pard68

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by pard68 2y ago
Its varies by state. In MO I can theoretically do it online, but I can't get through the ID verification step. I have to go to town to get my car inspected, so it's only an extra five or ten minutes to stop off at the License Offi
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by pard68 2y ago
The privatized "DMV"s in Missourri are amazing. You have a question? Call your local "License Office" and you don't have to go through a robo call router, it rings and a person picks up. Go into the office and you g
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by pard68 2y ago
Follow-up on the results of his barrel adventure https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48222707
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by pard68 2y ago
Ah, I see. I guess that's possibly true. On the other hand, the loss of someone close to you is practically inevitable. Eventually almost everyone will experience a devastating death (unless the person is the devastating death). In my
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by pard68 2y ago
I sometimes think about what my life would be like if my wife passed away. I'm also a father, and sometimes I wonder what life would be like if I lost my entire family. I think I'd have a hard time finding purpose and would either
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by pard68 2y ago
Not a knock on Feynman, but he did re-marry in '52, which ended in divorce a few years later and then married a third time in '60, and stayed married until his death.
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by pard68 2y ago
I'm not sure I follow your meaning, kids still die. I have lost a child and a tracker that ruins their confidence and privacy wouldn't have done anything. Not that much changes.
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by pard68 2y ago
My sister is in her twenties. About the time she was in high school these tracking apps became available. My mother used it to keep an eye on her. Fast forward almost a decade, she freaks out if my mother isn't checking in on her now.
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by pard68 2y ago
Ditto I have four kids between 8 and 1. These things keep children AND parents from growing up.
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by pard68 2y ago
Also an American and the same story. I have owned six "modern" (post 2000) vehicles and none cost more than $5000 and all have had very long and problem free lives with me. The only two vehicles I don't still own is a Dodge v
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by pard68 2y ago
Agreed, also a nuclear strike would serve no purpose to the aggressor, they would want the land to be healthy, not irradiated. Invasions are not ever going to be won through the threat of nuclear war.
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by pard68 2y ago
Ya I have not been able to find monthly highs (not average) or even just median high temps.
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by pard68 2y ago
I've seen some amazing old buildings there and elsewhere in that general area of the world that were able to even produce ice despite this heat. Shame that these olds technologies have been passed by for tech from more humid climates.
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by pard68 2y ago
Yes I saw that too. Quite an extraordinary temp by almost any US state's standard! I looked up the temp in Turbat today, only 86F, cooler than where I live in the midwest. Wild the temp range between the two places.
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by pard68 2y ago
The thermal equator passes through Sindh. The hottest temp ever recorded was 53.5C/128.3F on May 26, 2010, the previous record high was 52.8C/127F on June 12, 1919. So sounds like this is a hot, but not uncommonly hot day there.
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by pard68 2y ago
Neat, I never knew this math trick before! Kind of seems obvious now... 27 69=27 7 10-27 And it works for "N1" too, 27 71=27 7 10+27 I'm not good enough at mental math to do 27 7 or 270 7 so I don't think this will be t
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by pard68 2y ago
This looks great. I'd love to try it and see where it can go. My two favorite development features are using slime/sly for lisp development and Elm's visualization of state and time travel. Put those together and you'd g
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by pard68 2y ago
Probably not a CDN, persay, but is using Cloudflare Pages as a host. Hosts static HTML for free on CF's CDNs. I use it for all my sites.
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by pard68 2y ago
I have something kind of similar written in Common Lisp, however it uses stock HTML and then lisp. A template is a literal HTML template element, and it's referenced with custom elements. So `<my-el>` is in the file that will be
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by pard68 2y ago
I saw that, but as you point out, whether it works or not is all a trust thing.
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by pard68 2y ago
Is there a way to prevent this data from being used? Can I somehow not broadcast certain data over wifi or otherwise keep google and apple from using my wifi metadata without my consent?
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by pard68 2y ago
Ya you're probably right. I think "common rail" injection is based on gas DI though. And there are some engines that are indirect injection (called IDI). I've been on the hunt for a 90s 7.3l IDI. They're gutless wit
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by pard68 2y ago
I wonder how similar it is to a mechanical fuel injected diesel. All my tractors are diesels and they have electric free fuel injection. My tractors are something I always marvel over, besides the starter you don't need any power. I ha
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by pard68 2y ago
Ya if imports are your thing you're definitely going to have a few tool chests of one-off tools! I have always stuck to American muscle and diesel tractors. The amazing simplicity of those machines has always attracted me. I love that
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by pard68 2y ago
Ya the cis/kjet thing is something I have always thought was neat and also am glad that the vehicles I buy and work on don't have them!
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by pard68 2y ago
I am an amateur mechanic, but have done a great deal of very technical work. My only formal training is three years of high school shop classes, everything else I learned under or in a car. The newest thing I have worked on is a 2022 GMC Si
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by pard68 2y ago
This is really interesting but I can't get over how much NASCAR cars have changed.
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by pard68 2y ago
In dead languages? Loads of important documents are written in dead languages. I can read them for myself without the interpretation of another. The point in asking? I only know a single language that is spoken outside of schools, I'm
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by pard68 2y ago
Sanskrit and a few others are very difficult. We talked about it in an ANE Langs course but never even got to "coffee" level?
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by pard68 2y ago
I hadn't even considered it

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