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TIL about the elasticity of steel
200 MPa = 200 N/m2, not 200 N/mm2.
Edit: I was corrected below.
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TIL about the elasticity of steel
200 MPa = 200 N/m2, not 200 N/mm2.
Edit: I was corrected below.
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TIL about the elasticity of steel
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Pa is N/m2, not N/mm2. The answer is off by a factor of 1e6, right?
Edit: nm, I was corrected elsewhere.
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No one hates a particular religious group quite like the people whose own religion is 99.9% identical to theirs (e.g. Catholic vs. Protestant)
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And to many people the differences between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are negligible.
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TIL about the elasticity of steel
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Yep, you're right, thanks.
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TIL Pop-Tarts are now lower quality than the old generic knock offs
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Seppuku*
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a very specific type of winter boot please?
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Depending on the depth of the snow, you may want to consider gaters.
As for the boots, you might be able to use a good pair of leather boots with lots of insulation (buy a size or 2 above what you need and wrap your feet up well). The advantage of full leather boots is that they can be maintained and repaired, whereas rubber will wear out eventually. Wearing the insulation will be better than having it built into the boot. Worn out socks are easier to replace than built-in insulation.
Regardless, look for Merrell out soles or plan to use crimp-ons for icy conditions.
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Passkeys Explained: The End of Passwords
While the lock-in issue is annoying and a good reason not to adopt these, the device failure issue is a tech killer. Especially when I can use a password manager. This means I can remember two passwords (email and password manager), make them secure, and then always recover all my accounts.
Passkeys are a technology that were surpassed 10 years before their introduction and I believe the only reason they are being pushed is because security people think they are cool and tech companies would be delighted to lock you into their system.
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Help me understand this effect
I'm guessing it's an aluminum oxide abrasive? The abrasive is flourescing due to the little bit of uv coming out of the LEDs.
You might find this interesting, if you are grinding iron or steel then the grinding surface may not flouresce due to the iron bonding with the aluminum oxide.
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Yelp names and shames businesses paying for 5-star reviews
Doesn't yelp let businesses erase poor reviews for a fee? Is the only difference here that yelp isn't getting paid?
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Cory Doctorow gets scammed
When a fraud department calls you, you don't need to provide any more information than your name and yes/no answers. If they are asking for any additional information, tell them that you don't trust their authenticity and that you'll call the number on the credit card. A legitimate agent will politely end the conversation there.
Then you better call that number on the card quickly.
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Elon Musk ‘took so much ketamine campaigning it damaged his bladder’
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My theory is that his PR people are "leaking" these stories that he can rebuild his image as a recovering addict. This will let them craft a sympathetic story and they will hope that we'll forget that he's a racist asshole.
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Biden administration asserts power to seize drug patents in move to slash high prices
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They do great work, but they don't market and promote their successes well enough. I would prefer a society that favors humility more and therefore appreciate this administration's style, but it seems that a lack of hubris is now considered a fault in the public eye, on both sides of the aisle.
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A real simple fix would be ranked choice voting.
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Darryl George: Texas judge rules school district can restrict the length of male students’ natural hair
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Sikhs aren't Christians so they don't get the same rights as Christians do according to the Supreme Court.
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Donald Trump ranked as worst US president in history, with Joe Biden 14th
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In 20 years, we could be up to 48 presidents or more, so you're right, trump's rating could get even lower. Hopefully no one beats him.
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Freedom From Religion Foundation settles Satanic Temple discrimination lawsuit with Memphis-area school
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It's FFRF lawyers though. They are already working at well below the high salaries that people typically associate with lawyers. They have these jobs because they believe in these causes and are trying to help the public.
Besides, the plantiff wasn't seeking to cash in on the situation, they just wanted equal rights/benefits to be provided for all religious groups, which it sounds like they got.
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Georgia Election Board rules ballots must be hand counted
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Causing delays. It will be quick to count the ballots in rural, likely repubs, areas. It will take much longer in urban areas that are likely voting democratic. Eventually they will get a judge to rule that counting has to stop and that the current count will stand, too bad they only counted the rural areas completely.
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What are your favorite 1000+ hour games?
Factorio, it's fun from the first minute but you'll still be learning new things after 1000 hours.
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Video of ceramic storage system prototype surfaces online — 10,000TB cartridges bombarded with laser rays could become mainstream by 2030, making slow hard drives and tapes obsolete
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It is possible to make glass and ceramics that are resistant to shattering from fair hard impacts. I don't know if that can be employed here, but there are other ways to deal with the problem.
Additionally, if 100,000 TB is something that people can carry by hand, then it is also possible to back up those drives relatively easily (relative to that technology).
Lastly, current silicon fabs have boxes of wafers that at the final stages can exceed $1M in the retail value. They have robots that handle those. If the 100,000 TB is worth something close to that, then a human will not be carrying it.
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Overdraft fees could drop to as low as $3 under new Biden proposal
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Well the repubs stopped him from doing all the things that would have made him amazing, so he obviously totally sucks.