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by hasbot 4y ago
I've gone the opposite way. I lived in a rural area with the closest hardware or big box store nearly an hour way. I'd only go to town at most once a week but more often once every two weeks. Projects took forever to complete b
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by hasbot 4y ago
Why did you abandon a (I'm assuming) nearly complete game?
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by hasbot 4y ago
>> You're right. I'm an utterly worthless person that no one wants to be around. Maybe I should kill myself. > Whoa, hold up. That was going too far. I didn't mean to hurt you that badly. I was just joking around,
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by hasbot 4y ago
When we're young, the world is full of dreams and aspirations. Over the years we discover that many of those dreams aren't realistic or possible. Sometimes we actually accomplish those dreams and we find it isn't as great a
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by hasbot 4y ago
> Following a surge in PC sales during the global covid pandemic, most major computing manufacturers are now seeing a sharp drop in demand. I'd expect. Most of those PCs are still working and are powerful enough to handle typical d
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by hasbot 4y ago
When I lived off-grid in a warm and humid environment (Asheville area), I'd take a sponge bath with a short hot shower rinse afterwards every night. For all my water needs I used about 8 gallons a week. After I started to collect rai
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by hasbot 4y ago
“My top issues are stopping illegal immigration, taxes and government waste — and the Second Amendment to the Constitution,” said the candidate during a recent interview.
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by hasbot 4y ago
From the article regarding maintenance: - Clean or change the filters every one to three months - At least once a year clean the heat exchanger core. - In addition to the core, the fans should be cleaned at least once a year. There is a hom
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by hasbot 4y ago
See if you can get an energy audit from your electric or gas company. You can definitely upgrade your furnace without first improving insulation and air tightness. There are other conceptually simple changes that will improve efficiency wi
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by hasbot 4y ago
I've lived in two 50's houses where the windows were replaced with double pane. Both window replacements were mediocre at best. Replacement windows are a bit smaller than the original windows so there is a gap between the house
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by hasbot 4y ago
Here are detailed plans for a DIY HRV: https://www.aivc.org/sites/default/files/airbase_2413.pdf
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by hasbot 4y ago
Here are detailed plans for a DIY HRV: https://www.aivc.org/sites/default/files/airbase_2413.pdf
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by hasbot 4y ago
If I'm listening to a song, I don't want the next song to sound similar, and the next, and the next. For example, my playlist just played "I touch myself", "Whiskey in the Jar," and now "Somebody that I u
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by hasbot 4y ago
That puts the wind chill at -5°F. Won't be getting any rays bundled up for that.
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by hasbot 4y ago
> Is this just reflective of our context as people that streamline and automate, or do HN readers just think a human isn't such a complex entity? Most definitely the former. Humans are most certainly complex. But some of the tasks
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by hasbot 4y ago
Imagine being the people knowing how beautiful the canyon is still deciding to flood it and, for all they know, hide the canyon forever. I couldn't do it.
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by hasbot 4y ago
Meh, I'll stick with Reddit and HN.
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by hasbot 4y ago
Go with even thinner materials. I have thicker t-shirts for spring and fall and super thin t-shirts for summer. I also have super thin underwear and for summer. But, also consider using a ceiling fan. The long blades of a ceiling fan mo
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by hasbot 4y ago
Reading through the comments here, apparently I'm the only person that likes to feel a little cold. It makes me feel more alert. So, I keep my house around 62F and around 60F while sleeping.
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by hasbot 4y ago
You say read "Say What You Mean" but there are multiple books with a title containing that phrase. Can you disambiguate?
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by hasbot 4y ago
Would you share a picture of this brutalist house?
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by hasbot 4y ago
OK. Now what?
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by hasbot 4y ago
Have some sympathy for people that are sensitive to noise. The OP didn't mention babies, he mentioned motorcycles and loud trucks.
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by hasbot 4y ago
The article says in the 60's 40% of Americans smoked and now it's down to 11%. Meaning in the 60's 40% of Americans were on stimulants and now it's down. What affect does having so much of the population on stimulants
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by hasbot 4y ago
I obviously don't know any of the technical details, but I'd think they could, section by section, replace the failing automated system with the standard manual system (i.e. light switches) for a lot cheaper and less effort than g
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by hasbot 4y ago
Highly highly unlikely. If that were the case, the complaint would be the school is very dirty. I was a janitor for three years in a middle school. There were five people that came in every day after school and cleaned the building. Bat
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by hasbot 4y ago
USPS, FedEx, or UPS? USPS is soo erratic and it's not Amazon's fault. I just received a USPS package not from Amazon four days after the initial delivery estimate. It sat at a distribution center for two days.
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by hasbot 4y ago
Yes, we can. It's called zoning and code violations. Marijuana smell is annoying and when enough people get annoyed, there will be change. Your comment also reminded me of a notice from the city director that daily fines would be iss
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by hasbot 4y ago
As someone that has been interested in houses and housing construction for 25 years, the biggest change is on making a house air tight. Specific levels are now called for in the building code. The construction industry is still trying to
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by hasbot 4y ago
I'm not sure what you're trying to avoid. After the plan is finalized, there is a discussion between the builder and owner about materials and furnishing (e.g. flooring, countertops, cabinet style, siding, roofing, HVAC, lights,

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