3/31/2025 at 1:43:37 PM
by NaOH
4/4/2025 at 12:08:14 PM
This appears to have reached the second-chance pool even though another submission of the same article generated ample discussion a couple days ago.How Silica Gel Took Over the World - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43550556 - April 2025 (171 comment)
by NaOH
4/4/2025 at 11:50:07 AM
> Thanks to Brad Avenson for suggesting (facetiously) that we fill our products & packaging with “dry, inert gas,”This is what we do with crisp packets. Noble gases don't let the crisps go rancid.
by robertlagrant
4/4/2025 at 1:16:04 PM
Surely nitrogen is cheaper than noble gases?by pfdietz
4/4/2025 at 2:25:52 PM
Oh yes also nitrogen.by robertlagrant
3/31/2025 at 2:21:19 PM
this is a piece of knowledge I didn't know I neededby freemoney