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by blamazon 2y ago
Some WSJ articles work and some don't for me. I think the difference may be opinion pieces.
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by blamazon 3y ago
The next couple airports in Japan to be built were built over water on artificial islands: Kansai International: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai_International_Airport Kobe: https://en.wikipedia.org&#x2F
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by blamazon 3y ago
Hoover dam? Svalbard seed vault?
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by blamazon 3y ago
There's someone I follow on YouTube[0] who criticizes the install quality of roadside barriers, with some positive results[1], after his daughter died in a collision with an incorrectly installed guardrail. [0]: https://yout
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by blamazon 3y ago
It's not quite the same pitch, but I use privacy.com to set up a unique virtual card for every subscription I sign up for - that way, all in one dashboard and can stop them on demand. I also set the spend limit just above the current p
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by blamazon 3y ago
If I remember right, I think Valve has implied that the steam deck arose out of prototypes for a wireless VR headset, so it could be possible there was some early collaboration to that effect, and Valve ended up taking a different path once
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by blamazon 3y ago
Regarding that turnpike, it may be of interest that the service stations were a public-private partnership between McD's and the commonwealth, and that the contract is up soon and the commonwealth gets a cut of the sales: > Under a
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by blamazon 3y ago
For one, loud parties might upset neighbors who might coordinate politically to restrict or even ban Airbnb in their area.
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by blamazon 3y ago
On top of that, smart summon has been disabled on ‘vision only’ Teslas since they removed radar sensors.
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by blamazon 3y ago
See also: "Textual: lean application framework for Python. Build sophisticated user interfaces with a simple Python API. Run your apps in the terminal and a web browser." [1] [1]: https://github.com/textualize&#x2F
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by blamazon 3y ago
Of potential interest, the source YouTube channel is prolific and covers many Japanese manufacturing processes: https://youtube.com/@processx
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by blamazon 3y ago
Tangentially related: " Microsoft Publishes Garbled AI Article [0] Calling Tragically Deceased NBA Player 'Useless' " [1] [0] https://web.archive.org/web/20230913163653/https://www.msn
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by blamazon 3y ago
On my current motorcycle and body shape it says 0 degree forward lean, 90 degree knee angle and 94 degree hip angle. The most comfortable bike I've owned, Kawasaki KLR650.
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by blamazon 3y ago
That's what it looks like when the poster deleted their account, but not the post. When the post is deleted, the body text disappears. Account deleted but not post is relatively common on decade old reddit threads.
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by blamazon 3y ago
If it is unusual, it should not be. President Carter's prolonged time in hospice care highlights something important I think people should take note of: hospice care isn't about giving up. In my eyes, too many people wait for too
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by blamazon 3y ago
The article does poke a little at that aspect: > The bunker would need a lot of wood. He later insisted this came from fallen tree branches.
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by blamazon 3y ago
What if one of my requirements is that the top of the mouse supports multi touch gestures?
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by blamazon 3y ago
If it makes you feel better, owing to kerosene being highly volatile, the conventional wisdom is that at or above 5,000 feet something like 98 percent of it will have evaporated by the time the remainder reaches earth, by which point it wil
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by blamazon 3y ago
I did not see that! Thanks for pointing out :)
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by blamazon 3y ago
A little known fact is that hotels constructed in New York City "before July 1, 1969 which cost less than $88 per week or $350 per month on May 31, 1968" are subject to a law that states that guests are entitled to become a perman
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by blamazon 3y ago
The Hart Island public cemetery, at the end of the article, is a morbidly interesting tangent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_Island
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by blamazon 3y ago
Either works - adding only yolks yields a richer custard I think, but it's my belief that the albumen carries some important quality to the end product - somewhat mysterious, but anyway I usually use the whole egg. I sometimes throw an
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by blamazon 3y ago
Regarding the interior of the wood not being soaked by the stuff when it was cut open. (35:32) I suspect moisture content of the wood is a factor. A similar challenge is faced when cooking French toast, with particularly thick slices of bre
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by blamazon 3y ago
It's petroleum industry[1] in the Orinoco Belt[2], ignition of waste gas[3] produces a lot of light. [1] https://energy-cg.com/OPEC/Venezuela/OPEC_Venezuela_BaseMap_... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org
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by blamazon 3y ago
It also usually takes two or three days for a bag sent from a hotel to reach the airport in particular compared to overnight for other such location pairs in the same urban area. On some Shinkansen trains there are extra luggage seats avail
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by blamazon 3y ago
Who needs morale? Fear and uncertainty are effective motivators.
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by blamazon 3y ago
That seems a bit reductive, example from article notes how rocket flight paths do pass over public lands from certain locations and trajectories: > For example, the company's Falcon 9 launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base somet
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by blamazon 3y ago
To answer the question of what has taken the place of air travel, domestic within as well as international mass transport to and from Ukraine has been predominantly train based during the most recent invasion: https://apnews.com&
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by blamazon 3y ago
This page was difficult to read on my mobile due to ads. Here is a link to the source of the interview mentioned in the headline: https://text.npr.org/2019/06/21/734451600/ever-plugged-a-usb...
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by blamazon 3y ago
> Nitpick: sliding is a pretty rare way to stop on a longboard. To explain for anyone unaware, I primarily footbrake to stop on my longboard - you put one foot out and hold it against the ground and the friction slows you down.

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