paulkrush

Same here. That's what it meant when I was growing up 40 years ago, but you don't here anyone saying this any more. I asked my son and he only said "unknown". It's interesting because foreign(not from the US) people, food, and customs are pretty normal. I would say they are not unknown. So I want to hope that proper usage of the word, not politically correctness has pushed it away. BTW: If you think your usage is normal, it might be. I am not your target audience.

So in my echo chamber I rarely here the word "foreign" meaning outside of the country. I only hear it as: "This is different to me." I am been wondering for a while now: Where is this word really in use now? Do import cars become foreign outside of the city? Do your parents say this?

I am not so sure "a farm-free future with food primarily manufactured via precision fermentation and other scientific processes" is going to feed the hungry masses.

It's shocking how hot 5 watts can get a hunk of metal. As the airflow lowers more metal is needed.

This fun and understandable. I had to use a pnumantic drill to drill and tap a hole once under water. Lots of bubbles... Hydraulic motors make sense. Also they have a super high power to weight ratio.

After learning about Blues Traveler Hook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdz5kCaCRFM Duh! Why did I not know this?

But then I saw the Velcro video again. Oh my! The hook is about hook and loop.

Local for me. You would hear lots of versions on the radio. The Phineas and Freb version is so awesome:

https://youtu.be/JD6XRedzz2Y?si=-0WqQcmycq1CVAgB

I second your request. I am guessing for starters that the article is taking about rubber on steel rails and your link is rubber tire metros.

The title and electric BMW review in the first part was an annoying bait and switch to the real content.

I can't see your first comment(it's flagged) to reply more. How many down votes does this take to get flagged like this? When you talk millions you have a point, but it does not apply to modern humans. (That I can see). I think hockey sticks(in my lifetime) are really meaningful in 20,000 year graphs. There is a lot of money out there to poke holes in these 20K year graphs, so I am looking for this holes.

I checked out your link, maybe you know more. I am hoping to find other graphs to dismiss these 2 graphs below: https://xkcd.com/1732/ https://climate.nasa.gov/climate_resources/24/graphic-the-re...

Not rubber or epdm,but SEBS (Styrene-Ethylene-Butylene-Styrene) But Wikipedia does not use SEBS: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoplastic_elastomer

This is a great read about plastics from an engineering perspective. Also this: "and, famously, LEGO makes most of the tires in the world, by number if not by mass!"

Low tech: Bare copper wires supporting plants help the gardener love the plants more by looking pretty and shiny!

I think electroculture has potential! :-) When I think of “electroculture” I see locally controlled, patent expired, closed loop mechatronics run by $2 microcontrollers with built in depth cameras pruning wanted plants and trimming out unwanted plants.

I think they are missing a graph: https://xkcd.com/1732/

And this will lead to toner wars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diamond_Age

People are still randomly hiding USB drives after a decade!

Omg, poor woman, but this is so awesome and wrong at the same time.

I want a new or more terms for this. Open source hardware kinda implies it's a legal catagory. It's a dream, and way to be social, not a legal thing. I am begining to like "DIY" better. As "This is hardware that is standard and easy to copy." Because it's so easy to copy and everybody does, it's easy to live in this world. I need to process this thought more. Also I am using the word hardware to imply mecanical design. I think it's easier to have open source hardware if you are taking about pcb boards.

Kind of everywhere if you watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cAB5FG4bXI&t=800s

BTW, if this list resonates with you, it's a great way to discover other YouTube creators with real content.

I was oddly shocked at how many(and variety of) YouTubers I subscribe to are going to Open Sauce 2023 & are featured. My guess is I will run into a few more of the smaller channel creators just attending.

This event looks like it will be pretty darn DIY/Maker cool.

Lots of the exhibits featured have been on HN: Heading to https://opensauce.live/exhibits/

Surprised no one has submitted this. I miss the large Maker Faire events!

Yep,us too. We saw it with the naked eye. There was a rather odd looking non-shining orange ball in the sky with a dot in the center viewed from Wisconsin Dells.

You can't.

I think of Hacker News as a source of interesting things that I as a nerd, did not know & this fits.

"It would have been confusing to say “X, Y, Z, and.” So, the students said, “and per se and.” Per se means “by itself,” so the students were essentially saying, “X, Y, Z, and by itself and.” The term per se was used to denote letters that also doubled as words, such as the letter I (for “me”) and A. By saying “per se,” you clarified that you meant the symbol and not the word.

Over time, “and per se and” was slurred together into the word we use today: ampersand."

It would be interesting to me if I saw used GPU prices jump back to 3x list purely from people wanting to run some new non-crypto libraries in the course of a few months. I think a 10x list jump would be scary to see at first, but normal looking back on. This is a hard question to ask because any real answer looks preposterous at first.

Because I only buy cars that list Headway brand cells near the top of the spec sheet.

The 90's called: They want their camera's back!