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57FkMytWjyFuon The unexpected legend of WD-40

https://yarchive.net/chem/wd40.html

"That would make WD-40 like the formulation above. The kerosine is the solvent, the tallow oil and lubricating base grade provide the means for the fluid to displace water from surfaces and, when the kerosine has evaporated, leave a thin, protective film on the surface that provides temporary corrision protection. It is possible that it may have some solid lubricant in it ( PTFE,Graphite,MoS2 ), but I suspect there would not be enough to provide any useful lubrication - and thus should not be used to wash "proper lubricants" off bearing surfaces, chains etc.. "

57FkMytWjyFuon Tell HN: Brother printers no longer consumer friendly

Doesn't make it any less frustrating, at least Brother could say something in the manual, but this may be the proximate cause.

https://www.howtogeek.com/how-your-printer-leaves-invisible-...

57FkMytWjyFuon Apple software leaks new Mac mini with five USB-C ports ahead of rumored event

"Leaks"... right.

57FkMytWjyFuon The "email is authentication" pattern

Sim swap via pretending to be a clueless customer who lost their physical phone, banking on lax checks at customer service.

57FkMytWjyFuon Why won't some people pay for news? (2022)

When I realized how many news stories were paid placements, I refused to be billed to read them.

57FkMytWjyFuon Smartphone flaw allows hackers and governments to map your home

https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.19392

57FkMytWjyFuon Ask HN: How to install Beta Android version on old phone to test/try features?

LineageOS?

57FkMytWjyFuon YouTube embeds are heavy and it’s fixable

Drummers can discern down to 6ms, this producer states they can barely discern 3ms.

https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/133356/what-is-the...

So from those metrics, it's pretty easy to tell those two divisions apart.

57FkMytWjyFuon YouTube embeds are heavy and it’s fixable

Windowed - floating Youtube/every website' avail for firefox or chrome. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/windowed/ https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/windowed-floating-y...

57FkMytWjyFuon [dead]

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

57FkMytWjyFuon The Genius Design of Apple Park

This video describes a building's features. Genius doesn't make an appearance.

Also, pizza boxes.

57FkMytWjyFuon More YouTube Premium plans are coming

My solution was to have several different accounts, to improve recs via topic restriction per account. It helps, some.

57FkMytWjyFuon Russian death camp: Three stories of Ukrainian prisoners

No it isn't. The country to the right is not in NATO. The country to the north is not in NATO. Transnistria is a None-Of-The-Above. Are the navigable waters of the Black Sea 'in NATO'?

Neighboring is not surrounding.

57FkMytWjyFuon Russian death camp: Three stories of Ukrainian prisoners

You seem to think I want to gallop around with you. I'm not accountable to you. I love to derail spammy garbage though.

57FkMytWjyFuon More YouTube Premium plans are coming

See, that's where you messsed up. You let it know you had a problem you wanted to solve with money. Now you get to play whackamole with bad DIY channels until you give that account a root canal.

57FkMytWjyFuon Russian death camp: Three stories of Ukrainian prisoners

Others disagree.

57FkMytWjyFuon Russian death camp: Three stories of Ukrainian prisoners

Because they are. You speak as though you are the OP, others think you are the OP, and you seem determined to make us read it whether we need to or not.

There's plenty of places to find all the 'news' about your war. This isn't the one.

57FkMytWjyFuon Planes flying from Lithuania to SE Asia mysteriously land in Iran

Dupe https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40772577

57FkMytWjyFuon Why is everyone sick? Cold, flu, and Covid season is here

Jan 8, 2024....

57FkMytWjyFuon How to watch the first US Presidential Debate 2024 online

Saving someone a click and a bunch of streaming services irrelevant to the question.

"To watch CNN's US Presidential Debate online, it will be streamed in full and for free on the CNN YouTube channel."

57FkMytWjyFuon What the 'Warming Stripes' Tell Us About Climate Change

For those whom numbers are 'too hard'.

57FkMytWjyFuon Climate Zones

I loathe "keep scrolling to animate pages". Just give me the information, and stop showing off.

57FkMytWjyFuon Cricket in US still has a way to go with potential fans stumped by basic rules

Your title doesn't match, and there's not much in the article that points to your assertion either.

57FkMytWjyFuon America to produce new type of energy: 160K barrels per day and zero-emission

I'm sure they're counting the carbon released when using the petroleum products, right?

57FkMytWjyFuon Early morning frost spotted on some of Mars's huge mountains

Too many dupes. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastWeek&page=0&prefix=fal...

57FkMytWjyFuon Russia's Year-Long Sirius-23 Space Isolation Flight Reaches Half-Way Point

Flight is doing a lot of heavy lifting in this headline, as well as the word space. It's more like a Biolab.

57FkMytWjyFuon Ocean spray emits more PFAS than industrial polluters, study finds

Where did the PFAS contained in the ocean water spray originate?

I'm pretty sure industrial polluters are responsible for the bulk of it.

57FkMytWjyFuon The Alice and Bob After Dinner Speech (1984)

Africa isn't a country, but Algeria is.