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by 83 5y ago
tldr: Two passengers had identical bags. Technically inclined passenger used the id number from other passenger's bag to get the other passengers phone number and exchange bags. Phone number was not visible on airline web site, he fo
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by 83 5y ago
I had a lot of fun with that gps status app when I first got a smart phone - you could hold your phone up to the window while flying (to get gps signal) and see the 630mph or whatever speed you were going.
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by 83 5y ago
It should be noted that Scepter MFC's are unavailable in the United States because they lack the safety features that apparently the average American needs. It's a shame, since they appear to be far superior to our "safe&quot
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Batteries dont typically have exposed copper, but if thats the route you want to go just buy some 1/2 inch copper rod off ebay, its like $12 for 6 inches. Super soft metal, you can work it by hand with a hacksaw and file/sander.
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by 83 5y ago
The process to grow aluminum oxide on aluminum is called anodizing. Powder coating is almost entirely relegated to plastic coating afaik.
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by 83 5y ago
I wouldn't underestimate people's vanity so much. Also there are numerous other complications that get glossed over. How many L5 cars are going to be available in my area on a popular holiday travel weekend that have a roof rack
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2018 4runner in my case. Still on its original battery so that's probably getting a little weak. -10F starts fine, its when we get those -15 or -20ish nights where you can really hear it struggling and you hope it starts. Sure I could
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by 83 5y ago
> Literally no one is doing this I do, as do multiple members of my immediate family who park our vehicles outside. We have block heaters so we can start them on those -10F mornings. None of us have diesel either - Toyota 4runner, Ford
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by 83 5y ago
You can also build a wood gasifier and run a diesel engine/tractor off wood fumes.
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I take it you haven't done any construction with a modern laser level? Have fun hanging level ceiling tile grid with your hose, hauling it around and keeping it filled between sites, making sure those walls are level horizontally AND
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They might not have to worry about longevity, having built a home densely surrounded by trees in a wildfire prone area.
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You aren't missing anything, that's pretty ludicrous. My (midwest USA) house has 100A service, and I weld for fun and run a rack with servers. The welder can make the lights dim which makes me want 200A, but 400A is just insane.
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I've found metric to be better for woodworking, and especially metalworking. Powers of two (imperial) are no easier than doubling a metric measurement, and more difficult when partitioning items items in thirds or fourths, or having t
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Industrial espionage can be an existential matter for companies. They rarely make the headlines but there's plenty of court cases like AMSC vs Sinovel, where Sinovel (China) stole the control software AMSC had developed and pretty much
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The nasa image[1] of employees with the scale model provides a better sense. [1] https://www.astronomie.nl/upload/750x498/images/Telescopen/J...
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Prices have been high since 2013ish on .22LR, but you could generally still buy some. It wasn't until the 2020 summer of covid and George Floyd protests that it became almost entirely unavailable, regardless of price. That is just sta
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I have one across the street. Slightly less great when the birds eat the berries and your deck, house, sidewalk, and cars are covered in splotches of purple dye all the time.
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You say that, but the batteries have an expiration date and cost a significant portion of that $2000 which adds up. My very rural hometown (midwest US) is ending it's volunteer ambulance/first responder service in no small part d
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We can't get Scepter MFC cans in the US, I've searched extensively. Not sure if that's due to California CARB or the federal save the children rules. We can overpay on ebay to buy them second hand from Canada though. It'
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I think it heavily depends on what type of goods you are buying. I've not seen issues for basic consumer goods, but in my professional role laptops and other goods that require chips are experiencing some significant delays. Steel roo
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Governments want a healthy steelmaking industry so when the time comes to defend your country you can make guns and tanks. When your country is being invaded how useful is your bitcoin going to be?
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At least in the midwest that was just the retail small bags of flour. I noticed the same as other comments - none of the restaurant supply stores around me were ever out of 50lb bags of flour, which is what I ended up buying. Yeast was a
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I would pay good money for a search engine where each result had a button next to it that would add that domain to my personal blacklist for future searches. (goodbye pinterest)
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Commercial accounts get significantly better rates, I've seen at least one startup whose business model is passing along the commercial rate to consumers for a small cut of the savings (my quick search is only finding pirateship.com bu
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Oh boy just wait until the ultra wealthy realize they can lobby to have a $50 per mile road tax going into their community to discourage the poors from using their parks/beaches/public areas.
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Would they have had to be there early? Russian embassy isn't that far away and I think rioters were in there plenty long (wasn't it a couple hours?) for someone to walk over, pay 20 dollars for a trump flag, and walk in unnoticed.
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Why do people always feel the need to interfere with nature? Looking at their diagram of penguin colonies it looks like at most 40% could be blocked from the sea by this iceburg. Yes it will suck for the half of the island that gets wiped
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Ha! I'm writing this on a DasKeyboard and have an IBM selectric ii on the desk next to me - they are worlds apart.
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I've seen a few $20 minimums in Wisconsin, but its certainly not the norm. Usually if there's a minimum it's $10 around here.
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Large disposable income certainly helps - things come together a lot faster when you have proper tooling. Just looking at his site he has a cnc mill, plasma cutter, welder, access to a laser, casting furnace, 3d printers, etc. Looks like

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