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There is a terrific documentary, 'Its quieter in the twilight', about the aging and dwindling team that still runs both Voyager missions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6L9Du_IFmI…

and 3 liberty ships every 2 days. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_ship#:~:text=Eighteen%... .

Same, my son was 2 and we were on vacation, and it kind of ruined it for me. Couldnt bring myself to watch the movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTdNI6Alh4c Like most things, "dont knock it till you have tried it". You never have to do something you are either uncomfortable doing or are unabl…

Fully agree, the crossfit gym I joined several years ago has become an important part of my life.

Inspiring!

Adding Liz Rice's superb "Containers from scratch" to the list. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TsSmSu57Zo

>> (removing one bud to have a conversation, putting it my pocket, forgetting it, and washing that pair of pants). My son has put his airpods through the wash at least 3 times and …

agreed, have several printed ones and love the combination of whimsy and concise technical content.

It would be the equivalent of a US company clawing back a 401k contribution match, which is kind of crappy imo, especially if after a year.

I remember as a 17 year old spending 50 Irish pounds on a copy of Turbo Pascal and being giddy with excitement when the brightly colored box and manuals arrived. I pretty much memo…

President Biden said it.

right, for this particular place the cancellation fee is more than the night camping rate!

I love this, with research and forward planning you can create magical experiences. One of my favorites when my son was very young is there is an island on cape cod we could paddle…

A beach parking pass for a popular beach near Boston is now $45 for a weekend day.

> I've had increasing trouble reading books for years. I've experienced this as well, and the only solution I have found is to take periodic breaks from my phone and all social med…

https://www.forbes.com/sites/oliverwilliams1/2021/11/05/118-...

> The United States is more of a petro-state than most people realize or energy independent, depending on how you want to look at it.

Elitest nonsense, while he's not everyone cup of tea he has had some excellent guests on. Its the great thing about freedom, you can choose to consume it or not.

Running an ER is enormously expensive, who do they expect should pay for it ?

I'm curious if you are a farmer yourself or in some other way qualified for such a pejorative statement.

said by someone who probably has a #9999 most dangerous job.

>> If it takes say a $2 million loan to acquire land and build units for 100 families According to the Terner Center in 2016 in CA the cost per unit was ~ $425k (probably more now)…

Per-capita Norway is the 5th largest oil producer in the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_oil_produ...

right, looks like Sweden is doing pretty well compared to the USA. https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToS...