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Hacking Water
- simonebrunozzi 7y agoJoey is one of the oldest (and still active) Debian contributors. Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/joeyh https://www.patreon.com/joeyh
- markvdb 7y agoJoey was very active in Debian, but has retired from it in 2015. http://zgrimshell.github.io/posts/interviews-with-floss-developers-joey-hess.html http://zgrimshell.github.io/posts/interviews-with-floss-deve...
- ncmncm 7y agoI never understood clearly why Joey left the Debian Project. It was right after the SystemD Wars, but I didn't get the impression it was over the switch to systemd itself. Maybe, the level of acrimony displayed by people he used to, or would like to continue to, respect?
- tobr 7y agoI enjoyed this: > My passion is making Free Software because it seems to be the software that lasts, the software that turns out to matter in the end.
- caseyw 7y agoI really enjoyed the read. I'd love to do something similar in the future. Thanks Joey!
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- ngcc_hk 7y agoWater filtered? Or assume water is safe?
- loeg 7y agoThere's probably a macro level filter (dirt and maybe silt) sitting in front of the pump. (Something like that would not filter microbial pests, which I assume is your concern.) I hope the water is filtered or treated in some way.
- snazz 7y agoWith acid rain and other hard-to-control phenomena affecting water quality, I would imagine that something pretty powerful would be required.
- johncalvinyoung 7y agoThe real thing to worry about is giardia parasites, spread by feces contamination uphill (human or wildlife). It's the reason I wouldn't drink wanter in the backcountry unless it's directly from high snowpack.
- segfaultbuserr 7y ago> The real thing to worry about is giardia parasites Is boiling water an effective safety precaution?
- loeg 7y ago> Is boiling water an effective safety precaution? For giardia and most other disease-causing microorganisms, yes. Boiling (for a few minutes) is enough to kill them. But it doesn't fix everything (e.g., heavy metal contamination, botulism spores).
- mrob 7y agoHas a healthy adult ever been harmed by ingesting botulism spores? You're not supposed to feed honey to babies less than 12 months old because it can contain botulism spores, but for people older than that honey is considered safe. See http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/aa142 http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/aa142
- miki123211 7y agoDefinitely a +1 for the image descriptions. This is a pleasure to read with a screen reader. I haven't seen a website doing such a great job in ages. No one, except the BBC (which sucks at accessibility in other ways) and accessibility focused websites really does that. This guy deserves so much respect for this.
- lukasb 7y agoI wouldn't have known about them if you hadn't posted. Kind of a bummer Chrome doesn't show alt text on hover any more.
- zerker2000 7y agoI think the one shown on hover is `title` text?
- kevingrahl 7y agoWebDev here, this is correct.
- Iv 7y agoTake note, UI designers: In same crucial areas, you are far behind people writing HTML by hand.
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- tomjakubowski 7y agoI don't know where you get the idea there's a significant difference between these groups with respect to their attention to accessibility.
- Iv 7y agoMy experience is that accessibility to a site is inversely proportional to the amount of JS it contains. And UI designers love having a lot of JS...
- loeg 7y agoAh, I've been doing a lot of plumbing with PEX lately as well. It's really a pretty nice material to work with. As a total amateur I've done hundreds of crimps with zero leaks. The 3/4" stuff is much tougher on the arms than 1/2". Heartily recommend if you have any interest in DIY home plumbing, or, say, legos. Another link on the subject: https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2011/11/23/how-to-become-a-kickass-plumber-with-pex/ https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2011/11/23/how-to-become-a-k...
- samcat116 7y agoPlex is the best. People should use it wherever possible.
- pugworthy 7y agoI love working with PEX. You're spot on with the Lego comment, as it does remind me a bit of building stuff like that.
- heelix 7y agoThose sharkbite connectors are the bee's knees. So easy to bridge copper to pex if you have piping that will evolve a bit. They are expensive, however.
- mhb 7y agoWhy bury that manifold?
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- joeyh 7y agoDon't want the fittings to burst in freeze. Also while PEX can survive being frozen, I have not seen much about total number of cycles it might sustain before weakening. Edit: Also I want to be able to drink water in winter.
- loeg 7y agoI'd be curious to know how much water expands under freeze vs how much PEX is compressed at a crimp fitting. It's not the same kind of force but the relative magnitude might be interesting.
- hcoyote 7y agoMatt Risinger (austin-based homebuilder) did a freeze comparison between copper, pex, and sharkbite fittings some time back. It was pretty interesting. At this point, I'd probably go for PEX-A (compression band) over PEX-B (the crimp style) because of the risk of getting the crimp not completely correct. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOeBJ8mDr8Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOeBJ8mDr8Q
- hanniabu 7y agoAlso I don't believe the UV rays from the sun are good for it. I think it weakens it as it does with PVC.
- wideasleep1 7y agoNot likely the audience for this, but since I spent an hour hunting it down, the spade tool is called Wilton Thinline spade tool, just ordered the 10 inch.