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by jonah 8y ago
Don't miss the video for the DIY Lego watt balance. https://www.nist.gov/si-redefinition/nist-do-it-yourself-kib...
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How I built a toaster – from scratch (2010)(ted.com)
1 points by jonah 8y ago|0 comments
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by jonah 8y ago
(Typically the flashing lights allowed on non-emergency vehicles are called Amber.) The vaguer the better, I'd say. Amber light, an antenna, black numbers on the tailgate, some reflective tape on the bumper, orange cones in the bed, a
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by jonah 8y ago
They also let you skip to the font of the line and get discounts: https://youtu.be/AWVxmbPKTp4?t=564
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by jonah 8y ago
These posts always remind me of Todd Lappin's Telstar Logistics[1] in which he makes his personal vehicle look "official" and gets away with lots adventures with it. [1] https://telstarlogistics.typepad.com/te
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by jonah 8y ago
And so fast! Thanks 'herf.
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by jonah 8y ago
When they were both new, I tried out Rdio and Spotify. Rdio won my subscription hands down and it was long after they'd shut down that I finally bit the bullet and subscribed to Spotify.
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by jonah 8y ago
Check out Adrian Mendoza's photo-based works. He's still using Kai's Power Tools and other filters on a PowerMac. (Not sure he has a site with that work but it's scattered throughout his Twitter feed[1] along with some n
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by jonah 8y ago
Two large natural food distributors, UNFI[0] and KeHE[1], carry their products[2] and so they're found in many natural food stores and co-ops around the country. [0] https://www.unfi.com/ [1] https://www.keh
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by jonah 8y ago
Pretty broken on mobile. (Android 7.1.1, Chrome) Menu animation is too slow on mobile.
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by jonah 8y ago
I'd like to know why they removed it.
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John Deere Just Cost Farmers Their Right to Repair(wired.com)
9 points by jonah 8y ago|0 comments
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by jonah 8y ago
Very cool, having some of the parts already, I'd love to build one of these. A couple (unrelated) questions: 1) GOES receives data from remote terrestrial weather stations too, right?[1] Is that aggregated and rebroadcast in a way we
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GM’s dress code is only two words(qz.com)
2 points by jonah 8y ago|0 comments
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by jonah 8y ago
Fair enough. I think we need to market images of badly disfigured veterans as a tragedy instead of an honor.
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by jonah 8y ago
Or, you know, we could just stop sending our young people out to get blown up... Kudos to the DoD for funding these experiments but they're solving a problem of their own creation...
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by jonah 8y ago
I'm planning on taking a multi-week working road trip soon. What advice, practical or philosophical, would you offer?
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by jonah 8y ago
A few links in from this article are one about the problem with cutaway drawings of the drill[1] and a more detailed article about developing the fix[2] which includes a video[3]. [1] http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emil
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by jonah 9y ago
Jalopnik tried to use Bird and came away with a pretty dim view of the experience: https://jalopnik.com/i-tried-san-franciscos-electric-scooter...
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The Future of College Looks Like the Future of Retail(theatlantic.com)
18 points by jonah 9y ago|1 comments
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by jonah 9y ago
I read SQL Antipatterns[0] - Avoiding the Pitfalls of Database Programming by Bill Karwin a while ago and really liked it. [0] https://pragprog.com/book/bksqla/sql-antipatterns
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by jonah 9y ago
There's only a small amount in the pulp. Not an issue unless you totally gorge on them. (Similar to the Cyanide in Almonds.)
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by jonah 9y ago
Thanks! He does. Here's his site: http://blossomnursery.com/ I'm not sure if it's the right time of year for transplanting, but he should be able to tell you if you contact him.
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by jonah 9y ago
The active components have been studied for treatment of a variety of things - anti-tumor and pesticide uses being big ones: http://www.pawpaw.kysu.edu/Pawpaw%20Acetogenins.htm Unfortunately, it's hard to get funding t
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by jonah 9y ago
In that they have a tender, thin green skin and creamy white flesh. The flavor profile is pretty different though. Pawpaw has been described as tasting like banana custard. They area related to https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
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by jonah 9y ago
Here are a variety of pictures to give you an idea of the range of morphology: http://blossomnursery.com/ http://blossomnursery.com/pawpaw_PIX.html http://blossomnursery.com/pawpaw_more_pix.
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by jonah 9y ago
So much so that Kentucky State has a large program devoted to them: http://www.pawpaw.kysu.edu/
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by jonah 9y ago
The toxins are mostly in the leaves, bark, and skins, so eating them is quite safe. Some people can have an allergic reaction when consuming them so just be aware of that when trying them for the first few times.
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by jonah 9y ago
There are a number of active PawPaw breeding programs working to improve the fruit's production, size, and suitability for shipping. Some of the named varieties are even more incredible tasting than the standard wild ones. Kentucky Sta
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by jonah 9y ago
Sure thing! The Darpa Grand Challenges which really kickstarted the modern self-driving car era were races.[0,1,2] Also, there's a grassroots community around self-racing cars.[3] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

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