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Not as much time indeed, in December where I live sundown is at 1630.

Just throwing in my anecdata, used to be a late riser (often after ten), had a kid and now I wake up a bit after six. Sleeping in is after eight. I just have to get up when he does…

something is horrifically wrong with your urban planning Ok, agreed. Now what? But seriously, this is the state of affairs for much of the country.

Well, eventually, when that computer has sophisticated software and all the appropriate sensors. An array of optical sensors that you ignore anyway won't really cut it.

That's the thing, I've never lived somewhere that gets to -6 and also runs a real chance of multi day power outages. I'm sure it's a different story in some parts of the world, of …

Personally I suspect a lot of the diehard adherents to gas cooking haven't had a chance to cook with a modern glass top resistance or induction stove. IMO the difference has shrunk…

It sounds like the name of a B action movie.

The various negative health outcomes we're seeing with refined &/or simple carbohydrates.

It's really more like a balance narrative. Hit reasonable ratios of protein, fats, and carbs. High protein, low fat, low carb, low protein, high carb, high fat- collectively we've …

IMO while protein is needed for muscle building, recommendations like 3.3g/kg (I've even seen recommendations of 4.4g/kg) come from a "more is always better" mentality, along with …

It's known in the ham community that pine needles diminish the range of UHF radios, so it fits with pre-existing knowledge. Reportedly needles are about the same length as a UHF an…

I don't know what the proper term is, but there's a certain trust of necessity at play. You have to pick some OS vendor to trust, or at least trust more than the others, because yo…

1.5g/lb (3.3g/kg) is considered by many in the weight training communities to be way overkill, and potentially hard on your kidneys.

You have to pay for bandwidth, CDNs, storage, app servers, DB servers, etc etc. Decentralized serving has just as much bandwidth, storage, and iron (if not more). Does it somehow m…

Yes, it's a little bit different than a regular co-op, but: 1) it's paid for mostly by your local government, not the federal government, so there's some self-determination. 2) You…

It's the co-op model, which USA generally has no problems with as long as it's elective, e.g. you aren't forced to depend on it.

Personally I feel like I would happily pay small amounts for news, but nobody has figured out how to frictionlessly pay $0.00004 to read a news article I'm interested in. We're stu…

In my area, Facebook authenticated commenters conducted themselves poorly as ever and comments were permanently switched off.

I see it as more like, the defenders of public broadcasting are infuriated that public radio ($4M) is put on the chopping block and the DoD ($600B) is to be increased. It's not tha…

Generally, vegetables are more expensive than grains and more perishable.

There's a family business exception.

My parents bought a car for me to drive back when I was a teen. It cost $900, not $25,000.