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Its varies by state. In MO I can theoretically do it online, but I can't get through the ID verification step. I have to go to town to get my car inspected, so it's only an extra f…

The privatized "DMV"s in Missourri are amazing. You have a question? Call your local "License Office" and you don't have to go through a robo call router, it rings and a person pic…

Follow-up on the results of his barrel adventure https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48222707

Ah, I see. I guess that's possibly true. On the other hand, the loss of someone close to you is practically inevitable. Eventually almost everyone will experience a devastating dea…

I sometimes think about what my life would be like if my wife passed away. I'm also a father, and sometimes I wonder what life would be like if I lost my entire family. I think I'd…

Not a knock on Feynman, but he did re-marry in '52, which ended in divorce a few years later and then married a third time in '60, and stayed married until his death.

I'm not sure I follow your meaning, kids still die. I have lost a child and a tracker that ruins their confidence and privacy wouldn't have done anything. Not that much changes.

My sister is in her twenties. About the time she was in high school these tracking apps became available. My mother used it to keep an eye on her. Fast forward almost a decade, she…

Ditto I have four kids between 8 and 1. These things keep children AND parents from growing up.

Also an American and the same story. I have owned six "modern" (post 2000) vehicles and none cost more than $5000 and all have had very long and problem free lives with me. The onl…

Agreed, also a nuclear strike would serve no purpose to the aggressor, they would want the land to be healthy, not irradiated. Invasions are not ever going to be won through the th…

Ya I have not been able to find monthly highs (not average) or even just median high temps.

I've seen some amazing old buildings there and elsewhere in that general area of the world that were able to even produce ice despite this heat. Shame that these olds technologies …

Yes I saw that too. Quite an extraordinary temp by almost any US state's standard! I looked up the temp in Turbat today, only 86F, cooler than where I live in the midwest. Wild the…

The thermal equator passes through Sindh. The hottest temp ever recorded was 53.5C/128.3F on May 26, 2010, the previous record high was 52.8C/127F on June 12, 1919. So sounds like …

Neat, I never knew this math trick before! Kind of seems obvious now... 27 69=27 7 10-27 And it works for "N1" too, 27 71=27 7 10+27 I'm not good enough at mental math to do 27 7 o…

This looks great. I'd love to try it and see where it can go. My two favorite development features are using slime/sly for lisp development and Elm's visualization of state and tim…

Probably not a CDN, persay, but is using Cloudflare Pages as a host. Hosts static HTML for free on CF's CDNs. I use it for all my sites.

I have something kind of similar written in Common Lisp, however it uses stock HTML and then lisp. A template is a literal HTML template element, and it's referenced with custom el…

I saw that, but as you point out, whether it works or not is all a trust thing.

Is there a way to prevent this data from being used? Can I somehow not broadcast certain data over wifi or otherwise keep google and apple from using my wifi metadata without my co…

Ya you're probably right. I think "common rail" injection is based on gas DI though. And there are some engines that are indirect injection (called IDI). I've been on the hunt for …

I wonder how similar it is to a mechanical fuel injected diesel. All my tractors are diesels and they have electric free fuel injection. My tractors are something I always marvel o…

Ya if imports are your thing you're definitely going to have a few tool chests of one-off tools! I have always stuck to American muscle and diesel tractors. The amazing simplicity …

Ya the cis/kjet thing is something I have always thought was neat and also am glad that the vehicles I buy and work on don't have them!