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   by ortusdux 1y ago

   Reminds me of The Best American Nonrequired Reading series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_American_Nonrequired_... Ironically, the 5th ed was required reading in my ENG 101 course. It included a collection of
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   by ortusdux 1y ago

   "During a goldrush, sell shovels"
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   by ortusdux 1y ago

   I recently learned about the Green Ramp disaster, where the crew ejected from an F-16 under full afterburner, and the jet continued on to collide with several parked airplanes, resulting in 24 fatalities. "As of 2025, this incident has
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   by ortusdux 1y ago

   Blinking the lights also helps prevent bird deaths - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towerkill
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   by ortusdux 1y ago

   I just need to be able to show the insurance company a police report and obvious tampering. On video, someone using an aluminum shim looks the same as someone using a key, and any evidence would require some decent forensics. Same goes fo
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   by ortusdux 1y ago

   IIRC, asbestos does not directly cause cells to become cancerous, but it is an irritant that reawakens cancerous cells the body had forced into dormancy.
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   by ortusdux 1y ago

   I ended up self-installing my HP-WH. Professionals either tried to talk me out of it like you described, or charged a premium for the upgrade. My county has a rebate that allows for self-installs. It was rather straight forward and ended u
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   by ortusdux 1y ago

   A lot of work goes into minimizing cavitation in marine systems as it tends to waste energy and cause damage to propellers. That being said, there has been a lot of research lately into using sustained cavitation to purify and distil water
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   by ortusdux 1y ago

   "If you were a ‘product person’ at IBM or Xerox: so you make a better copier or better computer. So what? When you have a monopoly market-share, the company’s not any more successful. So the people who make the company more successful
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    by ortusdux 1y ago

    I'd classify this one as different as it accompanies a publication in Nature - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09526-6
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    by ortusdux 1y ago

    "If you were a ‘product person’ at IBM or Xerox: so you make a better copier or better computer. So what? When you have a monopoly market-share, the company’s not any more successful. So the people who make the company more successful
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    The State of the AI Industry Is Freaking Me Out [video](youtube.com)

    7 points by ortusdux 1y ago|0 comments
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    by ortusdux 1y ago

    Thanks for this. My most frequented playlist is "feat David Byrne", which has exposed me to some great artists.
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    by ortusdux 1y ago

    They are running out of ways to differentiate their products.
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    by ortusdux 1y ago

    Everything that is happening in the US screams short term thinking. It feels like the scramble after a leveraged buyout.
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    by ortusdux 1y ago

    https://www.xfinity.com/hub/smart-home/wifi-motion
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    The Farmer Was Replaced – v1.0(store.steampowered.com)

    1 points by ortusdux 1y ago|0 comments
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    by ortusdux 1y ago

    Lumafield's blog post
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    by ortusdux 1y ago

    I've been seeing this link as a promoted post on Reddit.
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    by ortusdux 1y ago

    we forget quickly we grow with our container we are all goldfish
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    by ortusdux 1y ago

    brr.fyi - perfect domain name
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    by ortusdux 1y ago

    >Sometimes I dream of what the world would do if we were mystically stuck on exactly the processors we have today, for twenty years. Reminds me of the old American cars in Cuba - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yank_ta
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    by ortusdux 1y ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsi_Globe#2008_redesign_by_A... "Initial unveiling of the newly designed globe came in the form of a leaked 27-page design proposal entitled BREATHTAKING Design Strategy,[6] which u
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    by ortusdux 1y ago

    Whenever I see things like this I just think of the 2008 pitch for Pepsi's logo redesign. It's a work of art: https://www.goldennumber.net/wp-content/uploads/pepsi-arnell...
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    by ortusdux 1y ago

    The wording seems causational, while the data indicates a correlation. "Altogether, the entire group of microbes boosted participants’ chances of developing the cancer by more than threefold." I feel like you would need a study th
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    by ortusdux 1y ago

    They make round HEPA filters for shop vacs that are in the $20-30 range. The hard part is finding a fan that works well at high static pressures. I've had good luck with NF-F12 PWMs.
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    by ortusdux 1y ago

    Looks like a fun 3d printing project.
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    by ortusdux 1y ago

    I've had similar results biking 30mi+/day
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    by ortusdux 1y ago

    hckrnews.com
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    by ortusdux 1y ago

    Did the handles play a role in Angela Chao's death?