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While gold has industrial uses, isn't most of its value based on the fact that people like it and believe that it has value?

It seems inefficient to put solar panels over parking areas as it requires significant amount of structure which costs a lot more than shade it creates is worth. Especially compare…

http://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/connectix-ram-d...

I saw a talk a long time ago about the structural aspects of runway design. The most interested fact I remember was that the stresses on the runway generated by departures was high…

Double blind studies are helpful when we do not understand they underlying dynamics of a complicated system (like a body) but we want to learn what effect a change has on that syst…

This is a different feature to allow sites/companies to see which of their users may be compromised to help facilitate resetting credentials. I did figure out the other issue thoug…

HIBP emailed me to tell me I was part of the leak. The blog appears to mention I should be able to see what domains are associated with my email but I can’t seem to find how to acc…

Sounds like John Malone at TCI Cable

Have you always felt this way about development? Or is this a newer feeling? If it's newer, you might just be burnt out and taking a step away from the stuff you hate for a while m…

I kinda feel like this is a result of suburban car-centric living too. If every 45 minute practice comes with another 45 minutes of commuting time it eats up all of everyone's time…

I think the notch works ok on the iPhone as iOS is specifically designed with it in mind. The small spots abreast of the notch are fine for battery meter, clock, and reception bars…

Pretty common. You can probably find one in your gutters or roof. This video says 1 per square meter per year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xD7SvtPAMM

He should send another invoice for the extra services!

I found this video by Zach Freedman about finishing projects to be enlightening, especially the idea that "deciding to not finish a project" is a way to finish a project. https://w…

I actually had the idea of "hobby as a service". Create a catalog of a few dozen hobbies to start, and build boxes that are a foothold to the hobby. Could be: - a cheap ukulele, tu…

Where I live, I think a shop space like that would cost a couple thousand dollars a month. Lots of hobbies cost that much (boats, rvs, cars, vacation homes, etc) so it's not outrag…

I love HN because sometimes the person you’re putting social pressure on is a co-founder of the megaplatform you’re pushing back against.

A way to limit the max spend per month would be great, even if that means creates outages. I would happily put a $20/mo limit on many of my accounts. They should never bill more th…

I have read that cyclists who only eat beef generate more CO2 per mile than a hybrid car, though that presumably that ignores all the carbon cost of building cars and car infrastru…

So they'll default to showing directions for biking, walking, and transit?

Banks are companies and their service is to create new money.

In a world where employees need to show up to 6X Co HQ everyday to work, the cost of living and the cost of hiring is directly linked (6x). But in a world where people can work any…

I've always thought Kickstarter should offer insurance that the creator will deliver the products they're selling. It would be hard to assess risk between all the different kinds o…

> As for what the world is supposed to do with this new information, Hu admits that it’s “not going to replace the way we manufacture plastic.” But the wombat’s strategy could help…

The people receiving the orders are trained to understand that they do not/will not have full situational awareness. The president issues the orders and they carry them out. The pr…