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potentialverand··on The History of WD-40
Project Farm tested 7 penetrating oils. ATF/Acetone ranked 2nd place above many specifically designed fluids.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUEob2oAKVs

potentialverand··on New South Wales rolls out mobile phone detection cameras
> The high-definition cameras use artificial intelligence to spot drivers, regardless of the weather or the time of day.

> The portable versions will be mounted on trailers and operate across the state.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-22/mobile-phone-detectio...

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potentialverand··on Solar farm has to switch off every second day due to negative prices
Agree with all your points.

South Australia gets additional energy from grid interconnections from other states, and it's gas turbine power plant at Torrens Island. Additional power from other sources like diesel generators when required

https://www.sa.gov.au/topics/energy-and-environment/energy-s...

potentialverand··on Bill Gates on Windows Usability (2003)
I don't think updating an application is really comparable to updating an operating system. The OS is vastly more complex.

Nevertheless, Firefox on Linux via package manager definitely requires a restart. Typically I know when Firefox has been updated because I get a window saying "your browser needs to restart".

https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/9s78fh/sick_of_get...

potentialverand··on Espresso Machine Powered by Tcl/Tk
I'm curious about your measured pressure drop between the pressure at the pump, and the pressure at the group head. Since coffee machines are low flow and travel through a short distance of presumably stainless steel pipe, my quick calculations indicate a minimal pressure drop compared to the expected 9 bar of pressure used to pull a shot.

Temperature is another kettle of fish as you have demonstrated.

potentialverand··on Files UWP: An enthusiast’s take on what Windows File Explorer explorer should be
If you open the properties of a folder, you can see how long it can take to calculate the size of a folder.

This is a feature I've never really needed - what is your scenario for needing this at a glance? When I'm chasing large files that need deleting due to free space pressure I typically use something like the following https://windirstat.net/