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It took about 3 seconds to check. Pop open the case the tapes came in and look at the plastic window and you can easily see both reels. If the tape was all on the left reel, it was…

I fell in love with 3D Studio in the 90's. It was so intuitive to use compared to Lightwave3D for someone who didn't know what they were doing, but very curious and wanting to lear…

And now US Steel is owned by Japan!

One of the biggest "steps" I experienced was when SSD'd first came around. Suddenly "slow db queries" ran at light speed instead of taking 5+ seconds. It was quite physically notic…

You can track them with sites like FlightAware or FlightRadar24. Just zoom in to where your house is. Click on a plane. If it's not on the map, it likely isn't broadcasting ADSB ht…

> China permitted more coal power plants last year than any time in the last seven years, according to a new report released this week. It's the equivalent of about two new coal po…

I'm not sure new laws will matter much considering they've been breaking the existing laws through creative interpretation.

It works 24/7

The first ones certainly weren't as you describe, but then again they were purely a phone, and nothing else. Not even basic texting. Certainly no data. Their only drawback was thei…

On an old macbook pro 2013...no clicking in Firefox... This is really cool. The only thing I found kind of odd was you click the down arrow to increase the program number instead o…

I use both

Wouldn't it be trivial for HN to automatically create an alternative archive link?

All I had to do was update the rules for Adblock Plus free version. I'd been getting the warnings for several days, then yesterday it would only let me watch 3 videos. I then updat…

Also due to chemicals in car tires which eventually washes off the roads and into streams, rivers, oceans. https://www.washington.edu/news/2020/12/03/tire-related-chem...

> This is for very low bandwidth text communications when you're out in the country and can see the sky. From the graphic in the article: > Text: 2024 > Voice and Data: 2025 > IOT:…

The answer is probably the same as why Hollywood uses them in movies. For realism.

Return To Sender. Oh, wait...

Starlink recently partnered with KDDI in Japan to do the same thing for the main island and surrounding islands. https://www.rcrwireless.com/20230831/carriers/kddi-partners-...

It also doesn't cover the cost in terms of tying up a major resource: Paramedics, Police and Fire. Overdoses are at an all time high in Portland. The entity that responds usually g…

As a recent convert to solar, we no longer have any electric bill, period.

I see spelling mistakes all of the time in print media, and they've had spellcheck for 30+ years.

There's also the county government layer that cities must adhere to in addition to state/national.

> towards the end of his life there was only one person that could understand him, his secretary or nurse or someone like this > Mao had been in poor health for several years and h…

Very true, but the point is it just shows there's a lot we don't know still that an advanced civilization might and likely have already discovered and learned to harness/control.

> That assumption is based on my knowledge of physics based on your knowledge of known physics. We're still adding to the periodic table...