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  • If you have one, how much do you pay for a domain name? Any cheap registrar recommendations?

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  • I paid $12 (USD) for a .in and $32 for a .nu with Namecheap, $20 (AUD) for a .au and $59 for a .email with VentraIP.

    I can't really recommend Namecheap though because you can't count on getting support if you need it. A couple of years back I needed to change my account email with them due to Google being an arse and locking me out of my primary gmail account (namecheap required an email code to log in to the domain dashboard but I couldn't view the email), put a support ticket in while logged into the same account in their support portal and they ignored me for close on a month. At that point I managed to get back into the gmail account so didn't need their help anymore, I sent Namecheap back a message saying I was unhappy with their lack of help. About six months later they sent their one and only reply to my ticket, basically saying they were sorry I was unhappy but they didn't see a problem with the time they took.

    I must admit I still have domains with Namecheap because sometimes it's just hard to get around to changing things, but I was reminded of their lack of competence literally this morning. They sent me an email saying I needed to update my domain contact info so I logged in and went to change it only to find their contact update form is broken and won't submit...

    VentraIP hasn't given me any issues so far with either their domain or email hosting but I haven't had to rely on their support so I can't say how good they are with that.

  • I watched several videos on a Combine Harvester's inner workings

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  • How does one even start to make a self-propelling machine that cuts wheat stalks at ground level?

    You look at a horse-drawn mowing machine like this and start thinking about how you could do something similar without the horse.

  • Electric motorcycles with solid-state batteries seem to be coming soon.

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  • Adding a bunch of unsprung weight is a poor decision when it comes to handling though, and that's something pretty important in a motorbike that's trying to do more than just low speed commuting. Such a design will also be putting a lot of vibration through the motor components which is not good for longevity. It's more a case of going for the (admittedly distinctive) aesthetic rather than being sensible.

  • If you have ANY Canadian ancestor, you are likely a Canadian citizen as a result of recent changes in Canadian law

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  • Do you have to apply or is it automatic? If automatic I can see potential for another round of eligibility issues in Australia's parliament coming up - you can't be a member of parliament while holding another citizenship and unknown/forgotten citizenships have caught people out before.

  • surely your hobby can't be that expensive

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  • Between photography, motorcycles, and tools (woodworking/metalworking/automotive) this does seem accurate for me - I have ended up spending a fair chunk of money between these over the years. The tools do mean I can do stuff myself though rather than paying someone else so they at least are less of a money pit.

    Every now and then I think paragliding would be an interesting thing to try but I have to tell myself another expensive hobby is hard to justify when I'd like to actually own a place to live some day.

  • Does everyone have an opposite gender name they would use?

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  • No, I'd need to think about it. I don't have a pre-chosen opposite gendered name (it's not something I've thought I needed to consider) and my name is not one that can be easily adapted so the easy option is out.

  • Do you buy real Christmas trees or put up artificial ones?

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  • Not everyone - Christmas trees have always been real ones in my family. If you don't live near where pines grow you can get a nice Christmas tree from a she oak.

  • Pika Pika

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  • The primary factor is that 120mm is not the actual focal length of the lens in the phone, that will be a considerably smaller focal length that happens to give the same field of view as a 120mm lens on a full frame camera (i.e. the same sensor size as a 35mm film frame). The phone uses a much smaller sensor than this hence the smaller focal length for the same FoV.

    Another thing that helps is using a telephoto lens design - including this lets you create a lens noticeably shorter than its focal length.

    When the lens would still make an overly wide phone despite all this that's where the periscope lens design as others have already mentioned comes in.

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  • Wouldn’t these all be, matching the theme of your definition, basic coordination exercises

    Correct. I would not expect people to know how to do these things but I would expect a competent person to be able to learn them.

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  • if you couldn’t drive with a manual gearbox, you shouldn’t be issued a license

    For people who've had a genuine opportunity to learn and couldn't figure it out then I would kind of support this. If someone can't figure out a basic coordination exercise then I don't really trust them to handle the controls of a couple of tons of moving vehicle.

    I do realise though that many people don't have a proper opportunity to learn (no vehicle to do so in or a poor instructor) so most get an exception from this judgement.

  • Feeling that groove

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  • All the sounds get mixed together as they approach you (as they compress the same air), by the time it gets to your ear it can be represented by one complex wave.

  • Why go through the trouble to use Arch?

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  • I could see the benefits of using Arch just so almost every function my system has is near-perfectly documented in Arch Wiki.

    That is literally the main reason I started using it - over time I kept running across helpful Arch wiki articles while looking for info on stuff so when I got a new computer I figured I might as well go with Arch.

  • Apparently You Need Hyundai’s Permission To Change Your Own Brakes | Carscoops

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  • 100k+ km out of a set of pads is about what I'd expect even in ICE cars when used as just a daily driver (I'd still want to be able to change them when they do eventually wear out though). The owner of this case however was taking the car on track days and that will blow through brakes very quickly if you're having a proper go at it.

  • When did people living on the Apennine Peninsula figure out that they lived on a boot?

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  • People have lived in what is now Italy considerably longer (tens of thousands of years) than in North America and we know there were broad scale maps showing Italy's boot shape at least 2500 years ago so I would be very surprised to find it was not Italy.

  • Anyone else got a dreadful sense of direction?

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  • No, I'm generally pretty good with direction. There's only been a few times I've had my internal sense of direction out of sync with reality and it's a rather odd feeling every time. It surprises me just how many people are ok with never learning directions or where places are in relation to each other.

  • Does anyone actually have home safes or does everyone just use bank safes? (or do you hide stuff under your mattress?)

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  • 200 lbs won’t be walking out so easily

    Unless it's bolted to something solid a 90kg safe could be walked out pretty easily by two people or one person with a trolley.

  • Whats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?

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  • I already do this and it works fine - as long as you take the critical step of not putting food waste in the bin.

  • And what car did you learn in?

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  • I had an old Series era Landrover as a paddock basher when I was a kid, that had a manual choke. It also had a backup crank handle for starting the engine which I had to use occasionally as I was using starter batteries which had been retired from usage in the family cars, a gearbox with no synchro on first/second, and the foot brake didn't work. Would recommend, I definitely had fun.

  • Minecraft is removing code obfuscation in Java Edition

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  • Can't say I saw that coming, particularly after Microsoft bought them. Nice to have a surprise be pleasant once in a while.

  • I will be taking no followup questions. Thank you for your time

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  • That's one with big potential but not one to lead off with, best to wait until you've 'invented' a few obvious game changers and established your philosophic credentials before attempting to introduce basic medical hygiene...

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    A bluebottle washed up on a beach

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    Mount Fuji climber rescued again after he returns for phone

    www.bbc.com /news/articles/cn0w7xx0kk5o