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From your link, a specific PAH called benzopyrene _may_ cause cancer in low amounts. It's a pretty extraordinary claim to say that we should be concerned about carcinogens from coo…

Did you skip over "In almost all applications of superconductors, they don't use high-temperature ones for one simple reason: Material properties." They're saying that LHC does not…

Four hours of knowledge work a day is a lot? Maybe I'm uniquely on a path to burnout, but I put in at least 6 hours of what I would call hard knowledge work per day as a SWE. Throw…

I've got a side project still on Svelte 3, I feel this. I got the implementation into a good state a few months ago and haven't needed to touch it, soon it will be two major versio…

This reminds me in a way of Java Cards / JCOP. It would be cool to see more people hack around on embedded systems, I'm all for stuff like this lowering the bar for entry. Cool!

> never clean it with soap. This is a myth. I was struggling with getting a good non-stick-ability on my Lodge, until someone pointed out the 'patina' is really just burnt carbon a…

Or stainless steel, or BPA-free plastic, or plant-fiber cellulose plastic, or silicone, or...

How is it crazy? Jetbrains' IDEs provide more than enough value as it is. I don't want to pay for features like their collaborative coding or AI assistant that I won't use. Would y…

I've only ever had this issue when using third-party syntax or bracket highlighters. Maven indexing, code analysis is blazingly fast.

Avoid resellers / 'cheap' registrars like NameCheap, GoDaddy. DNS propagation, domain 'locking', etc. is so much easier to manage and faster using registrars who care about their b…

Sure - the *Client would be a class or library intended for import/use by consumers of a resource exposed by a service. The exposed API should be viewed as usable independently, bu…

I assume titanium is better than stainless as far as leaching goes? With a quick search I could find titanium pots (actual titanium, not coated) up to 5L. I have a few on hand for …

Not OP, but I'd imagine the extra handling is the concern here, as far as water bottles go. You do want to refresh water in water jugs routinely as 'preservatives' like chlorine di…

Soaps that don't include detergents are safe for cast iron, too. Many people confuse carbon and crud buildup for 'seasoning'. The seasoning you want is a micrometer-scale carbonize…

PFAS have been phased out of use? Where? You have to hunt for PFAS-free ski or bike lubrication, it's in your contact lenses, and on all of your non-stick pans.

Fluorinated water has its own health risks, but everyone should absolutely be using either a fluoride toothpaste or fluoride rinse.

Is there any risk to the Quarkus project from Red Hat's involvement? It's been my go-to for Java webservices, but Red Hat's track record is making me consider something like Helido…

My theory is that some middleware applications have policies to scale to zero or one based on traffic patterns, when scaled down due to lack of traffic things start breaking.

This is hearsay, but folks in Colorado tend to complain about federal air quality guidelines prohibiting controlled burns during the times of the year that it makes sense to do a c…

Definitely. We actually own three, the intent of the newer one is to replace the other two eventually. Old cars are a Prius for interstate trips, and an early 2000s Outback for cam…

In theory, yes, and a lot of lower income people do put that into practice and live in my same apartment complex. These people also usually own cars. The nearest grocery store is a…

Rancher is going the way of dust? Most dev organizations I'm familiar with either use terraform + EKS + helm + pipeline, or replace a lot of that complexity with Fleet.

Uhh, no. Fed just needs to relax regulations around air quality, especially when the thing they're saying no to will improve air quality in the long run. I recreate on our federal …

I've purposefully chosen, and paid the higher rent for, an apartment that's on the greenbelt in my city and close to work so that I can use my car less. As a couple we still own tw…