Arbiter51x
Arbiter51x t1_jdcqhiy wrote
Reply to comment by Old_Fart_1948 in Why California is still in drought despite heavy rain and snow by bogdanelcs
Putting surface water into an aquifer would be a natural disaster and would actualy contaminate the ground water.
Aquaifer water is naturally purified as water moves down through the ground. You can drink it without treatment. (most of the time).
Now, if we used large, underground caverns to store flood water for future treatment, that would be something. But flood water is full of bacteria, and unfortunately a lot of man made shit like plastic, heavy metals and chemics which can't be easily filter or separated by conventional water treatment.
Arbiter51x t1_jbvfvq2 wrote
Reply to [OC] In the past four years, 19 states have enacted legislation or passed resolutions, awaiting approval by Congress, to make daylight saving permanent. by gridnews
What does the grey colour mean? You legend only has three colours.
Arbiter51x t1_j9yrh80 wrote
Reply to comment by Rain_Zeros in looking for a good set of work boots to replace my now discontinued boots. by Rain_Zeros
Something to consider, check your union if it just a requirement for green patch. Most ceramic safety boots are still green patch. (green triangle)
Arbiter51x t1_j9yarii wrote
Royers makes some great metal free boots. Really good if you work some place where you have to go through metal detectors every day to go to work.
Arbiter51x t1_j8mrazc wrote
Reply to comment by youarenotyourstuff in NASA's "evolved structures" radically reduce weight – and waiting by Maxcactus
Is it possible to do design validation for designs like in the article?
Arbiter51x t1_j8mifz1 wrote
Reply to comment by dCLCp in NASA's "evolved structures" radically reduce weight – and waiting by Maxcactus
I think that major problem is nothing in these designs can be certified to be built to any form of technical standard or building code.
We see this problem in the nuclear industry all the time- its very difficult to advance new building codes when you are locked into ASME / ASTM and 10CFR because they all rely on underlying codes (B31, B51) which are built on decades old, proven design. Everything in Nuclear is mission critical, and I would imagine it's the same in Space travel. High quality, proven design, based on established codes and known calculations to back them up. That is proper engineering design.
Arbiter51x t1_ixvdo7q wrote
Reply to Europe wants to harness the power of the sun... from space/The ESA wants to collect solar energy from the cosmos to help the continent meet climate targets by Sorin61
SimCity taught me this is not a good idea.
Arbiter51x t1_iu4l401 wrote
Reply to Frozen Halloween Decorations by FifaConCarne
Ah yes, Halloween in Canada.
Arbiter51x t1_iu4k6y7 wrote
Dyson would be BIFL if changing the battery didn't require sending the whole unit away for repair. I don't get why power tools have been doing this fore decades, but the geniuses at Dyson can't figure it out.
We have a Dyson. I will not buy another Dyson. Not enough power, terrible performance. Expensive filters which need to be replaced about once a year to maintain performance. (which also produces a lot of plastic waste, becuase the whole end cap needs to be replaced).
I'm done with dyson. I've gone back to corded vacuums like Miele and shark.
Arbiter51x t1_jdiuv45 wrote
Reply to [OC] In 2022, Mexico traded more with Texas than it did with all of Asia and 6x as much as it did with all of LatAm. by latinometrics
Odd that Canada did not appear on this chart.