Doxin

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571.
by Doxin 3y ago
You might be thinking of sodium vapor lights
572.
by Doxin 3y ago
The ones getting sold on this kickstarter are grooved to keep the hangers at a neat 90 degrees to the wall. With a normal rod the hangers can twist some. Whether or not this is a problem is up to personal taste.
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by Doxin 3y ago
I think the main thing you'd want on a school bus, assuming picking up wheelchair users separately isn't a problem, is the lower windshield. It gives you more chance to spot a kid in front of your bus. With the EU models a kid cou
574.
by Doxin 3y ago
For projects like that I can heartily recommend looking at cubic zirconia too. It's wildly cheaper and arguably prettier.
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by Doxin 3y ago
> Then there's the other die, as in die-cast. I think these are typically referred to as dies in the plural. I'm not sure if this terminology is still in use, it seems to have been replaced with mold. I think die is still used
576.
by Doxin 3y ago
Insane people, but let's not pretend those don't exist.
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by Doxin 3y ago
Imagine a 3-axis joystick that can also sense translation. So aside from pitch/roll/yaw you also get the linear up-down/left-rigth/forward-back axises.
578.
by Doxin 3y ago
It's because philips drivers are wedge-shaped. They properly fit a range of screw heads. This means that there's only two or three commonly used driver sizes. With torx the sides are parallel so the driver size is directly related
579.
by Doxin 3y ago
Presumably the same regulations apply here that apply to not stabbing people. Outlawing stupidity surprisingly only has limited effectiveness.
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by Doxin 3y ago
Possibly multi-mode vs single-mode cable differences? As I understand it single mode fiber has to basically be as thin as you can get it, whereas with multi-mode you can YOLO the thickness a bit more, especially for short runs.
581.
by Doxin 3y ago
You do realize that verbal agreements are, in fact, binding? Just because companies can get away with breaking the law in instances such as this doesn't mean you can't be upset at them breaking the law.
582.
by Doxin 3y ago
Honestly my favorite thing about non-nonstick pans is how if something gets stuck you can just dig it out with a metal implement. Turns out things sticking is much less a problem if you can just force a sharp metal spatula under there.
583.
by Doxin 3y ago
Most oils polymerize at high temperatures. Getting the temperature juuuust right is pretty tricky in a home setting. Much easier is to just burn the shit out of the oil and wipe away the burnt oil, leaving any oil that happened to polymeriz
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by Doxin 3y ago
> It’s a large part of why many ADHDers struggle with being on time to things. The group of ADHDers that can be on time on the other hand will often accomplish this by spending the time up to an appointment doing nothing but worrying a
585.
by Doxin 3y ago
Owning a small tub of the stuff, once used as a paint it's actually startlingly pink. Most definitely more pink than anything else I've ever seen. I would not describe it as reddish at all.
586.
by Doxin 3y ago
Both autisms are the same autism. They call autism a spectrum disorder, which essentially boils down to quite wide variations in symptoms. For any of the related symptoms in the list any specific autist may have that symptom a lot, a little
587.
by Doxin 3y ago
Not saying stabbing people is acceptable but as far as stabbings go this one is almost understandable. You're stuck on that station for god knows how long and someone is repeatedly ruining one of the only forms of entertainment you hav
588.
by Doxin 3y ago
How about "I want to get something for the price previously agreed"? I didn't start out blocking ads because there was a reasonable amount for them. There no longer is. Youtube broke their implicit agreement with me, so I re
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by Doxin 3y ago
In addition, for the love of all that is holy, make sure your wrists are at a neutral-ish angle and aren't supporting the weight of your entire arm.
590.
by Doxin 3y ago
Fume extractors are nice for not getting the smoke all up in your face at minimum. Any filtering they may do is a bonus.
591.
by Doxin 3y ago
For anyone not yet motivated to watch the above: as I recall the sentence "bloody footprints on the ceiling" is involved.
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by Doxin 3y ago
> You see pillboxes all over the place in England. I guess they are just too much effort to get rid of. There's a full-ass bunker in the city center where I live. Right in one of the main shopping streets. It's the storage spac
593.
by Doxin 3y ago
> My nr.1 beef with cars is the noise pollution and the excessive space taken by them. Neither of those are changed by EV's. I feel like EVs do actually solve part of the noise problem. Yes a EV at speed makes just as much noise as
594.
by Doxin 3y ago
I've forgotten most of the content of cryptonomicon -- I should re-read it -- but that "abandon shit" joke will probably never leave my brain.
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by Doxin 3y ago
> So many breaking changes promulgated with covert version numbers This has been the new strategy to avoid another python2-python3 debacle. As long as you're aware it's not semver and minor versions can have breaking changes it
596.
by Doxin 3y ago
Because in practice it allows firing people for reasons otherwise illegal. You shouldn't be able to get around the law by playing word games.
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by Doxin 3y ago
For a reference point, a supermarket here stopped selling Mars Inc. products altogether because of the absurd prices. For a couple months all the M&Ms, bounties, maltesers, and god knows what else all got substituted by store brand on t
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by Doxin 3y ago
> You can’t make walking and transit better without making driving worse. I don't think I agree on this one. Persuading more people to leave the car at home most of the time makes the times when you do drive much more pleasant. Ca
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by Doxin 3y ago
Another trick for practicing rolling Rs is to replace the r in a word with a d. This works best if the R follows another consonant. So when practicing to roll your R don't say "bread" but try saying "bdead". If you
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by Doxin 3y ago
I'd set up some base rules. Semi-obvious stuff like no first class tickets or caviar dinners. And then I'd trust my employees to be adults. Putting your trust in people is a great incentive structure.

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