Absolutely.  I have a wake-up light alarm clock, and it makes a big difference as well!

For those who are affected by the lack of sunlight, vitamin D supplements are a godsend. Seasonal Affective Disorder is a thing, give me my vitamin D gummies! 

We have different definitions of palatable. There’s a local burger joint that offers weekly specials on unusual meats—think bison, elk, ostrich usually—but one week they did camel. I’m often one to try something new, so I did.  Not only did it taste bland and slightly oily, but 24 hours later, the results were just…

I wonder what their oversight practices are. Or if they even exist.

I’m wondering if that’s why I’m seeing a lot more Deeres for sale around here--planned obsolescence.

Also, not all engineers (or other exempt employees) are supervisory.

It’s an excellent way to lose engineers, is what it is. If you think that engineering isn’t currently an occupation where workers will absolutely leave bad management conditions, I have news for you.

With the sign “Free Car!” in the window, and a body in the trunk? XD

There is a distinct lack of Wendy’s Frosty on this list.

Okay, curry sauce is pretty solid.

I still miss the 1-5 stars.  I got much better recommendations using that system.

I feel like I should leave windshield wipers out on the front porch as a charitable donation.

There are three technical reasons, at least. One is that packaging methods can change with die size. A second, related issue is that chip temperatures can run hotter (or sometimes cooler) when moving/shrinking circuit traces and components. And a third is that parts of the circuit can interfere with other parts once…

I totally agree. One major part of industrial engineering is obsolescence planning, and there are companies that are...not very good...about this. It’s a major issue, not very sexy, but very much a strategic risk. It’s not a good feeling to learn that one of your suppliers is no longer making parts for that…

This is good stuff.

This is a nice paper, which conveniently has full text available:

It might not, however. It increases the carrying capacity, but may decrease the velocity of that capacity by an even larger percentage, therefore leading to LESS flow.

people are more mobile than ever

Noone tell Dan Brown.

The electronic components include a power source that can harvest ambient energy, memory for storage and an antenna to transfer data to a smart phone, tablet or computer.