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Re:Show HN: Car Chomper – A tool to visualize car sizes on Thursday September 04, 2025 @03:27PM (#45131259)
This is something I could be interested in but looks like the "Request API Access" link does not work.
Is this greenwashing?

Laundry sheets are made from polyvinyl alcohol which is a plastic and potentially damaging to the environment [0].

Edit: According to a study by Michigan State, PVA will break down completely if certain microbes are available [1]. Which is not always the case.

[0]https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8199957/ [1]https://cris.msu.edu/news/trending/trending-polyvinyl-alcoho...

Re:Ask HN: Am I Alone Here? on Sunday August 03, 2025 @03:03AM (#44774686)
I can see your post.
Re: on Monday July 28, 2025 @04:52PM (#44715497)
Five different countries have taken pictures of the Apollo 11 landing https://petapixel.com/2024/07/24/which-country-captured-the-...
Re:The EPA's $10k Bounty on Your Modified Car on Monday June 02, 2025 @07:12PM (#44164316)
Actual link https://www.carsandhorsepower.com/featured/the-government-is...

"The rumble of a modified exhaust used to be the soundtrack of American freedom..." give me a break. No one wants to hear you showing off your anti-lag at 3am.

"Snitches, sellouts, and surveillance tech..." because of course you want the freedom to make as much noise as you want whenever and where ever you want to.

What evidence do you have to support this assumption?

Also, if weight-loss is measured by “pounds saved” and speed of implementation then amputation would easily win over other solutions.

Re:Ask HN: What do you listen to while you work? on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @07:26AM (#42305419)
Synthwave at a low volume. Somehow this vocal-free genre generates subtle optimism and energy in my millennial brain.
None of these individuals had moved on to other companies?
Missing a link here?

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