limelight79
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- Comment on If you are too young you really missed out being able to do this 2 days ago:
Oh that’s nice. We visited Germany about 10 years ago and didn’t get international cell service, so we were relying on hotel wifi and other wifi hotspots. This kind of thing would have been great.
- Comment on If you are too young you really missed out being able to do this 2 days ago:
Ours was on a wall across from the office, but the wall opened up to the cafeteria just next to it. I recall students sometimes using it during lunch.
- Comment on I fixed my air conditioner! 2 weeks ago:
Yeah. I had noticed it seemed steamy in the washer after loads finished, but I didn’t put it together until the washer caught the issue.
- Comment on I fixed my air conditioner! 2 weeks ago:
I have to admit I did find one nice thing about our electronically driven washer. We bought a new washer and dryer when we moved to this house, and the washer was fine for a few weeks, then errored out on a load of delicates. Tried restarting it, same issue. Unplugged it, plugged it back in, same issue. I was starting to get upset when I realized that the “cold” water hose was hot. The handles on our valves are reversed. The washer realized it was filling with hot water and gave an error instead of ruining the clothes. Swap the hoses, and it has worked perfectly since.
Other than having to replace the tensioner on the dryer’s belt, they’ve been totally reliable.
Our dishwasher died a year or two ago. I realized it wasn’t circulating the water, so I replaced the pump. Unfortunately that didn’t fix the issue, so I wasted over $100 on the pump. Likely it was the transformer or controller for that pump, but I was tired of not having a dishwasher and replaced it. I still have the new pump, I should ebay it…
- Comment on I fixed my air conditioner! 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, it’s a great feeling!
- Comment on I fixed my air conditioner! 2 weeks ago:
Odds are pretty good you’ll have some other issue…but if you need a thermistor, hit me up!
- Comment on I fixed my air conditioner! 2 weeks ago:
Yeah I’ve saved a few things that way - nothing to lose, so let’s try it. Often it doesn’t work…but other than some time, I’ve lost nothing.
The previous owners built a koi pond on the property (though there aren’t any actual koi in it…I’m not sure what breed of fish are in it). After we moved in we had a local shop come and clean it, and they suggested replacing the filter, so we did that. The new one uses a UV light to help kill some types of algae and keep it clear. Unfortunately the ballasts for those UV lights are, frankly, garbage, and I’ve replaced it a few times. I was able to figure out that the switch that detects whether the ballast is installed properly doesn’t trigger, so I’ve used tape to deal with that…then an animal chewed the wires right where they come out of the ballast.
I’ve been trying to pry it apart to get to the wires to fix it, but I just can’t get it to open up. It’s just chewing up the casing. But I guess the same thing applies, nothing to lose.
I really should just look for a better filter.
- Comment on I fixed my air conditioner! 2 weeks ago:
Thanks. Definitely flying high this evening!
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- Comment on [Weekly thread] How is everyone doing with their home improvements? 2 weeks ago:
Working on my basement project again!
We tore out the walls a few years ago for a few reasons, but the project stalled after that as we were getting water in the basement. I think we have that issue solved now, and I have more time, so I’ve restarted work to build it into a usable room.
I think I’ve previously ranted about how the previous owner of the house apparently hated ground wires. I found another outlet that had a ground wire run to it, but the ground wasn’t connected to the outlet (and it was a plastic box). Why?!?
Some other screwy wiring decisions meant that the first half day was just getting working temporary light in the rooms so I could see better. It’s hard to explain, but I’ve installed studs that will serve as support for outlets and drywall.
I may have to remove some of the remaining original drywall - he had installed an outlet up high (for a workbench he had in that room), but I want it at the normal height, and I want two more, so how much work I have ahead depends on how he ran the wire. I’m hoping for “sanely,” but I would not be surprised to find it’s run at the higher level across the studs.
I do have a corner that has no studs (it’s a concrete wall, again difficult to explain) so I might need to build some kind of support for the drywall in that corner.
I have to figure out the plan for what circuits I want the outlets on. Unfortunately my breaker box is full, and I believe it already has the max number of double breakers allowed by code (not double breakers… two breakers in one slot setups), so just adding a new circuit is out.
I also need to build a frame around the hvac ductwork to attach drywall to. I’ll need a 12’ long 2x4 for that job, plus supports, but those can be smaller.
- Comment on How I view others in social media 2 weeks ago:
“Biden’s economy”
- Comment on Tesla Reportedly Has $800 Million Worth of Cybertrucks That Nobody Wants 3 weeks ago:
It’s a novelty vehicle.
It’s too big for many people. It’s not as functional (in terms of towing and hauling) as a regular pickup. People who buy pickups for business uses are, for the most part, are going to be very nervous about buying an electric vehicle from a relatively new manufacturer.
Even if you put aside the issues with Elon: The issue with the Cybertruck is that Elon never understood it was a novelty vehicle. The traditional auto manufacturers make these novelty vehicles from time to time, but the difference is that they understand what they’re building and know they’re only going to sell 10,000 or something per year, and probably for a short run.
Elon’s so far up his own ass that he doesn’t understand why everyone isn’t buying one.
- Comment on Slate, a no-nonsense EV pickup for $20k 5 weeks ago:
I meant including gas.
Looks like there’s one, the Nissan Versa.
- Comment on Slate, a no-nonsense EV pickup for $20k 5 weeks ago:
I mean, are there any cars available in the US for just $20k? I’m pretty sure a base Mazda 3 was more than that when we bought ours five years ago (before the pandemic, and ours is a higher trim model). I don’t think they’re making the really small cars any more (like the Toyota Yaris).
Short version, I’m skeptical of this price point for even a small pickup. Great if they can do it.
- Comment on Mark Zuckerberg Says Social Media Is Over 5 weeks ago:
You actually can nearly do that. Facebook inexplicably showed me how a few weeks ago. If a friend reshares something, you’ll see it, but it removes all groups, etc. It was stunning how little content actually comes from friends.
On the Facebook site (I’m sure it can be done via app, too, but I didn’t look), click on the menu near the top right, then click Feeds (under Social). Then click on Friends on the left.
- Comment on I feel like if asbestos was banned today there'd be a huge pro-asbestos movement 1 month ago:
Oh yeah. “You’re safer being ejected from the car in a crash. My cousin’s ex husband’s sister’s daughter survived a crash that way!”
- Comment on I feel like if asbestos was banned today there'd be a huge pro-asbestos movement 1 month ago:
I’m a little surprised Trump hasn’t signed the “Asbestos Fibers Are Our Friends” Executive Order.
- Comment on This is unfair! 1 month ago:
Does this sound like a man who had all he could eat?
- Comment on Horses ARE Forever 2 months ago:
Or, do what the nearby horse farm does, just head to my neighborhood and leave the horse shit all over the trail and the road and people’s yards!
Seems kind of rude to me, but what do I know.
- Comment on ‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners 3 months ago:
Mine decided to randomly start rebooting about a year ago. :( Tried everything I could think of to get it to work normally, but nothing helped. I couldn’t rely on it, so I had to replace it. Like you, I hadn’t planned to replace it any time soon.
- Comment on ‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners 3 months ago:
In the US, if you don’t have the loyalty card, you’re paying more for groceries. For the stores we use, any sale prices are contingent upon using the loyalty card. This can add up to $5-$10 per order.
- Comment on Trim around garage door replacement 3 months ago:
Yeah I even have electric metal shears that would make quick work of it… I just don’t want to do it. :)
- Comment on Trim around garage door replacement 3 months ago:
Oooh thanks, I didn’t think of that.
- Comment on Trim around garage door replacement 3 months ago:
Yeah I’ll get one. It’s just trim around the opening.
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- Comment on Looks like Lemmy is climbing up to the 2023 exodus days numbers again 3 months ago:
Shadow runs lemmy.ca, and states that it is lemmy.ca signups. He’s certainly in a position to have the information available, unlike some random lemming like myself.
- Comment on Might be fun idk 3 months ago:
I used to be huge into college football, planning my weekends around when my teams were playing. I drifted away for a few years after they instituted the “targeting” penalty; in particular, there was a game where it was called twice on one drive, one was outright wrong (and overturned upon review*), and the other was borderline. It wasn’t a decision to protest; it was more of a “this isn’t important to me any more” kind of thing.
*It was overturned, but in that first year of the rule, the 15 yard penalty still counted. The player that committed the potential foul was simply allowed to remain in the game. (They have changed this rule since then.)
To be clear, I’m not in favor of people being injured. It was just that targeting penalty that made me realize that football was never going to be a safe game. No sport is completely safe, obviously; there’s always a risk of serious injury. But football seems especially designed to inflict injury, as opposed to other sports where the injuries are more incidental. And that scandal where the New Orleans (I think) NFL team was giving bounties for hits on specific players did not improve my opinion at all.
These days, we’ll watch football games if we don’t have anything else going on or whatever, but it’s not a high priority. We did watch some of the super bowl - in that it was on TV while we were reading or working on paying bills, etc. - but we definitely didn’t stay up late or anything like that for it. There’s not much else on TV during the super bowl anyway.
- Comment on Billionaire Larry Ellison says a vast AI-fueled surveillance system can ensure 'citizens will be on their best behavior' 4 months ago:
After 9/11/01, he said, “You have no privacy anyway. Get over it. We should have a national ID card database.” (paraphrased, but that was the gist)
I’m not disputing that he’s dangerous, but I’m pretty sure his comments are mostly driven by wanting to sell Oracle licenses. Which somehow makes it worse.
- Comment on Too dumb to understand where the gas tank opening is 5 months ago:
There’s a station near me with hoses that are long enough to do that with most vehicles (obviously my pickup wouldn’t fit, but every car I’ve driven is fine). But I don’t think most stations have hoses long enough to do that for anything but the smallest cars.
- Comment on Too dumb to understand where the gas tank opening is 5 months ago:
LOL I was ready to defend the driver, having pulled in on the wrong side of the pump once or twice. I drive different cars, and while most have it on the driver’s side, one vehicle I drive regularly has it on the opposite side, so I have occasionally made the mistake.
But then I corrected it by turning the car around and pulling into the pump on the correct side…