jmiller

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

That is so cool! Did a bit of searching, this looks like like a good place to start. I'm not visually impaired, but am still very interested in learning to echolocate!

National Library of Medicine

EchoRead Programme: Learning echolocation skills through self-paced professional development during the COVID-19 pandemic

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9623408/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I hadn't seen that before, that is interesting. These detergent sheets are quite a bit cheaper though, and have no plastic in the product or packaging. We love them!

https://www.amazon.com/Poesie-Eco-Friendly-Plastic-Free-Biodegradable-Hypoallergenic/dp/B09VPDX476

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Looks like it. We use dissolvable sheets for laundry soap, toss them in like a pod. No plastic, and short washes on cold leave no residue. And if it's a smaller load just you can just rip a sheet in half and leave it in the box. Plus they are super cheap. We've been using them for a couple of years, love them!

https://www.amazon.com/Poesie-Eco-Friendly-Plastic-Free-Biodegradable-Hypoallergenic/dp/B09VPDX476

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago

My first read, I thought that was the source of the mentioned poisoning.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 months ago

7km upgrades this to a Demand path.

[–] [email protected] 151 points 2 months ago (4 children)

That is a real shame, I met my wife on OK Cupid. We liked it for all those features that are gone now. I've recommended it to several people over the years, guess I'll stop doing that.

As for being politically motivated, maybe? But my first guess would be that the changes were driven by immediate profitability factors. Because really, what is more important than quarterly and annual profit reports?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

NighthawkInLight has lots of great stuff, but his subambient temperature paint videos are the best.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

I need a pan galactic gargle blaster.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

Harambe was just the first casualty. The root cause was the weasel in the Large Hadron Collider shortly before that event, which shifted us into the bad timeline.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

"Its maker shared that the safe load would be 265 lb. (120.2 kg), but the maximum you can go up to is 330 lb. (149.7 kg). Both figures include the weight of the bike."

Um. Call me crazy, but shouldn't the safe load be the maximum?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago

Eating a dictionary to improve your vocabulary would be equally effective to that theory, and for many of the same reasons. (As far as information transfer is concerned)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

There is a vaccine for chickens and turkeys for the bird flu. But poultry barns only use it when there are already outbreaks in their area, they don't consider the cost worth it most of the time. And no one is giving it to wild birds.

 

It is a strange looking vehicle, but there are a lot of things I like about the company's philosophy and approach.

 

We recently attended a wedding in Atlanta, and we and some inlaws stayed at a Vrbo rental. One of the guests lost their balance and ripped the toilet paper holder off the wall. It was fasted with drywall anchors, and the damage is contained to the area under and immediately beside the holder base, less than a 3" circle. The holder is not damaged. We took pictures and sent them to the owner, telling them to let us know what the repair cost. They responded today that they had a quote for $500.

I am from a much less metropolitan area in a midwestern state, so maybe I'm out of touch with contractor prices there, but that seems very high. Any locals with insight?

 

Very interesting company. They started with a way to produce graphene at scale, then went looking for something to do with it. Their first idea was to use it as a cement additive. They have since used it as friction reducer in engine oil, and are selling it in Australia, Canada, and soon the US, as a radiator coating to improve HVAC performance.

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