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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

Cars That Think

As we try to objectively study nature, we are often reminded of how natural forces affect us personally. When we turn up the heat in our homes and workplaces, we must balance our personal need for warmth with the global impact of burning fossil fuels like oil, gas, coal, and biomass. The apparent contradictions do not end there.

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Forget JPEG, How Would a Person Compress a Picture?

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We live in an age in which it's cheap to take photos but will eventually be costly to store them en masse, as backup services set limits and begin charging for overages. And we love to share our photos, so we end up storing them in multiple places. Was it not the same person because the friend's jaw was more angular?

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Stuff We Use: Toolboxes & Worktables

The Truth About Cars

But it’s unhelpful to have a raft of tools without anywhere to store them – which is why this post will talk about the types of toolboxes and worktables we find helpful. Still, don’t cheap out too much – this is one garage item in which the quality (metal, drawer action, and so forth) tends to correspond to the overall price. &

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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That device, now known by a variety of names—including memory stick, USB stick, flash drive, as well as thumb drive—changed the way computer files are stored and transferred. Good-bye, floppy disk Before the invention of the thumb drive, computer users stored and transported their files using floppy disks. It was called the ThumbDrive.

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Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already

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Brooks, who is now working on his third robotics startup, Robust.AI , has written hundreds of articles and half a dozen books and was featured in the motion picture Fast, Cheap & Out of Control. We see a person do something, and we know what else they can do, and we can make a judgement quickly. And we’re really good at that.

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Feature: Choosing the Right Car to Suit Your Needs

Clean Fleet Report

No car comes particularly cheap. The perfect car for one person could be a nightmare vehicle for another. Will you be using the car to head to the store and get your grocery shopping? A sports car will be great for one person but entirely impractical for another. Size really is an important factor for anyone.

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Stuff We Use: What’s the Best Dash Cam?

The Truth About Cars

It may be a matter of personal preference but I’ve found this rectangular NextBase unit to blend far more seamlessly behind the car’s rearview mirror, thanks not only to its smaller overall dimensions but also because most objects in the car are of a matching shape. Options exist to hardwire the thing, as well. &

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