as much as they are …

Like piggies to the trough. There are plenty of things to criticize in procurement. I don't see this as a useful reaction or attempt to fix issues in a long term way.

Interesting, that looks too spendy for my taste honestly but I can see a way to justify it. I use a trackball for some of my CAD work but on another PC I sometimes have to check th…

Once you get the presoldered board it is ~$300. I'm not into keyboards, is it common to price them without key caps and switches? I noticed that. I'm not sure I see the e-ink scree…

Was this during a storm a few years ago? I used to fly Southwest a decent amount but I haven't in several years now. I've heard worse things about them in the last couple years.

Once you've traveled even a significant fraction of a mile in your living room I'm afraid you're likely dead or seriously injured.

I struggle with the music one. I listen to a lot of different music, used see live music at least once a week, and have some strong opinions. I still struggle to explain music to o…

Good point, I wasn't clear. The warning was about the systemic reaction inside the veins and arteries. Or something along those lines. Whatever it was the warning struck me as much…

Baker's lung is a thing too. I think about that when I see the dust from my spice grinder when making various powders. No matter what there is airborne dust when I open the grinder…

Interesting, I had some vermiculite removed recently and got a response from the ZAI trust that the samples had fibers but they couldn't say specifically that it was asbestos. I as…

When I had mine I got the form with warnings about side effects. When I saw the allergic reaction I was a bit concerned, I asked the tech and was told it wasn't a big deal. Since I…

Are you certain it is gadolinium? As I recall from a family member's health issues you can get particulates in joints from arthroscopic surgery or from the metal implants. Not sayi…

I remember when there was a big push to make ball point pen tips, and how a but less than 10 years later they succeeded in making them domestically.

What happens when the building sways multiple feet in the wind? We don't normally think about them moving, but for accurate positioning I'd think the additional distance to the bea…

With regard to the sections about beavers, I went to an event this year where a beaver scientist mentioned that many European settlers in North America showed up after beavers had …

There is a bookstore in Vancouver with a section of translations which is reliably fruitful when I visit. The last book I bought there was a translation of Yuri Herrera's Season of…

Those are great pictures. And I've been near there! I've seen the Alps from near Saignelégier then we drove through Plombieres-les-Bains on the way north. On certain clear winter d…

I might be using a dead person's account at several grocery stores. I just never updated the phone number I used, who knows what bucket my purchasing data goes into. But I hope it …

There's a nearly 450 km photo of the Ecrins from the Pyrenees! https://beyondrange.wordpress.com/2016/08/03/pic-de-finestre... That's a cool thing to track, I've been surprised by …

Interesting, I haven't looked at the datasheets but I assumed there were some PFAS used in the coatings. That is good to know. The problem I see is that the material properties of …

How do you deal with running electricity through the house? This is not meant to be a fully serious question, but I'm replacing old wires in my home currently and it doesn't escape…

I live in one of the places in the lower 48 with relatively easy access to glaciers. The change in some of them is fairly noticeable for me over the last say 20 years. It tends to …

The last time the blob persisted it led to sea Star and kelp death. And reduced salmon runs, and as a result stressed some of the orcas that ate those salmon typically. Also reduce…

I suppose I don't think too much about the type of sugars in my fruits. We're approaching the end of my fruit picking season but yesterday I probably ate ~3-5 pears worth of scraps…