SpicyUme

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by SpicyUme 10mo ago
Better to keep things running at a low level than fully idle I'd think. Even if the outputs are consumed by testing, development, or even just stockpiled. Lots of things can get lost by not making parts for a while, including the knowl
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by SpicyUme 10mo ago
>By now, its battlefield lethality exceeds that of small arms and artillery shells. The war in Ukraine seems to be showing this to not be true. Drones are used as much as they are because they do not have enough artillery. Are they usefu
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by SpicyUme 10mo ago
Like piggies to the trough. There are plenty of things to criticize in procurement. I don't see this as a useful reaction or attempt to fix issues in a long term way.
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by SpicyUme 10mo ago
Interesting, that looks too spendy for my taste honestly but I can see a way to justify it. I use a trackball for some of my CAD work but on another PC I sometimes have to check things in CAD, rather than real work, and a ball like that cou
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by SpicyUme 10mo ago
Once you get the presoldered board it is ~$300. I'm not into keyboards, is it common to price them without key caps and switches? I noticed that. I'm not sure I see the e-ink screen as useful, but that touchpad caught my eye. What
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by SpicyUme 10mo ago
Was this during a storm a few years ago? I used to fly Southwest a decent amount but I haven't in several years now. I've heard worse things about them in the last couple years.
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by SpicyUme 11mo ago
Once you've traveled even a significant fraction of a mile in your living room I'm afraid you're likely dead or seriously injured.
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by SpicyUme 11mo ago
I struggle with the music one. I listen to a lot of different music, used see live music at least once a week, and have some strong opinions. I still struggle to explain music to others or why I enjoy certain artists/songs. It is like
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by SpicyUme 11mo ago
Good point, I wasn't clear. The warning was about the systemic reaction inside the veins and arteries. Or something along those lines. Whatever it was the warning struck me as much more drastic than the usual allergic reaction warning.
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by SpicyUme 11mo ago
Baker's lung is a thing too. I think about that when I see the dust from my spice grinder when making various powders. No matter what there is airborne dust when I open the grinder. I try to do my wood cutting outside but I am not san
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by SpicyUme 11mo ago
Interesting, I had some vermiculite removed recently and got a response from the ZAI trust that the samples had fibers but they couldn't say specifically that it was asbestos. I assumed that was a legal distinction, it didn't occu
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by SpicyUme 11mo ago
When I had mine I got the form with warnings about side effects. When I saw the allergic reaction I was a bit concerned, I asked the tech and was told it wasn't a big deal. Since I was in the basement I didn't have service and I d
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by SpicyUme 11mo ago
Are you certain it is gadolinium? As I recall from a family member's health issues you can get particulates in joints from arthroscopic surgery or from the metal implants. Not saying that is what happened in your case, but I'm ju
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by SpicyUme 11mo ago
I remember when there was a big push to make ball point pen tips, and how a but less than 10 years later they succeeded in making them domestically.
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by SpicyUme 11mo ago
What happens when the building sways multiple feet in the wind? We don't normally think about them moving, but for accurate positioning I'd think the additional distance to the beacon could be a problem.
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by SpicyUme 11mo ago
With regard to the sections about beavers, I went to an event this year where a beaver scientist mentioned that many European settlers in North America showed up after beavers had been nearly extirpated by trappers. So they would come acros
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by SpicyUme 11mo ago
There is a bookstore in Vancouver with a section of translations which is reliably fruitful when I visit. The last book I bought there was a translation of Yuri Herrera's Season of the Swamp. I devoured it, even though I agree that I w
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by SpicyUme 11mo ago
Those are great pictures. And I've been near there! I've seen the Alps from near Saignelégier then we drove through Plombieres-les-Bains on the way north. On certain clear winter days I bet the mountains look bigger due to lensing
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by SpicyUme 11mo ago
I might be using a dead person's account at several grocery stores. I just never updated the phone number I used, who knows what bucket my purchasing data goes into. But I hope it causes some inconsistency somewhere.
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by SpicyUme 11mo ago
There's a nearly 450 km photo of the Ecrins from the Pyrenees! https://beyondrange.wordpress.com/2016/08/03/pic-de-finestre... That's a cool thing to track, I've been surprised by the places I&
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by SpicyUme 11mo ago
Interesting, I haven't looked at the datasheets but I assumed there were some PFAS used in the coatings. That is good to know. The problem I see is that the material properties of PFAS are so useful and desireable, so they are used in
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by SpicyUme 11mo ago
How do you deal with running electricity through the house? This is not meant to be a fully serious question, but I'm replacing old wires in my home currently and it doesn't escape my attention that PFAS added to the insulation ma
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by SpicyUme 11mo ago
I live in one of the places in the lower 48 with relatively easy access to glaciers. The change in some of them is fairly noticeable for me over the last say 20 years. It tends to feel grim and helpless if think about it too much. But I hik
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by SpicyUme 1y ago
The last time the blob persisted it led to sea Star and kelp death. And reduced salmon runs, and as a result stressed some of the orcas that ate those salmon typically. Also reduced the snowpack noticably. https://thetyee.ca&#x2F
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by SpicyUme 1y ago
I suppose I don't think too much about the type of sugars in my fruits. We're approaching the end of my fruit picking season but yesterday I probably ate ~3-5 pears worth of scraps/discards while processing a bunch for pear s
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by SpicyUme 1y ago
I'm trying to think the last time I saw one in use, last year or a couple years ago when there were large scale power outages. Of course the newer cards lack raised digits so I'm not sure how well they worked for keeping business
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by SpicyUme 1y ago
I think that was fixed (again). I can still buy real mimolette at the grocery store near me.
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by SpicyUme 1y ago
Interesting, thanks. I'm changing docs/insurance and thinking about the tests I should be paying attention to.
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by SpicyUme 1y ago
Does this mean this test is recommenced in place of cholesterol for people who are not taking statins? Or is the test in addition?
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by SpicyUme 1y ago
Maybe I'm just lucky but looking at special interest blogs I appreciate the comments from other users/experts/makers. Diqus is the latest in a string of commenting tool and they all seem to have issues over time. A favorite b

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