govspy

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   by govspy 10y ago

   I would have thought living near the airport would be the cheapest square footage on that map. In Toronto they can barely give away apartments located near Pearson Airport due to the incessant noise (and some crime, probably associated wi
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   Meet the Low-Cost Grocery Chain Being Called ‘Walmart’s Worst Nightmare’ (2013)(business.time.com)

   4 points by govspy 11y ago|1 comments
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   by govspy 11y ago

   The composition of the Pyrex glass sold in North America did change from borosilicate glass to soda-lime glass when the brand changed hands, yes. But the important thing about "glass not breaking at high temperatures" has much mor
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   by govspy 11y ago

   I never said that Pyrex is unbreakable. But it certainly wont break just because "an ignorant person left it in the oven for hours on end". Almost every material known to man will break/crack/shatter/do-something if
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   by govspy 11y ago

   >2. How would it handle for cookware? Will it last even if an ignorant person left it in the oven for hours on end? Pyrex has been around since the 1910s and doing this just fine ever since.
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   by govspy 11y ago

   What's with all of the pacemaker shocks? Is that a bug or a safety mechanism?