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highland145

highland145

Lifer
Oct 12, 2009
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dasherHampton said:
The eco wash cycle on my dishwasher evidently doesn't work anymore. Dishes still have caked on food remains everywhere. Glasses have bits of food inside.

I just started a normal wash cycle but I'm not sure what I'm hoping that'll achieve. Maybe magic will fix it.
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Just wash them in the sink. It wastes more water and is probably worse for the environment.
 
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lxskllr

lxskllr

No Lifer
Nov 30, 2004
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highland145 said:
Just wash them in the sink. It wastes more water and is probably worse for the environment.
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Ya know, that's a common trope, but I don't know if I believe it. There's certainly wasteful ways of handwashing, but I don't use a ton of water. When comparing to a machine wash, you also have to account for the rinsing you have to do before it gets in the machine. That adds to the tally. I think if you compared overall water use, they'd be pretty close unless you're one of those people that leaves the spigot on the whole time washing.
 
Red Squirrel

Red Squirrel

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lxskllr said:
I'm terrified of having to get a new fridge. The only features I want are it gets cold, and a light comes on when I open the door, and I'm flexible on that last one. Seems like new stuff is fancier, and more delicate with more creative ways of not working.
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Yeah I'm not a fan of the fancy ones either. Especially the smart fridges, I don't want any of that stuff in my house. I think it will be like TVs where you won't have a choice.

Can always buy a standup freezer and rewire the thermostat to turn it into a fridge I guess.
 
highland145

highland145

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lxskllr said:
Ya know, that's a common trope, but I don't know if I believe it. There's certainly wasteful ways of handwashing, but I don't use a ton of water. When comparing to a machine wash, you also have to account for the rinsing you have to do before it gets in the machine. That adds to the tally. I think if you compared overall water use, they'd be pretty close unless you're one of those people that leaves the spigot on the whole time washing.
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I have no idea. 😀
dasherHampton said:
I run my dishwasher 1, maybe 2 times a week. I think the environment will survive.
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Multiply that by millions.

Millions,I tell you.
 
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highland145

highland145

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You would think that restaurants would be on their A game after being shut down for 2 months. Nope. Just walked away from one of the places downtown after an hour of waiting. Left the wife and the kid (we walked from home), told her to send mine back and not pay for it. Hope she does. Especially since she has my credit card.
 
CZroe

CZroe

Lifer
Jun 24, 2001
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I'm literally in the parking lot after buying a new chest-high not-so-mini* fridge from a salvage store. Hope these recent horror stories about modern fridge don't come to haunt me.

*I consider a mini fridge something that fits under your desk.
 
shortylickens

shortylickens

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a dozen snowflakes fell from the sky.
then it stopped. and the sun came out.
I'm not sure how to emotionally invest in that.
 
lxskllr

lxskllr

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Nov 30, 2004
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Red Squirrel said:
They might know if you hit mute, depending on the app. (in zoom it shows).

It would actually be kinda fun to build a hardware packet dropper, it could even be useful to test protocols to see how they handle a bad connection. Maybe an arduino that turns some relays on/off to disable the pins for short bursts.
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Just ran into this. Looks like it could be interesting...

 
CZroe

CZroe

Lifer
Jun 24, 2001
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clamum said:
Why the poop don't pdf documents open at zoom level 100% instead of some zoomed in bullshit like 144% or 175%?

FK U
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Because some people have smaller screens. My notebook had to fit in a motorcycle tank bag. At 768p, 11.6" I frequently need it zoomed to fill horizontally.
 
clamum

clamum

Lifer
Feb 13, 2003
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CZroe said:
Because some people have smaller screens. My notebook had to fit in a motorcycle tank bag. At 768p, 11.6" I frequently need it zoomed to fill horizontally.
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That does make sense, although if it was me I'd get the screen size and zoom based on that.
 
clamum

clamum

Lifer
Feb 13, 2003
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Holy poop I am tiiiiiiiiired

All I can think about is getting off work (in 3 hrs fml) and taking a nap for 1.25 hrs or so. Just... Gotta... Hang... In... There
 
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nutxo

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I got a call from the police. They found an old Subaru that was stolen from us a while back. 2 of the vin plates had been replaced with vin plates from a car in a junkyard so it had already been towed before they called me. The car was destroyed. They punched out the ignition and then used a couple of switches to start it. Replaced the wheels on one side of the car with mismatched wheels. Rattle canned the hood the rockers and spray painted the wheels and tires blue. They spray painted parts of the console and wrote on the steering wheel airbag with permanent marker ( Apparently Ant loves Brittany ) They spray painted the top of the engine. One of the back wheels had a massive positive camber.

We only had liability on it so it was a total loss. I signed it over to the towing company and they didn't charge me for the tow.

I didn't pay much for the thing but we used it to haul rescue dogs. We got it so dogs wouldn't be in the camper shell of my truck. It was nice to have something that was good on gas with ac for long hauls in the summer and nice and warm in the winter. Shit like this destroys my faith in humanity.
 
mopardude87

mopardude87

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I lack better snacks cause i went for the gold yesterday, i downed this new brand of edible and ate like a entire 100mg package and like FUCK i want more then popcorn and endless pasta. To damn set here to even drive, not that i would under current circumstances but damn it. :D Not exactly planning on going anywhere till mid june. I had to drive over a hour away to pick up the 1000 mg of indica edibles to last me till July. :D

If i am going to stay home, might as well make it count!
 
ponyo

ponyo

Lifer
Feb 14, 2002
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I just found out my favorite oyster bar just went out of business on Friday. They blamed Covid-19 as the reason they closed the restaurant. I have $100 restaurant gift card I guess is now worthless. :mad:
 
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