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by klondike_ 4y ago
I'm sick about people talking about the Phoebus cartel. Incandescent bulbs have a trade off between efficiency and longevity, 1000 hours was settled on for practical reasons and it was never a conspiracy. Anyways, LED Bulbs used in an
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by klondike_ 5y ago
"Brushless DC" motors are actually 3 phase AC synchronous motors with an integrated DC-> AC converter. In industrial settings with 3 phase grid power they are very efficient
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by klondike_ 5y ago
E-ink screens only consume power when refreshing so if you don't change the image a lot you won't need to charge it often
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by klondike_ 5y ago
You don't provide any argument for why you dislike GMO food here. What bothers you so much about GMO food? The fact is that humans have been breeding plants and animals to increase efficiency and palatability for thousands of years, an
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by klondike_ 5y ago
There are actually very few GMO crops available commercially. Mostly corn and wheat. The "No GMO" label is meaningless for most products that don't use these ingredients
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by klondike_ 5y ago
It's a reference to a delusion by the late Terry A. Davis. Basically, it implies that the poster above is a CIA agent or government operative
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by klondike_ 5y ago
Webster's 1913 https://www.websters1913.com/
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PCB 90 Degree Angles (2016)(electronics.stackexchange.com)
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by klondike_ 5y ago
SS13 is hampered by the awful BYOND software it was made for. It lags bad on high population servers. Unfortunately numerous from-scratch rewrite attempts have stalled out so we're stuck with it
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by klondike_ 5y ago
>I chose the Square D Circuit Breaker, 60 Amp, 2-Pole, QO260 instead of the QO230CP QO 30-Amp Two-Pole Circuit Breaker because the price difference was negligible and I always liked the concept of over-sizing specifications. Big mistake!
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by klondike_ 5y ago
These remotes (iClicker) are in widespread use for large lecture hall classes at major universities. I don't know why they can't replace it with an app or something, but supposedly the point is that they work as an attendance meas
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by klondike_ 5y ago
>why would Windows Ultimate indicate piracy? Microsoft sells an embedded, stripped down version of Windows with extended support life for industrial machines like this. Ultimate is intended for workstations and power users.
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by klondike_ 5y ago
It takes a LOT of exercise to burn the calories consumed with one can of soda. Overeating and poor diet is a bigger factor in obesity than exercise
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by klondike_ 5y ago
I think that Google is optimizing for the "average user" to the detriment of power users such as the HN crowd. Most people treat Google as an internet oracle and send queries like "how do I do X" while power users will s
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by klondike_ 5y ago
The IBM PC was the first computer IBM made that used entirely off the shelf chips except one: the BIOS The BIOS chip was just copied outright for the first clones, but that was ruled illegal in court so later compatibles reverse engineered
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by klondike_ 5y ago
It's about appealing to the largest demographic possible. The company might not care about such antiquated morals, but a large percentage of the population does. An example is the YouTube "adpocalypse" from a few years ago. W
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by klondike_ 5y ago
They already coat it with fireproofing material, but it tends to wash off when it's wet. Also, a hot enough fire will just burn through it anyways
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by klondike_ 5y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Guy_Macon/Wikipedia_has...
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by klondike_ 5y ago
People usually use human powered CAPTCHA solving services nowadays
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by klondike_ 5y ago
It removes the ability for extensions to intercept network requests. Instead, it provides a means for extensions to block content by providing a blacklist. This is similar to how content blockers work in Safari. It won't kill adblocker
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by klondike_ 5y ago
Most people under the age of 30 are using Snapchat
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by klondike_ 5y ago
While this performance may be possible in theory, I'm not sure even the M1 will be efficient enough to comfortably wear on your head. I wonder if it will use a fan or if Apple will throttle back the processor in order to keep it from g
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by klondike_ 5y ago
There is no such thing as a "China Export" logo. The familiar CE logo is a voluntary mark and manufacturers determine whether the item qualifies to use it or not. There has never been an organization enforcing the use of this mark
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by klondike_ 5y ago
Firefox had this feature years ago: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/3D_View
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by klondike_ 5y ago
Consumer Reports is funded by their subscribers, not advertisers. They don't even accept free samples. The Tesla yoke is a dangerous and unintuitive design that becomes readily apparent when put under any sort of objective test. It des
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by klondike_ 5y ago
DC wiring is already standard in many office buildings in the form of power over Ethernet (PoE). It powers access points, lighting, and infrastructure, and high power variants can do 100W+. Since it's under 50V, the IT guy can install
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by klondike_ 5y ago
If you disable Google's JavaScript the annoying fade out effect will be disabled, but it might make you do more than one as punishment
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by klondike_ 5y ago
Water cooling systems typically use distilled water because seawater is too corrosive
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by klondike_ 5y ago
Corrosion
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by klondike_ 5y ago
Qi charging losses are around 20% in the best case scenario. This is pretty dumb for a portable battery pack imo, since you'll only be able to effectively use 80% of the pack's capacity. Bring back replaceable batteries already. N

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