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Was a long term subscriber, now just a podcast listener: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/delayed-gratification-...

I know another professor where this is also the case!

As much as I dislike the cold light of a LED bulb it’s so much better than the horrible era of compact fluorescent bulbs we just lived through.

There are many professional examples outside of teaching (construction, lab based science, field work, engineering, healthcare, retail) where a calculator, not necessary a programm…

Even more obvious, look at the detail on the frame - it’s a unusual pattern that doesn’t repeat as you would expect.

The best price/TB in Amazon US are mostly NAS drives. For Amazon UK they are mostly external drives.

We have a specific area for drawing so the ‘mess’ is confined to a small area. Our daughter is happy to likes to give the drawings away and isn’t overly attached to them after they…

After my daughter turned 4, the ‘toy’ with the most play time and lowest clean up time was a good pad of blank paper and colouring pencils. The bonus is that it takes up little roo…

In the UK we have the 111 NHS non-emergency telephone service - they don’t give medical advice but triage you based on your symptoms. Either a doctor will call you back, they will …

This is great, i’d kickstart it, my 5 year old would love it.

Two things, no oil as others have suggested but also frying eggs does not require a very high temperature, around 150 Celsius and your eggs don’t look particularly browned (which i…

Is this the same with EV though? The power of the installed engine is more nuanced, for example the full power is limited by software already to prevent wheel spin and improve rang…

I wouldn’t buy Tesla again but I’ve never experienced software issues in mine. Although some of the menus could be re-arranged for clarity, it’s otherwise clear and responsive. The…

The my neighbour Totoro theatre show has a 18ft soft moving puppet built by Jim Henson’s Creature shop. It’s incredible how they pulled it off. https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/My_Ne…

There was one running in Frome, UK but unfortunately these community things are hard to keep going and it has now closed. The issues are cost of storage space, insurance, staffing …

Same for me, I had to press the options button on iOS when uploading and set the format to ‘most compatible’. It now works but the aspect ratio of the image is squashed.

A few companies are cropping up to do EV battery repairs so it may be affordable to a consumer. E.g. https://cedarelectric.co.uk/electric-and-hybrid-battery-repa... My thoughts are…

These would be great in the UK where we have smaller gardens and poor access. Typically access to rear gardens in semi-detached housing stock is down a narrow path between then hou…

In the UK first inspection is at 3 years and then every year after that. I wonder if the UK data looks any different due to the more onerous inspection schedule.

Cool project and I’d really like to try something similar with a 4G/5G connection so it doesn’t rely on site WiFi. I don’t think your cost comparison is fair between the rpi and ho…

High energy gammas have a relatively low cross section, most are going to pass right through the chip. If you add a too little shielding, or don’t layer shielding appropriately you…

I just bought a second hand EV for 4k, cheaper than and ICE of the same age.

Who needs a garage for charging? I’ve got a 7kWh charger on my driveway but no garage. Over the road there are chargers on the street lamps. Where I live I’ve even seen charger cab…

You’ve worn a stillsuit before?

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