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The Kochbeutel is a German word but the idea comes from the US, I think. At least the brand that advertised parboiled rice in Germany for 50 years was Uncle Ben's (I guess it still…

TFA cites "Each project requires thousands of skilled workers during the two to six year construction period (nearly 10,000 in Mount Pleasant)" so maybe it's not totally fiction (a…

That's inside the DC, right? I'd think that even with current generation GPUs the noise of the fans won't be audible outside the building but the cooling infra that is outside the …

Well, my source (quoting some "Federal Environment Agency") says it does contribute to microplastics. Some googling seems to confirm this.

"the term biodegradable used by manufacturers and distributors can be somewhat misleading for the final consumer" https://www.beease.com.hk/post/how-long-does-pla-take-to-dec...

It is plastic, nothing else.

When the ratio is almost 1:1 it is a bit more than a nit.

I am torn because on one hand now I have the superpowers to actually implement more complex projects, say a Gameboy emulator, on the other hand I lost the desire to do so because w…

How did you diagnose the cancer?

I have a hard time believing that even in a perfect world this would work because for that particular game A you have no reference. How will you compare it to sales of game B that …

How will the seller know you opted out for that particular reason?

Maybe it narrows down if you need to bring the right mindset.

It would be better to say this upfront. I am not blaming you in any way but this would prevent responses such as the parent's (hopefully).

I am all for free climbing. But I don't really like this perspective from a high horse. So it's fine for comparatively rich people to fly there by plane to free climb Cerro Torre?

Sure there's this principle but this just moves the need for justification. Humans leave their traces everywhere so why this principle for mountains? There are many traces that sho…

What kind of ethics is it to decide that these walls must be free climbed? If you want to do that, fine, go ahead and ignore the bolts.

Your link is cut off or something. EDIT: the dot at the end is being cut off by the forum software it seems