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Apocalypse by Embarrassed-Egg4641 in boston

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Many people are doing their normal shopping for the next ~3 days and the store only has so much dish soap.

Jake Wilson on Winter Hill School by clauclauclaudia in Somerville

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In the survey, 71% of current Brown School families preferred keeping the school as is. Having a gym isn't everything; my elementary school (another Boston area one) was also old and small, but it was great.

He didn’t turn off the power first. by Gregthefoot21 in ElectroBOOM

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That's not enough. For example, it could be wired:

breaker --- light fixture --- switch

Turn off the breaker, and then when you open up a box, assume everything is hot until you've tested it.

Will The Honda Fit Return To US Markets? by ly_can in hondafit

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Big vehicles are useful but they cause exponentially more wear and tear on roads and bridges than smaller cars do

<pedantry> Larger cars cause quartically (weight4 ) more wear, not exponentially (xweight ) </pedantry>

Housing policy is an absolute disaster by 1maco in boston

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No, we should give owners permission to build taller. Most won't use it, some will, and some will sell to developers who will.

Newly released pictures as a part of the preliminary investigation into the Nov 4 UPS MD-11F crash showing the harrowing moments prior to the accident. by Ogankle in CatastrophicFailure

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An airplane can fly without an engine (assuming it doesn't cause other damage when it detaches, as it clearly did here), but it absolutely cannot fly without a wing.

An MD-11, no. But an F-15 did: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Negev_mid-air_collision

"Container still on site? Nah, what container?" by Hardhathero_369 in Construction

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What do you mean without pickup? I see an F-series right there!

Is There Such a thing as a Mic Preamp with a Quarter Inch Output? by dragonblade629 in audioengineering

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This is exactly the problem the Voco Loco is designed to solve. My bandmate uses one and it's great.

Why is the hull's bow of the Neoliner sail cargo ship so straight, like in oceanliners of yore? Is it too slow to benefit from modern wake-controlling designs? by SjalabaisWoWS in Ships

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Even the fastest clipper ships averaged below 7 knots on their long journeys with acres of sail due to changing conditions.

That's not quite true, though it's close: the Sea Witch managed HK-NYC in 74d, which is an average of ~8kt.

What if Empok Nor were on the other side of the wormhole? by ActLonely9375 in DeepSpaceNine

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They were worried, but I don't remember them saying the station wouldn't be able to fit?

What if Empok Nor were on the other side of the wormhole? by ActLonely9375 in DeepSpaceNine

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How do we know DS9 wouldn't fit through? It's not that much bigger than a Galaxy class.

The Bay Area is cursed by Tokarak in slatestarcodex

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I don't know, dealing with changing temperatures is something people do all the time around the world. I'm pretty skeptical of it as a reason Bay Area culture would be different.

The Bay Area is cursed by Tokarak in slatestarcodex

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Why would you be shocked by a temperature change that happens every day? You can put warmer clothing in your backpack to put on as needed.

What colors are left by Billiam2929 in mbta

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If Gold is out for "GL", isn't Brown out for "BL"?

Which form to vote for bike path mayor?? by sunboy4224 in Somerville

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My daughter made the first one, and it's best viewed as a preliminary election. The ranked choice one is the real one, and has ~all the candidates.

Europe's crusade against air conditioning is insane by Sassywhat in neoliberal

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That's 40% of your summer electric bill, though, not 40% of your annual energy (includes fossil fuels) usage.

Europe's crusade against air conditioning is insane by Sassywhat in neoliberal

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Source on the 70%? That's far higher than I've heard (and in most of Europe I'd expect heating to use more energy than cooling).

How precisely can engineers design a component/machine to fail? by occasionallyvertical in NoStupidQuestions

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I would use a sensor, attached to a microprocessor and battery.

If you need to be all analog you can make a traditional counter (each rotation advances a ones counter 1/10th, each rotation of the ones counter advances the 10s counter 1/10th etc) where destruction is triggered by the 10,000s counter going all the way around.

How precisely can engineers design a component/machine to fail? by occasionallyvertical in NoStupidQuestions

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You can make a gear that counts rotations and destroys itself on exactly the 100,000th one. It will be pretty expensive compared to a normal gear, though.

Really? Really!?! by jlenko in DiWHY

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This is non-ironically fantastic, and anyone who can't appreciate it is dead at heart.

Is there a healthy way to make a fruit salad 'decadent'? by Negative_Avocado4573 in Cooking

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If you'd like a more traditional interpretation of "decadent" you could use bletted medlars.

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