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)

> 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.

this is a piece of knowledge I didn't know I needed