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I think that Homestar Runner did a great short[1] about this for their 25th anniversary. [1] https://homestarrunner.com/toons/backtoawebsite

This is delightful. I would love to start working on a project like this. Side note, as someone who works adjacent to the RF and electronics industry, getting my Ham license was th…

Backblaze is one of the few services I recommend to everyone. The $5/month unlimited backup service with the 30 day versioning built on top of it is such peace of mind.

That's good to know. I may also have to stop buying used from Amazon. It seems IOBA also allows for damage[1], but it must be noted, which seems to be the main issue. [1] http://ww…

The one thing this article doesn't touch on, that I wish it had, is condition. I'm a large buyer of used books from places like AbeBooks and Amazon, and the conditions simply canno…

I guess I'm more looking for a response to "yes CFCs can destroy ozone even though they are heavier than air," and "here is a graph of the size of the ozone vs space shuttle reentr…

My father-in-law firmly believes that the hole in the ozone was caused by space shuttle reentry, and that's why it's patching now, and also that CFCs couldn't possibly make the hol…