It is often easier to send out-of-towners the wrong way down a one-way street for a block than to tell them to make 6 completely illogical turns.

Following the US code puts outlets in bad places, agreed. But I’m also going to argue for more quads if we really want to eliminate extension cords (and we do). A typical nightstand might have a lamp, clock and phone charger. We have way more appliances than the code ever anticipated.

Many parts of Boston had fire escapes on the alley side of residences. But instead of stairs leading down to the alley, they were simply metal balconies spanning from one building to the next. I guess if you were escaping fire you were expected to knock on your neighbors' window?

May be one of the best questions ever

Also, building code typically requires windows of a certain size for egress if a space is considered ‘habitable’. This excludes bathrooms, kitchens, closets. But it only applies to a certain height dependent on the reach of the local FD ladder trucks.

Boston, for a long time, had horizontal fire escapes (not their real name) that let you escape into the building next door. Maybe by breaking a window? Knocking politely? Turned out they were a great tool for burglars.

Hi. Any more invites coming our way?

There is something absolutely beautiful, complicated and pure about Lagrange points: this astonishing balance between multiple bodies moving and floating in nearly infinite space. And something also beautiful because we can calculate them, even position things in them.

I also wish there was a way to search these lusts (maybe for Following) and then selectively exclude people I want to follow. The lists are useful but I have accidentally blocked people I want to follow and it seems a bit all or nothing.

Haven’t heard of the Cinestill (a bit out of the game), but these are lovely.

Camping long ago we woke to a wooshing noise that sounded a lot like a serial killer swinging something heavy at the end of a rope.
But was probably more like pheasants doing some kind of mating dance. Nonetheless, eyes very much wide open.

from Orwell's Rose

Shockingly good advice.

I’m not really certain I should go there, but have you heard of the Catalan tradition of the Caganer?

Community internet is such a good, powerful idea (I am jealous being just outside if mine), which is also why it is opposed by so many ISP’s.

So many fields where this would be useful! (Scratches chin, twirls imaginary mustache).

All (much, some) of Cambridge used to smell like them!