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by sowbug 3y ago
Flooding and a GPS error greatly reduced the yield... That is surprising. How would a GPS error affect crop yield? I know about plant hardiness zones, but that's it.
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by sowbug 3y ago
If the world moves to sustainable energy, then we stop paying for the externalities of fossil-fuel usage, and we have a better chance at surviving the effects of climate change. You're absolutely correct that someone has to pay for ins
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by sowbug 3y ago
A bold national initiative would be to require that any new or renovated parking space, public or private, include at least one power outlet dedicated to that space. Not necessarily a full charging station -- just a regular 120V/15A po
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by sowbug 3y ago
Lots of downvotes for this comment. Yet it represents the prevailing public opinion on privacy (even if the polarizing point about a particular US president is removed).* How will the privacy landscape change if the vast majority of people
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by sowbug 3y ago
A link to this article would be an effective curt reply to the "is this project dead?" GitHub issues that have been known to enrage and discourage cold-blooded project owners.
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by sowbug 3y ago
As I understand it, 48V makes sense for the long cable runs of PoE and server racks, as well as the varying voltage needs of cars. But a PC doesn't have such runs, and 12V is already higher than any PC component's voltage. It seem
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Progressives Need to Get Real on Housing(darrellowens.substack.com)
1 points by sowbug 3y ago|0 comments
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After a brutal stretch, cryptocurrencies are surging(npr.org)
18 points by sowbug 3y ago|60 comments
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by sowbug 3y ago
I bet a self-balancing two-wheeled robot would be a fun (and relatively safe) project. I mean a Segway-like thing that can just stand in one place without falling over or yeeting itself off the table. You'd need a microcontroller, an I
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by sowbug 3y ago
Would appreciate it if you tested for compatibility on a Chromebook running Linux via Crostini. The Crostini distro is fairly ordinary Debian, but Crostini has an unusual system mediating USB-device access, so it's hard to predict whet
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by sowbug 3y ago
For those without a pneumatic cannon, look for a "drain bladder" that attaches to a garden hose. Costs about $10. Mine has never failed me.
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by sowbug 3y ago
Not my idea or implementation. Our startup built a plugin for Microsoft Outlook. It was successful, and customers wanted the same thing but for Outlook Express. Unfortunately, OE had no plugin architecture. But Windows has Windows hooks and
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by sowbug 3y ago
The vacuum probably lowered the voltage, preventing a component from overheating.
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Scammers are ruining Facebook marketplace(wired.com)
31 points by sowbug 3y ago|13 comments
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by sowbug 3y ago
Changes to the platform or dependencies break working code. This is increasingly hard to ignore when app stores stop vending your product to older versions of a platform, even if it's working fine. And working code, no matter how well
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Could magic mushrooms replace oxycodone? Study suggests it can(dailymail.co.uk)
21 points by sowbug 3y ago|11 comments
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Lilygo T-Keyboard-S3: a small keyboard with RGB LCDs for keycaps(cnx-software.com)
2 points by sowbug 3y ago|0 comments
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by sowbug 3y ago
What's wrong with selling goods and services for more than they cost?
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by sowbug 3y ago
It's hard to say whether it's even the same article at this point.
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Daft Punk: The Making of Infinity Repeating [video](youtube.com)
13 points by sowbug 3y ago|1 comments
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by sowbug 3y ago
Very nice. I hadn't thought of the dedicated partition, so thanks for the tip.
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by sowbug 3y ago
This is cool! While I love Ventoy as part of my toolbox, I might think about adding a GRUB-bootable rescue ISO as part of my Ansible system configuration, so that I don't actually have to go find my Ventoy USB drive when something goes
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by sowbug 3y ago
My personal experience is inconsistent with your broad confidence in the justice system's resilience to abuse, and in fact is one of the main reasons why I retired from active practice as a litigator. I've found that concepts lik
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by sowbug 3y ago
You can allege anything you want in court and proceed exactly like someone having a "legitimate feud." You might be punished later for making up a bunch of bogus claims, but you still got the information you shouldn't have. T
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by sowbug 3y ago
Same here. I leave a to-do comment but without the comment delimiter. Won't compile, and it describes why. Feels a little like I'm living in the movie Memento , but it works.
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by sowbug 3y ago
You can also try a color printer and adhesive laser-friendly sheets that claim to be weatherproof. Ours are looking a bit haggard five years later after printing them, but we haven't been issued any tickets. I'm sure they're
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by sowbug 3y ago
"Could you...?" is not necessarily a question about one's ability. It is sometimes a colloquial request to do something, similar to "Would you mind...?"
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by sowbug 3y ago
See response to sibling comment. I haven't considered it.
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by sowbug 3y ago
I did not research it. The hottest temperature I use is 145F for chicken or pork ribs. Salmon is only 109F. If you have already looked into the use of plastic when cooking, which I haven't, and you know which temperature range is consi
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by sowbug 3y ago
Yes, it can be done. That's what I did for this year's Thanksgiving turkey. My workflow these days is to buy a bunch of meat from Costco, then repackage it into portions with seasoning and throw it all in the freezer for later. In

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