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Airports push snow into snowmelters. Shipping container sized warming ovens to melt the snow. I've read about at least O'Hare and Logan doing this

I thought I'd read about unbricking it. https://www.reddit.com/r/ebikes/comments/1bis770/diehard_cop... links to a private FB group that I haven't joined, but implies maybe it hasn…

Getting my backup infrastructure to behave they way I'd want with filesystem snapshot (e.g. zfs or btrfs snapshot) was not trivial. (I think the hurdle was my particularity about t…

N=1. Cybertruck driver reported minor injuries: https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/28/24018383/tesla-cybertruc...

This question alludes to thoughts about front-yard design space. As houses get closer together, residents still want both connection and privacy. A raised area (porch, patio, etc),…

Thinking I could be insulated because of 10x $10 differences that I thought were close enough makes me sad. I think insulating can be fine, but hopefully your friends know you well…

Somewhat similar, I've used a smart light (Philips Hue), Home Assistant (with a ConBee II zigbee dongle), and a lighting rhythm plugin ( https://github.com/claytonjn/hass-circadian…

Not all people driving cars look left and right thoroughly before turning (but you can learn! [0]) This already leads to crashes and claims of 'coming out of nowhere'. So, practica…

Another variation I have been on both sides of: stores favoring certain channels over others. For example, a local fast-food restaurant might prioritize answering the phone for car…

My emergency wallet card also links to a web site with more details (e.g. recent photo of family)

There are a lot of light bulbs, though. The LED switch has had meaningful impact on US residential energy usage [0]. IEA reports 38B in LED sales in 2015-2020 [1]. Averaging $10 (h…

(1) I'm not sure what you mean by 'desirable value for the lifetime of any house'. 25 years may be below the desirable lifetime for structural components of a house. But for applia…

I think most dishwasher detergents switched to enzymes to replace phosphates: https://www.cnet.com/news/appliance-science-how-dishwasher-d... That article implies the enzymes do so…

> which they aren't supposed to be doing What is restricting them now? I knew it used to be part of the merchant-network agreement, and based on my quick searching that was due to …

My preferred anti-tracking adds Cookie Auto delete [0] to this. In the HN container, I keep HN cookies. Anything opened from HN will stay in the HN container and non-HN sites get c…

I would be sad to be the worker subject to that shift planning

For the curious, "Road damage ... is estimated to be proportional to the fourth power of the axle weight". [0] A chart shows it nicely: https://streets.mn/2016/07/07/chart-of-the-d…

I know NYC subway runs 24x7, while many other systems do not. I was curious on the actual number of trains. I made a bunch of assumptions, picked a city to compare NYC to (Berlin),…

I use containers + Cookie Auto delete [0]. In the HN container, I keep HN cookies. Anything opened from HN will stay in the HN container and non-HN sites get cookies deleted shortl…

As a passenger, my usage of the phrase "I can help you with your phone if you want; either way, please put it down" has also gone way up

I've been wanting the VR lessons to be about a prospective driver experiencing what they do to people. What it's like to be passed too closely by a car, forced to brake and swerve …

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/49/24308 http://blog.amtrak.com/2019/05/why-are-amtrak-trains-delayed... https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/270612-amtrak-prot...

49 U.S. Code § 24308 says "Amtrak has preference over freight transportation in using a rail line, junction, or crossing unless the Board orders otherwise under this subsection" [0…