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by nkurz 4y ago
> And the reported wind chill matters when the car isn't moving. It matters in the sense that a parked car in the wind will cool to ambient temperature faster than it would when the air is still, but not in the sense that it will ev
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by nkurz 4y ago
I try to avoid both commenting and downvoting, but I'll make an exception here. Your comment is pedantic and unhelpful. When the guidelines say "someone", they mean "someone else". This is to avoid derailing the
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by nkurz 4y ago
https://archive.vn/j6nCi
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by nkurz 4y ago
Yes, I upvoted the article, because despite being an unhinged rant, I think there is something worthy of discussion in here. How should moderation work in a community? Should everyone who wants to get their message out to an audience will
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by nkurz 4y ago
1) Using the "Show Dead" option in the preferences might be an easier way to see the raw feed. Click on your username to access this. I think this allows you see everything, even some things that Algolia doesn't (such as su
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Nuclear physicist explains why fusion ignition is hailed as a major breakthrough(theconversation.com)
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by nkurz 4y ago
https://archive.vn/iNrIc
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by nkurz 4y ago
I'm dubious about the GP's suggestion to use epoxy and fiberglass on this. Epoxy usually doesn't bond well to polyethylene or polypropylene, especially if it's flexing: https://support.jamestowndistributors.
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by nkurz 4y ago
Equally, it's possible to go even further in the "bicycle" direction to end up ahead of those with cars. Here's a delightful example: Rubberbandits "Horse Outside" https://www.youtube.com/watch?
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by nkurz 4y ago
Partially answering myself, 'sacred_numbers' posted a link elsewhere in this thread that suggests this effect might be quite small: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6611928/ . The paper
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by nkurz 4y ago
This is a great way of thinking about it, but don't you lose a bit more due to increased reflection from the glass surface at low incident angles? Probably not enough to make a difference a low latitudes in the summer, but at high lat
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by nkurz 4y ago
Are you familiar with the "Davies Craig Motoring Helmet"? It's a real Australian product from the 80's. They did considerable research and claimed considerable safety benefit. I'm not sure how it interacts with a
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by nkurz 4y ago
Apologies if this is the wrong time to ask, but there probably won't ever be a better one. I didn't know him, but often read his comments here. I frequently found them to be... frustrating. He seemed to have a particularly lite
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by nkurz 4y ago
It's fair game, since it didn't get much discussion, but if you click on 'past' in the list of links below the title, you'll see a couple times this has already been posted. But since it's here again, I'l
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by nkurz 4y ago
https://archive.ph/syEW1
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by nkurz 4y ago
There are number of US states that ban them. There's a map near the bottom of the page here: https://www.tirebuyer.com/education/studded-winter-tires I'd call attention to the "Upper Midwest": Min
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by nkurz 4y ago
I'm also unsure of whether this is a good rule, but it's one with an easy workaround. As another poster mentioned, the solution is to just edit the title after you submit it. The "How" removal only affects the initial
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by nkurz 4y ago
Sorry, I was slow to see this response. Yes, I continue to doubt that a _user_ will be banned for using one of these words. I'm happy to believe that these words will cause that particular _comment_ to be killed, just that they won&#x
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by nkurz 4y ago
Are you predicting that luckylion will be automatically banned as a result of his post above? I don't think this will happen. I don't think are any "auto-ban-words" that will automatically cause a established poster to
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by nkurz 4y ago
I don't think it's true that archive links are auto-flagged. I think [flagged] always indicates that it was flagged by a human: almost always a user, but occasionally a moderator. Does anyone have evidence that would contradict t
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by nkurz 4y ago
Perhaps this rule should be added to https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html ? Or is it already there and I missed it?
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by nkurz 4y ago
1) Yes, there does seem like something might be happening here. I also can't find your posting (or the others) on hckrnews.com. I wouldn't assume that "censoring" is the most likely answer, though. If it's indeed
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by nkurz 4y ago
I found this to be an odd set of paragraphs: For would-be constructors without such personal connections, there’s the Crossword Puzzle Collaboration Directory. The Facebook group launched in 2018 with an associated Google form that pairs n
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by nkurz 4y ago
USian is used to mean people who live in the US. Some people choose it because it's shorter, some because they think it's too US-centric to call people American when there are many other countries on two continents that could mat
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by nkurz 4y ago
I was definitely handwaving when I said "in general", but I meant something like "in the absence of local laws to the contrary". And (without sufficiently specifying) I intended to limit my comment to Arizona because th
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by nkurz 4y ago
Water rights in the Southwest are complex, but in general, "surface water" (rivers and streams) is alloted according to historical water rights, but "ground water" (drilled wells) is available to whoever owns the land on
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by nkurz 4y ago
Baybal is a complex case ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29654137 , https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21190265 ), and his comments are always dead on arrival. That is, they weren't dead because
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by nkurz 4y ago
A point probably worth making, but article is aware enough to consider it already: With all of this, Gary Saiter doesn't care if the farm is owned by a company overseas. The way he sees it, it doesn't make much of a difference wh
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by nkurz 4y ago
You would use the silicone tongs to avoid scratching your delicate non-stick pan. And since they are temperature safe up to 480F, you are not that likely to ruin them with heat unless you are doing something silly. Personally, I use kitch
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by nkurz 4y ago
The full article is (currently) available here: https://www.weizmann.ac.il/immunology/elinav/sites/immunolog...

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