mechoman444

Wtf is a gaming sound card!

They sell cats at Walmart?

As a Ukrainian this is completely true.

Although in my family we add carrots as well.

That’s right. What’s important is TikTok and Chinese interests of course. /S

Yes. But to be fair they would have ended up there anyway.

If we just had term limits things would already be better!

You can disagree all you want. The pixel six had many issues that are well cataloged. I’m happy you haven’t experienced any of those issues yourself but a great many people did.

The pixel six was not good. I use a pixel 7a and it solved a lot of the issues the 6 had. Also the pixel 8 is doing good in reviews.

Well a little less then 50%… But yes.

Efficiency is a double-edged sword manufacturers will manipulate how efficient their appliances are to make it look as though they’re compliant.

For example new washing machines for clothing advertise to use very little water which technically they do. The problem is that they will drain and rinse several times throughout the cycle. Which in turn makes the cycle significantly longer.

A washing machine from the '70s used about 15 to 20 gallons of water per cycle but the cycle itself lasted for about 30 minutes.

Now a washer will use 5 to 10 gallons of water per cycle but the cycle is almost 2 hours long. The savings in water compared to the usage of electricity cancel each other out gaining you absolutely no increase in inefficiency.

A refrigerator from the mid to late '90s used about 40 to $50 a year in electricity new refrigeration uses $30 a year in electricity the increase to efficiency is so small that it’s completely negligible.

And keep in mind modern appliances are nothing more than convenience. Aside from refrigerators of course, things like dishwashers clothing washers clothing dryers we don’t actually need any of those we can do all that stuff by hand.

In 20 years of appliance repair doing on average 5 orders a day I have met maybe two or three clients that used the smart features in their appliances. Otherwise they are totally useless.

I remember reading an article from GE a while ago where they were complaining that very, very few people were using the WiFi features on their washers and dryers.

No one asked for WiFi, no one needs Wi-Fi on their appliances.

I should have clarified I’m in America and my only interaction with appliances are from the country I live in.

Generally a heat pump is more efficient and better for many applications but here in the states they’re very uncommon. Basically everyone has hot and cold water connected to the clothing washer.

Dishwashers opening themselves is just a feature some of them have but it isn’t necessary or really useful. I’m glad you like it but ultimately it serves no real purpose.

Induction cooktops are among the worst appliances ever invented by humanity they are truly terrible. Again I’m glad that you like what you have and that’s all good for you but generally people are unhappy with induction cooktops and they are very unpopular here in the states. Also they’re hell in a handbasket to work on.

In terms of efficiency your dryer is pulling the exact same amount of power it has always pulled dryers have not become significantly more efficient over time the issue is a physics one we have to remove moisture from clothing and that requires a minimum amount of energy we’re never going to get around that. If you are experiencing less energy usage on your bill most likely that’s a placebo effect abd your dryer has nothing to do with it.

Moreover efficiency is a double edged sword for example washers use a lot less water per load but in reality they don’t they just use a small amount of water several times throughout the cycle. A washer back in the 70s had a maximum cycle of about 30 minutes that’s how long it took to wash clothes because they use a tub full of water nowadays they’ll use a quarter of a gallon four times throughout a load making the wash time almost 2 hours. Washers and abusing more electricity but a little bit less water which equals out to zero savings.

The price difference of energy costs per year on a refrigerator sold today versus refrigerator sold 20 years ago is like $10 not worth the savings definitely not worth the crappy technology they have put into those appliances.

Appliance repairman here. New appliances are aggressively overpriced for very little reward. Aside from looking nice they offer nothing new. And worse of all older appliances from the late 90s early 2000s are significantly better than anything coming out right now.

It is a pleasure working on those old appliances when they pop up.

Lol! My man 👊

Ahhh stories like this in the Bible are always conveniently overlooked during Sunday school. I wonder why that is? 🤔🤔

The fear of criminals committing crimes after incarnation is irrational and unfounded. For example murder has the lowest residencism rate of any crime followed by possession of underage porn. Two extreme and serious crimes.

Moreover, there are on average two million people incarcerated in the United States at any given time. That means a large portion of the American population are ex-fellons. Chances are you’ve been around felons of serious crimes on a daily basis and you’d never even know.

Fear mongering about some made up issues like rapists and murders working and living in our society is completely unfounded and irrational.

Take the sex offender registry, it has done absolutely nothing to deter sex crimes and is generally disliked in law enforcement due to its uselessness.

OPs feelings are valid in the same sense that a racist’s feelings are just as valid about how much they hate minorities. Just because a feeling is valid doesn’t make it right.

So, I’ll say it again. The only reason you and op feel this way is because you’re probably not felons, therefore check your privilege.

Look. I get it. But, understand the only reason you feel that way is because you haven’t committed a crime severe enough for you to do any significant time.

Recidivism for rape is 13% to 35% Link to source

I would seriously recommend checking your privilege on this one.

Every so often I roll my ankles taking a bad step it hurts like hell for days!

To make matters worse I have unusually dense bones so nothing ever breaks.

Forehead and the methine.

I’ve been unhealthy obsessed with tool since 2001. 10000 days was good and fear inoculum was just more of the same no innovation at all. Lateralus was and is their gran opus.

And the older I get the more and more I realize that Maynard can’t sing well.