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“These are the worst ads I’ve ever seen.” “But you have seen them.”

I don't actually see that change, unless I misunderstand the meaning of toptext.

This post would be improved by adding a sentence explaining what ScrollPods are. I don't mean the technical details that you promise in an upcoming post, but rather anything whatso…

Why is the wind-up gear needed? Couldn't the axle be connected directly to the spring gear?

Yeah, I don't understand this. What broken tool is turning newlines into j?

Taking a knee to lock in an American football victory used to be considered unsportsmanlike, but then the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_at_the_Meadowlands happened, where t…

Because if the one falling 20ft lands on a seesaw, the other side of it will toss two balls each of the same mass 10ft up.

To me this sounds more like the Icarus Fallacy: "The lesson of isn't don't fly close to the sun, it's make better fucking wings."

I've never heard of a big red L but I've known about the Japanese new-driver icon for decades.

Do you think it’s dangerous to be in a car going at freeway speed? Do you ever do that anyway, even though you could be walking instead?

People were definitely addicted to IRC.

Priests will read it and then talk to their congregations about it on Sundays throughout the year, if not explicitly, then in how it shapes their homilies.

Yeah, every US sixth-grader can instantly tell you 12x12=144 but will have to puzzle out 2x13 the long way.

I agree. She’ll never get to 20 because kids only do the times table up to 12.

Looks like something that would pop a tire if you drive over one

The Org should make a deal with a manufacturer to produce some huge bulk quantity of these and just sell them pre-cut to camps.

The best solution I know of is to get three-link segments of chain and put one on each screw as it goes into the ground. That not only marks the spot, it also gives you a flexible …

When I click the actual link I get a paywall.

Can't blame unions, considering how easily Europe gets it done. Most likely issue is that in the US, every landowner and minor municipality is empowered to delay and obstruct these…

Passing clouds?

Oh wow, no wonder I never found it; I was always zoomed way too far in.

I’m aware of the map but I’m unclear on where the peak/ridge is.

Could you transcribe the emoji? HN strips them out.

I find it so hard to figure out how close Curiosity is to the peak/ridge of Mt Sharp and whether/when it seems likely to cross over to the other side.