mech975

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by mech975 2y ago
Life isn't zero sum. If you look at the state of civilization now vs 2000 years ago, it's clear that we've played enough positive-sum activities to create much more wealth for the average person.
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by mech975 2y ago
I went to the trouble of finding monthly egg production totals for the US based on "NASS quick stats." https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/results/80AF9DAE-99AE-31D0-... Hopefully yall can make heads or tails of
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by mech975 2y ago
Much of the rise in prices has occurred in January and February. Seems likely to me that culling has continued due to bird flu and production has dropped. I would also guess that demand is fairly constant for eggs, so large changes in price
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by mech975 2y ago
At a previous job we manufactured fairly large trailer-mounted generators. During design engineering testing, you would want to power a load with the generator to check performance. The test load we had was a giant resistor bank, in a palle
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by mech975 2y ago
Any inventory warehouse can choose how much inventory to stock. If it maintains, say, 1 month of monthly demand instead of 3 months, it is more likely to run out of inventory during a supply chain shock. The fragility of the system is more
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by mech975 2y ago
In the USA the EPA will fine you for intentionally venting refrigerants to the atmosphere instead of using a refrigerant recovery system for recovery/reuse/disposal. Pretty good reddit thread about the realities of enforcement: h
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by mech975 2y ago
I think that when people are jealous of others, they cloak this motivation. To give an example with interpersonal relationships- never in my adult life have I encountered an adult who freely admits that jealousy is their motivation for atta
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by mech975 2y ago
CAFE standards were written in such a way as to encourage large vehicle footprints to work around the requirements of the standards. Motorcycling youtuber fortnine offers a good view on some other aspects of the situation. https:/&#x2
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by mech975 2y ago
Mechanical engineer here- In the video clip at the top of the article, the carrot is placed at the location closest to the window. Given the location of the hinge for the closing mechanism, this is the place where the hinge has the maximum