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Re:Out-braking the ABS Myth [video] on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @10:02AM (#38177528)
I don't have any data for you, but my own experience owning and racing cars and motorcycles tells me this is not true. Contact patch isn't everything, but being able to load 4000lb on the front tires vs 500lb makes a big difference. A car on a track can blow right by the typical motorcycle braking point coming into a corner
Re:U.S. Sugar consumption trend from 1970-2021 on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @01:29AM (#38094899)
The title says consumption but the graphic says availability. Does availability have a different meaning in this context? Or is this just the amounts of various forms of sweeteners available to a consumer

Ask HN: What's the "one book" in your discipline?

Today in the post about mid-level backend engineering courses, someone offered "just buy this book" (Designing Data-Intensive Applications) and other commenters echoed support for the book. A few weeks ago in a thread about ML someone commented to the effect of "Everything you need to know in ML is in this book" (Deep Learning with Python) and again people chimed in supporting it. Maybe those...

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Some people like buying thoughtfully designed products instead of ghettorigging I guess
how do you choose what to take? I think he listed every supplement in the aisle
Re:Has Xbox lost the console wars? on Saturday June 24, 2023 @03:21PM (#36461846)
I didn't read it as a grammar correction but much is lost in transcripts
Re:Google Pixel Fold on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @04:28PM (#35893024)
hi, I want these folding phones. Though I took advantage of the ridiculous trade in offers that Samsung usually promotes with. Everything is just nicer on the bigger screen: messaging, browsing, videos, gaming. And that screen is always in my pocket. Can't read the QR code menu at the restaurant? Here, look at my pocket tablet.

The technology is still in an awkward phase but I think slab phones will be obsolete in 5 years

FWIW I went to a Hannah Gadsby show a few years back and that event also had the phone pouch thing. Was she also being pathetic and cowardly?
Maybe, or maybe they're overworked and overstressed and don't have the time or mental capacity to pursue a hobby they would otherwise enjoy
Swiss cheese screws are annoying but trashing Silca's products based on a vague description of screw deformation is both a stretch and a red herring. It's irrelevant to the blatant fraud talked about in that section
That article was thrilling, thanks for sharing it
Re:Why the U.S. once set off a nuclear bomb in space on Saturday September 04, 2021 @10:41AM (#28415554)
The results were surprisingly bad, but the article concludes with a number of learnings, a detection system, and a radiation mitigation system that all came from the fallout of this test. It was a reckless experiment, but not without its silver linings
Just because there are details to work out doesn't mean it shouldn't be legalized.

Imagine trying to legalize alcohol for the first time. What if kids drink it? What if people drive after drinking? We managed to work through the follow-on effects with a system of rules that left most people feeling content and safe.