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The image on that article really makes me miss my '79 Ford that as a teen I bought not running and fixed/replaced just about everything including the straight-6 300 engine. I tracked my MPG by hand and remember I got 16 in town and 21 on the highway. It blows my mind that something like a modern Tacoma can't blow that away, even while gaining 1,000 pounds over the old Ford.

Yes, the elevation is based on sea level. I don't fly much and recently landed in Denver and was watching the altitude on the screen in front of me. As we were descending we landed well before I was thinking we would, about a mile in elevation above sea level.. it was "duh" obvious when it happened, but I was tired and clearly not thinking about it!

I know you said competent, so this doesn't apply to the service I used yesterday, but it blew my mind. I lost access to TOTP for a service, but no big deal, I'm a good person who kept the backup codes. The codes are all 4 digits and the service wants a 6 digit code!

Luckily it is some lame work account that someone else can unlock to get me back in. I couldn't believe that the backup codes provided are now obsolete!

We had some classic ec-2. They gave plenty of warning and migration was easy. I think Google is being brought up so much because that isn't the typical Google experience when they kill things off.

I get your point, if AI were training on this content it might conclude that Google killed off its ec-2 product.

The NW corner, but not part of the Clark Fork drainage. It is a sneaky little corner that refuses to flow with the rest of the state.

Salmon snagging is a thing for us and the bears.

I'm in Montana and the river here during the spawn looks red with salmon. I don't know how many ladders they climbed, but it seems like they can work. These fish would have to have come up the Columbia river.

Somewhere up the thread, a 3% success rate was thrown out, so maybe some designs are better than others.

I was hoping for more. I guess I watched, bid and lost enough eBay auctions to realize that people would bid up the price of a used item well beyond the price of buying it new on any number of retail sites. The thrill of winning was the only explanation I could come up with.

eBay or whatever the "jar of coins" is, I try to figure out what it is worth to me before placing the first bid - and never go beyond that. If I fail to overpay, I'm OK.

People in the cities with "normal" yards are not thinking about wildfires, not being contacted about it.

I think they were referring to people in the middle of nowhere, where yard work is more like forestry work. Every year I get some mail from the state about taking a class to learn how to manage my land/trees. It touches on healthy forests and fires. Areas more like this: https://maps.app.goo.gl/zPqNbX4142vobyMP7

Slate is nice, but you've got to make sure your roof can support the weight. In the USA, most homes can't handle it unless they were built with that in mind. I wish I had a slate roof!

"Also I'll never understand why asphalt shingles are so popular, metal is better in every way."

I generally agree that metal is better, but want to point out that there are fire rated asphalt shingles, but they are rarely used unless required.

Nah, ya gotta be nice to those guys or they start a prescribed burn on the way out.

But I know what you mean. There are some roads around me you don't go up unless you know someone there.

My parents still have one. I had to tell them how to unplug the Internet from their router so they could power it up and get their photos off.

Who sells a product that at purchase time brags about it lasting a long time, but then when it needs support it is too old?

My son struggled to read when he was young. Over the summer we set a goal and attached a payout to it. Yes, I bribed my son to read. The problem is now I can't get him to stop.

Money talks.

There are still areas in the USA that heat their homes with wood. I live near one, luckily just far enough away that I'm not sitting in the haze of smoke. I don't know how anyone can live in this town in the winter.

As for 2-storkes, I can't stand them, but they are still a necessary evil in many situations. I have gas and electric chainsaw. The electric doesn't compare in power and capability - but it is also my favorite, so I use it when I can. I love not smelling like 2-stroke exhaust, the electric always "starts" too. Then a larger tree dies or a dozen blow down at once and I have to break out the gas saw...

There have been some cities (can't recall which and too lazy to look, but it was in Utah) that were allowing bow hunters to hunt in the city limits.

Now I live in the middle of nowhere and people can hunt on the land next to me. There are deer everywhere, but come hunting season they seem to know where the public and private land is!

My 2014 truck has solid axels and body on frame, but the suspension is a million times better than the 70's International truck I was in when I hit my head on the ceiling as it went over a speed bump at a reasonable speed.

Coils on all four corners and I'm sure some better engineering helps quite a bit.

As uncool as they are, as a former minivan owner they are the most practical thing ever. From hauling kids to hitting home Depot for some DIY (with the rear seats removed), having two sliding doors and being able to swallow 4x8 sheets or a washing machine -they are hard to beat.

I don't buy that. I live and recreate in an area where cell service is bad to non-existent.

I navigate with Google maps all the time. The key is downloading offline maps. I've got multiple states on my phone and they take up surprisingly little space.

I still like my nav in the vehicle because of the larger screen, but I never use it to navigate.

Are you suggesting that enough redditors moved to HN to change the tilt?

Lines like that are best kept in your Dad-a-base.

When I did drywall we'd quote insane prices like that for small patch jobs. I asked my boss about one of those bids and he said he'd quote them that high because he didn't want the job, but if they took it he do it with a smile and make sure it was perfect.

If she wants my for my money she can move on, no loss.

I'm in software, but have built 3 houses and did all my own electrical. If I had to pick a blue collar job (I've done most residential trades) I'd pick electrician. While I was hanging and taping drywall to pay for school I was sure I was on the right track by going to school and getting into software.

I couldn't imagine working these jobs when I was older - that was enough to steer me away from any construction.

I demand you delete your comment!

325 is great for plain pancakes, but around 360 works better for me if I load them with blueberries.

Also, if you've never tried a recipe with vinegar and baking soda you need to.

It is true that air temps alone do not tell the whole picture, but my coldest winter days also tend to be clear skies and also have lots of direct sunlight. My summer days are also more overcast than one might expect.

It isn't my profession, but I've spent a fair amount of time tweaking building envelope and conditions in HVAC calculations to make decisions in how I build.

A delta of 30 vs 100 is not the only factor, but I'd bet in my case it is the largest factor. I still agree with your point of bringin up other factors. Even changing the direction a building faces can change the load on it.

I've heard the buds on the end of a branch busting their way out of the dryer outer layer. It was calm. At first I thought bugs, but finally realized what it was. It was much harder to hear than beetles boring their way into a tree.

I've build 3 houses. For the first I had to get a bid for 3 bore holes, that was too much for me. I opted to insulate like crazy and use natural gas.

I didn't bother with a bid the second time because the situation was the same. Air source was really coming along at this point (at least in the US), I should have pushed harder to get it.

My current home has enough land to go horizonal. There are 4 trenches, 6 feet deep, 3 feet wide and 300 feet long. The pipe loops down and back on each trench. Excavation was about $1000 (full day for a man and a machine) and another $1000 to bury them and a day of labor to lay the plastic pipe and weld it together.

Equipment was about $8,000 more than my other options (no natural gas here), but after tax breaks it was about $3000 more. I think it was worth it, even if there weren't tax breaks. I really had to push hard to get this. I had to use a general contractor on this house and he swore it wouldn't work. I made the calls and found someone to do it.

The system runs often when the highs are -20f, but I've never flipped on the backup electric resistance heat.

During the summer the A/C is so cheap it is practically free. It doesn't take much compared to heating. Cooling might have to get the house 30 degrees less than the outside air, but heating has to raise the house nearly 100 degrees f warmer than the outside air.

Ground source is always my first recommendation, but air source should be more popular than it is.

A funny note about the builder who thought ground source wouldn't work well, he also tried to talk me out of a tankless hot water heater because the well water would be too cold in the winter! I guess he didn't understand that the ground down far enough is a pretty steady temperature.

Yup, I have a ground source heat pump, sometimes called geothermal - it is amazing! My neighbor has a slightly larger house, but close. Their bill one month was almost $500 and mine was $110.

It didn't cost that much more to install and there isn't any equipment outside in the weather.

I had a coworker who didn't have a window, but did have a whiteboard. If there was a significant change in weather is go draw it on "window" on his whiteboard.