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by linksnapzz 6mo ago
I'll bet that a Ram 2500 w/ the 392 engine could, if maintaine, (in a climate where there's no road salt...) reach 200K w/ only regular maintenance. Not much else that they make.
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by linksnapzz 6mo ago
There's plenty of crude oil in CA. Certainly enough for California's needs, in fact.
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by linksnapzz 6mo ago
"involve the community in the design process". I'd create an ad campaign for all my competitors-flyers, doorhangers etc. with the same info their usual ads have, but with slop-AI art all over them. There isn't anything w
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by linksnapzz 6mo ago
The best Mexican places I've been to in CA had decor reminiscent of a big-city bus station, despite how good the food was.
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by linksnapzz 6mo ago
I'm finding it really hard to escape the impression that the author just thinks Silicon Valley is full of nerds and wants to stuff them in lockers. The author is a Vox Media journo; the very definition of someone who could be replace
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by linksnapzz 6mo ago
I'm not your buddy, guy!
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by linksnapzz 6mo ago
The difference is, of course, the claim that blood is thicker than water has been a relatively reliable way of guessing where someone's loyalties lie for millenia; while the "response" is a cosmopolitan universalist tic commo
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by linksnapzz 6mo ago
Part of being a Good Person these days, is never admitting that you know or suspect this, even if you've seen & heard it yourself.
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by linksnapzz 6mo ago
Sigh. None of the ammunition used in modern (i.e. made in the past 125 years) uses black powder propellant.
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by linksnapzz 6mo ago
I'm fascinated by the concept of "proof of sanity". I suppose that when dealing with the Swiss, this might be an easier task than in the US.
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by linksnapzz 6mo ago
AFAIK, nobody uses fulminate of mercury in primers anymore.
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by linksnapzz 6mo ago
Ah, I see. Yes, there's too much ambiguity in the adjective 'commercial' used in multiple contexts in legislation.
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by linksnapzz 6mo ago
I'm not surprised that the sort of individual prone to taking Yud too seriously is also likely to be a comically-inept assassin. Had he tried to blow up the diesel genset at a datacenter, he'd have burnt his lips on the exhaust pi
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by linksnapzz 7mo ago
UK Reg commenters are sore b/c they have to deal with the prospects of mass-manufacture in the UK. Which will soon experience the sort of renaissance one would expect from trying to run industry on windmills & solar panels.
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by linksnapzz 7mo ago
"Your first husband...disappeared!" "That was his job; he was an illusionist." "But he never reappeared !" "Well, he wasn't a very good illusionist..."
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by linksnapzz 7mo ago
>The loophole is to classify them as “light” commercial vehicles. Not a loophole. There are (broadly) eight different FMCSA classifications; and a CDL is usually required only when the GVWR is at or over ...26,000lbs. Everything below
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by linksnapzz 7mo ago
Not only the engine, but also the transmissions and suspensions on commercial vans in the US aren't rated for duty past a certain gross weight.
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by linksnapzz 7mo ago
Ever try to hose out the back of a van after you've carried a 1/2 ton of manure in it? Or, say, a carcass or two from a feedlot? In the US, a sizeable % of pickups are equipped w/ dump &&|| stake beds for precisely th
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by linksnapzz 7mo ago
The trucks are fully conformant w/ EPA & FMVSS regs. That you don't like how those have been implemented isn't the fault of a manufacturer.
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by linksnapzz 7mo ago
You first. HN fulminating against US pickups is as predictable as it is tedious.
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by linksnapzz 7mo ago
I love the bathtubs in the Kalil house; one of the things I guess you can do w/ a slab foundation (that I've never seen in a more modern slab house) is to sink the bathtub so that the rim of the tub is even with the floor. I guess
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by linksnapzz 7mo ago
Lindal has larger models, for those so inclined. That said, the kit pictured will, if constructed, will have amenities & physical qualities that the similarly sized original Jacobs house has had to have retrofitted at great cost.
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by linksnapzz 7mo ago
It'd be in litigation forever; which is why nobody with the means would try to build something like that today. Even if they could afford the construction, they can't afford the time in court. Larry Ellison owns a replica Japanese
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by linksnapzz 7mo ago
If you'd like, you can still speak to the last living client (as of last year) of FLW; still living in the house the architect designed for him: https://alumni.cornell.edu/cornellians/reisley-wright-last-c...
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by linksnapzz 7mo ago
The newest homes that FLW had a hand in building date from 1959. By the standards of the time, they were comfortable (if a bit lacking in closet space). If you'd like, you can buy a modernized kit Usonian (inspired by the Jacobs I hous
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by linksnapzz 7mo ago
Once upon a time, Brits could build gensets and reduction gears. In Britain, even.
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by linksnapzz 7mo ago
At operating temperatures, a modern ICE w/ a 3-way catalytic converter driving at highway speeds through the right environment (L.A. on a bad smog day) could easily have NOx and VOC levels at the tailpipe that are lower than what'
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by linksnapzz 7mo ago
" L'hypocrisie est un hommage que le vice rend à la vertu. " Rochfoucauld didn't miss.
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by linksnapzz 7mo ago
How much do you think an electric S-10 cleared in terms of net profit, vs. a gas S10? Even before factoring in the development costs for the electric powertrain. If you had to defend it to a roomful of the guys who would be writing checks f
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by linksnapzz 7mo ago
It's a difficult thing, but it's only one thing. Paying people to buy & drive cars that they'd otherwise wouldn't isn't a sustainable practice either.

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