"In Germnay I do see occasionally see that format, but mainly on cranes, but what I see daily is rear axle steering. Basically all garbage trucks and a lot of buses have steerable 3rd axles"

"Narrow hallways are a reason for opening inward. This is an option to open outward in the rare instance its really needed, while keeping the main thoroughfares clear for the day-to-day"

"Once interesting approach is from Framework. There goal there is to remove the handwork from the process, while the overall construction might look antiquated (tubes and lugs), its all quite advanced: high precision machining (hes a tooling maker), bespoke wound tubes, etc etc. Fascinating instagram follow too.https://frameworkbicycles.com/"

"I've actually done some research into modifying my MX ergo to make the clicks quieter. Consideration for my reading neighbor had me using the trackpad rather than the loudly clicking mouse while on a quiet cross-country train the other day."

"An LED of this wattage often do require cooling, especially if coated in a thermally insulating way like powdercoat. Have a glance at any LED fitting and there's almost always a heatsink of some form"

""outlasted the popularity of cigarettes..." in north america and australia (where i'm from) maybe, but not in europe (where i live)"

"much more refined than ours, but they were designed to be made from construction waste and given away:  (I cant get an image to embed)https://www.instagram.com/p/BhY7FngjoAX/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link"

"the price consistency is astounding. I had assumed the adjusted price would have been getting lower with manufacturing and scale"

"I think the tiny air pockets are within the individual fibres, the space between them in the matting surely helps too. always curious about these waste material sources, similarly with the Freitag airbag bag; how often the demand outpaces the supply. Rarely if ever, i guess."

"that's at the back of an event space I've been involved in, and to my (mild) embarrassment I'd never considered it as anything other than a sculptural piece."

"yes, another wood element would work, but it's for fun. Remember "fun"?"

"Dodge Ram in a cosplay role"