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I love working outdoors. And mowing is meditative... some of the time. Until I encounter a yellowjacket nest.

Good in theory, but having police with axes to grind airing inaccurate information seems ripe for abuse. From the article; >Chadwick had been charged and pleaded not guilty, but no…

The article isn't great. But it's nice to know about TxGraffiti! I always wondered what happened with Graffiti.

I would vastly prefer it to the current Zig News.

Much as they have features for walk / bike / transit traffic, they could suggest step-by-step carpool instructions: "1. meet with (other Google Map carpool user) X at location Y. 2…

"Hence, the efficient use of transportation networks is of paramount importance." Perhaps some sort of carpooling profile? That would be a dramatically bigger improvement than, say…

Valid points, but this doesn't mean JIT doesn't work for relatively lower-latency coding. To avoid the compilation etc. hit, common practice is to do some "warmups" before serving …

Verified that Turkey Run State Park in Indiana is in there. Nice!

"extremely homogenous and flat" is a common sentiment, but.. it's just not true. Flat for example. The southern portion of the Midwest can be quite hilly (the northern portion not …

Naked molerats live a relatively long time and have many cool longevity adaptations, but they're far from immortal. Max lifespan is under 40 years.

Thanks! I didn't know that. That's... really unfortunate that the slang has gone that direction.

:-) In that case, I'll kvetch about the "boomer" term (Baby Boomers are ~61+ years old), as I think you're conflating it with Generation X (45 - 61 years old)

Not to be forgotten, Steely Dan's unreleased jingle for Schlitz: https://milwaukeerecord.com/music/listen-to-steely-dans-long...

> "solely for the crime of having a larger population than your country" I think there's an interesting question here. Perhaps having a larger population is indeed a bad thing, and…

I'm a free Bitwarden user, I don't plan to self-host stuff, and... honestly I have no idea what this person is going on about. And "Aside from the aforementioned technical details,…

That was a fun Zelazny short story, thank you! I thought I'd read them all.

Except you spend extra time making your code simple, rather than slapping together something that requires extra maintenance from the eventual owners. Ideally we need metrics sayin…

Your points about nostalgia marketing are quite valid. But fyi, the Venture Brothers creators (Publick, born 1967, and Hammer, born 1971) are firmly in Gen X.

There was also Black Destroyer by a.e. Van vogt, where the cat-like creature specifically ate phosphorus: https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/153274

Almost certainly. Ankles also rely upon hyaline cartilage (as opposed to fibrocartilage). I found this out when I had microfracture surgery for a bad ankle injury. Looking forward …

Q3'25 was a known blip due to the rush to get the $7500 U.S. tax break, which IIRC, even Elon noted.

True! But insurance companies (in the U.S. at least) would also love to know that information...

Yes, very rough. Marijuana still being illegal at the federal level, and often illegal at the state level, means it's not always in your best interest to self-report. For example, …

Funny, I grew up using what's called a "hand impact screwdriver"... turns out a hammer can be used to drive in screws!