This is basically a fluff piece about Lego with a side helping of climate and sustainability topics. It’s not a particularly good article in my opinion.
I think the most fundamental question facing Lego is that clone brick makers are now able to deliver excellent sets at significantly lower cost. The article doesn’t mention that at all.
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This is a video by physicist Sabine Hossenfelder for anyone who might want help deciding on whether to succumb to the clickbait title.
As someone with low maintenance teeth how far has dental tech procedures improved in last 30 years? Feels dental hygienist are all using tools that haven't changed in decades.
My dental practice has only one significant improvement that I’ve noticed in the last 30 years, which is to use a sonic scaler to remove plaque instead of manual scraping with an implement. Somebody in the field would certainly be able to provide a better and more informative answer.
I find it curious that the Lockheed Vega is chosen as “Amelia Earhart’s plane” since most people would probably associate her with the Lockheed Electra, the plane she was flying when she disappeared.
It’s analogous to saying that Ernest Shackleton’s ship was the Nimrod…not wrong, just odd.
chasingthewind commented on Subway Builder: A realistic subway simulation game subwaybuilder.com/... · Posted by u/0xbeefcab
I like it but it always felt like there was an escalating kill screen that happens way too quickly. Either that or I'm bad at it.
I am also bad at mini Metro but the thing that makes me crazy is that when the game ends it says something like “your city shut down.” That makes absolutely no sense and the endgame message should’ve been “you were fired!” Such a missed opportunity!
chasingthewind commented on Curious Correspondence with Edward Gorey tcj.com/the-curious-corre... · Posted by u/animalcule
I was never a very big fan of Edward Gorey but I always loved his contemporary Ogdred Weary. :)
chasingthewind commented on Tell HN: John Friel my father, internet pioneer and creator of QModem, has died · Posted by u/AaronFriel
My condolences on your loss. I used QModem in the early 90s downloading shareware and the like. I just looked through my floppy disk holder and found a 3 1/2 inch floppy from 1992 with QModem on it :)
Your dad’s contribution to the BBS scene was huge and it was an important part of my own journey into computing.
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The article is brilliant (my fridge hassles me too!) but makes two small word usage “errors” by using the phrase “dawn it’s Freon cap”
The first “error” (I’m mostly a descriptivist) is incredibly common: using “it’s” when “its” is “correct”. The second “error” is much less common: using “dawn” when “don” is “correct”.
Is this just a case of autocorrect being “helpful”? :D
One of the key features of a portcullis is because it drops into the closed position under gravity, it's very fast to close. Opening it is slow and involves a winch.
That's in contrast to another iconic medieval castle feature, the drawbridge, which drops into the open position, and closing it involves a winch.
And in contrast to simple doors, which are reasonably fast to both open and close, with no winches required, and which are widely used to this day.
Presumably the article's authors then asked themselves under what circumstances a castle would need something very fast to close - faster than a door or drawbridge - and concluded it was for surprise attacks.
I seem to recall that some drawbridges could be counter weighted and have supports that could be removed quickly that would then free the counterweight and close the bridge immediately.