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by limitedfrom 2y ago
While there was a ban, it wasn't an all-encompassing ban on everything Japanese. To give you a video game example, both NES and SNES were licensed to Hyundai and released as Comboy (컴보이) and Super Comboy (슈퍼컴보이). This came with the exp
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by limitedfrom 2y ago
Pretty much! Here's a video of it in action (and the mud collection): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flrWvnhPmng Considering over 1,140,000 (2019 figures[0]) balls get used through the season (not even including pract
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by limitedfrom 2y ago
Related, all the dirt used to add texture to new MLB baseballs are from a riverbank somewhere in New Jersey, near Palmyra https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/26/sports/baseball/baseball-... https:&#x2F
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by limitedfrom 2y ago
I encourage you to look through this case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midler_v._Ford_Motor_Co .
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by limitedfrom 2y ago
When Jim Carrey is impersonating, it's clear that it's Jim Carrey impersonating someone for comedy-sake, not providing a service in lieu of someone else. In other words, Jim Carrey isn't getting paid to stand in for Jack Nich
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by limitedfrom 3y ago
Cellophane isn't all better. It is biodegradable, but traditionally at least, carbon disulfide used in making of it is some nasty stuff[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_disulfide#Health_effect...
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by limitedfrom 3y ago
While it definitely contributed to it, the trend towards SUV/crossovers was already underway[1][2] far before with CAFE standards[3]. It's also just higher margins for the auto companies (mostly similarly priced components, but up
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by limitedfrom 3y ago
> The vehicle can never be made safe for these circumstances. This is not true at all. Vehicles have been getting taller and heavier, which has led to worse outcomes for pedestrians and cyclists. We could be going the other direction, bu
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by limitedfrom 3y ago
Original article: https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/workers-morale-pay-ben... Paywall removed: https://archive.is/SakUq
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by limitedfrom 3y ago
I was hoping they would have a clever way of determining what to do with the brine solution, but looks like they just disperse it on the spot. I wonder what the environmental impacts of that looks like.
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by limitedfrom 3y ago
Swiss German[1] is a related example for this. Even though Swiss German varieties are mostly unintelligible with Standard German (Hochdeutsch/Standard High German), German writing in Switzerland is mostly done with a variety of Standar
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by limitedfrom 3y ago
It's chaotic, but not terrifying or likely that dangerous given the speed / injury/deaths are very unlikely at such low speeds[1]. Vehicles are moving at near-walking speeds, and even with the added weight of carriages/c
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by limitedfrom 3y ago
Along the same lines of attributing cancer deaths to radiation exposure. When it occurs immediately, one would more or less directly attribute it, but when it manifests later, you still acknowledge that it was a large contributing factor. E
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by limitedfrom 3y ago
Yesterday's discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37296122
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by limitedfrom 3y ago
Here's a good read about NYC's temporary license plate black market: https://www.streetsblogprojects.org/ghost-tags-part-1-the-de...
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by limitedfrom 3y ago
Here's a Wikipedia page for it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasive_earthworms_of_North_A...
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by limitedfrom 3y ago
> Clouds within a mile or so of Earth’s surface tend to cool more than they warm. These low, thicker clouds mostly reflect the Sun’s heat. This cools Earth’s surface. > Clouds high up in the atmosphere have the opposite effect: They t
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by limitedfrom 3y ago
They can be. For example in SF, they should be combined and put into a bigger plastic bag[1] to be recycled. [1] https://www.recology.com/recology-san-francisco/what-goes-wh... (see under Recycle tab)
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by limitedfrom 3y ago
It's not a competition. Just because renewables have hidden costs doesn't make hidden costs of gasoline acceptable.
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by limitedfrom 3y ago
Tornadoes are very uncommon in the west coast of US (also, much of the Northeast and the rest of the world)[1][2] [1] https://hazards.fema.gov/nri/Content/Images/StaticPageImages... [2] https://64.
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by limitedfrom 3y ago
Doesn't seem so. The article talks about a person getting a sociology degree, while the Reddit post talks about someone working on an MEng degree. Given the poster's extensive posts on Flyertalk and his comments saying that there