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recent 99pi episode: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/672-transatlantic-fib...

this guy is a huge dork. I love it. I read to the end and was treated to his analysis on BSG main batteries. https://acoup.blog/2019/11/29/collections-where-does-my-main...

oddly specific

works fine in the rain. source: oregon coast.

yep. super good. I've recommended it a ton. the one on Trader Joe's is also excellent.

as they say it wastes your time and annoys the pig

when they kill it, I will prol leave reddit. the new version SUCKS

sure have and I will take a maul over an axe. an axe is for felling not splitting. generally prefer a wedge and a sledge for splitting. gotta say some of the little electric splitt…

have you ever had to split wood?

ambient information radiator. I like that term and have always been interested in it. for a while we had a system monitoring connected to a speaker that produced fairly consistent …

plus roads

when visiting the jewish temple in rome someone asked if the roman jews were sephardic or ashkenazi. the answer was 'neither' as there have been jews in rome since before rome and …

reminds of a prank we pulled on a coworker back in the xterminal days. every time he hit a certain key it would invoke the 'melt' screensaver briefly. he was fairly unobservant tho…

wouldn't it need to be flipped open? I guess that could work with the right mount

example: in 300 years if anyone thinks of "rock and roll" they might remember one band. and that band is just as likely to be Nickelback as is it is the Rolling Stones.

But What If We're Wrong? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/But_What_If_We%27re_Wrong%3F The premise of the book is that most of what we believe is likely to be wrong, but to avoid delu…

it has been a while since I thought about Kaspersky. have we decided they are not compromised agents of the Kremlin?

idk. it helped me fix my washing machine.

navigation while driving seems like it would be an issue.

thanks, I didn't get see this result when I search HN just now

my only qualm is it that while it runs google maps, it wont be great for navigation while driving.

I kinda like it!

I think all of their metro areas are like this. I'm sure they did some math on the duty cycle of the cars to help draw the boundaries.

Waymo Supreme comes with cheese