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- Comment on If the United States has Cuba banned from things, how does Guantanamo Bay exist? 3 weeks ago:
That’s what happens when you just click through - you have legally agreed plus agree to binding arbitration for all future disagreements , in a venue of their choice.
- Comment on Cold-weather range hits aren’t as bad for EVs with heat pumps 3 weeks ago:
Fwiw, I’ve never had a lack of heat from my cars heat pump. It even warms up faster than a gasoline engine would. Most importantly, I can turn it on remotely to get warm before I get in the car. I never had that with a gas engine
- Comment on would you buy a compact laptop that has spacebar touch sensitivity and allows you to adjust input sensitivity, giving it dual purpose (a spacebar and a mouse)+ it has integrated A5 printer in it? 3 weeks ago:
Parent survival pack!
- Comment on would you buy a compact laptop that has spacebar touch sensitivity and allows you to adjust input sensitivity, giving it dual purpose (a spacebar and a mouse)+ it has integrated A5 printer in it? 3 weeks ago:
No, it’s been years since I printed anything, and I’m not willing to start now.
- I’m coming up on three years with my current employer and never felt the need to even find a printer
- I was planning to get a laser printer now that I no longer need color for school projects…. But what would I want to print?
- Comment on Apple, Google, and Samsung will accept Matter certification for their own Works With programs 3 weeks ago:
Huge news - one step closer to Matter becoming something that matters
- Comment on Thanks mom, I don't want any 4 weeks ago:
Also quite a few packages include recipes.
- my family recipe for pecan pie has always been from the bottle of Karo Syrup
- green stuff I made for New Years was originally from a package of Jello brand Pistachio instant pudding
- family pumpkin pie recipe was from a can of pumpkin
- Comment on Too dumb to understand where the gas tank opening is 4 weeks ago:
Ha ha ha ha …. Now all I can think of is the outstanding prank that could be. “Hey honey, can you please pump the gas?” Then “oh sorry, let me fix it, can you please pump the gas now”, over and over 🤣
- Comment on Why can't someone create a public alternative to health insurance in the USA? 1 month ago:
And it’s not just insurance companies that need to be disrupted. There’s that whole convoluted ecosystem of profit-takers that should not even exist
- Comment on Inside The Heart Of The Magnetocaloric Heat Pump Of The Future 1 month ago:
You still have all the moving parts needed to radiate/convect away the heat.
…… so if my experience with existing systems means anything, the control board. It’s always the control board
- Comment on What do you want for Christmas? 1 month ago:
An indoor herb garden. I don’t know if they are just gimmicks but I’ve still been cooking since pandemic and would like to try with fresh herbs more immediately accessible.
I’m told some groceries sell potted herb plants for close to the price of packaged (so a variation could be cheap) but I’ve never seen that near me
- Comment on California lawmakers to begin special session to 'Trump-proof' state laws 1 month ago:
We’re all depending on California, especially for anything climate or environment related. Other states are not allowed to regulate our own environment in some cases, but can only choose federal or California rules. We need to continue having that choice
- Comment on What 175 years of data tell us about house price affordability in the UK 1 month ago:
Amazing it was relatively stable 1920-1990
- Comment on Good News! 2 months ago:
You have about two months to do that, then it’s banned and you’re probably burned at the stake
- Comment on Good News! 2 months ago:
He loses faith in his life choices of treating woman as property
That’s too unrealistic. No one would believe that
- Comment on Trump confirms plan to declare national emergency, use military for mass deportations 2 months ago:
It’s more modern than that. I don’t have time to look for stats, but I believe there’s been general migration to cities for like half a century or more
- Comment on Why do the majority of women still take their partner's last name? 2 months ago:
We had a brief talk where I said I like my name and wouldn’t change it. I also said that while I prefer the tradition of her changing hers, that I understood it’s not really my choice. She did anyway
- Comment on Big, beige ’80s PC case started out as a joke, but it’s becoming real in Japan 2 months ago:
I can sell you one with real floppy drives!
- Comment on Is it really possible to tax the rich? 2 months ago:
There’s also the very important concept of a capital gains tax. Why does their income from stock sales get to be taxed at a special low rate, as if it weren’t income? That’s ridiculous
We’d go a long way toward evening it out just by deciding
- income is income. No special categories of income for the wealthy
- when your company or trust spends money on your personal life, that’s also income
- tax brackets keep going. They don’t even have to be specially high, but why does it top out so early?
- Comment on It ain't much, but it's a livin' 2 months ago:
- Comment on Swiss Experiment Will Place Solar Panels Between Train Tracks 2 months ago:
It’s great to explore if it didn’t cost anything. Since someone needs to spend money, they do need to use some judgement.
Technically there’s no reason this can’t function, but practically this is highly sus. The only benefit would be to save a little land, but it’s hard to see any likelihood if it being worthwhile
- Comment on Swiss Experiment Will Place Solar Panels Between Train Tracks 2 months ago:
At the cost of making any maintenance harder, creating a very long layout so no likelihood of redundant connections, and putting breakable objects in a high impact zone
- Comment on Terrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crash 2 months ago:
caranddriver.com/…/car-windows-glass-aaa-unbreaka…
a rule the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) passed in 2011. It’s known as Ejection Mitigation, and it requires a combination of side airbag curtains and stronger windows to keep occupants inside the car during a rollover.
- Comment on Terrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crash 2 months ago:
Or they could try a front door, which is much more straightforward
- Comment on The Amazon Echo graveyard 2 months ago:
Those look great but a physical timer doesn’t label which timer is which nor is it available throughout the house. Why shouldn’t i see my laundry timer when I’m in the kitchen or my kitchen timer when I’m in the family room?
While I wish for a home solution, nothing matches my Apple Watch. Voice response. Any number of timers. Timers are named. Timers go with me everywhere
- Comment on The Amazon Echo graveyard 2 months ago:
I also really liked the wall clock but definitely too limited feature.
I still have the wall clock but never use it. My biggest complaint is that it is tied to one echo and it must be in Bluetooth range if it, but I want my timer visible throughout the house.
It’s easier and more convent to use my watch or phone
- Comment on Is it cheaper to use a plug-in oil radiator to eat an individual room, or run the central heater to heat an individual room and living room? 2 months ago:
Wait until your furnace dies and see if it was closer to ten years or to 25 years?
- Comment on Is it cheaper to use a plug-in oil radiator to eat an individual room, or run the central heater to heat an individual room and living room? 2 months ago:
Right it’s just a radiator shape filled with an oil to circulate heat.
- no combustion
- no hot surfaces
- more consistent heat
- generally more engineered for continuous use than other space heaters
- generally have tip sensors (depending on country)
When my ex wanted a space heater, I insisted that this be the only type, for safety. And of course not allowed to use a power strip or extension cord with it
- Comment on Russian court fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 2 months ago:
So, they do control whatever assets Google had within Russia - article said a closed up office, and 200 remaining employees laid off, to get them entirely out of the country
If they do attempt to look for more assets to seize, they’ll pretty quickly run up against any other country saying “were their sanctions at the time?”
- Comment on Elon's Death Machine (aka Tesla) Mows Down Deer at Full Speed , Keeps Going on "Autopilot" 2 months ago:
I’d go even farther and say most driving is an edge case. I used 30 day trial of full self-driving and the results were eye opening. Not how it did: it was pretty much as expected, but looking at where it went wrong.
Full self driving did very well in “normal” cases, but I never realized just how much of driving was an “edge” case. Lane markers faded? No road edge but the ditch? Construction? Pothole? Debris? Other car does something they shouldn’t have? Traffic lights not aligned in front of you so it’s not clear what lane? Intersection not aligned so you can’t just go straight across? People intruding? Contradictory signs? Signs covered by tree branches? No sight line when turning?
After that experiment, it seems like “edge” cases are more common than “normal” cases when driving. Humans just handle it without thinking about it, but the car needs more work here
- Comment on 'They Know Who You Are': Harvard Students Use Meta's Ray-Ban Glasses To Pull Up Your Identity In Real-time 2 months ago:
As someone who is bad sat names but has a more social ex, same here. There are so many people I come across that ought to know. I probably come across as rude or aloof because I’m bad at faces and names