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by vlehto 10y ago
Let's say you have 15m long corridor in wooden house and you need sprinkler system along the corridor. If you have temperature increases 30C that may cause your sprinkler system to now be 5mm longer than it was before in relation to th
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by vlehto 10y ago
My point was that you can safely assume that any EU country has at least 15% VAT.
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And they have VAT too. Everybody has to have VAT in EU. Or else EU gets really angry.
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When we talk crystals in material science it just means that the atoms are organized. There are relatively few common structures. https://media1.britannica.com/eb-media/37/1537-004-7657F6AC.... "Grain" r
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I'd like to note few things: single crystal is the best way to fight creep, but that's it. This is very specific problem with very specific solution. For most engineering problems you would prefer high fatigue strength or high duc
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How do you benefit form zero gravity in casting?
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Fire codes at the time required wide paved streets to act as fire barriers. You get double benefit when you can get your fire engine to the desired location by that new fat street. And then again reinforced concrete also became available ar
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by vlehto 10y ago
I'm not convinced. Only systems that require rigid piping are sewers, air conditioning and sprinklers. (But does air conditioning really require rigid piping?) Sprinkler system is usually quite rigid, but is there any reason why you co
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>Ultimately that means cheaper stuff and higher wages. There are bunch of historical examples where this does not hold true. It has been relatively common that the "new colony" pays all the taxes while the mother country reaps
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Even 60's were safe compared to earlier centuries. It used to be common for whole cities to burn down. And again we can thank the codes.
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by vlehto 10y ago
So "I like this principle as long as I get more power, and other people get less power". Thought that U.S. governance is somehow better than Mexican sounds nationalistic. Is it? Your ideology seemingly supports imperialism. The op
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> If some land changes from being under control of one set of politicians (one country) to another set of politicians (another country), is that really bad for anyone? Some people would call that the definition of bad itself. And I can&#
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Reinforced concrete suffers from carbonation. The concrete is base, but slowly get's neutralized by carbon dioxide. Once this has been done, the concrete no longer chemically protects the rebar inside. Then if we take into account that
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by vlehto 10y ago
It's often surprising how much of building codes are about fire safety. Occasional hazards practically define your day to day environment. The most fire sensitive part of a high building is the staircase. You want long burn time in fir
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by vlehto 10y ago
I'm european and recently got some new dollars because I was flying to Peru and had to spend a night in U.S. I remember laughing out loud to U.S. funny-money. It's texture is closer to toilet paper than what I'd expect from t
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by vlehto 10y ago
There is also no "war", "peace", "love", "human rights", "democracy", "united states" or "being gay". Funny how I have attacked against materialistic and constructionist
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by vlehto 10y ago
Personally I have found that any consistent and conscious change in eating habits typically means losing weight. Also relatively small amount of exercise drops my weight towards ideal level and at very least helps to keep it down. The only
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by vlehto 10y ago
But according those studies, anything past weight loss was contested.
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I lose headphones and pens faster than I can buy new ones. How much does the adapter cost when sold separately? But then again I don't buy apple in the first place.
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So it's good for losing weight. But not anything magic compared to simply eating less?
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by vlehto 10y ago
I haven't read the book, but second the sentiment. Few death traps on my commute take more time and energy than any lights. The one spot where old railway was transformed into bike lane is sweet. You can travel half the city without co
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by vlehto 10y ago
I took few architecture classes once. About 250sq ft/person was the recommendation when designing a city block.
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by vlehto 10y ago
Fallingwater does look nice. And completely different than anything built before. You get aesthethics and novelty in single punch. Then we had every architecture student and their dog doing something bit similar. Some of that stuff got pass
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by vlehto 10y ago
My beef with these mcMansions is having such branching house. That means lot's of outer shell that's going to leak heat to both directions. So you will pay unnecessary amount of money in heating/cooling. Also windows that don
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by vlehto 10y ago
The spesific dude/dudette who invented the "nationalism is modern social construct and pretty false" is in my understanding quite left leaning. People who say this stuff out loud in real life (all three of them) are very left
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by vlehto 10y ago
I think the biggest problem in Finland right now is that if you wish to do anything, you start by filing a form to the government. TEKES and Sitra both evaluate everything they put money into. That evaluation is more likely to be aligned wi
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The weird thing here is that if everything is social construct, then science as social construct is just as true as it would be as objective reality. Then you can just pick science as your favorite construct and call it a day. But for some
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It sure doesn't help that often it's forgotten to teach notation in the beginning. Not in high school but at university level this is my experience. And it's incredibly hard to google on your own.
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What if it's other way round? People move to cities because they can afford to. In my country there is calculation that some 80% of all wealth is bound to infrastructure. So leaving behind one infra and building another would be the mo
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I don't understand?

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