loonster

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by loonster 5y ago
Extremely useful for when a link dies and there is no useful archive.
422.
by loonster 5y ago
Not everything needs to be connected to the internet. They own right of ways for a pipeline. Go bury some fiber along the pipe. All critical company communications can now be handled internally.
423.
by loonster 5y ago
The parking lot at the costco near me is insane. Everytime I went there, I felt like I was going to get hit. Sure enough, an oldy was killed in the parking log shortly after I stopped going.
424.
by loonster 5y ago
With the low cri fluorescent lights.
425.
by loonster 5y ago
For conflict of interest, please see Fauci's wife.
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by loonster 5y ago
When it becomes tidally locked, days will be infinitely long. It's far less trippy to think about a tidally locked planet than it is to think about one that is almost tidally locked.
427.
by loonster 5y ago
https://archive.is/Yc5UW Archiving is a way around many paywalls. The article itself was short on substance. A bunch of anecdotes without any hard numbers of the amount that are quitting.
428.
by loonster 5y ago
I was going to go with Peter O'Toole.
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by loonster 5y ago
Right decision = DuPont's patents were expiring and they pushed regulations to hinder competition.
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by loonster 5y ago
A sale of the week is less sketchy than my buddy the salesman giving me a special discount because we are such good new friends, but still need to jump on the offer because...
431.
by loonster 5y ago
Maybe make them on the Moon. We can then safely observe the manufacturing process.
432.
by loonster 5y ago
Goodwill has a natural time delay that gives a chance for things to die off.
433.
by loonster 5y ago
It is easier to keep an uninsulated wood building from rotting. Insulation slows drying if something gets wet.
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by loonster 5y ago
CWD is in 25 states now. Some of them have cattle. https://www.cdc.gov/prions/cwd/occurrence.html
435.
by loonster 5y ago
57k for 1kg of gold... You have very expensive taste in simple objects. Getting that 1kg made into an statue is only a rounding error.
436.
by loonster 5y ago
Another reason to avoid getting permits for remodels.
437.
by loonster 5y ago
Just require everything to be sold using a preferred number for volume/mass. Some countries have these laws already. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preferred_number
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by loonster 5y ago
My water bill went up noticibly this year.
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by loonster 5y ago
Greenwashing.
440.
by loonster 6y ago
Microwave powered drones. Have a mothership or tower track and send energy to the drones.
441.
by loonster 6y ago
Grand Rapids to Orlando: Driving: 18 hours, 1269 miles x $0.56/mile = $710 each way (IRS millage rates as proxy) Train: 55 hour travel, $209 each way (no refund) Flying: 2.5 hour flight, $68 each way on a budget flight. Double both ti
442.
by loonster 6y ago
Sometime around 2008 that stopped and passports or enhanced licenses were required.
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by loonster 6y ago
That looks like a lot of fun. >Typical pricing for a trip is along the lines of a high-end cruise. On average, the all-inclusive costs typically can run between $2,500 and $7,000 or more per car per day. But remember, a rail car may acco
444.
by loonster 6y ago
Didn't make it that far. Time is too precious to waste on someone that is purposely wasting it.
445.
by loonster 6y ago
I think this is his USA shop/distributor. https://silent-sticks.com
446.
by loonster 6y ago
And a ton of kerosene. Spray it on all bodies of water and the larva can't breathe. Malaria is why the first attempt at the Panama canal failed. Kerosene is partly why it became successful.
447.
by loonster 6y ago
Google works much better when you use the information they know about you. At the office, I get much better work related searches than at home. This has the benefit of profiling my coworkers and not just me, and the searches/ sites vis
448.
by loonster 6y ago
Just define the value in home equivalents after the actual power amount.
449.
by loonster 6y ago
It also means you pay taxes on wealth that was never created.
450.
by loonster 6y ago
I miss the old days where everything was transmitted from 1 camera in the nosebleed section. Switching the camera all the time is fatiguing. With how much increase in bandwidth we have now days, they should just broadcast all of their diff

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