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Looking forward to the day when FreeCAD is a viable and stable option for free parametric CAD. There are a few free options for direct modeling, but not for parametric design. As f…

I Contain Multitudes , by Ed Yong https://edyong.me/i-contain-multitudes

For anyone with a UDMP looking to disable remote access via UniFi servers, the setting isn't under the Network application, it's part of the higher level console management: Consol…

Depending on the wavelength, Spectralon (sintered PTFE powder) is a bit better. At least until it gets dirty.

I wonder if a pump like this could be made smaller using a perfluorocarbon liquid like FC-70 (Perfluorotripentylamine)—nearly double the density of water, higher boiling point, non…

The Apple Store sells both and will let you compare the two models if you ask nicely (with new/clean AirPods). I found AirPods have noticeably better noise cancellation (for me) th…

Indeed; a good library is a long-tail institution. The Harvard Library system has a large collection of books at the various on-campus libraries, but an immense catalog of infreque…

The coolest solution I've read about to note the producer is to emboss a hologram in the metal, though perhaps with enough care this too could be faked or copied: https://en.m.wiki…

Helpful tip, thanks. Here's the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) in case anyone is curious what's in 3M 38983 General Purpose Adhesive Remover[1]: Mostly methyl acetate, with some naptha, x…

Hot water "hydronic" heating with radiators is very common in the US as well, at least among homes in the Northeastern US constructed before the 1960s. It's a shame more new constr…

A more detailed description is included in this publication from the author credited for the first photo: http://www.ufrgs.br/paleotocas/Frank_et_al_2012.pdf

It's worth mentioning that the package manager component of anaconda is released as a separate (small) install: miniconda[1]. It includes only Python and the package manager, and n…

They may be withholding physical samples, but some sequence data appears to have been released[1(eight segments of the virus from one patient),2(sequences from the last ten years)]…

Rochester, NY. Very affordable real estate, many of the prime areas of the city and suburbs are served by gigabit fiber, and between local universities and industry a surprising am…

Rochester and Buffalo are this affordable, and have the added benefit of being in New York State.

If you're interested in atomic history and the Manhattan Project, a great book is Richard Rhodes' The making of the atomic bomb (ISBN: 1451677618). It's ~900 pages of history, from…

Python environment headaches have been largely solved for me thanks to Miniconda[1]. Not only do the environments isolate dependencies, they can easily use different versions of Py…

Yes, like us, fungi are opisthokonts, but where collagen is the mammalian structural protein used for making leather, fungal hyphae are principally comprised of chitin—structurally…