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  1. Re:Caveat emtpor on 1,600 Korean Hotel Guests Were Secretly Filmed and Live-Streamed Online (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    That's why I always wear my full body Sasquatch suit underneath my clothing. I just have to be careful when going out naked in the woods to stay away from hunters and always make sure any photographers don't focus on me.

  2. So what does it do on a hazy day? on An Insect-bot Mimics Desert Ants by Looking at the Sky To Navigate (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Clouds would seem to break this solar navigation system just like any other.

  3. Re:Such is the fate of all DRM on UltraViolet Digital Movie Locker is Shutting Down (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    Also the eventual fate of any cloud service that is ostensibly free, or paid for up front, relying on future sales, without any recurring subscription charges to support its long term maintenance.

  4. Re:I stopped taking pictures early due to the weat on A Meteorite Hit the Moon During Total Lunar Eclipse (newscientist.com) · · Score: 1

    You do realize that the moon moves across the star field. It was probably just a distant star that you saw "move" in relation to the moon.

  5. Re:Cow Milk on American Cheese Surplus Reaches Record High · · Score: 1

    Wensleydale, is that you?

  6. Re:Consumers should be like the government ! on Under Current Policies, Residential Batteries Increase Emissions In Most Cases (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    There are roughly 365 days in a year. What makes you think that that SINGLE day is representative of the rest? In areas where air conditioning is a big thing during the summer months, the peak will be in the early afternoon on warm days. What I'd like to see is a time weighted annualized curve of this data, per region.

  7. Re:Revises my definition of Lifetime I guess on Sears, the 125-Year-Old Iconic Retailer, Has 24 Hours To Survive (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Actually, the Craftsman brand was sold off previously and is not at risk. Though your warranty status is still in question.

  8. "You could see it from...about a half-mile away" on New York Sky Turns Bright Blue After Transformer Explosion (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    I was traveling westbound on the Long Island Expressway about 42 miles away (according to Google Earth), when I saw the sky in the distance light up with eerie blue-green flashes. It was quite the show.

  9. Re:Real difficultly not mentioned - Sastrugi on Colin O'Brady Completes Historic Antarctic Crossing (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Sastrugi were also the largest complaint of both Scott and Shackleton, so it isn't as if these are only newly understood to be an obstacle.

  10. Re:And so it begins.... on 24 Amazon Workers Sent To Hospital After Robot Accidentally Unleashes Bear Spray · · Score: 1

    You mean the blood of crushed Amazon workers?

  11. Well duh. on Americans Are Moving Less Than Ever, and It's Bad For the Economy (qz.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Unemployment is low, and good local job opportunities are aplenty, so the costs of moving just don't merit the benefits. But this is a lagging, rather than leading indicator of the economy.

  12. But the plane may or may not be a cat.

  13. Still better than VCRs 12:00 12:00 12:00 12:00 12:00

  14. Re:Telescope mode on Tourism is Compromising the World's Largest Telescope (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    My Nikon D7500 has an internal (pop-up) flash, but it has high enough sensitivity that I have never needed the flash for just illumination, whether indoors in dim lighting, or outdoors even at night. I have used the flash however as a fill for when spotty filtered light was on a subject's face leaving a very splotchy almost camo appearance. I also wanted to have the internal flash as an option to trigger optically triggered speedlights, but I have not had the need for that yet.

  15. Are they launching it at night so the sun doesn't burn it up?

  16. Re:"but today most developed countries ban it" on EPA Staff Objected To Agency's New Rules on Asbestos Use, Internal Emails Show (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    You can't torch on a welding blanket. HF welding blankets are fiberglass, and burn up more easily than you'd expect. I use a carbon fiber blanket. THAT holds up to a torch pretty well.

  17. Re:"but today most developed countries ban it" on EPA Staff Objected To Agency's New Rules on Asbestos Use, Internal Emails Show (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't think that's asbestos. I believe that's a kaolin derived refractory fiber. It does look an awful lot like asbestos though, so I can understand the confusion. My understanding is that it's been several decades since asbestos has been used for new refractory applications in things like millboard,

  18. Agreed. The problem with DDT was not so much with the chemical as with it's irresponsible application. Today, we have substituted worse things instead, but get away with it by having tight EPA regulations on application. Knowing that, my though it that DDT probably should be brought back into the fold, in a way that is compatible with today's safer application practices. PCB's OTOH are just plain bad.

  19. Re:"but today most developed countries ban it" on EPA Staff Objected To Agency's New Rules on Asbestos Use, Internal Emails Show (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    We don't ban milk with listeria. We ban raw milk in some places. That's not the same thing. Good for you doing your own brakes. I do mine too. Do you have a vehicle with drum brakes? Do you drive on the highway where trucks or cars over a few years old are present? Do you breathe while driving? I'll let you in on a little secret. Asbestos is still in all sorts of brake linings (and most clutches too). It may not be present in your top of the line ceramic or organic kevlar pads, and many OEMs are removing it too, but it's still in most of the cheap aftermarket stuff that most people buy (particularly as replacement parts). https://www.freedoniagroup.com... https://www.osha.gov/dts/shib/... Asbestos used to be in automotive gaskets too. That's one use where it's pretty much gone now.

  20. Re:"but today most developed countries ban it" on EPA Staff Objected To Agency's New Rules on Asbestos Use, Internal Emails Show (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    This. Also, asbestos becomes more dangerous in those who smoke, and not only was smoking nearly ubiquitous among the generation of people who worked with asbestos, but it is also on the decline.

  21. Re:"but today most developed countries ban it" on EPA Staff Objected To Agency's New Rules on Asbestos Use, Internal Emails Show (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Exactly. You beat me to it. Asbestos is found in talc, and talc is NOT naturally found without asbestos. Its just that some has more and some has less. The same thing goes for vermiculite, which is also used in all sorts of everyday products.

  22. "but today most developed countries ban it" on EPA Staff Objected To Agency's New Rules on Asbestos Use, Internal Emails Show (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    No, no we don't ban asbestos. Never have, as it is naturally occuring. We ban synthetic substances all the time, but asbestos being banned is just silly, even if it makes a lot of sense to reduce our exposure to it. Asbestos is found in all sorts of things in trace (and higher) levels. Ever wonder why companies are moving away from talcum powder? Any idea what's in your brake linings?

  23. Macbook Wheel anybody? on The Touch Bar Could Replace the Keyboard on Future Macbooks (cnet.com) · · Score: 5, Funny
  24. The NYS PSC on New York Orders Charter Out of State (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    wields a very heavy hammer. Frankly, I'm amazed that Charter would so flagrantly disregard them, as every other utility here takes PSC complaints VERY seriously. I guess this will keep the rest even more in line.

  25. Re:thanks for that. video proves nothing. on Chinese Scientists Have Developed the World's First Destructive Laser Rifle (popsci.com) · · Score: 1

    No, that video proves everything. It is proof positive that this is a hoax, pure and simple. Looking past the fact that there is no shake to the beam over that distance, the size of the spot on the target is smaller than physics will allow for the divergence of a beam over that distance. I think that there may in fact be a laser being used. But it is setup behind the target, and is not coming from that "weapon"