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by jly 4y ago
> Refrigerator only needs a GFI if it is within a certain distance of a sink. Not anymore. NEC 2023 requires GFCI for every 120 or 240V outlets in the kitchen, regardless of their location or proximity to the sink. This was a big chang
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by jly 4y ago
I'm not sure where you are getting this. According to the CPSC, who analyzed some 10s of thousands of fires, something like 50% of them were caused by wire arcing that could be prevented with AFCI breakers. This is the exact reason wh
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by jly 4y ago
This is mine, too. I'm in my 40s now but I didn't get serious about saving and managing money until my mid-30s. Lived a very fun but expensive lifestyle downtown in a major city for many years while single. I'd be a lot clos
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by jly 5y ago
The wirecutter DIY test used a filter with a rating of FPR 9. Since FPR isn't standardized like MERV or HEPA, it's hard to tell what this means, but likely to be < MERV 13. The OP used a HEPA filter on their testing which is
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by jly 5y ago
This is exactly the way I feel. After working at home for ~13 months now, it will be very hard for me to go back to the office. I have young kids at home and getting to spend extra time with them every day is a huge gift, on top of having
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by jly 6y ago
The problem with low humidity in winter isn't forced air heating, it's air leakage. But since most houses have poor thermal envelopes, your statement turns out to be mostly true.
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by jly 6y ago
Winter temperatures in the US midwest and northeast with average daily temps far below zero (C), combined with leaky old houses. The stack effect draws in cold, extremely dry air at a rapid rate.
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by jly 6y ago
Typical CO alarms only go off when there is a level of gas that is an imminent danger. A lower level of gas could be present and go totally undetected, but present an ongoing health risk. There are special CO monitors that are capable of
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by jly 6y ago
I think you meant to say honey bees, Apis, comprising only a handful of species, are not native to the Americas. There are around 4000 known species of bee (Anthophila) native just to North America.
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by jly 7y ago
I think you need to move further back. Civilization accounted for a sharp decline in life expectancy due to disease and other factors like extreme agricultural labor. Humans have only gained back what was lost since the industrial and tec
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by jly 7y ago
The transportation mode is critical for a commute. The time spent commuting can be mitigated somewhat if you are active in the process. As an example, I live relatively close to my office in the suburbs, and most days I walk ~50 minutes ea
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by jly 7y ago
It sounds like you don't like the bitterness of Campari and you're not alone in that. I guess it just takes time to develop the taste. There are many delicious Negroni riffs, but the standard and classic is always equal parts gin
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by jly 7y ago
I think there is absolutely something to this. I have mild tinnitus and my hearing is fairly poor after too many years of loud headphone use. However, I rarely notice a bothersome perception of noise unless I focus on it. Other similar ph
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by jly 7y ago
Modern agricultural systems are built on the mass usage of systemic insecticide treatments (whether necessary or not). Neonicotinoids are almost certainly better than what came before them, although they have a limited useful life as insec
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by jly 7y ago
> a -40C day is usually much more enjoyable than a +40C day I can't believe I just read this :) With an appropriately-sized and designed HVAC system, home, and fans, 40C is completely comfortable indoors. If your home is designed w
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by jly 7y ago
A large part of the air pollution from cars comes from nitrogen and sulfer oxides, which are byproducts of combustion.
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Preconception alcohol consumption linked to congenital heart disease risk(journals.sagepub.com)
2 points by jly 7y ago|0 comments
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by jly 7y ago
I think you both have some good points. Escaping death and disease with technology is a slippery slope. If that technology disappears or is unavailable, it puts a species in potential peril. Selection pressure keeps the fitness of the gen
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by jly 7y ago
ETOPS flights are regularly flown 3+ hours from a suitable place to land (single-engine flying time). Considering they are up to 370 minutes (about 6 hours) in some extreme cases, I can certainly see this being a problem. If you had a 3h w
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by jly 7y ago
Athletic departments don't necessarily have a need to be profitable, and most are not. Clemson averages ~$77 million in revenue over the last few years, mostly from valuable TV rights and ticket sales.
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by jly 7y ago
I don't mind the strong sports culture. College football has an immense history dating back to the late 1800s as an organized national collegiate activity. I'm a fan and I enjoy the history and pageantry of the sport. Athletic
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by jly 7y ago
FizzBuzz covers a lot of (very basic) ground but adding memory manipulation is valuable. I ask a few simple string manipulation interview questions for embedded C developers as a weeder and the point is that we want to see how candidates d
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by jly 7y ago
Not craps or roulette (without cheating), but certainly with blackjack. By finding favorable conditions and counting cards, it's possible to extract a slight advantage over the house (say 1% edge). Of course this is a grueling enterp
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by jly 7y ago
How other countries finance their health care is incredibly wide-ranging. The point is that revenue-raising tax policies are being included in proposals to close the gap, not that they mirror how Germany and France do it exactly. Some can
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by jly 7y ago
> It is pure fantasy to assume we can get universal healthcare without European level taxes Agreed, but is anyone really arguing this? The US has very low overall taxation rates (as a % of GDP), well below the OECD average. It should c
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by jly 7y ago
I'm "doing okay" as you put it under the current system, but I also feel like a slave to it. As the sole W2 employee with a family to take care of, there is no way I could or would untether myself from a certain kind of empl
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by jly 7y ago
> Embracing marriage as a team sport goes a long way to avoiding petty resentment. Fully in agreement. Good communication and empathy in marriage are paramount to successfully raising kids. I'm just saying even the most understand
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by jly 7y ago
> So are the others in this thread exaggerating the negatives? The negatives are real but they are outweighed by overwhelming positives. In my experience, there was a new level of satisfaction achieved after becoming a father that made
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by jly 7y ago
Logically this makes sense but it can be tricky to implement successfully for everyone. For breast-fed infants, it may be the case that mom has to be more frequently involved in the overnight care. It makes sense for dad to get as much sl
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by jly 7y ago
Even worse, WeWork doesn't generate that much more revenue from tenants than it spends servicing its enormous lease obligations. They admit in the risks section that a significant portion of their members are small and medium sized bu

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