andechs

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by andechs 1mo ago
I've done this fix on at least 3 MX Masters, just going in through the rubber on the side to remove the switch, since disassembly through unscrewing everything is more work. Needing to replace the feet every time you open the mouse is
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by andechs 4y ago
Toronto uses the [Deep Lake Water Cooling System]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Lake_Water_Cooling_System ) to extract "cold" from lake water before it is treated and used for drinking water.
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by andechs 4y ago
he just wants free-er speech for his OWN political views
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by andechs 5y ago
The median spend might be zero $ per year.
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by andechs 5y ago
> If their property taxes had risen with the rate of the area that they bought a house in as we grew up, we would have been unable to continue living there and forced to leave. The same thing goes with my grandparents. We're ensurin
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by andechs 5y ago
The object is not a point mass at the end of the arm, it's a line. Different parts of the line are moving at different relative velocities & accelerations relative to the centre of rotation, and thus when released the rocket not go
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by andechs 5y ago
If you have higher capacity batteries, you're carrying around extra weight you're not using. The long range model 3 has a 480kg battery. Unless there's a massive revolutionary discovery in battery technology, for 10 times the
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by andechs 5y ago
When a central authority is in charge of adding transactions to the blockchain, ie: DMV issuing licences, what's the advantage of blockchain over a standard database?
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by andechs 5y ago
A EV is a much simpler device than a ICE - it's a battery and an electric motor, it's much simpler than mechanical power. Gone are oil pumps, transmissions, etc. On top of all this, you can now route power through electrical wires
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by andechs 5y ago
Walmart and Amazon raising wages allows them to exercise their huge scale to further crush their competitors. With their huge efficiencies of scale and deep cash reserves, they are better able to offer higher wages than competitors. During
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by andechs 5y ago
In order to send representatives to the European parliment, the EU requires that representatives be elected in fair elections: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_elect... Part of being a member stat
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by andechs 5y ago
Matterport does this and uses it for real estate listings all the time. https://matterport.com/gallery/bclm-tollhouse The "dollhouse" view is really handy for being able to get a sense of the space.
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by andechs 5y ago
> moral but are actively ineffective at their stated purpose; they just lead to the hypothetical price-gouge transaction never occurring. If you drive across state lines to bring HAM radios or water filters or what-have-you during hurric
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by andechs 5y ago
I think you're underestimating the value of "you can breathe the air" and "water is easily available via melting snow" when comparing it to Antartica.
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by andechs 5y ago
How big is this tank? Water is heavy, and we're talking about an insanely massive tank to generate any reasonable amount of energy... that can also move and be used as a gravity battery. Anything you build the tank from would also be v
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by andechs 5y ago
The discovery of the alternate route by "everyone else" means that the roads are now in more usage. Unless the bridge collapse resulted in increased traffic levels afterwards, the same traffic that used to go over I85 is now distr
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by andechs 6y ago
Not all battery storage needs to be electrochemical - hydroelectric dams work amazingly as pumped storage batteries (although site specific).
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by andechs 6y ago
I'd actually argue that Android users have more options, thus the market price for apps is reduced by the amount of supply. When you're looking for a "Todo" app, there's 1000's on Android, and many or most are
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by andechs 6y ago
Cinder block construction can also be difficult to insulate and hide services such as electricity and plumbing behind. In addition, brick buildings are a bad idea in areas subject to [seismic events]( https://www.npr.org/2010
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by andechs 6y ago
Even then, a lot of the "I was talking about something with a friend and never even Googled it then got an ad for it" can be explained by Facebook leveraging their social graph to target ads if your friend googled something. They
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by andechs 6y ago
The tax deduction on mortgage interest is one of the most regressive pieces of tax policy. Those with more expensive housing benefit more from the credit. Non-homeowners do not benefit at all, and renters tend to be poorer than homeowners.
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by andechs 6y ago
Toronto's deep water cooling system is the largest in the world, and air conditions a good chunk of the downtown core. http://buildipedia.com/aec-pros/engineering-news/torontos-de...
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by andechs 6y ago
Does something like this exist for USB-C devices? I have to plug and unplug a certain device to change it between machines. Not full emulation and remaining "connected" - just the ability to press a button and change what the devi
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by andechs 6y ago
Most of the electricity usage is due to the drying cycle of the dishwasher. If you want to be super efficient, set your dishwasher to skip the drying cycle and either prop the door so that the dishes can drip dry, or hand dry the dishes com
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by andechs 6y ago
Why would they though? If their customer retention is already super high, the only reason to make an onboarding curve more shallow would be to acquire new users. Given there's already a social appeal to getting a Bloomberg Terminal, wh
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by andechs 6y ago
Removing the splash screen for Unity is a feature - Unity has a pretty bad rep (perhaps undeservedly) because so much shovelware uses the engine.
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by andechs 6y ago
Most of Toronto's rental stock is privately owned condos, rented out. There is next to no Condo Corporations in Ontario that aren't senior specific that ban renting the unit to long term tenants (many ban short term AirBnb in thei
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by andechs 7y ago
If it's filled with Hydrogen, it doesn't burn for very long - it would be an explosive burn. The cargo is still aloft in the air though, but that's also a theoretical problem with planes.
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by andechs 7y ago
Microsoft does a TON of work to make it's applications not only accessible, but user friendly to screenreader and keyboard users. This is most obvious in the OneDrive online. The selectable list of files is implemented using Layout Gri
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by andechs 7y ago
Because the 2nd hand valuation is so much lower than the purchase price, there aren't any sellers. There's TONS of demand to get a diamond for 80% off retail, but many diamond owners would rather not sell than accept the massive w

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