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Synaps4 t1_j97fo3p wrote

Reply to Is my leaky faucet fixable? by FromThatOtherPlace

If you take it apart (and you probably can) you will probably find one of two things.

  1. It has a plastic interior part that is rubbed down so it doesn't work like it should, and you can't replace that part so you'll have to buy a new one.

  2. You have hard water, lime scale buildup may be blocking part of the mechanism. If this is the case you could soak the entire thing in a solution to remove the lime scale.

Both options will usually take up enough time that working an extra few hours at work (if you have that option) and then replacing the faucet is cheaper.

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Synaps4 t1_j6w0na1 wrote

Reply to comment by itsgoingtobeebanned in Would you live in a "Floating City"? by jfd0037

A) the actual complexities of a city made out of separable bulkheads all watertight and self sufficient is far beyond anything humanity has ever built, and things 1/1000th as complicated (like the soviet moon rocket) exploded when we tried.

B) Small scale seaweed farms are not going to feed 200,000 people and if they could the people would be hugely nutrition deficient and anyway the ecological collapse caused by such an event might ensure the seaweed doesn't even grow, with the nutrients in the water being eaten by massive algal blooms or worse

C) Major industries like metal smelting, plastics manufacturing, oil refining, chip fabrication, etc do not function on small scales and eat enormous amounts of power which you would not get from floating solar

D) We're talking about a 6 month dust cloud so the seaweed doesnt grow and the solar panels barely make any power for 6 months...everyone dies.

Just move to Kathmandu above the water line instead. It's cheaper and far less likely to fail

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Synaps4 t1_j6vtt1a wrote

Reply to comment by itsgoingtobeebanned in Would you live in a "Floating City"? by jfd0037

a mile high tidal wave?

Even a city is capable of capsizing.

If mountains are going underwater, the world has ended, and no amount of floating is going to save you. Civilization ended and with it all the arable land and all the production facilities on which your city depends.

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Synaps4 t1_j6oarrn wrote

Reply to Why dont people talk about Tbills, Bonds, and CD's anymore? I remember my grandmother who was an accountant had tons of paper bonds for me when i turned 18. by [deleted]

Its partly that the rates have been very unappetizing recently, but its also partly just that it's boring and safe, and people don't like to discuss boring and safe very much.

If you made two posts, one saying you invested in CDs and didn't make or lose much, and another saying you put it all in crypto and lost it...the second thread gets a lot more replies and discussion.

Bottom line, there is nothing wrong with locking in a 5% interest rate and sitting back. It's a rare person who can do this and be happy during a big bull run where they make 5% and everyone else makes 20%. I think the lower returns and higher safety are more for people who have completed /r/FIRE and just want a safe return without risking their nest egg, forever.

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Synaps4 t1_j5nuqx7 wrote

Reply to The most comfortable footwear? by _SGP_

There is no standard for this because different people have different shaped feet, and shoe companies don't generally tailor their shoes. They pick a model for a foot shape and stick with it.

So, what's great for me may be painful for you. In high end boots, like hiking and ski boots, a very experienced seller will know which boots cater to which foot shapes, and they can recommend which to try after measuring your foot.

Unfortunately experienced sellers are rarer and rarer. The last time I went shopping for boots the salesperson knew nothing.

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Synaps4 t1_j24h0n2 wrote

Reply to Installing new ceiling - how to mark/cut for existing recessed lighting? by PanhandlerFL

With the bezel from each light removed, you could put some grease pen grease on the circular edge of the light fixture and mount the panel right up against it, then remove the panel. The grease will transfer where the light was pressed up against the back of the panel and you can cut there.

Also, you could lay the old bad panel over the top of the new one, clamp them together and use the old one to trace or even as a router jig to cut the new one.

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Synaps4 t1_j1wgt34 wrote

Reply to comment by prof_the_doom in S. Korea military sorry for failing to down North’s drones by diadectes

Possibly, but you'll probably need to replace the radar on top with an optical targeting system, and if you're really smart have cheap optical targeting pods that are separate from the gun. Drones can come in low enough to be all but invisible until it's too late. You don't want them trading 10 drones for one cwis over and over, so spreading out the sensors will make the attack on the gun less debilitating and allow the gun to see them coming before they can fire on it.

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Synaps4 t1_iyegcd4 wrote

Reply to I do not think the Great Gatsby is a critique of American society by Suspiciously_Flawed

> He was chasing an image that he had built in his head of his ultimate self, and in that image were things like wealth and people like Daisy. Of course, reality can never meet that dream. When you get the things you thought would paint that picture, they are disappointing.

That sounds just like "american society & class values" to me. The american dream in a nutshell. Chasing an image of what you think looks like perfection but which couldnt possibly meet the expectations people have of it.

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