Viewing profile — someone_welsh

"embodied energy" means the energy needed to create the material. So that involved in mining aluminium, refining ore etc, moving it around the world until it's built into a buildin…

To an extent, and seemingly always with frames. But pro riders often use parts that aren't "sponsership approved" - they just make them all black or similar (rather than have anoth…

NB: The bus station in Vauxhall (linked) wasn't designed by Zaha, but by Arup's architecture dept

Sorry, I felt the need to respond to this. Why are shorts juvenile? They are a perfectly rational and sane climatic adaptation of clothing, allowing decent airflow over a human bod…

I generally recommend watching "black mirror" - a funny 3 episode satirical tv thing which is about this very topic. it's worth people's time

relevant and funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pidokakU4I

I apologise for my immense lack of knowledge of current password storage applications (i'm not a programmer and come here for the other stuff), but what is the benefit of these ser…

YMMV; Annecdotes != data; correlation != causation etc. but I've known a lot of modest, moderate and heavy recreational ket users - It's been quite a popular recreational drug in t…

credentials.... "If you like this post, please upvote it on hacker news"

First of all, I should probably disclose that I am a construction industry professional of some sort (architectural training, science training, currently an MEP engineer). Several …

Good points. I generally agree. But I don't think your second reference is really a fair criticism, and I think this was blown completely out of proportion in the UK. I certainly d…

For a few seconds at a time, during transitions between scenes or in the lead up to advert breaks. Synchronicity of relevant actions is minimum - ie a car driving, while someone si…

My experience of Autodesk is that customer services don't exist in order to maintain a healthy cottage industry of books and training courses.

At the distance from the screen which people generally watch TV, better resolution than HD makes no perceptible difference - it would be pointless and wasteful. At closer distances…

i think you just made his point for him

"I think most people are thoroughly bored of this 'scandal' about a bit of corruption that happened 10 years ago. There's more important news out there." Nope. It's more to do with…