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by briHass 4y ago
True, but those linesets introduce other downsides. They can't be cut to length, so you often have to have unsightly loops of extra line set somewhere, and the loops can potentially trap the oils that mix with the refrigerant to lubric
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by briHass 4y ago
Good point; I forgot to mention the reliability/environmental aspect as well. Most DIY, and even pro installs, of mini splits fail due to leaking flare connections, which must be made in the field. Modern refrigerants operate at very h
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by briHass 4y ago
Agree 100% (I have my EPA cert and do my own installs) Trying to bust into the HVAC company cartel will be the death of this idea. Most HVAC companies are highly local and have built their business around partnerships with supply houses and
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by briHass 4y ago
Would've loved to see a different approach to the typical refrigerant-split units. I'm EPA certified, and do my own heat pump work, but something that could really blow up the heat pump space would be a closed-loop refrigerant sys
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by briHass 4y ago
Insurance always has a cap in the payout at some dollar amount, usually directly related to the amount one is willing to pay for the insurance. It's usually up to the insured to balance those two factors to get adequate, but not excess
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by briHass 4y ago
To continue your cell phone analogy, this could easily be like the 'number portability' regulation that was simply passed on to consumers as a fee that vastly overpaid for the cost and now represents almost pure profit for carrier
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by briHass 4y ago
Fine, but let's talk about the other side of the equation: who should pay to make the depositors whole? Did the depositors do everything in their power to insure against their risk? Is there something in place already to help depositor
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by briHass 4y ago
There's a bit of irony in mentioning the COVID response, considering the knock-on effects of that are partially/largely to blame here. If we ignore the fact that there may very well be some who are 'guilty' in the COVID
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by briHass 4y ago
How is this the government's fault, unless you want to talk about tighter regulations? From a libertarian perspective, you deposit money at a bank, they make you sign documents about the well-known FDIC insurance limits (a bonus insura
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by briHass 4y ago
Just to clarify, these depositors specifically exceeded the FDIC deposit insurance limit (250K), right? That isn't a new or unknown rule; either through ignorance or calculated risk, those depositors that exceeded the limit took a chan
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by briHass 4y ago
You may have just gotten lucky. It seems like the situation in the US is highly location/pharmacy-specific. The other variables are type (IR/XR, generic/non, etc.) and unit dosage. The worst hit seem to be 10mg/20mg gene
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by briHass 4y ago
Same in the US, of course. Suicide by gun counted as 'gun violence' is the classic disingenuous deception. Remove those and gang violence (primarily against rival gangs), and the numbers don't look that scary, which is the is
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by briHass 4y ago
Not Home Depot. Their support representative was worthless for an online order that was never delivered (lost in transit). They advised me to do a charge back. Luckily, it was an online chat, so I screen capped that to add to the CC docs yo
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by briHass 4y ago
Agree, but I would definitely caution with getting your advice from YouTube. There are many, many home improvement YTers that give incorrect/dangerous advice. This isn't limited to small channels with Joe Blow working on his house
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by briHass 4y ago
As always, the truth is somewhere in the middle. The NEC is fairly complex, and there are lots of gotchas and techniques that you really only learn by doing it for some time alongside someone experienced that can guide you. If it was your h
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by briHass 4y ago
Those radon numbers, however, are largely based on the same LNT calculations of risk criticized in this article. Most of the guidelines are based on questionable epidemiology with very small sample sizes (when excluding the major confounder
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by briHass 4y ago
It's like something a small town sheriff would say in a press conference. The difference is, he'd probably be talking about violent crimes and speaking from the heart. This is a three-letter-agency of unelected law makers threaten
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by briHass 4y ago
There is one: dependent care tax credit. Admittedly, it's not much, with a max of 3K per child (total max 6k), less if you make more money. There's also the regular child tax credit of 2K per child.
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by briHass 4y ago
Todo lists -- real ones written on paper -- help me tons. Everytime I have a 'I should.../I need to...' thought, it goes on the list. Then, when a gap in work occurs, I can pick something interesting on the list. The physical
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by briHass 4y ago
To be fair, though, space heaters are dangerous in older homes with unknown electrical system quality. You're running a circuit at just shy of it's max load for potentially long stretches of time. Any poor connections (cough, back
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by briHass 4y ago
If the unit is still operational, it can usually be 'pumped down', which essentially means closing the 'out' valve and force-running the compressor to pull all the refrigerant back into the main compressor unit. You then
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by briHass 4y ago
It's going to depend on the model/manufacturer. Typically, the inverter based outdoor compressors are much quieter than the single or dual stage compressors that were common with the traditional American brands. If you can find th
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by briHass 4y ago
Love SH3D. As others said, it takes some time to learn, but becomes pretty intuitive. The ability to import and scale a background image is my favorite feature. I recently used it with a satellite image from my County's property line t
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by briHass 4y ago
The biggest one missing is date and/or time. The workarounds all suck: - Store the date as a huge, wasteful string in ISO8601 format - Store it as Unix epoch seconds - Store it as a fractional Julian day Besides the first one, you have
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by briHass 4y ago
Kia is a lot like the American cars of the 90s. Once you creep near 100K, major problems (or repairs that effectively total the vehicle) pop up like weeds. Their GDI, gasoline direct injection, engines are garbage: the valves and injectors
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by briHass 4y ago
TPM 2.0 is old table stakes, circa 2014-2015. The processor requirement (8th gen Intel) is probably more of a concern, but even that is almost 6 years old at this point. I'd wager most business laptops/desktops are Win 11 ready, t
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by briHass 4y ago
Same here. I got okay grades in school, and I even managed a few semesters in college with excellent grades (comp sci major), but that was with the help of self medicating with stimulants (illicitly obtained.) Now that I'm an adult wit
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by briHass 4y ago
On some devices (e.g. CISCO), ID 1 is reserved, so starting at powers of 10 keeps it nice and even and allows for insertions (same logic as line-numbering in BASIC.) I assume 10 seems better than 100 (or even 1000); those just seem crazy hi
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by briHass 4y ago
Depending on what you want to actually build, another option is ESPHome coupled with the Home Assistant ecosystem or standalone with MQTT. Most of the sensors, displays, etc. you'd want to interface with are supported, and everything i
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by briHass 4y ago
For those looking for cheap dev boards, I've had good luck with 'HiLetgo' on Amazon. The WROOM-32S is my go-to, but I also use the WROOM-32U when I need an external antenna (it _must_ be connected) or the 32S+CAM module for t

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