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- 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? 3 weeks ago:
I actually did some googling and there are some okay-ish articles debating this topic. All of them said “it depends”, which isn’t really helpful.
It got me thinking, though… how much savings would you need to make it worth it to you? ($20 savings? $100 savings? $500 savings?)
The oil heater is going to cost ~$50 to purchase if you don’t already have one. That means you’ll at least need to save $50 just to break even. So over the winter, your electric bill will need to drop by $50 plus whatever the dollar amount you need in order for it to be “worth the trouble” for you.
If an extra $50 over the winter in savings ($100 total) is worth it to you, I think you have a high chance of an oil room heater getting you that savings over your central heating. I’m doubtful how much more you’d be able to save beyond that. (I didn’t do the math on it, but based on the articles I read, the oil heater is going to be cheaper in general.)
Another thing to consider: The oil heater is likely to be a lot more convenient to use than the central air option and having to close all the other vents in your house though.
- Comment on Watch: Inside the FBI’s Secret Phone Company 4 weeks ago:
Really interesting talk. It’s funny to me how as the world gets more and more connected via the internet, more and more the law enforcement branches sacrifice privacy in order to “fight evil”
- Comment on Increasing the efficiency of (some) refrigerators with insulating foam, potentially cutting yearly energy use in half 5 weeks ago:
Holy shit this is some #theydidthemath stuff.
6 months at paying full price for the foam is a ridiculously quick turnaround given the lifespan of a fridge (easily 5 years). Plus, you can probably reuse the prior fridge’s foam on the next fridge, so that makes it even better.
Why don’t people do this more often? If the gap in my current “fridge space” wasn’t so small already, I’d be tempted to go find some foam.
- Comment on Increasing the efficiency of (some) refrigerators with insulating foam, potentially cutting yearly energy use in half 5 weeks ago:
Excellent point about getting styrofoam for free (I hadn’t even thought of that). With that in mind, the only cost would be for time spent gathering the foam and then covering the fridge (I could probably do this in less than an hour, tbh).
Thanks for this comment!
- Comment on Increasing the efficiency of (some) refrigerators with insulating foam, potentially cutting yearly energy use in half 5 weeks ago:
Very cool post (pun intended).
This got me thinking about the goal of this kind of insulation…
If it’s cost savings, what would be the timespan until the cost of the styrofoam is paid for by the energy savings? ( I have no idea what that type of styrofoam costs).
If the goal is environmental, how much energy savings would be needed to offset the footprint of the manufacture of the styrofoam and transport of the styrofoam to your location?
In either case, I’d have to assume the less efficient (and older) the fridge, the faster you’d make the extra insulation pay itself off.
- Comment on Crooked Cops, Stolen Laptops & the Ghost of UGNazi – Krebs on Security 1 month ago:
Pretty eye-opening stuff on how deranged cyber criminals can be.
- Comment on Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible 1 month ago:
Thanks for bringing this up. I think I’ve heard this too and I have to say I’m of two minds about it.
In one end… I am frustrated with Reddit’s greed and I think they’ve lost most of my respect at this point. I think I’m kinda bitter toward them, so seeing them lose market share might bring me a bit of schadenfreude.
On the other hand, Reddit’s content quality really feels like it’s gone to crap in the last 5-6 years or so. When I came to Lemmy (and Mastodon), it was refreshing because the community seemed to have a bit of that scrappy, fringe attitude that I missed from early Reddit. I’d be sad if that went away due to over-population.
Basically, I like Lemmy and I want it to be even more successful so that algorithms have less control on our lives. At the same time, I dislike Reddit because they’re going whole-hog into enshittification. I guess I just convinced myself that I want Lemmy to continue to grow ¯_(ツ)_/¯
- Comment on Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible 1 month ago:
Thanks for sharing this perspective. Complacency won’t grow the userbase here.
- Comment on Data is a plural 1 month ago:
I just realized I do this too. I need to hit myself with a folding chair.
- Comment on Data is a plural 1 month ago:
😳
- Comment on 2024 is about 75% done. Let's recommend the best games of 2024, but with a twist: only the ones with no paid DLC! 1 month ago:
I don’t end up playing new games much because I’m such a deal hog, so this is really nice to read :)
- Comment on In honor of the start spooky season (yay!), I have a question about an apparently beloved spooky meme/skit. What about "David S. Pumpkins" is so funny? 1 month ago:
You are not a buzzkill, I think. This skit had a couple of things going for it:
- Halloween can always use more “mascots” and this is one.
- I admit that I originally didn’t like this skit, but my brother-in-law did, and I like him, so after watching it always made me think of him until eventually it became something I genuinely liked.
- I quote lines from this skit to my SO all the time, so it’s become kind of embedded into my life.
- SNL during this time wasn’t very funny to me. I think that since SNL sucked during this time, even moderately funny skits ended up exploding in popularity just because they weren’t the usual onslaught of comedians stumbling over their lines and ruining jokes. Weekend Update was pretty funny, though.
So in short, my friend, it’s not really funny. It was a moment, and you may have missed it. But let me say this, I think you’re cool for kicking off Spooky season…
… Almost as cool as DaViD ESS pUmKiNs!
- Comment on Name generator 1 month ago:
Thaddeus Pai
- Comment on Jesus could have been an antique meme à la Chuck Norris that got waaaay out of hand 2 months ago:
That’s a cool thought.
Same with Julius Caesar, Nebuchadnezzar, Christopher Columbus, Henry VIII, Copernicus, Napoleon, Alexander the Great, Ptolemy.
Really anybody famous could have their image embellished back before the widespread ability to read and write. (Some folks listed above may not have lived in a time of illiteracy, but it was hard to think of a list of historical characters lol.)
- Comment on Begone Beast - Announcement Trailer | gamescom 2024 2 months ago:
Looks kinda fun tbh.
Release date seems to be Q2 2025
- Comment on I feel like a flashbang went off in my head, so the only question that I can think of is, "What now?" (Details in body.) 2 months ago:
It is definitely scary. I want to remind you that you were once a decently happy person and that therapy (both individual and couples therapy) is likely one of the few options you have to move back in that direction.
It’s worth it (speaking from experience). That weight on your shoulders is just waiting to come off, but you likely need a bit of help to get things started.
“hire good private teachers, and accept the resulting costs as money well-spent.” - Marcus Aurelius
- Comment on [Official Art] Bongo Bongo - the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3 months ago:
Always loved this boss. Volvagia was my favorite, but this one was a close second. Hated the dungeon, though.
- Comment on The bizarre secrets I found investigating corrupt Winamp skins 3 months ago:
The Winamp Skin archive he built was a nostalgia trip I needed:
- Comment on Unofficial Reddit API 4 months ago:
Gotta agree with this. Reddit is a shadow of what it once was.
- Comment on How do y'all feel about using summons in Soulslikes? [Lies of P endgame spoilers] 4 months ago:
Cheers mate 🍻
- Comment on How do y'all feel about using summons in Soulslikes? [Lies of P endgame spoilers] 4 months ago:
I think your internal conflict is valid, but I think it’s okay to let yourself off the hook from squeezing the maximum satisfaction out of a game all the time.
You felt like each of those bosses reached the point of “not being fun anymore”, and you took action to move on and find the fun again.
Likewise, using a summon doesn’t invalidate all the hard work you did already do to learn the patterns. The fights became so easy with the summon BECAUSE the work you put in prior.
You’re over-thinking it, my dude
- Comment on The "Worst PlayStation RPG Ever" Is Getting A Fan Translation | Time Extension 4 months ago:
Everybody needs a hobby, I guess
- Comment on 4th rule 4 months ago:
This is the most deranged shit…
- Comment on Nearly all Nintendo 64 games can now be recompiled into native PC ports to add proper ray tracing, ultrawide, high FPS, and more 6 months ago:
Delta is a great app if you have iPhone and a Backbone controller 👀
- Comment on I'm confused 6 months ago:
Oh shit :-o
- Comment on Bookshelf I made 6 months ago:
Really great work! You should feel very proud
- Comment on Catholic 'media ministry' defrocks AWOL AI priest after it told faithful you can baptise babies in Gatorade and that, sure, it can totally perform your wedding 6 months ago:
Church of Glacier Cherry rise up!
- Comment on Got excited watching Shogun and made a bokken (wooden sword) from an oak dowel 6 months ago:
Those are some really interesting looking bokken on that site. I’d never heard of paper phenolic before, but now I’d love to get my hands on some and see what it’s like to cut and sand.
Domo arigato gozaimasu!
- Comment on Got excited watching Shogun and made a bokken (wooden sword) from an oak dowel 6 months ago:
These are good tips and I appreciate it! I don’t plan on hitting anything or sparring with it, but I’ll be cautious when fighting off the shinobi in my back yard ;)
- Comment on Bookshelf I made 6 months ago:
The mitres on those corners are perfection — exquisite cuts.
The legs are also very creating for not having a way to do dados.
Is it just glue holding this together, or did you end up adding some brads or some screws?
Nice work