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The numbers I've seen put it around 40-50mph, though it is of course highly variable by vehicle. Best trick is to not worry about closing the gap on the highway, and for the love of god don't constantly merge. By not closing the gap, you smooth out the knots in stop and go traffic, which ends up inc...

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My mouse wraps at the edges.

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Flumble wrote:Does converting electric energy to potential energy and back count as a type of battery?

Like pumped storage hydro plants? Sure.

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Murderbot wrote:What's PEOTUS?

Given that POTUS is President Of The United States, I'd assume PEOTUS refers to the power hungry President Elect.

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My solution to ribbons is to make a custom ribbon with everything on it.

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rmsgrey wrote:If you ask people for advice and then ignore that advice, people, quite reasonably, stop giving advice...

If you ask people for advice, and they give an unclear answer, you can quite reasonably stop and reconsider.

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The Snide Sniper wrote:Did this What If? just get unpublished?

What-If 153 wrote:
Whoops
This article is still in progress. An early draft was unintentionally posted here thanks to Randall's troubled approach to git, and it took a little bit to get everything sorted out and rolled back. Sorry for the mixup!

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If there are only 20 genetic amino acids, and they have distinct one-letter abbreviations, why bother having three-letter abbreviations?

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To be fair, shiny silver reflecting desert sand is gold.

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Hindsight is 20:20, etc.

I wonder if this is connected to the recent moving boxes comic?

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300GB of Triple-A games and yet I'm Q04Bing instead.

*saves game*

Spoiler:

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The circular line in Brussels really annoys me, since it almost goes full circle, but you need to transfer to the train that continues in the same direction as the trains turn back at the end of the line (to head to the other end of the same station). I think in Tokyo they're the inner and outer li...

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KnightExemplar wrote:
Spoiler:
Qrow's words with Raven implies that maybe Raven was in charge of the bandits who attacked the village from episode 3.

Spoiler:

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I guess it's largely due to looking underage, but I always carry my driving license. I wouldn't want to cart around my passport, but that's mainly because it doesn't fit in a wallet.

Ninjad.

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Huh, I'm sure it used to tell you how many users each one had.

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It is a bit awkward to get set up right, but I've never heard about needing to copy files around. With a controller connected you just right-click the game in your library and select "edit steam controller configuration" or words to that effect (though you might have to be in Big Picture m...

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If you side with the BoS, do you build settlements like the Minutemen do in order for them to "volunteer" food? Short answer no. Settlement alignment and building is actually largely independent of which faction you join*, it's just the minutemen quests steer you towards gaining and devel...

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Izawwlgood wrote:Honestly, the only recount outcome that I think isn't catastrophic is that clear and evident foreign government tampering is discovered.

All America needs for unity is a common enemy to rally against?

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The 'i' in German 'Kind,' 'Innsbruck,' and 'Zürich' is pronounced exactly like the one in English 'cricket' and 'inn.' In German, all vowels come in short/closed and long/open versions, and you picked the wrong ones here. Try 'mir,' 'ihr,' 'fliegen,' etc. Oh, good. I'm far from fluent in German but...

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addams wrote:No. USAians do Not know who he is.
Neither do most give a Flying Fuck.

And that is precisely the recognition he deserves.

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I already own everything on steam, so I'm spending money on origin instead.

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The bill will force internet companies to store their users’ browsing data for a year

A bit pointless if everyone starts using TOR

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Replicated in Chrome 54 at http://xkcd.com/asmarterplanet/

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Kieryn wrote:the penguins will be back.

!!!

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Context to the above: Croydon tram: Seven dead and 50 injured after derailment, caused by excessive speed on a tight bend.

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Though not the furthest by distance, Gatwick has an entire county between it and Greater London

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PAstrychef wrote:And your point is?

I assume the implication was that level crossings do not significantly hinder emergency vehicles as suggested in the OP.

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In the UK, it is Network Rail's (the company that manages national rail infrastructure) policy to close as many level crossings as possible, especially the pedestrian-only type. This is nothing to do with road traffic delays, and everything to do with fatal train-strikes. People are impatient idiots...

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ZoomanSP wrote:New OtherComic

They missed Otterton

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Shit, so it is. I was associating it with Bournville.

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I'm a little disappointed that Cadbury isn't located just south of Birmingham

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ramblinjd wrote:Puns on real places:
Nothingham

In my ire that it was in the wrong location, I completely failed to notice the missing T.

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Oh penis! Everyone still with us down there?

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Okay - probably a good place to ask as any, but where did the two "main character" names (Cueball & Megan) come from? Did Randall name them in a Blag post? They're not officially cannon, however the generic bald-headed male has been known within the community as cueball long before Ti...

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squareroot wrote:I only read Time way too late to join this

False!

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Is there any worth to the SE, or do I stick to my heavily modded old edition that probably looks and plays just as well?

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TvT Rivals wrote:
CharlieP wrote:My girlfriend's friend wants to call her as-yet-unborn daughter Cersei, after the Game of Thrones character.

Khaleesi is becoming popular too.

Unfortunately the former was the answer in the pub quiz earlier this week, whereas I had put down the latter.

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You were, at the time, running out of time to vote. Less Wait For It, more Run!

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America is more than one man.

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Right, I TL;DR'd the quote and missed that there was computer processing involved in the middle.

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