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by throwaway946513 5y ago
The ease is in moving between measurements. How many feet are in 102.3 inches? Sure I can do the math to calculate it in my head and take a few seconds. How many meters are in 240cm? Don't need to 'calculate' it the same meth
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by throwaway946513 5y ago
new idea: subHN, subreddits but fore HN
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by throwaway946513 5y ago
I'm guessing that the parent has a physical key and the fob won't let them lock it. My '05 Nissan Altima let me start the engine with a physical key, and then lock the car with the fob.
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by throwaway946513 5y ago
There are a few American suburbs that are well-walkable and still support automobile transport. They're just not engineered to _only_ support automotive transport. We've had them, then destroyed them.
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by throwaway946513 5y ago
I don't know about which city or urban environment, but my downtown area (largest city in our state), isn't crime ridden, has no smog, sure there's likely more pollution, but with the layout of our highways and the location o
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by throwaway946513 5y ago
> Unaffordable for the City Isn't this the city that gave a few hundred million away from it's earmarked infrastructure and maintenance budge to the police department over the past half decade?
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by throwaway946513 5y ago
I love mine, and refused to trade it for the Subie. Unfortunately, the transmission is leaking, and the engine burns oil pretty excessively. Plan is to swap the engine and transmission out of a manual Subaru Outback or Forester and make it
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by throwaway946513 5y ago
Most pedestrian crash tests are at low enough speed that there isn't visible energy absorption, plus most dummies aren't equivalent to most human scales. They tend to be modeled after a 6' adult male at around 200lbs. The big
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by throwaway946513 5y ago
While not under $20k, the Subaru Impreza and Crosstrek are currently offered with a stick shift on the base trim, and for the Impreza Sport ($23k) it's offered standard with a stick, and an auto optional. This may change soon to only b
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by throwaway946513 5y ago
Front bumpers of most cars/truck are generally plastic and can at least absorb energy of an impact with a pedestrian (albeit the hood is often near neck high and can snap their neck) Tesla paraded their new truck with 'stainless s
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by throwaway946513 5y ago
I bought a 2022 Subaru Impreza Sport Hatchback last year in September. 5 Speed Manual Transmission Heated Seats Cruise Control SXM Radio All-wheel drive No turbo to consume oil, no software to control the car. The Radio has Android Auto, an
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by throwaway946513 5y ago
You don't have to have a VR headset or hardware in order to join people in VR chat. I've joined friends using a standard monitor with a keyboard and mouse. Of course the name doesn't help, but it isn't impossible to join
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by throwaway946513 5y ago
I remember the research being done on Ivermectin and found that the reasons a de-wormer helps fighting against Covid was due in part that many of the places that the study was performed, were in non-Western Europe countries. Places where wo
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by throwaway946513 5y ago
New Pixel data transfer? Plugged in iPhone with the supplied USB-C -> A adapter, and all my contacts, photos, calendar data, etc. migrated to the new phone. Took less time than my mom migrating from an iPhone 6s to an iPhone 13.
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by throwaway946513 5y ago
> People don't get spoiled or poisoned products. I'm quite sure that this still happens only to lesser extents. Compare European food regulations to U.S. food regulations. American food while not explicitly killing people outri
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by throwaway946513 5y ago
The unbanked Americans are people who either are unable to open an account, or have been denied opening accounts. To cash their checks, keep their income, etc..., they have to pay much more in fees. Historically (in the U.S.) it was rooted
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by throwaway946513 5y ago
Missouri resident here. DOR (Department of Revenue is also the DMV in Missouri) wait times while long recently, haven't been anywhere as terrible as everyone makes it out to be. Appointments are available (can truly only speak for my l
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by throwaway946513 5y ago
> Other similar apps My first assumption by the subtitle was the 'SFW Fan-Creator Platform' essentially a SFW variant of OnlyFans. In which case, OnlyFans was able to function with a browser only setup... why can this not follo
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by throwaway946513 5y ago
Block chrome too, redirect to Firefox.
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by throwaway946513 5y ago
Space Grey
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by throwaway946513 5y ago
> Always the very rich people with iPhone 13 Max .... Funnily enough, I can name numerous people who use iPhone 13 Pros/Pro Maxes, just bought this past year and are certainly making less than median wage. Part of it is fashion, &#x
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by throwaway946513 5y ago
I carry my backpack or have a jacket on me at almost all times, and having the headphone cable holes in each has prevented this from happening anywhere as often as it used to. Plus the reliability of wired headphones has reigned supreme tha
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by throwaway946513 5y ago
Windows first, because Microsoft wants their OS to not give any lime-light to Linux or alternative OS's.
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by throwaway946513 5y ago
A national ID could be issued not through the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) or other similar bureaucracies in whichever state you live in, but through the Post office. Every citizen has access to a nearby Post Office, and many times mo
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by throwaway946513 5y ago
> living under the identity of someone else Quite sure most people, the vast majority of people would rather this be tightened up just for the fact that they don't want to have others living under their identity. As for brothers sha
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by throwaway946513 5y ago
Friction and liquids? Seems pretty much like the wet wipe used to clean my countertop - only a different friction material, and a different liquid solvent.
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by throwaway946513 5y ago
Which is about the same thing for an iPhone? Apple stores don't magically replace batteries in seconds. On my iPhone 6s, I had both a bad battery, and a defective display - took 7 hours to get my phone back after scheduling an appointm
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by throwaway946513 5y ago
Indie developers?
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by throwaway946513 5y ago
Which surprised me because I found that my favorite band is playing in Chicago this May, and I was able to purchase physical tickets from Ticketmaster easily, whereas the Trans Siberian Orchestra performance in my city required the AXS app
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by throwaway946513 5y ago
I tinkered around with the idea of building an app that would get daily images from the space telescopes and the Mars rovers, as it turns out - NASA has an API dedicated to them (search for it, really easy to find via your favorite search e

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