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I am just saying what the typical install is in the South East US. The heat pumps installed may produce some heat at 5F but they can't keep the temperature to the set value, so the…

The issue with heat pumps is that most of the ones currently being installed in South East of the US don't work well below +20F let alone 0F or -20F. Most of them are being install…

I disagree with the cold part. It is easier to dress to stay warm in a cold place than to dress to stay cool in a hot place. Both adults and kids bike in Scandinavia in the winter.…

I use public/private with the private key handled by Yubikey PIV functionality.

Feels like there is a business case for people willing to pay to reduce trip times for trans continental flights. The problem is that the greenhouse gas impact will be higher for a…

You can take precautions to avoid the oxidation. This is already done reliably on airplanes and in overhead power distribution, where aluminum wire is the standard.

There are also a new aluminum alloys (aa-8000) with better mechanical properties. The biggest issue is that that the trades/DIYers need to learn new processes. Treating aluminum wi…

On a personal level, this reminds me of a concept called normalization of deviance. [1] Every time we do something which we know may be risky, but we do not have a catastrophic res…

Generally agree, although I think it is largely an illusion. Many people die in car accidents they did not cause.

Lithium Ion batteries degrade very little with low C mid range charge cycles. The time/temperature/SoC degredation is greater. Hence why you don't want to leave a battery sitting a…

RoHS does not just restrict lead. It also restricts use of mercury, cadmium, and several toxic compounds.

This is so cool. Viable for LED lighting in an off-grid situation when there is little sunshine for solar panels.

It's a known hypothesis. Additionally when there is less traffic, drivers feel safer and are more likely to tune out by checking their phones, etc. The book,Confessions of a Recove…

To me, Bungie is associated with Apple and the amazing Marathon game series for Mac back in the 90s.

Wish there was a way to block everything and whitelist allowed channels. There are some really quality ones but there are also a bunch of really creepy content, even in the kids ap…

What if you use multiple browsers?

Saw this movie last night. One of the tougher movies I have watched. Being a satire, it exaggerates a bit, but still hits pretty close to home.

The HN algorithm will de-front page stories where the comment section starts looking like a flame war. If you look up the stories which were removed from the front page, there is q…

I wonder sometimes if I have just gotten more ADD in my middle age or if it is a general trend many struggle with today.

You should checkout a land value tax. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok2uR3btMrE

These days the online version of Office365 Word is pretty good. I would 100% pay for and use Office365 over LibreOffice on Linux.