dmckeon

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by dmckeon 1y ago
If anyone wants to explore the bidet space without replacing an entire toilet, I can recommend the Neo line of products from https://luxebidet.com/ They sell kits for under $70 USD that attach to existing toilets, using th
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by dmckeon 1y ago
> hypoxic tents, which lower oxygen levels in the air I wonder if the shorter time at altitude also reduced the chances of slower-to-develop high-altitude cerebral edema and pulmonary edema (HACE, HAPE). Some climbers have been sleeping
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by dmckeon 1y ago
Tylenol markets a 650mg Extended Release for Arthritis and Joint Pain: https://www.tylenol.com/products/arthritis/tylenol-8hr-arthr... It is effective for me for general analgesia. Trigger warning for self harm.
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by dmckeon 1y ago
The MagNav tech, using maps of magnetic anomalies as a global reference, and getting accuracy down to 3 meters sounds interesting.
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by dmckeon 1y ago
While the "weather gage" and heeling does have an effect on cannon range, the more important issue is that the upwind ships (that have the weather gage) thus have more maneuverability, and can more easily pursue a ship trying to
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by dmckeon 1y ago
> paying your dues. Its more about that than aptitude it seems to me. Yes, paying dues, both in the sense of putting in the time to learn the trade well, and very likely for a good paying career in the trade, paying union dues. People ha
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by dmckeon 1y ago
I agree. Here's a different perspective: Bloated and crafted software - a rant: The state of software is the state of the structures of primitive societies: some in cave shelters, some under roofs of sticks and leaves, some in mud hu
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by dmckeon 1y ago
And now those positions are listed as open. Disruption, but to what end. Sigh. https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5384961
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by dmckeon 1y ago
Thus, perhaps "loafed" as in something brick-like, but which may also be soft. And a "loafed" device, being idle, would be loafing.
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by dmckeon 1y ago
Various live animals, queen bees and up to 8 attendant bees by air, but bee hives by ground only. Fair warning: the recipient of mailed bee hives may get a phone call at any time of day or night to "please come get them ASAP". h
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by dmckeon 1y ago
People trying to ignore politics are like fish trying to ignore water.
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by dmckeon 1y ago
Narrow escape for people from Yemen (YE).
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by dmckeon 1y ago
Regenerative braking would tend to reduce particulates from friction braking.
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by dmckeon 1y ago
Have a minimum of say, 60 minutes, and if that is exceeded, the issue gets escalated or deferred. If deferred, presumably to the next day shift, the cost is limited. If escalated, the second person must also defend the time spent. If man
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by dmckeon 2y ago
It is worth noting that Midgely was also awarded multiple prizes for helping invent Freon, which reduced our earth's ozone layer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr.#Freon
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by dmckeon 2y ago
People in the US who work with large volumes of fresh water use acre-feet and cfs (cubic feet per second) almost exclusively. If an article refers to gallons or comparisons like swimming pools instead, consider it popular journalism rather
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by dmckeon 2y ago
We could ease into more driver testing by requiring retesting after certain types of incidents - vehicle goes off roadway for no apparent reason, collision in a manner suggesting impairment - but that might rely too much on the discretion o
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by dmckeon 2y ago
Many states[0] have explored this. IIRC, the New Mexico legislature once, back in the 1980s, helpfully defined alpine skiing as a "hyper-dangerous" activity, trying to place all liability on the skier, but a reference eludes my g
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by dmckeon 2y ago
> Delta: "The Delta crew on flight 480 continues to follow ATC instruction along its journey from Los Angeles (LAX) to Honolulu (HNL). The flight is en route to HNL with no issue.” Apparently ATC (Air Traffic Control) was unaware of
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by dmckeon 2y ago
Note that Getty Villa != Getty Museum. The Villa is near Malibu, the Museum is miles away near the 405.
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by dmckeon 2y ago
> at least 1000 people died from COVID-19 each week, 75% of them in the United States Unless that percentage is an artifact of more accurate reporting in the US, I am now even more disappointed in the state of US health care and public h
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by dmckeon 2y ago
Tragedy from a Swiss cheese failure - several small holes/failures all line up. The issue of halon extinguishers versus oxygen-powered combustion producing many toxins while failing to extinguish is interesting - good that: > Halon
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by dmckeon 2y ago
So, PBH eats the liquid core, leaving tennis ball(TB), then TB (with PBH still inside) has close approach to another more massive object (bowling ball?) which sends PBH and TB off in separate trajectories?
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by dmckeon 2y ago
Not so much at this Gettysburg level, but one of the challenges for volunteer docents is that visitors often volunteer what I call "lore" that is based in myth, folklore, fiction, or folk etymology, and the docent, not having enou
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N Korea made millions from remote work scheme, US says(bbc.com)
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by dmckeon 2y ago
Or to keep hives alive when nectar is scarce but colonies have not started to hibernate. Adulteration of produced honey with syrup would be 10x easier than feeding bee with syrup and then doing extraction from comb.
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by dmckeon 2y ago
Luxe Neo bidet attachment - easy to tee into supply, fits under toilet seat, options for rear/male only, or both rear/front male/female separate spray nozzles.
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by dmckeon 2y ago
Might have been Oil shell, which is worth looking at: https://www.oilshell.org/
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by dmckeon 2y ago
It may be worth noting that a significant proportion - 42% - of "other-foreign-nationals" or "undocumented immigrants" arrived here at airports or other ports with a legal visa, and then overstayed their visa, thus never
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by dmckeon 2y ago
With around 1300 TLDs, I'm not sure that more TLDs are a good solution. <planet>.sol seems adequate for now. Also, after doing interplanetary DNS, let's think about light-speed delays for NTP, and time zone abbreviations.

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