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Japan has detailed zoning restrictions, including the shadow a building can cast on a neighbor's lot. Maybe there are fewer lawsuits because the law is clear so it is easy to know …

When I was doing this, I went in a bit later and dropped the kids off and my spouse went in a bit earlier and picked them up. They were neither the first ones in nor the last ones …

According to the article, it is matching 45% with renewable by 2026, not 2035. 2035 is the goal for net zero.

They didn't forget, the ones left behind weren't flyable. F22s seem to require a lot of maintenance. https://www.twz.com/24442/we-finally-know-how-many-f-22s-wer...

Such as this. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PirateBox

I think he meant in general drives aren't sealed, except the helium ones are sealed.

DC Fast charging prices are usually quite high (45-50 c/kwh and may well be near the cost of gas, but not all PHEV's support that. Level 2 charging is usually much cheaper (20-30 c…

I have a PHEV and charge overnight from a wall outlet. I wake up in the morning fully charged. Probably 99% of my trips are electric, but only 80% of my miles. The occasional long …

In 100 years most paper will be gone, thrown out, without any attempt to archive it. In 100 years most digital will be gone for the same reason. The exceptions in both cases is whe…

Ok, so that I didn't know. Here's from the Oster website: "When this feature is selected, the toaster will automatically defrost your food and then toast it in one easy step." So t…

The bagel button makes only one side of the slot get hot (or at least makes one side hotter than the other). Your toaster probably has a bagel icon on the top showing you which way…

Oxfam carefully picked the dates they used to make the gain as large as possible. They used November 2023 compared to March 2020. What happened in March of 2020? The stock market d…

Your "very cheap" 1,000 year BD only has always 10 year warranty. I wouldn't want historical records stored on that.

The remains of dinosaur cities.

Given that the Ike hasn't been minted in 45 years, I think it is safe to say it is not that. The Sacky and Tony are exactly the same width, 26.5 mm. The Canadian dollar is also 26.…

Only if you trust your dentist (or your proctologist, depending on which cheek you were referring to).

I don't think I would create a file like this. It is a lot of sensitive information that I wouldn't want on my computer, and, how would I be sure it was found if when needed? I wou…

It also sounds like it was written by chatGPT. It doesn't sound like the rest of the article.

I have heard of proof of concept camping trailers that not only have batteries but also motors in the wheels so the can provide extra power when you drive (restoring the range you …

Bummer, it's out of stock.

You can already do this with the Internet Archive, just create a web page, submit it to the wayback machine, then publish the resulting archive link. Like this: https://web.archive…

There are a few services like this today, some are fairly simple like memorial web pages or find-a-grave where you can add photos about the people named on the tombstones. Expandin…

I really wish comments were disabled on this article, that would really fit with the headline

Some sort of virus or something I think. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/15/coronavirus-amazon-says-item... Amazon warned it’s experiencing Prime delivery days and running out of stoc…

I'm not sure that you should separate the "avoid waste" and "conserve energy", they seem intertwined to me. Recycling in the supermarket is part of their plan, but I don't know how…