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The accompanying artwork is really something: https://images.newrepublic.com/580ae26a8830e8fa8f2f054ca3232...

> MCD uses location tracking to only submit the mobile order once you are in range of the store Interesting. Can they be certain that the device from which one places the order, is…

https://archive.is/bNPHf

Even better: Make the entire structure out of Flex Seal.

For some distributions, CIS benchmarks (also used by various other security tools) now include guidelines for SELinux. I couldn't find it in the Debian spec (probably because it us…

I gave up NPR a few years ago, after four decades of frequent listening. It has become more difficult to recognize the attributes which made it so useful and insightful, for so lon…

There were a total of three fatalities resulting from Asiana 214. Two passengers died onboard, as a direct consequence of the crash. As for the third, it was later speculated that …

Too much of a good thing could be considered harmful: Destroying the Earth by Using Tidal Energy Jerry Z. Liu https://cs.stanford.edu/people/zjl/pdf/tide0.pdf

UI implementers have long advocated for the eradication of Rub icons: https://imgur.com/nUNHlDs

If you want to learn more about life on St. Helena, I recommend a blog called What The Saints Did Next: https://whatthesaintsdidnext.com/ My favorite posts are the trip reports... …

This is very well-written. The author has more articles at this site, which are also worth reading: https://www.nutsvolts.com/magazine/contributor/michael_banks I thought I knew a …

Some people (such as my Better Half) have small hands, and greatly prefer the Mini form-factor. She finds it annoying to use the larger models. I hope that Apple hears from many su…

No need to worry; Hydrogen's exceptional permeability means the gas will diffuse through the jerry can, into the atmosphere; thus lowering its internal pressure. We can make vessel…

In that circumstance, I've heard that vitamins and supplements can be tricky; the additional nutrition may feed the cancer, before it feeds you. Just one more factor to consider.

You might be thinking of Zephyr, which was part of Project Athena. My school was using Athena, and I occasionally received zephyrgrams from people at MIT. http://web.mit.edu/sipb/d…

Don't forget their (slightly less dopey) cousins, the boxelder bugs.

The base elements of human nature do not care about national borders. I think you'll find such people, in similar proportion, in most places around the world.

He also made a video about water kettles, which I found just as interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yMMTVVJI4c

Also 'The Americans'

There's a bunch of info about 1L PCs at ServeTheHome. Look for the 'tinyminimicro' tag: https://www.servethehome.com/introducing-project-tinyminimic... Those guys tend to buy new; …

Good piece. IMHO the introductory narrative might be slightly enhanced by briefly pointing out that synthesis of plutonium was not achieved until several years after Szilard's brai…

Please note that SMR technology has advanced beyond the academic stage. After years of review, NuScale's design has been approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Multiple sit…

I'm particularly fond of the soundtrack editions which overlay Vangelis' music with city background noise, bits of dialog, and other atmospherics from the appropriate scene: https:…