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by nslav 6y ago
I just got rid of a GE microwave which required me to set both the time and date before heating food after a power outage. I never did figure out what the date was for since it was never displayed and the clock did not automatically adjust
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by nslav 6y ago
I thought I had read somewhere that home range hoods tended to not be deep enough or have high enough airflow to capture combustion products from gas stoves, but I'm having trouble finding that now. I did find this article that says th
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by nslav 6y ago
The biggest surprise for me was just how quickly an induction cooktop can heat up a pan. When using gas I would often turn the stove on as I finished chopping vegetables to let it preheat, but after burning a few things on the induction coo
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by nslav 6y ago
Indoor air pollution due to gas stoves is something I became aware of about a year ago, and I've done some reading about it since then as I have a gas stove and two young children. As far as I can tell it's not an issue of a prope
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by nslav 6y ago
I spent a couple summers working at a printer in Massachusetts around 2005-2006 and the first year the shop did not have air conditioning. The paper came off a large roll at the back of the press which was pulled through from the front. Par
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by nslav 7y ago
I have fond memories of playing Exile II as a 10 or 11 year old. My dad worked at Boeing at the time, and there was some sort of store where the company sold surplus supplies where he bought used Macs for me and my brothers. These were not
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by nslav 8y ago
Standardizing size and shape across brands does not appear to bother soda companies when they are packaging their product in cans. It doesn't seem unreasonable to require them to do the same for bottles in order to avoid mountains of p
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by nslav 9y ago
I definitely don't disagree with you regarding the doctors not having any other option. I was just surprised that the article was describing a 4x billing rate to salary ratio as outrageous when in my experience that is typical for the
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by nslav 9y ago
Yes that confused me a bit as well... I work for a US-based engineering company and they bill clients 3 - 4x what I earn for my work. Am I misunderstanding something about the article?