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811.
by a3n 7y ago
> The fourth power rule is specifically about axle load, not about wheel load. Misunderstood that, sorry.
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by a3n 7y ago
That's been the benefit to me, still having a drivable rig when a tire shreds. But, there is also something called a "super single" that's a double wide single wheel/tire, with one on the end of an axle rather than
813.
by a3n 7y ago
Lots of ways to cut that. Consider pounds-mile/gal for freight on my 80k truck carrying 45k freight, vs your vanagon or beemer. My truck gets at least 6mpg, usually 7.5, sometimes 9, and I've seen 10 once.
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by a3n 7y ago
In the 70s I live in an apartment adjacent to Interstate H-1 in Honolulu. Same experience. Lanai furniture black. Don't know if tire or exhaust caused, but it was black and disturbing and probably in my lungs. https://en.wik
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by a3n 7y ago
> Take a 40t truck with 5 axles vs. a small car with a weight of 1t and two axles ... Truck driver. Not quibbling, just adding nuance. For your typical 40t scenario, allowed max weights are: 12,00 pounds on the front steering axle. It ha
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by a3n 7y ago
> So this is based on n=1, very suspicious. Maybe the article's point is to get the site's owner more testing business.
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by a3n 7y ago
The reason it's worth it for advertisers to pay sites for placing ads is because of the data they collect. You only buy something because of an ad occasionally. But data is collected each and every time.
818.
by a3n 7y ago
Counterpoint: I used to "and I stopped reading" when I ran into grammar issues. I gradually realized that it's worth the effort to focus on the underlying ideas and evaluate that , rather than someone's 2nd language abi
819.
by a3n 7y ago
That's interesting. Where is rhythm processed?
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by a3n 7y ago
I was a software dev and SWQA since 1988, with a few years taken off in the middle to deal with some externalities. I rage-quit my last SWQA job, then discovered that a 60+ year old B player ought not to have done that. And so I drive. What
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by a3n 7y ago
They were ingenious when invented, and are still ingenious. I would still buy the inventor a beer today.
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by a3n 7y ago
Gonna have to answer later today, I want to be further on before I relax and think. (And I guess that's the first part of the answer.)
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by a3n 7y ago
I used to have my clock radio set to a news station. One morning the first thing I heard was about a massacre in Seattle's International District (their "Chinatown"); thirteen people murdered IIRC. I don't do that anymor
824.
by a3n 7y ago
I vaguely think I stopped watching TV, modulo Netflix, around the same time as you. Now when I see it in a trucker's break room or similar, it strikes me as shockingly vacuous, and so filled with commercials. And now I'm living th
825.
by a3n 7y ago
Article on CNN-generated images surprisingly easy to spot is surprising difficult to read on mobile ... for now.
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by a3n 7y ago
Timex Ironman bought within the last two years, almost certainly less than $20, says 3/1 Sat today. The numbers on the back might say "029 36". Or maybe "029 56". I'm sure its innards are the same as most o
827.
by a3n 7y ago
I get similar satisfaction from a "putting things together from the basics" perspective. And now that I'm no longer in the industry, I put most of my limited "crafting" time into using and exploring old things like
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by a3n 7y ago
I wonder if younger people understand "I pawned my Smith Corona" from Warren Zevon's "Carmelita." Or tubes glowing in the dark. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xeb0OI8wXN4
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by a3n 7y ago
You can also sometimes get rid of the "subscribe or die" notices and read the page anyway with reader mode.
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by a3n 7y ago
YouTube is not preventing anyone's free speech. Everyone, including the plaintiffs, are free to say anything they want, regardless of any YouTube policy. YouTube is merely not obligated to provide a platform for everyone. People can go
831.
by a3n 7y ago
> NASA scientists have previously conducted computer simulations suggesting Earth is usually host to one or more mini moons, asteroids that temporarily circle Earth before breaking free and escaping back into interplanetary space. What b
832.
by a3n 7y ago
Blocking a hall is like commenting out code.
833.
by a3n 7y ago
That I'm in a meeting.
834.
by a3n 7y ago
Yep to all that. But. Meanwhile, you've probably lost your job, either for not showing up or for being arrested. At least then you can argue that you're indigent and need a public defender.
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by a3n 7y ago
> say "No, I want to talk to my lawyer, I don't want to talk to you," And if I can't afford it, I'm going to get the money for a lawyer ... where? If I don't have a lawyer, will I just sit in jail until I ta
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by a3n 7y ago
Being different was itself weird back then, while it's almost normal now. Being long haired and stoned and consciousness oriented, among short haired short sleeved pocket protected engineering units was especially weird. "Freak&qu
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by a3n 7y ago
Three somebodies did get killed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1
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by a3n 7y ago
We do have more people talking this way. The other people aren't listening. Society might benefit from peaceful pursuits in the long run (and individuals will in the present), but people with piles of money will make bigger piles of mo
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by a3n 7y ago
He was physically described pretty well in the article. As for "weird" and "freak," you should probably load the 1971 context for full understanding.
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by a3n 7y ago
> "Spying between friends, that's just not done,'' Ms Merkel said as she arrived for a two-day European Union summit where the growing spy scandal has hijacked the agenda. https://www.news.com.au/world

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