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If anyone wants to explore the bidet space without replacing an entire toilet, I can recommend the Neo line of products from https://luxebidet.com/ They sell kits for under $70 USD…

> hypoxic tents, which lower oxygen levels in the air I wonder if the shorter time at altitude also reduced the chances of slower-to-develop high-altitude cerebral edema and pulmon…

Tylenol markets a 650mg Extended Release for Arthritis and Joint Pain: https://www.tylenol.com/products/arthritis/tylenol-8hr-arthr... It is effective for me for general analgesia.…

The MagNav tech, using maps of magnetic anomalies as a global reference, and getting accuracy down to 3 meters sounds interesting.

While the "weather gage" and heeling does have an effect on cannon range, the more important issue is that the upwind ships (that have the weather gage) thus have more maneuverabil…

> paying your dues. Its more about that than aptitude it seems to me. Yes, paying dues, both in the sense of putting in the time to learn the trade well, and very likely for a good…

I agree. Here's a different perspective: Bloated and crafted software - a rant: The state of software is the state of the structures of primitive societies: some in cave shelters, …

And now those positions are listed as open. Disruption, but to what end. Sigh. https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5384961

Thus, perhaps "loafed" as in something brick-like, but which may also be soft. And a "loafed" device, being idle, would be loafing.

Various live animals, queen bees and up to 8 attendant bees by air, but bee hives by ground only. Fair warning: the recipient of mailed bee hives may get a phone call at any time o…

People trying to ignore politics are like fish trying to ignore water.

Narrow escape for people from Yemen (YE).

Regenerative braking would tend to reduce particulates from friction braking.

Have a minimum of say, 60 minutes, and if that is exceeded, the issue gets escalated or deferred. If deferred, presumably to the next day shift, the cost is limited. If escalated, …

It is worth noting that Midgely was also awarded multiple prizes for helping invent Freon, which reduced our earth's ozone layer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr.#F…

People in the US who work with large volumes of fresh water use acre-feet and cfs (cubic feet per second) almost exclusively. If an article refers to gallons or comparisons like sw…

We could ease into more driver testing by requiring retesting after certain types of incidents - vehicle goes off roadway for no apparent reason, collision in a manner suggesting i…

Many states[0] have explored this. IIRC, the New Mexico legislature once, back in the 1980s, helpfully defined alpine skiing as a "hyper-dangerous" activity, trying to place all li…

> Delta: "The Delta crew on flight 480 continues to follow ATC instruction along its journey from Los Angeles (LAX) to Honolulu (HNL). The flight is en route to HNL with no issue.”…

Note that Getty Villa != Getty Museum. The Villa is near Malibu, the Museum is miles away near the 405.

> at least 1000 people died from COVID-19 each week, 75% of them in the United States Unless that percentage is an artifact of more accurate reporting in the US, I am now even more…

Tragedy from a Swiss cheese failure - several small holes/failures all line up. The issue of halon extinguishers versus oxygen-powered combustion producing many toxins while failin…

So, PBH eats the liquid core, leaving tennis ball(TB), then TB (with PBH still inside) has close approach to another more massive object (bowling ball?) which sends PBH and TB off …

Not so much at this Gettysburg level, but one of the challenges for volunteer docents is that visitors often volunteer what I call "lore" that is based in myth, folklore, fiction, …