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I don't recall ever seeing something like this so I wanted to know what they look like. Here's a short video that shows a guy walking around looking for them. He also talks briefly about some uses he has for them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DOwMr_T4_A

It wouldn't help for rail already installed, but I wonder if you could insert two corrosion-resistant pins in the rail at some standard distance apart. The pins would be installed when the rail is at its "neutral stress temperature". Then you could use some Go/No Go gauges to quickly check if the rail has expanded or contracted. By measuring the distance you could get a more accurate assessment of the stress state. The accuracy required might be too much, though.

It's an interesting problem. It's simple in theory, but may not have a perfect solution.

It depends on if you're trying to minimize damage to your car, or the passengers. For a light impact where you aren't going to sustain any injuries it might be optimal to let off the brake. But if the accelerations are going to cause injury, then you would want to apply the brakes to minimize the acceleration of the car.

Here's a good visual explanation: https://blogs.lt.vt.edu/2ndyearidlab/author/hohsuan/page/2/

When you do this is there a way to completely get rid of the information? Usually you can go back an look at the edit history to see the original post.

Definitely not a US-only thing. Every time there's an article on BBC about someone getting in trouble for saying something offensive they often don't even provide a quote of what was said.

House prices may have doubled (even that sounds high), but in a lot of places condo prices are down to where they were 5 years ago, with listing prices often being reduced from the initial price. This is the opposite of what you hear about houses where they are being sold above list price.

In any discussion about housing prices in the Bay Area it's important to distinguish between condos and houses. The markets are very different because lots of new condos are being built while the supply of houses is (mostly) fixed.

The actual footage starts at 2:26

https://youtu.be/ZsiHlmJ9myg?t=146

I remember seeing an image a long time ago that revealed a different image when you highlighted it. But I could never find any references to the technique since then. Does anyone else remember something like this?

That's not the correct comparison. Household income often includes two incomes, which is going to bring the value up. Your same link says the median earnings for a male individual is $61,417. Not significantly less, but this distinction is often important.

They used to make swamp coolers that you would put in your car window and it would blow cool air into the car. I always thought those were really cool. Completely unpowered, no electricity. It's such a simple design compared to AC units.

"how could you?" How could you not? It blew my mind how little push back there was against the use of this slur. Even more frustrating was that a lot of people using it were the people who claimed to be fighting against bigotry. Even if you didn't think it was racist or sexist, it was clearly something that would make anyone named Karen feel bad. It doesn't take extreme empathetic ability to understand that.

Another old one is Kingdom of Drakkar, which has been around in its current form since at least the late 90's.

https://www.kingdomofdrakkar.com/

There was a DJ called Fuckstorm that used to do some live PAs with this. I used to have some mp3s of his. I can't find any examples of his music online anymore, unfortunately.

You could check with the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. https://computerhistory.org/

I find it funny that this is the assumption for Japan. But if we were talking about how people in the US still use checks (as do other countries), then it's because Americans are dysfunctional and behind the times.

I think the person you are replying to agrees with you.

It does sound suspicious, but it works out. Let's say you have $100k to invest, have a 30% tax rate, and your investment will give you a 2x return by the time you're ready to withdraw.

Pre-tax investment: Invest $100k and it becomes $200k. You pay $60k in taxes and end up with $140k. Post-tax investment: You pay $30k in taxes and invest $70k. That $70k becomes $140k.

Not sure why people don't like this comment. It's correct. Whether you pay taxes on your income and then invest it, or invest it and then pay taxes when you take it all out the result is the same (assuming your tax bracket doesn't change.)

If you expect to be in a lower tax bracket when you take the money out, then invest pre-tax money. If you expect it to be in a higher tax bracket, invest money after you pay taxes on it. Obviously this is a very simple way of looking at it. But I think it's a good way to get a general understanding of the different options. Post-tax investments can be good if you need to pull out a big lump of money while retired.

MOBA=Multiplayer online battle arena

This is my favorite nomograph: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hasan-Al-Mosawe/publica...

It's used for estimating the stiffness of asphalt based on temperature and loading rate. There's a slightly higher resolution version on page 91 of this pdf: https://www.crow.nl/getattachment/Asfalt-Impuls/Projecten/Fu...

130° F

An earlier form of anti-lock brakes were available in some American cars starting in the late 60's. It was standard in the 1974 Lincoln Continental, 4 years before Mercedes even had it as an option. https://www.hagerty.com/media/archived/antilock-brakes/

>houses and cars are assets.

I would guess that the majority of people do not own their house outright. Just because you have a mortgage on a one million dollar house, doesn't mean you have one million dollars worth of wealth in your house.

A pitch drop experiment started in 1927 is what I thought of when I read the title:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_drop_experiment

I don't know about SF, but in the South Bay, house prices may be up, but condo prices are the lowest they've been in years. And that is despite record low interest rates.

It's not common at all, but it's very achievable for most engineers in the US if they're willing to live below their means. Engineers in the US make 2-3x the median income. The difference in disposable income is even greater when you subtract off the costs of necessities. And yet, those other people aren't working 2-3x as many years.

It may mean not going out to eat all the time, not buying a fancy new car all the time, not having a fancy house in the most prestigious neighborhood, etc. I'm not saying it's bad to buy or want these things, but they are luxuries you pay for with hours in the office.

Early retirement is even easier if retire doesn't mean, "never work for money again", and instead means, "I don't have to take salary into consideration when deciding when/where to work". I'm an engineer living in the SF Bay area who doesn't make tech money and I'll still be able to retire after 15-20 years, easily, while still having waaaay more than my parents did when I was growing up.

In German there's "Auf alten Pferden lernt man reiten" which means "You learn to ride on old horses".

NFT = Non-Fungible Token

How does not owning a car imply outsourcing those things? That's only true if you hiring a cab everywhere you go and order all your groceries to be delivered. If I bike everywhere I go, including the grocery store I'm not outsourcing cars. All the miles I would normally put on my car I put on my bike, or public transportation.