MrVilliam

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[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

Holy crap, that's brilliant. I was not aware of that development.

I'm in a townhouse though, so the footprint it needs is more than I'm willing to spare, but most single family homes could probably take advantage of that!

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 5 points 3 days ago (3 children)

The other drawbacks to heat pump style is that they require a lot more ventilation and they cool the air around them (which is great in the summer, but could be a nightmare in the winter). I think maybe they also dry the air too, which again could be nice in the summer and rough in the winter.

If that all works for your situation, go for it, but I'd hate for you to spend that money upfront for something that didn't suit your needs.

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

One trip? So the legends are true? It can be done?

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sure, but you know how else you could give that information to the client and have them respond back?

By emailing the deck and asking for their thoughts.

We don't really need to coordinate having an hour window in everybody's schedule anymore.

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Okay, but imagine if everybody just didn't attend. If the quick notes summarizing the meeting are enough for everybody, then the meeting is a waste of time.

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 11 points 3 days ago (8 children)

If you get sufficient value out of a 30 second summary of an hour long meeting, then why have the hour long meeting?

(h)(n) + (t)(p) = W
(h length of meeting in hours) x (n number of people in the meeting) + (t number of hours prepping the meeting) x (p number of people prepping the meeting) = W number of work hours spent on this meeting. Multiply W by the average hourly wage. That's how much money the meeting cost. And that doesn't factor in the cost of productivity loss because everybody could've been doing something useful with that time instead.

If it could've otherwise been ten minutes of writing an email and five minutes per worker reading and understanding it, then how is it anything other than an efficiency gain to just make that meeting an email? Instead, we're still putting the meeting together just to then pay in resources and possibly subscription cost to have the meeting summarized instead of just having the host do it in the first place.

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Salt and pepper make dog shit more palatable too. Instead of seeking to make bad things palatable, can we try something different instead?

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Don't respect waymo more; respect Tesla even less.

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 20 points 4 days ago (7 children)

We'll pay more for less in terms of software, and we'll pay more for more in terms of hardware, but nearly everybody would happily buy less. For example, the cheapest phones will be $1k+ but with unused bells and whistles, and there will be a subscription paywall to use Google maps.

We'll have less privacy and security. Our devices will be used to spy on us even more than now.

PlayStation 6 will come out. The next Xbox will have a really fucking stupid name. Call of Duty will be a 250GB game.

It will become more feasible to implement battery tech in your home. Generators will give way to a big battery for power outages. Areas with variable power rates will see people supplement their home power with battery during the day and charge them back up at night. EV adoption will continue to rise. Self driving tech will not change in a meaningful way. Fusion power will be commercially implemented, but barely break even, which is fine because that's how new tech takes early steps to optimize.

China will be far and away ahead of the US in terms of infrastructure, daily consumer tech, and overall happiness. The US will pretend otherwise and launch a targeted propaganda campaign to keep its people too dumb and busy to notice how badly they're getting fucked. But even worse than now, though.

Healthcare tech will expand. But not in the US. Not for the working class, anyway. Measles outbreaks will come in waves. Flu and a new covid strain will be devastating within 18 months. Polio will pop back up like measles currently is. Maybe TB too. Mental health will continue to get stigmatized if not fully ignored.

Physical media will be basically gone. Disc drives will as rare as actual audio CDs are in everyday life.

Lab grown meat will be more affordable, and it will bring a culture war with it.

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Trump: "I'm gonna do [blank]."

Me: "He's gonna do [blank]."

Redcaps: "He's not gonna do [blank], idiot!"

Trump: "We have done [blank] and are committed to accelerating the [blank] policy."

Redcaps: "omg, we had no idea that he would actually do [blank]! This is horrible!

Me: "Okay, so are you gonna denounce that at all? Maybe think twice about whether you support a thing that he tells you he's gonna do going forward?"

Redcaps: "What? Why? It's actually good and smart that he did [blank], and you're an idiot loser for still thinking about that. Also everything in my life is bad and getting worse, and it's the fault of the party that currently wields no power. The party currently in power which is famous for staunchly opposing change will be the key to changing the trajectory of my life."

How are these people not developing an ounce of critical thinking skill? I didn't think you needed to be a genius to display basic pattern recognition. A dog can do that effortlessly.

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 20 points 5 days ago (3 children)

It's almost like he's a lying narcissist or something. He'll say whatever will get him closer to his goals with absolutely zero intent on keeping his word, and by the time even 20% of the country has caught on, he's already several grifts and/or scandals downstream. If anybody does manage to confront him on it and demand an explanation, he just lies and changes the subject.

Promises made, promises delivered.

I truly don't understand how he isn't running out of rubes. He's been very publicly exposed as the con man he is for over a decade now. His marks keep getting fucked over and are complaining about it. How are so many people still falling for his bullshit?

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I hereby accuse Donald J Trump of being an illegal immigrant. As he is not afforded due process to prove that he is a legal citizen, I demand that he be deported to the prison in El Salvador since he's also a convicted felon.

 

That's it. Just never done it before and it took under an hour. It's easy to do. Buy some cleaner and watch a YouTube tutorial.

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by MrVilliam@lemm.ee to c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
 

Thanks to some tips from you guys, the heating element replacement was completed without incident. Unfortunately, that did not resolve my issue. I am happy to report, however, that my dishes are now coming out dry and sanitized due to further troubleshooting, and I wanted to offer a PSA for how I did it because nothing I found through googling was ever gonna point me in the right direction. In fact, it was this comment from Dave. which got me started down the right path.

He was absolutely right. There should be some sort of protective device, not only to protect the element, but to protect against fire. So I started over and dragged the dishwasher back out, but this time I tipped it into its side to get to the underside and looked around. I followed some wires to a little switch mounted to the underside and there was a little black button on it. I pressed it. click

That's. All. I. Had. To. Do.

It's a little thermal cutoff switch. I just had to reset it. If anybody has a problem like mine, try this. But just know that it tripped open for a reason, so figure out why. In my experience, it was from my wife not knowing that "I'm flushing the water heater" doesn't just mean "no access to a hot shower"; it means "don't run appliances that are connected to hot water lines" lol.

Thanks again, Dave. I'm happy to have solved another problem!

 

My dishes have been coming out wet ever since flushing my water heater; my wife started a dishwasher load without telling me while I was in the middle of that project so I'm guessing it ran dry and fucked up the heating element.

I haven't noticed any issues draining. The dishes are coming out clean but wet. I've already run a reset on the board in case there was a fault that wasn't clearing or something. So now the most likely culprit is a dead element or maybe the switch for it?

I've acquired a new heating element and I'm planning on replacing it in hopes of getting dry dishes again today. Any tips beyond what a tutorial on YouTube would already bring up? Open the breaker, close the water valve, have a towel handy for any water that comes out of connections I'm breaking, etc. But maybe you know of some challenges in the process and a sort of life hack to make them easy?

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