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Comment · 1 year ago
Maybe district heating will start make sense, even given the low efficiency due to low temperature gradient.
Comment · 1 year ago
It’s definitely an experience to see the food you got thrown away and be given an apple and some bread instead.

Many kids would opt to bring in a pack of ramen, crush it up, add the seasoning and eat it dry instead. Many (myself included) just wouldn’t eat to avoid the humiliation.

But, hey, at least we had that most expensive high school football stadium in the world for a time!

Comment · 1 year ago
Growing up, my school couldn't afford paper for math worksheets while building the most expensive high school football stadium. There are definitely some priorities in Texas.
Comment · 1 year ago
Backups or satellite imagery is my guess.
Comment · 2 years ago
I know it’s somewhat unpopular because of many things are labeled with insignificant quantities or are treated as a fact of life, but Prop 65 has to be my favorite ballot proposition.

I would rather know what potentially harmful substances are in something and decide if it’s acceptable than not be told at all.

Comment · 2 years ago
I’m not convinced a human driver wouldn’t notice running over something and the additional friction from dragging somebody over a distance.
Comment · 3 years ago
Texting and driving ought to be treated similarly to a felony DUI.
Comment · 4 years ago
+1 for Schwab. An ATM in a foreign country ate my debit card. One call, which was connected to a real human in less than a minute, and they overnighted a new card to my hotel.
Comment · 5 years ago
CMU has public IPv4 on WiFi. It’s awesome to spin up a server on your laptop and send a link to anybody in the world.
Comment · 5 years ago

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