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Re:Tesla Roadster on Saturday October 17, 2026 @10:02AM (#50131272)
I can’t see any documentation of income ever being used on an S.

Given that it costs 10x more than aluminum, it is highly unlikely to be useful as a material in a production car.

The frame breaking the NHSTA story is correct but is just well-designed aluminum.

I’m happy to be shown a reference I’m wrong.

Re:Why do LLM pelicans look like this? on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @02:28PM (#50092583)
By contrast, diagrams showing airflow over a wing are shown in the US with the wing "flying" to the left.

In the UK and Europe, the wing is "flying" to the right.

This is amazing. The real cherry is the creation of a falsifiable construct.
Does anyone understand the math behind this bit?

> In the right orbit, a solar panel can be up to 8 times more productive than on earth....

Re:Don't Let Anyone Take Away Your Big Box of Cables on Thursday September 10, 2026 @12:05PM (#49646049)
This came with a double-ended USB-A for charging: https://www.rei.com/product/248291/biolite-luci-original-cle...
Re:Tooltips need a delay, and then they need to skip it on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @11:07AM (#49450503)
I went one step further: there's a really annoying behavior in Google Workspace where a giant popup appears if you linger over any account.

I wrote an chrome extension to block them: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/google-workspace-ho...

And WTBS the radio station was also purchased by Ted Turner!

It was originally "Tech Broadcasting Service" and run by an MIT student group.

For the $50k purchase, the newly-named WMBR purchased a new transmitter.

https://wmbr.org/www/history

Re:Filing the Corners Off MacBooks on Saturday April 11, 2026 @08:11AM (#47729894)
There’s something lovely about this.

To my eye, it is like the patina that your favorite tools get.

I’m looking at you, 40 year old tape measure.

Re:Filing the Corners Off MacBooks on Saturday April 11, 2026 @08:08AM (#47729869)
I’ve noticed that this only occurs when I use a two-prong adapter for the power brick.

If I use the 3-prong, which is usually tied to a long cable, I don’t feel the buzz.

I assumed that the additional grounding helped.

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