bluGill
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- Comment on New HIV vaccine shows unprecedented success in preclinical study 1 day ago:
It is only trials. Until we see the results we can't know. There have been vaccines that don't work. There have been vaccines with nasty side effects. Until we get data we have no idea of this really works in humans. Even if it works we don't know the risks - if any. Maybe this is good for high risk but not with it for low risk. Maybe this is wonderful and everyone should get it. For now we are just waiting and seeing
- Comment on Figured something out today that in hindsight seems rather obvious 5 days ago:
Depends but i would say quarter is way too much. Generally dimensioned lumber is close enough that right on is just fine but rough cut needs more tolerance. My habit was often a 32 less and the rest breaks off with no danger to the blade.
- Comment on Figured something out today that in hindsight seems rather obvious 5 days ago:
Circular saw with the blade set such that it just barely will cut all the way through.
- Comment on Figured something out today that in hindsight seems rather obvious 5 days ago:
I've been a professional before. Where it mattered we cut the ends off in place that same way.
- Comment on The mind boggles 1 week ago:
From what I can tell of history cooking was a job that all cultures shared nearly equally between men and women - except for a short time in the 1950s when Americans called it a woman only task.
Note that individual families didn’t always share equally. Often one partner was better than the other, or the realities of how their family situation worked made one partner the better choice. However there was not gender/sex linked reason for any choice. (even the 1950s you could argue it was a primarily a woman only task because the reality of men expected to work outside the house while woman stayed home meant the reality of the situation - Men often would cook for parties held in the backyard)
Nearly all cultures had a concept of the men (and sometimes woman) going off alone for long enough that they would need to cook without the other sex. Most common this was war, but there were also religious gatherings that were sex segregated in some cultures.
Men’s work and Women’s work did exist in most cultures. However cooking never seems to be part of that.
- Comment on Storage?! In this economy!? 5 weeks ago:
Get lucky - just as this was starting I saw a failed disk notification on my NAS so I ordered a new drive just before they went up. Then I realized it was a stale notification for the drive I replaced a year ago so I have a spare should one fail.
- Comment on Storage?! In this economy!? 5 weeks ago:
somebody is going to want cash in
Maybe. The hard drive makers have long experience with boom-bust cycles. They are likely trying to figure out if this is real, or just a blip and in a two years (when the new factory opens!) demand drops again.
If there is new capacity in the future my guess (guess!) is that this is a case of a new factory to replace the old, and they just keep running the old for another year instead of scrapping it right away.
- Comment on I need a map... 1 month ago:
Start with a problem. What you trying to solve. Hosting music is different from backing up your computer. That is different from a home dashboard.
- Comment on This community isn't your personal adviser 1 month ago:
Because I have no idea if the questioner is going to do that beforehand
- Comment on Wendy’s to close hundreds of restaurants as struggling customers cut back on dining out 8 months ago:
If you compare the cheapest burger to the most expesnive cut of steak or something they are. Often people do make such comparisons because they that is what they are cooking at home vs what they eat when they go out. You can buy premade frozen burgers you just microwave to cook as well - I've only seen the price in vending machines where they are more than a fast food burger but you can get them at grocery stores too.
But if you are cooking real meals with similar ingredients it is cheaper to cook at home.
- Comment on Upgrading ungrounded two-prong outlets to grounded three-prong? 10 months ago:
Gfci or rewire.
If you put in a gfci I'd connec the ground to the metal box - wood is not a great ground but with the gfci doing safety purposes wood is enough for some things that want ground (that is a shield). If you can get a ground wire to enough places connected to enough different points it will fool most ground testers - remember that this is only useful if a gfci is providing safety and your goal is to fool the other reasons you want a ground.