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Unrelated but how did you like the experience? I've been thinking about trying to carve some significant time out for myself to do something outside of work like a NOLS trip, hike the Appalachian…

Don't forget though that that toaster may have been made by people being paid a living wage, maybe even in the UK, and probably in the tens-hundreds of thousands, not millions of units produced a…

If you read this and thought, "I wish I knew where to buy a good xyz" I recommend you check out Ben's Appliances and Junk on youtube and the BIFL (Buy It For Life) subreddit. Both have …

This makes me nostalgic for something that I never had and doesn't seem to exist anymore, labs unburdened by either the red tape of government or academia, or alternately, the pressure for result…

Does anyone know a good source (news site, podcast, blogger) for info on china? Politics, economics, housing, etc.? Preferably something from a more asian centric source?

"Blameless", in this instance, is referring more to individual people, not absolving organizations and processes of responsibility (assuming no negligence). The ideal it's trying for is…

Rickover is an intriguing figure to read about in general. I've heard different versions of his "rules", one set located here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kelly-…

The Leftovers didn't just have a perfect finale, it had a perfect run imho. Such a unique and beautifully crafted show.

I'll second this. It is a show that I think slightly suffers from having to make 20+ episodes a season (besides the last) so at times certain episodes will feel like they are filler. Unlike many …

Personal income after tax from 2019 to 2021 went up from $27,700 to $28,800 or about 4%. I won't call that trivial but I would hardly call that inline with the increase in costs we've seen. …

An average median income that is barely moving: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Median_p... Housing prices that have gone up dramatically, inte…

The democracy / government needing to work to fix (or even just improve) things seems like a constraint at the moment, atleast in the USA. I hope things change for the better but it's hard t…

No, it's not grocery bills, it's that post pandemic: 1. Used cars go for 50% more than they did before. 2. New cars are selling at or above MSRP. 3. Housing prices went up 30% or more where …

This is pretty common in aerospace, defense and, I imagine, alot of other government facing industries. For something like this the inspection procedure is likely approved by the government and verifi…

Can't edit it but it should read: "1,000x1.32 + 20,000x1.32x(2/3) + 1,000x1.32x(1/6) = $19K

I'm struck by seeing headlines like these and the layoffs but then hearing anecdotally of people graduating with CS degrees making 6 figures out of the gate. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics pre…

Using a unique block construction system that 99% of builders have never used is not really in the spirit of standardization. As for materials, for a theoretical 2 story 20Wx50Lx20H home (2000 ft^2), …

I'm dismissive because I get tired of seeing shiny new projects that claim to solve issues when they don't seem to actually see what the problems are. If the goal is to create opensource pla…

Structural Insulated Panels - SIPs (which I think is what you are talking about) have arguments in their favor as they actually benefit from many of the upsides of building things in factories vs on a…

I like the ethos but to me it's pointed in entirely the wrong direction. Why not just make standard sections of 2x4 or 2x6 framing? Start standardizing window sealing details? Literally anything …

I was looking to see if someone had posted this, as it was what I immediately thought of when I saw the title. Lovely video, wild to think it's been that long since it's release.

I do think it's important to recognize they are working on a fix for the issue, which is called out in the article. I also think it's important to recognize no one commenting in the article …

I would add I felt the wind powered car video was similar. I started watching him years ago as he had an amazing video looking at a silicon sphere being made to use as a new mass standard. In recent y…

I know this won't be a popular opinion but maybe it's just kids not liking being forced to care about stories spoken in an archaic form of english that make them unintelligible and thus unen…

See my comment above above the article graph, not showing absolute values is giving a biased view of the change.

This article commits the ever present sin of not showing the absolute values in a graph thus presenting an image that is biased in support of its supposition. I will mention, to not completely throw t…

Just throwing this out there, if anyone reading this knows of other writers/blogs/books/etc. similarly looking into aviation engineering/failures I would love some recommendations.

Can I ask how you discover new music? Or if you have any non-subscription sources for radio-like services not swamped with adds? I have largely moved away from subscriptions but still use spotify for …

Shout out for the Hartford Makerspace in CT and the New Jersey Blacksmithing Association in southern NJ, both of which have classes if you feel like picking up a hammer to hit some red hot metal. Can&…

Just to clarify, they are using the cassettes and old computers to create punch cards required to run older machines they are using. They are also using modern equipment and computers. This is fairly …