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481.
by fho 5y ago
Story time! Last year saw a revival of drive-in cinemas in my area (for ... obvious reasons). Apparently drivers are getting so used to the automation, that the staff was doing rounds telling the audience to turn off their automatic lights.
482.
by fho 5y ago
Honestly I was not even aware of that ... A quick search shows that a 100 yo birch tree stores only about 15 kg CO² ... So your half a tree seems to be in the right ball park. Also ... CO² is bad ... but at least is non-toxic compared to so
483.
by fho 5y ago
You can easily walk tens of kilometers in a day. 10 km us basically nothing, 20 km would be somewhat taxing if you are unprepared ... But some (crazy) people are doing 100 km walks for "fun".
484.
by fho 5y ago
Yep, engines definitely have improved over time. Still the Corolla is producing about 80 grams of CO² per km (which in Germany is the benchmark to get a E-plate). So... Only about one chocolate bar per km.
485.
by fho 5y ago
And for those who like their games on Android ... OpenTTD is actually on the Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.openttd.sd... But honestly... Without a mouse and keyboard it is barely wo
486.
by fho 5y ago
Yep ... that's about two chocolate bars every kilometer ... and that has not really changed too much with newer motor generations as it is mostly a function of how much gas is used.
487.
by fho 5y ago
> 1kg of CO2/day which is crazy low if you put it in perspective and see that (gas powered) cars release about 0.2 kg of CO2 ... per kilometer.
488.
by fho 5y ago
Funny ... I did the exact same thing some years ago. Two cheap Dell OEM keyboards, roughly 60 degrees apart on a concave, L-shaped desk. I found that doing that opened up my chest, instantly making me breath easier. Also it's basically
489.
by fho 5y ago
Good point! And I think that's true ... often the top comment is enough to get the gist (or a completely anecdotal aside :-) ).
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Ask HN: Do you guys even read the linked articles?
22 points by fho 5y ago|25 comments
491.
by fho 5y ago
Meta: I feel like a lot of people (including me) just come to HN for the comments, which are often (subjectively) better than the article itself. Basically the heading becomes the random discussion topic that gets thrown in the room. Maybe
492.
by fho 5y ago
Or just have two switches on the train tracks
493.
by fho 5y ago
Would my legally obtained version on Netflix count as a source for that? ;-)
494.
by fho 5y ago
To be fair that "light speed weapon" scene was incredibly awesome to watch (and "hear"). If I remember anything from that trilogy ... it is that scene.
495.
by fho 5y ago
Iirc there was a time where grml just was not up to date anymore? I somewhat remember that it did not support btrfs at some point.
496.
by fho 5y ago
To be fair if you look at conventional weapons against ships most of them manage to lift ships out of the water (or just break them in half). I think it was that "Not what you think" Youtube channel, saying that today weapon syste
497.
by fho 5y ago
> general use ... starts to quote several ports that haven't been used in consumer electronics for ages (or ... outside consumer electronics in the case of I2C).
498.
by fho 5y ago
Something, something, desk worker ...
499.
by fho 5y ago
One good thing about about Neovim is that it forces vim to keep up. I don't really stay up to date, but I think Vim 8 was mostly updates to keep on par with Neovim.
500.
by fho 5y ago
Some (including me) would argue that writing any loop yourself is considered harmful and you should be better of using higher order functions. In Haskell there is a higher order function for basically every usecase and (most of the time) th
501.
by fho 5y ago
I am late to the party ... but is that reddit casually analyzing millions of private messages/chats?
502.
by fho 5y ago
I tried to get of my reddit addiction several times now ... going "cold turkey" or easing it of over time. I did that with 9gag a decade ago and never went back since, but with reddit it's hard because there is actually good
503.
by fho 5y ago
Current OpenCamera versions support multiple cameras if the OS exposes them.
504.
by fho 5y ago
Mandatory link to Ian's Shoelace Site: https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/
505.
by fho 5y ago
Trucks serve a purpose if you need to carry (really) big loads on a regular basis (eg farming equipment). Same goes for actual off-road vehicles. None of these are applicable to vehicles that are only driven in cities. I personally like the
506.
by fho 5y ago
Honestly I would argue that most SUV owners just want to own the biggest car ... if it would be anything else (safety, load capacity, comfort) you could get the same or better with a not-SUV.
507.
by fho 5y ago
I guess (some) people don't recognize how much gas SUVs guzzle (your point 3). To be fair, gas mileage is a fairly opaque topic, but if anything is clear it is that going faster and having more drag is very bad for your mileage. So goi
508.
by fho 5y ago
I've been involved in two open workspaces / hackerspaces ... one had a very open "use at your own risk" attitude towards powertools and you just signed a waiver that they are not responsible, the other had a "you ar
509.
by fho 5y ago
Are you me? We used to play Spring (Balanced Annihilation) and UrbanTerror for years while the rest of the world advanced around us.
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by fho 5y ago
Yep ... most commonly accidents with table saws ... easily preventable by just not putting your fingers in the way of the blade.

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