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I'm ideally a medium tall (MT) but that size is a unicorn (doesn't exist). LT sometimes doesn't look too baggy but they're so rare I don't even bother searching for them in most clothes stores.

When a store has a big and tall section it's literally big AND tall, not normal and tall. If you are 2m (6'7") tall you better weigh 300lbs if you want a shirt that fits.

I wonder if they were the inspiration for Datadyne - the evil defense corp in my favorite N64 game, Perfect Dark.

$50-100k seems cheap when you compare the cost and space required to store a complete car (can store it outdoors even!) vs a fully dissasembled vehicle with all the shelving, bins, packaging, and inventory system for someone to pick specific parts for those who need it.

That was my estimate just judging by the trees and slope from the beach, at least 30 or 40 feet. Seems pretty low risk to me.

That problem will solve itself in 1 to 2 migrations when all the birds die though.

What scandal!? I love Biscoff.

Use your imagination, what happens if DJI decides to add a little logic test to their firmware:

1) drone is flying in Ukraine?

2) motor amperage is higher than normal (probably carrying a grenade)?

  If 1 and 2, return to takeoff point and drop the grenade

Maybe mix in a rand() so Ukraine doesn't catch on too quick. Could easily carve out the serial numbers of ones you've sold to friendly countries to not trigger the logic as well.

Isn't the concern with DJI mostly the software (artificial flight limitations, phone-home ability, ability for China to lock you out on a whim). I'm not concerned that the motors and carbon tubes on my drones are made in China, I'm worried about truly owning the device I'm flying.

If I were a Ukrainian DJI pilot I'd be worried about China doing Russia a favor by releasing a firmware update with this logic:

1) drone is flying in Ukraine?

2) motor amperage is higher than normal (probably carrying a grenade)?

  If 1 and 2, just return to takeoff point and drop the grenade

Maybe mix in a rand() so Ukraine doesn't catch on too quick.

Most people serious about drones aren't using 2.4ghz. I mostly use 433mhz control freq and 1.2ghz video if I'm going more than a few miles out.

Building a drone is incredibly easy these days, there's so much reference information out there now and pretty much all the pieces just plug together.

There's tons of great open source flight controller software out there - ardupilot, inav, betaflight, etc. I'm wondering what you didn't find particularly appealing about them?

With this kind of setup we can finalize outsource our lawn mowing to India ;)

What most people should be using at home is a "knock down" or "open frame" rack. The posts can be separated from the top and bottom for transport. I use a couple of these in my basement, fairly sturdy and I can move them when I need to: https://avproducts.mccannsystems.com/avcat/ctl11226/index.cf...

“What is not known is whether Gutenberg knew about the Korean printing or not. And if we could shed light on that question, that would be earth shattering,”

Earth shattering seems like a stretch, but I admire their enthusiasm.

I'd also wager that most classic cars you see around these days have been repainted. When the cost to repaint is roughly the same why not go for an interesting color over gray or white?

"Fusible link wire" exists - it is sometimes used in automative wiring harnesses (mostly older vehicles I think).

Literally every one of their vehicles is a knapsack problem and a traveling salesman problem needing to be solved every day. I'm sure they go through plenty of compute power.

to be fair I can't google for shit anymore either. Try to find an actual review or more information about an item and the first 90 results are SEO spam and places selling said item.

That is picking a nit. Bad welds are still welds, you just need more of them :p

Interesting, acrylic applied in multiple layers. I can see how this would be superior to glass from a manufacturing standpoint (easy to cast and layer), but my experience with acrylics is they scratch and aren't very durable. Perhaps that's another benefit - customers coming back more often for replacements.

Now I'm curious what is better than glass? Aside from weight, it seems like an almost ideal material.

From the grandparent link: When to replace your eye?

The tissue around the eye socket changes over time, and the eye can become scratched, even with careful maintenance.For these reasons you should replace your eye every three to five years, more often for children.

I always wanted to create a social app for shoes and call it Sole Mate. Put in your specs and rank your own shoes and then find other people who have a similar fit to you and see what they liked.

No one chopping parts is going to spend $250 on a Milwaukee, they'll buy (or steal) the $55 dollar harbor freight version.

Just wind hitting the body. If you've ever ridden a motorcycle in high winds (or high speeds) it's amazing how much force it exerts on your body. It typically "buffets" or feels like a rapid series of someone pushing or lightly hitting your body. That's at ~70mph, I can't imagine what it's like at mach 3.

That some really odd pricing, there's no investment out there where you could purchase for x, let it sit for 16 months, and then sell for 2x. You'd think the manufacturers or some other entity would just be buying all the 24month to age another 16 months to double their money (less some warehouse / transport overhead).

The way I read it he is including the computer in that $1200 cost. Seems realistic, that's about what my computer (surplus Supermicro server) with a similar amount of storage came out to.

Glass is breakable yes, and I use the glass straws at home so I can't really speak to carrying them around (I rarely eat out so never had a need to).

We had a second phone line for dial up internet - I remember spending three weeks downloading a copy of Age of Empires (roughly 250mb), praying it wouldn't be corrupt or a bad file. It downloaded successfully, but to my dismay it was the expansion. Took me another month to get the actual game to download, at least at that point I had the expansion as well :)

Stuff does tend to sell quickly on Marketplace but searching for items is horrendous, there are so many puzzling things about the UI. Why have a 'max distance' field I can set to 40 miles if you are going to completely disregard it and show me things from neighboring states?

I've switched entirely to glass straws, they are a huge upgrade from plastic. No sharp edges like plastic, won't collapse if you want to suck up something firm like a milkshake, takes up less storage since I only need to keep a handful around to cover various sizes. And they look much, much better to boot. Can't say I've had any issues with them clanking on my teeth, but I use straws for sipping, not chewing on.