Tag: water

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chrisjm's Hack Your Summer 2026 Journal

Daily Check-in: July 13, 2026

Researching a TDS water dashboard for coffee/tea. Since data is locked in regional PDFs, I'm evaluating OCR extraction pipelines via APIs vs. local LLMs and checking municipal data availability.

Jul 14, 2026
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Grand River Watershed Regional Update

Week of July 6, 2026

Water Crisis Solved!?!, 570News Shutdown, Niska Lands Sell-Off, Official Plans, Government Antics, 1000 Days Of RCMP Greenbelt Investigations and more...

Jul 13, 2026
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Under Pressure

How the pressure washer revolutionized the way we clean outdoor surfaces—and occasionally, lends itself to creative solutions.

Feb 25, 2022
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The Ice King Cometh

Why are ice cubes seemingly as American as unnecessary medical debt? Perhaps it’s all the hard work we used to put into acquiring all that ice back in the day.

Feb 26, 2019
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You Can't Drink Saltwater

We’re getting better at converting saltwater to drinkable freshwater, but the environmental costs of the desalination process aren’t cheap.

Mar 1, 2016
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I'll Have Water, Please

Americans expect a glass of water by default with their sit-down restaurant meal. Why is it such a big deal, and how much water are we wasting, anyway?

Oct 15, 2015