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   by jakzurr 4y ago

   Yeah, I guess my comment was kind of off the cuff. What I was thinking about, was that seatbelts are hardly "100% perfect in all scenarios." I mean, they can make it a more difficult to get out of a burning vehicle quickly, just a
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   by jakzurr 4y ago

   That sounds tasty, thanks!
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   by jakzurr 4y ago

   Would I be incorrect to suppose that you don't use seatbelts?
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   by jakzurr 4y ago

   This article is long, funny, and has some excellent tips for us seniors who need a little shortcut, or are just having a nice, lazy morning.
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   by jakzurr 4y ago

   I use NoScript with Chrome. (It also used to work with Firefox, haven't tried lately.) It doesn't block all paywalls, but it does let you read a lot of text articles on many sites, including nytimes.com - just can't see all t
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   To Save Its Honey Industry, Australia Is Killing Bees by the Millions(nytimes.com)

   11 points by jakzurr 4y ago|4 comments
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   by jakzurr 4y ago

   Yup, it's a mess. What it's not is, a huge multi-car multi-injury accident. So I don't mind it much more than if all the traffic lights in the area were out.
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   by jakzurr 4y ago

   > University reputations have a few decades lag. MIT did it's greatest work in the 20th century. It's since brought in people attracted to fame, power, fortune, and, again, fame. > I don't think it will dig itself out a
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   by jakzurr 4y ago

   First I've heard of this... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-rectilinear_halo_orbit Rather than calling it stable, maybe it should be called a surprisingly stable orbit.
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    by jakzurr 4y ago

    I thought this article would creep me out, but yeah, it was much worse...
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    by jakzurr 4y ago

    A bit of controversy - it's no surprise how this is viewed by PETA. On the other hand, it can keep the wild animals, gulls, at a greater distance from areas with lots of people. And it does this without killing, mostly, so that the gul
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    by jakzurr 4y ago

    Whew, long; but one of the most detailed and objective descriptions of this 1977 disaster.
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    by jakzurr 4y ago

    My dad quit smoking about 50 years ago. (2 weeks chopping wood in backyard, mostly not speaking to anyone.) When my brother-in-law decided to quit about 30 years ago, he asked my dad when the craving would quit - Dad told him, "It&#x27
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    by jakzurr 4y ago

    dup, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31765730
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    by jakzurr 4y ago

    Yes, sort of, the article calls it "konkatsu (spouse-searching) service."
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    by jakzurr 4y ago

    Short, interesting article (from a tech standpoint). A bit more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CS/MPQ-90_Bee_Eye https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Sword_II I've gotta admit though,
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    by jakzurr 4y ago

    I don't think the author has updated the site since 2011. Here's a link someone posted above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KytMZOLyF4Q I don't think it's his vision; more like "anti-vision".
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    by jakzurr 4y ago

    That's pretty interesting. Apparently touchscreen throttle and helm controls didn't work out, though, and were removed. I haven't read anything about this since 2019, but here's the link: https://www.theverge.
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    by jakzurr 4y ago

    woah! Thanks for the link! But I have to admit "press and hold, then rotate..." makes me think of child-proof bottles. So with a touch of arthritis, it might be a love-hate affair.
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    by jakzurr 4y ago

    Maybe not worth your trouble, but adding NoScript to Chrome works for me.
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    by jakzurr 4y ago

    From earlier comments: https://www.link.nyc/ Each station allows free US calls.
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    by jakzurr 4y ago

    Ah, you're absolutely right, that was my mistake. hp48fan seems correct that it would make a minuscule difference.
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    by jakzurr 4y ago

    Thanks! I hadn't see that - so sad that it's solitaire.
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    by jakzurr 4y ago

    Not Carnot, it's mechanical. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumped-storage_hydroelectricit... It's not 100%, but it's not bad.
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    by jakzurr 4y ago

    That vid blew me away.
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    by jakzurr 4y ago

    Thanks for posting - love this stuff!
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    by jakzurr 4y ago

    B-52 mission from Dr. Strangelove. OK, sorry if that offends, because yes, it's a seriously sick topic. Closest I've seen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megafortress - modified B-52; very early flight-sim, so
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    by jakzurr 4y ago

    Lots of cites in the short wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monosodium_glutamate To paraphrase the wiki, it still won't stop US ad-copy writers from touting "MSG Free!", even for products
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    by jakzurr 4y ago

    I get paywall; however I'm using noscript with chrome. But this works for me: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31487044
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    by jakzurr 4y ago

    OK, now that is it.