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Whenever power in Germany comes up, I have a hard time interpreting anything because of the reaction the HN crowd has against the Germany's resistance to Nuclear. But from what I c…

This is a great point but has me realizing I don't know how to square this with the idea that quite a few people are making enormous profits from unprofitable businesses. It feels …

There are a handful of solutions to the problem of the lights being on while in bed, but wanting them to be off. One way is to turn off the lights before entering the bed. Another …

I assume this is true for 1) filters that are NSF certified and 2) wish to not display a prop 65 warning. A majority of the water filters purchased on Amazon are not NSF certified …

APEC doesn't appear to even be certified by NSF which is rather disconcerting. https://info.nsf.org/Certified/dwtu/listings.asp

NSF at least certifies their claim. That's a surprisingly small volume of water though. I also don't love how private they are about what the filter media is. https://info.nsf.org/…

Boiling can _increase_ dichloroacetic acid. If it were run through an RO first, then this is likely less of an issue.

Yah, this is totally a thing. For example, https://awwa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.5942/jawwa.2...

Charcoal filters have a relatively short lifespan.

The testing is probably already done for you! https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/

FYI: charcoal filters can introduce arsenic and also appear to increase the bacteria in the filtered water.

Also, all those RO systems run the water through an enormous amount of plastic, and store the filtered water in a rubber bladder. When looking into this previously my decision was …

er, It was not asked to provide an unethical response, it was asked to provide a response given no ethical boundaries — those are two different things. Further, when we see the wor…

This comment captures exactly what I find concerning around the common line of thinking about AI. How is a value judgement or moral that _I_ hold different than the list output by …

This is, in practice, the utility of the widespread use of CAD. Many manufacturers of parts distribute CAD models of those parts. For example, McMaster-Carr have CAD models (in var…

Er, when I went looking into the research I only found inconclusive results for it's benefits. I took it for a long time to help with nicotine cravings and ADHD and never noticed a…

Why is it critical that intelligent life on earth survives?

I use incandescent and halogen everywhere and don't have a problem with color temperature. Also, the CRI of my bulbs is incredible. My house has maybe 20 light bulbs in it, most of…

I mean, at what point do stop and ask yourself if the thing you're making is going to cause bad things to happen? Do we only consider that when the thing is really obviously a weap…

I fail to see how considering the impacts of a tool before building a tool is putting the cart before the horse. How is that not a necessary step in building a thing?

My wife flies internationally a number of times a year, and I'm sometimes with her. We've been using timeshifter for a couple of years. It's current pricing of 24.99 a year is in a…

What is a stable ecosystem?

One of my favorite moments for this painting is the time it was hanging in the UN, but was covered while Colin Powell argued for war in Iraq[1] [1] https://www.wsws.org/en/articles…

Yes? Whether you're receiving the value of the asset or not, you're locking up the value of the asset and preventing a larger group of people from benefiting from the value of the …