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B_P_G t1_j7o9jaz wrote
Reply to Large open car parks in urban areas present a substantial opportunity for solar PV with EV charging. by DisasterousGiraffe
How vulnerable are solar panels to vibration? Like if you installed them on a canopy over a freeway would they last or would the vibrations from the road damage them?
B_P_G t1_j7eoqhy wrote
Reply to comment by PorkRindSalad in Lead Plates and Land Claims in North America and Europe: When did the practice begin of burying lead plates to establish ownership of land, and why did it die out, and was it ever used successfully in a court of law to establish ownership? by whyenn
For newer developments there's usually a plat map that gives dimensions along the edges of the lot. I think they store those at city hall somewhere. So one stake being out of place or lost wouldn't be a huge problem. And for larger plots all the states not on the east coast follow a fairly standard system. So if your land boundary is on the range line or town line or some quarter section line then that's a known thing and stake position isn't going to matter as much.
With that said, what really matters is whether it's the kind of thing that's worth going to court over or bringing in a surveyor. But even if it isn't right now it could still be a problem in the future. Stuff does get errantly built outside the bounds of peoples' property and that's a legal mess when somebody discovers it.
B_P_G t1_j6loqug wrote
I wonder what golden chicken flavored sauce was. I didn't think Chef Boyardee ever made anything except tomato sauce.
B_P_G t1_ixznvuh wrote
Reply to comment by TurtleRockDuane in Fit to Print (2017) - Documentary that tells the history of how Wall Street greed and lack of foresight lead to the decimation of the newspaper industry and tens of thousands reporters losing their jobs and the eventual erosion of a vital way to hold power accountable. [01:33:47] by thenewsisreal
What do humans want to pay for? The issue is that the internet (over the span of a few years) changed the newspaper business from one of local monopolies or duopolies to a hypercompetitive market on a product with no marginal cost. Some of the former monopolies took that harder than others. But from a consumer perspective the internet has given you access to more news than ever.
B_P_G t1_irj9lb4 wrote
Reply to comment by quooo in TIL Interstate 19 running between Tucson and Nogales is the only freeway in the US with distances labeled exclusively in kilometers. by captain_flak
Exactly. So why does it bubbling at 100 degrees versus 212 degrees matter to anyone?
B_P_G t1_irhunkz wrote
Reply to comment by Fast_Polaris22 in TIL Interstate 19 running between Tucson and Nogales is the only freeway in the US with distances labeled exclusively in kilometers. by captain_flak
There's no way for the government to force anyone to use it. The system is out there. Everyone knows about it. Some people and industries use it but most don't. It's a major burden to switch and it isn't worth it.
B_P_G t1_irhuh6s wrote
Reply to comment by CrieDeCoeur in TIL Interstate 19 running between Tucson and Nogales is the only freeway in the US with distances labeled exclusively in kilometers. by captain_flak
> 0 Celsius is where water freezes, 100 C is where it boils.
And why is that an advantage from the standpoint of a temperature scale? When was the last time you stuck a thermometer in a pot of boiling water?
B_P_G t1_j8lq7iu wrote
Reply to [OC] History of how the U.S. economy outstripped the U.K. economy and how Brexit deepened the gap by tabthough
That ratio's been pretty flat since the 1950s. Brexit hasn't deepened anything. Also, Brexit was in 2016. They may not have fully implemented it until years later but its effects were baked into the cake the second it was passed. What the graph is showing with 2020 is the effects of the pandemic and pandemic-era policies.