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2041.
by metalman 2y ago
less distracting, less distracting, less distracting than what?, oh ! oh! I know this one its called lowering the bar, all the way, from where a device or a technology does something that saves you time and effort, to where it costs you tim
2042.
by metalman 2y ago
I worked as a courier, running anything, sometimes it was this crazy route, picking and dropping envelopes, businuses and banks, in a set order, othertimes some little box, or a 10000gallon water tank, hot asphalt anyone? Had an ancient 1
2043.
by metalman 2y ago
Something ignored in the article is that the old gas furnace was of an early and eceptionaly inefficient type, proven by its rotten flue pipe, newer gas furnaces are of the condensing type, and exract so much energy from the exhaust, that i
2044.
by metalman 2y ago
There is a part in the Life of Brian, where Brian "helps"/intervenes in a complex assembly/manufacturing operation, which results,instantly, in chaos and destruction. The scripting and effort to film that short piece mus
2045.
by metalman 2y ago
All carbon emissions are carbon positive.The source is irrelevant. The result is this : https://nsidc.org/sea-ice-today 1.6 degrees above the historical average temps now, but 3 to 4 times that at the poles. That forest f
2046.
by metalman 2y ago
yup, and if we read the same account, then China is still suffering from a the loss of song birds. From observing song birds, especialy in winter, they are very busy eating, dormant insects and there egg clusters, and most of the over winte
2047.
by metalman 2y ago
There was no evidence disclosed, the "arguments" ha!, are speculation based on hearsay, and nothing else. The whole episode shows a disregard for the US constitution and mountains of legal precident on these matters. 170 million c
2048.
by metalman 2y ago
Mao said that the first step in a succesfull revolution, was to kill all of the librarians and then famously (silent im) killed or re-educated all of the acedemics, with instructions to rebuild all modern technology and knowledge useing the
2049.
by metalman 2y ago
The largest ever constituency in the USA, has now been banned and eliminated. There has been no disclosure of factual evidence for doing this. The reason given for doing this is vague and goes in the face of almost? all? legal precident r
2050.
by metalman 2y ago
Bee's are a product of many millions of years of evolution, so the why, is that it works! Ever watch bees?, bugs?, other things, up close and in the danger zone? I do. A bee's stinger will embed in you, or me, and then the veno
2051.
by metalman 2y ago
AI is never going to give solid consistent evauluation of humans at the idividual level.And AI might very well prove to be able to assist in the extraction of profits, exponentialy faster than wealth can be created, and eat the floors and f
2052.
by metalman 2y ago
Native indiginous tribes are now taking field trips walking around on melting glaciers, where there are regular finds of artifacts that there ancient ancestors missplaced.Also digs at camp sites, but no digs of graves, as that is not allowe
2053.
by metalman 2y ago
Stout wins! It is already classified as food in Ireland, whisky bieng of course, a much more serious endevour.
2054.
by metalman 2y ago
this was done by a company in Alberta,late 90's early 2000's, except burning diesel, same idea of tuned photovoltaics outside a quarts cylinder,where a flame was buring @ one specific coulor temperature, they were marketing an ini
2055.
by metalman 2y ago
just increased venting to keep any vapor concentrations of fuel and oxidiser below that capable of igniting, even simple baffling could suffice as the leaks may be trasitory and flowing out of blowoff valves, so possibly a known risk. Space
2056.
by metalman 2y ago
The most profound story of this type is the account of finding a leaf, in 10's of million year old clay, that when exposed, was green, but then very very rapidly oxidised and crumbled.Ref: from somewhere in the great lakes region? 90&#
2057.
by metalman 2y ago
Last year I switched to cash only(Canada), this week had to think for a moment to remember my PIN. The self checkout's are horrible, and de-huminising, and just now it occured to me to start calling them the "self abuse line&quot
2058.
by metalman 2y ago
VPN = Virtual Porn Network some kind of ad blaster, and non-bank currency is going to become so much more common, than if there was a simple,"its my phone,buzz off mind your OWN business" check box that is legaly required, and pro
2059.
by metalman 2y ago
Some people are essentialy monosylibic, or less what with pictographs becomeing a prime mode of personal expression. Others can speak in sentences, or compose there thoughts in paragraphs,and there are those who hold forth at book length.
2060.
by metalman 2y ago
In order to keep there main business methods viable, Coke et all ,are going to depend on some sort of world wide infrastructure, that captures and processes all of the waste plastic. It is going to require a whole new technoindustrial way
2061.
by metalman 2y ago
my fuel injected chain saw, has a data port, but luckily, my back woods repair shop showed me the computerless,seasonal re-tune procedure that only requires a stop watch, works a charm As to other devices....phones, we need a whole re writ
2062.
by metalman 2y ago
the term, nostalgia, was coined to describe a mental illness, specificaly a type of home sickness, experienced by 17th century mercinaries. Nostagia is a poison, a little will give you a buzz ,but beware of more, as the results are all too
2063.
by metalman 2y ago
so, like, you prolly could, like, tell it to make a song about, like, a day of what its like to be a banging ai assisted rifle robot,double tappin, n stuff my question though is, are words like cynicism and pessismism useable except in an i
2064.
by metalman 2y ago
fixed base instalations in water, can fare better than land based, becuase the wind is steadier and turbulence tends to be much less, leading to lower stress/wear
2065.
by metalman 2y ago
Perhaps integrated into fish farms, where they need power, almost always prefer cooler water, and have been site selected for calmer waters, have industrial permiting, in place, wharfs, trucks,tugs,etc.Aquavoltaics. In warmer areas, surfac
2066.
by metalman 2y ago
The "special" barges could have a commercial use. China has a huge number of mega products and services it is offering to the rest of the developing world, and is useing non traditional engineering to get jobs done quickly and on
2067.
by metalman 2y ago
Looking at the designs presented for floating oceanic wind turbine bases shows, that there is a need to have as much stability as possible, while moving in response to wave action and tides. By default, all power generating equipment is 10
2068.
by metalman 2y ago
getting to watch someone steal a cake and eat it too
2069.
by metalman 2y ago
speaking as a health conscious foodie ,with gagetaholism, this will press all of my "got to have the shiny thing" buttons, in an upscale retail enviroment a version built right into a bowl would be the way to intruduce it into res
2070.
by metalman 2y ago
Greenland just got set up for its biggest tourist season ever, and the business interest will be off the chart, anything and everything. Though of course Greenland is still a forbiding place with less total infrastructure than Maine, no roa

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