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"humans are notoriously bad at detecting trends"

The windshield phenomenon (or windscreen phenomenon) is a term given to the anecdotal observation that people tend to f...
1 comments posted 6yrs
posted by imbibe
1 comments posted 6yrs posted by imbibe

Decline in insect studies

One reason that studies into the decline are limited is that entomology and taxonomy are themselves in decline. At the...
0 comments posted 6yrs
posted by imbibe
0 comments posted 6yrs posted by imbibe

Pancaked Li-Po batteries

Grandson has a RC car with two 7.4V Li-Po batteries one is showing 0V the other 1.5V, I have had both on charge for sev...
10 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tricky.dicky
10 comments posted 6yrs posted by tricky.dicky

Accenta g3 alarm

Hi I recently added 3 new sensors and 1 keypad to my existing alarm panel after having an extension. The sensors work f...
7 comments posted 6yrs
posted by sam.lucas1993
7 comments posted 6yrs posted by sam.lucas1993

Pulling or pushing a wheelbarrow?

Given a wheelbarrow that has two wheels side by side (as opposed the normal "unicycle" ones), with a wraparound handle...
13 comments posted 6yrs
posted by me
13 comments posted 6yrs posted by me

One for the electronics types.

Been fixing the Lucas ECU on an old Jaguar. Similar to the type used on my Rover. The fault was on the 5v regulated sup...
11 comments posted 6yrs
posted by dave
11 comments posted 6yrs posted by dave

Araldite poem, song, or agage

Ages ago on here someone gave us a little ditty about Araldite. It was very funny I thought but I can't remember it. Any...
4 comments posted 6yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
4 comments posted 6yrs posted by wrightsaerials

Ford V8

How does the first Ford compare to the latest iteration, that is how does the 1930's environmentalist compare to the 202...
59 comments posted 6yrs
posted by weatherlawyer
59 comments posted 6yrs posted by weatherlawyer

Window frame, rot.

I have a area of rot on a window frame (image attached). I hacve scraped it out and will let it dry for a few days then...
13 comments posted 6yrs
posted by noname
13 comments posted 6yrs posted by noname

Re: Another warning from the letters pages

> > The future threat of privatisation of the NHS > (https://www.theguardian.com/society/nhs)from the UK/US deal is dis...
13 comments posted 6yrs
posted by NOTsomeone
13 comments posted 6yrs posted by NOTsomeone

Ecological footprint

In 1992, William Rees developed the ecological footprint concept. The ecological footprint and its close analog the wat...
6 comments posted 6yrs
posted by imbibe
6 comments posted 6yrs posted by imbibe