Can someone explain why you would ever want to compress a file into .rar?
I bet it's Usenet users. WinRAR can split large files into chunks that are uploaded as separate Usenet messages.
Readit Newsexhilaration commented on High-severity WinRAR 0-day exploited for weeks by 2 groups arstechnica.com/security/... · Posted by u/chrisjj
exhilaration commented on Installing a mini-split AC in a Brooklyn apartment probablydance.com/2025/08... · Posted by u/ibobev
I have yet to see the first emergency locksmith that isn't a grifter. The moment you can't open a lock yourself, you're paying ten times the reasonable rate, or worse.
It's usually cheaper to knock in a window, or if you live in an expensive area, to buy a fire axe and break down the door.
The trick is to to find real locksmiths, with a real storefront, preferably ahead of time. If you just Google emergency locksmith and your ZIP code or location, all of the top results will be scammers in unmarked vans. This is an old scam, it's got its own Wikipedia page:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locksmith_scam
There's been some reporting about these fake listings on Google maps: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/google-maps-fake-listings-lawsu...
exhilaration commented on Private Welsh island with 19th century fort goes on the market cnn.com/2025/08/08/busine... · Posted by u/makaimc
zombie proof as TIL they generally aren't good swimmers. But in a real end of world sitch I think it's from one of those nearby fjordy bits no?
You haven't read World War Z! Zombies don't need to swim, they just walk on river and ocean bottoms. When there's billions of them, a few will make it anywhere.
I wonder about demand. Who will these tenants be now? In my city they were day laborers and single poor people way back in the day. I don't know how much of that we have now / the homeless seem more like a mix now. Let alone issues of managing such places / social conflicts and so on.
Not saying it isn't worth a shot, all for it. I just don't know if this eats up that much demand / houses that many people these days.
Something like 40% of the homeless nationwide are actually working, employed, but unable to build up enough savings to rent an apartment.
Here's just one source I found on: https://endhomelessness.org/blog/employed-and-experiencing-h...
I got a tour of a homeless shelter a few months ago and the folks running it mentioned that one of their jobs is to wake up specific people at 6am, 7am etc so they can make it to work in the morning.
They're already doing great. I have a portable neck AC unit that uses peltiers and it keeps my head and neck cool in otherwise nasty desert conditions when mining. Yes the radiative heating from the sun is still a bitch but a hat basically minimizes that, and also redirects the partially-chilled air more efficiently around my head and face.
The direct-contact neck cooling plates are an absolute lifesaver. Keep the sun off the back of your neck and chill one of the best heat sink locations exposed on your clothed body.
Sounds cool :-) I think we'd forgive you for providing a direct link to this product.
Controlling humidity could be the simplest option. RH <50% makes it really hard for anything living to propagate in an otherwise "dry" space.
That works great for your basement but what's the impact of low humidity on ancient books?
> And it is insane to me that I'm now seeing this "oh actually teen pregnancy wasn't so bad" thing pop up all over the place.
The other side of this is insane to me... the "oh actually looming human extinction won't be so bad" thing. Sub-replacement fertility rates are slow-motion extinction. Animal models where they "bounce back" is irrelevant, those animals have their extremely high above-replacement fertility all through their famines, plagues, and predator massacres such that when those pressures relent their population recovers. There's no known precedent for raising fertility rates that fall let alone so low.
Looming human extinction? Bro, all you need to fix this "problem" in the West is more immigrants.
exhilaration commented on Heart attacks aren't as fatal as they used to be vox.com/future-perfect/41... · Posted by u/lr0
PCP is certainly not going to be the one doing the colonoscopy.
maybe they’d do the stool sample or some silly blood test if you are extremely insistent and can somehow demonstrate a risk factor.
I’ve dealt with a few PCPs and they seem less informed about their own area than a 30 sec google search.
They’re basically L6 tech support…
I read here (on Hacker News) that the stool test is actually really valuable and cheap enough to pay out of pocket prior to trying to justify an out-of-schedule colonoscopy.
exhilaration commented on Heart attacks aren't as fatal as they used to be vox.com/future-perfect/41... · Posted by u/lr0
I would just like to recommend this excellent Radiolab episode about saving lives during heart attacks:
https://radiolab.org/podcast/how-to-save-a-life
If I were going on a cruise, I could think of many much better use of my time than cracking APs. This just seems like you're doing cruising wrong if you're so concerned about it that this is where you want to take your experience
Sir, this is Hacker News.