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generaljargon commented on Ask HN: What are some good food suff to have on hand when the power is out    · Posted by u/tocs3
generaljargon · 2 years ago
A bowl with dolmas (stuffed grape leaves), marinated beans, Greek salad, olives, and even a precooked protein can be made entirely from canned and room temp ingredients.

If you can open the freezer, ceviche is a really nice food to enjoy with fresh veggies and requires no heat.

That said, I agree with the others here that a camp stove would be worthwhile if only to feel like you’re eating a true at-home dish rather than a backpacking meal. You can likely get away with this in your garage so long as you maintain good ventilation when the burner is on.

generaljargon commented on Millions of Homes Still Being Kept Vacant as Housing Costs Surge, Report Finds   vice.com/en/article/pkam9... · Posted by u/isaacfrond
belligeront · 2 years ago
> looked at census data on the nation’s 50 largest metropolitan areas and found there are 5.47 million vacant housing units, with an average vacancy rate of 7.22 percent.

This feels sensational. Imagine a common scenario: a unit is rented for 2 years (24 months), and then is vacant for 1 month while the owner repaints, performs maintenance, and relists the property for rental. That is 1/(24+1) = 4% vacancy. Given you can easily get to 4% vacancy with simple turnover, you can see why very low vacancy rates are bad for renters: they indicate it is extremely competitive to find housing. You can see this anecdotally in extremely tight housing markets like NYC where renters looking for apartments often report they need to move extremely quickly to secure rentals and some people even ofter to pay more than the listing price for desirable apartments.

generaljargon · 2 years ago
I believe they accounted for this in the lending tree article. Looks like the main cause is units for rent at 26%, and units undergoing repair are at 6%.

I’ll say from personal experience it is somewhat rare to have this one month gap period between renters. I tend to see the super (manager) paint the unit in 1-2 days or even overnight. Then repairs can happen as the tenant reports them while living in the unit, barring any severe damage.

generaljargon commented on Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer   apple.com/newsroom/2023/0... · Posted by u/samwillis
snackwalrus · 2 years ago
I also thought flights were a compelling use case until I saw that the battery life was “up to” a whopping 2 hours
generaljargon · 2 years ago
Aside from the in-seat power, I think another likely solution will be third parties like Belkin making a less "apple-esque" but longer lasting battery that's compatible with the magnetic connector. The OEM solution looks quite small as is. [1]

1 https://www.apple.com/v/apple-vision-pro/a/images/overview/d...

generaljargon commented on U.S. Postal Service starts nationwide electric vehicle fleet, buying 9,250 EVs   cbsnews.com/news/u-s-post... · Posted by u/lxm
7speter · 3 years ago
Yes, I’m sure there will be usps charging stations on every block in the near future.
generaljargon · 3 years ago
It doesn't need to be USPS specific, but that is an interesting thought. Many new neighborhoods have spots for postal workers to park and distribute the mail on foot. This is typically faster in my experience. I don't think it's a big leap to also have those dedicated spots have chargers.
generaljargon commented on Tesla can detect aftermarket hacks designed to defeat EV performance paywalls   thedrive.com/news/35946/t... · Posted by u/wgx
grishka · 5 years ago
And if you remove that?
generaljargon · 5 years ago
Presumably they can void your warrenty all the same since the car is no longer phoning home
generaljargon commented on Stopping phishing campaigns with Bash   blog.haschek.at/2020/stop... · Posted by u/geek_at
generaljargon · 5 years ago
Legal issues aside, these lists are typically checked with a validation tool that runs through them to scrub malformed or invalid entries. An example of one such tool, taken from a krebsonsecurity post: https://krebsonsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/chase....

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