LandStander

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   by LandStander 1mo ago

   FTA Modafinil Free Trade Agreement Modafinil?
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   by LandStander 1mo ago

   why did we start with main+tail rotor helicopters? Nowadays 4-rotor quadcopters appeared and have taken over The quadcopter advantage is in it's mechanical simplicity, but having fewer longer blades is better for aerodynamic efficien
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   by LandStander 2mo ago

   That's why I repurpose or discard all of my old socks every time I Invest in a new set. I do this about every two years. I rotate them for uniform wear. I've successfully eliminated the possibility of mismatched socks.
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   by LandStander 10mo ago

   This is a great example of a good use case for 3D printers. The smooth marble run action combined with the interwoven organic forms would be a huge PITA to fabricate with any other method I can think of, even if your just making one.
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   by LandStander 1y ago

   The song is "Never Gonna Let You Go" by Sergio Mendes
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   by LandStander 2y ago

   OneZoom.org has a nice common ancestor search feature. Here are the results for albatross and crocodile: https://www.onezoom.org/life/@Archelosauria=4947372?otthome=...
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   by LandStander 2y ago

   I remember as a young kid, it was the closest I could find to the Sea Duck from Tail Spin.
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   by LandStander 3y ago

   I know not to hope for it to ever catch on, but my dream date-time format would be: year/day/hectosecond.second(.millisecond and so on to the desired precision) The current date-time, to the second, would be 2023/308/342
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   by LandStander 3y ago

   Water mined from the moon might be much cheaper by the time something like this is built. That being said, a giant sterile swimming pool seems like an odd feature for an interplanetary spacecraft. I'd rather see a well-balanced aquatic
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    by LandStander 3y ago

    I'm wondering if this post was inspired by the recent comic from SMBC: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/clusivity
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    by LandStander 3y ago

    Paintball.
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    by LandStander 4y ago

    That PERSEUS-9 is a thing of beauty.
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    by LandStander 4y ago

    I like this idea. To take it even further, I propose this wire terminate to a sturdy cylindrical plug which can rotate 360 degrees. Furthermore, if the signal were to be analog, it would allow universal compatibility with all other analog s
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    by LandStander 4y ago

    Many zoos and aquariums conduct scientific research, and may have breeding programs for endangered species.
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    by LandStander 4y ago

    Concerns of spyware are precisely why those switches exist.
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    by LandStander 4y ago

    Then you just get modern warfare miniaturized. I guess that could be fun to watch if well presented, but I've been thinking it would be cool to just have a bigger, more rugged battlebox that demands more versatile movement, rather then
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    by LandStander 4y ago

    So you don't like seafood?
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    by LandStander 4y ago

    Isn't it always
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    by LandStander 4y ago

    I thought this was going to be about the Teensy boards. https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/
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    by LandStander 4y ago

    I blame font designers.
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    by LandStander 4y ago

    now where do you find those 'under construction' giffies? here: http://textfiles.com/underconstruction/
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    by LandStander 4y ago

    I've been using a dongle in my car(an older model with no bluetooth), and it is quickly wearing out my phones usb port. Keeps falling out. The headphone jack was a lot more resilient.
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    by LandStander 4y ago

    I don't want true immortality, but it would be momentous if we could significantly extend people's active lifespan. Imagine if 100 was the new 50, and 200 was the new 100.
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    by LandStander 4y ago

    I feel like there's a bit of a paradox here. The more I internalize how easy it is for us to be overconfident in our intelligence, the more confident I feel in my intelligence...