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> Curious about SPS + A/C The SPS is rated for 2000W, best-effort. That gets you probably one large window AC. It will run when the grid is down and the sun is shining on your pane…

> Why propane? Because gasoline slowly degrades (polymerization) and needs to be drained, disposed of, and replaced with new (typically every year or so). Propane doesn't degrade o…

> They do have models that can function off-grid, and even models with attached batteries to handle surge loads and night-time operation, but these models are not as widely install…

> What about heat in a power outage? Right now we'd have no heat. I'm thinking of putting together a small general purpose battery backup that we can normally charge via the wall b…

I looked into this some and found some of the most useful advice was for people going to Burning Man. For example: https://www.theplayalabs.com/shopping-list-solar My understanding…

It's unfortunate that ImageMagick decided to call their primary command "convert".

1. This uses the Image Magick command "convert" so it will work on any system that has it installed. I've only used it on Mac and Linux. 2. It isn't lossless, no. I think jpegtran …

I found several of these in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond a few years ago and was confused by them: https://www.jefftk.com/p/assorted-pictures#tree-graves

To fix these: convert -auto-orient in.jpg out.jpg

Author here: I don't know very much about how swamp coolers are used in practice, so I could easily be missing something. I do know that they're basically never used up here in the…

Japanese isn't as well suited to a keyboard as English is; a smartphone and keyboard are about equally fast for typing Japanese.

>patients are known to be highly inconsistent when reporting their own alcohol consumption. Answers patients provide depend on many factors, including the doctor-patient relationsh…

> Based on past experience, it is estimated that between 1 and 2 people out of every 1 million people vaccinated may die as a result of life-threatening reactions to the vaccine. -…

Are they saying they were misquoted? I'm seeing them unhappy about the publicity, but that's not slander.

Where did you read that? It can't possibly be right: the Pacific alone is 160M km^2.

Apache has dynamic modules too, and they're generally better designed. In nginx they were added later and a module compiled against one version of nginx won't work against any othe…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornfield_Bomber https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Belgian_MiG-23_crash

Availability of credit over 7 years is generally much less valuable than $200k.

Anyone can get an HTTPS cert, and with Let's Encrypt it's free. Restricting dangerous features to only websites that can demonstrate their traffic hasn't been man-in-the-middled is…

What would keep someone from getting an economically valuable degree, declaring bankruptcy on graduating, and then just waiting until that had expired from their credit record?

> Most of what Linus says would run foul of HN's guidelines Keep in mind that you're much more likely to see it when he explodes at someone, because that's more entertaining to rea…

Poor angular resolution means you can't tell if an object is at 12 o'clock vs 1 o'clock. It means you can tell there are things, but you don't accurately know what angle they're at…

Huh? People used lead paint widely, and many 100+ year old houses were painted with it.

You can also use fans to cool the environment, trading hot inside air for cooler outside air. For example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole-house_fan

> I'd get 3-5% higher CPM if I filtered non-US traffic. 3-5% higher CPM on how many fewer pageviews? In general, filtering out traffic should always make you less money, even as fi…