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by lsllc 5y ago
I saw these for the first time at a Walgreens in Florida recently -- I hate these things -- I want to see what's inside! (and I'm not interested in having to watch an ad before it'll tell me where the milk is). I feel like i
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by lsllc 5y ago
Technology -- there was a submission just today currently on the front page: "Lasers could cut lifespan of nuclear waste from a million years to 30 minutes" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30652334 Obviously
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by lsllc 5y ago
I assume we'd be looking at a Topol SS-25 missile type attack from Russia? For a city such as Boston, are we only looking at a single strike, or does the doctrine call for multiple warheads per city/metro area? For Boston at leas
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by lsllc 5y ago
CNN is carrying the story attributed to Reuters and is titled: "Ukraine halts half of world's neon output for chips, clouding outlook" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/11/tech/ukraine-neon-chips
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by lsllc 5y ago
I think they changed it, but I am guilty of dropping the "EXCLUSIVE" part. I updated it, thanks!
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Russia's attack on Ukraine halts half of world's neon output for chips(reuters.com)
41 points by lsllc 5y ago|4 comments
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Covid-19 deaths in Mass. will drop by 3700 under state’s new counting method(bostonglobe.com)
2 points by lsllc 5y ago|0 comments
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Elite Dangerous abandons console development: No DLC, no “content” updates(arstechnica.com)
14 points by lsllc 5y ago|3 comments
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by lsllc 5y ago
Sure, if it was 6 months ago, but 2 days ago?
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by lsllc 5y ago
Dupe, link was posted 2 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30569648
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by lsllc 5y ago
That's optimistic. The 3 GSHP systems and one ASHP I've been involved with have been in the $50K+ range although all but one were a new build and includes the AC ductwork in the house (the other was forced hot water and involved
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by lsllc 5y ago
For the Northeast US (the largest heating oil market in the world), there isn't any kind of heat pump isn't going to work with existing forced hot water heating systems which is by far the most common type of install. The heat pum
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The State Department tells Americans to leave Russia immediately(npr.org)
11 points by lsllc 5y ago|1 comments
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by lsllc 5y ago
The US is asking it's citizens to leave Russia immediately [0], but having no working MC/VISA is going to make that difficult for anyone without plenty of cash in hand. [0] https://www.npr.org/2022/03/05&
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by lsllc 5y ago
The mods here are really, really good. I do occasionally see spam & junk comments on HN, mostly early in the (US) morning, but they clean it up quickly. It's one of the reasons I like HN so much, it's very well curated.
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by lsllc 5y ago
Yeah!
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by lsllc 5y ago
Yeah, you could imagine nation state hackers activating thousands of ovens, washers/dryers etc all at the same moment to try to overload the power grid. I've seen the Battlestar Galactica reboot, I should know better than to netwo
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by lsllc 5y ago
Haven't bought appliances in a long time but we recently replaced most of the appliances with LG Thinq units, incl. a Wifi enabled refrigerator, oven, washer and dryer. I have to say the Wifi enabled refrigerator is next to useless, I
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by lsllc 5y ago
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/12/pentagon-orders-departure-of...
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by lsllc 5y ago
I'm assuming you are referring to US President Jimmy Carter's "turn down the heat and wear a sweater" comment during the oil crisis of the late '70s? https://twitter.com/carterlibrary/status&#x2
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Shell to sever Gazprom links in Ukraine crisis(bbc.com)
6 points by lsllc 5y ago|1 comments
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by lsllc 5y ago
This was submitted/posted 2 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30453374
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by lsllc 5y ago
Or GM seeds apparently getting blown into your fields and then getting sued for growing unlicensed crops: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/03/30/f...
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by lsllc 5y ago
Perhaps sending Burritos would be more profitable: https://idlewords.com/2007/04/the_alameda_weehawken_burrito_...
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Covid shutdown linked to record rainfall in China(bbc.com)
3 points by lsllc 5y ago|0 comments
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by lsllc 5y ago
Looks like Storm Eunice has done significant damage to the O2 Arena in London: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-60434549
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HTTP Status 451: Unavailable for Legal Reasons(datatracker.ietf.org)
3 points by lsllc 5y ago|0 comments
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by lsllc 5y ago
There's an HTTP code for this (see RFC 7725): 451 Unavailable For Legal Reasons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_451
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by lsllc 5y ago
I'm curious how the landscape has changed with the chip shortages since this was written. My all time favorite SoM was the CHIP Pro, but sadly at $7 (or was it $13?) it was indeed too good to be true and the company went out of busines
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Scientists on alert over rising cases caused by Omicron cousin BA.2(reuters.com)
36 points by lsllc 5y ago|6 comments

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