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@pmoncho said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@pmoncho said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Wow, thermostat locking in Colorado now...
https://www.theblaze.com/news/energy-company-locks-smart-thermostats
I don't see an issue, especially because the people voluntarily gave away access to the energy company for $.
Legally there is no issue. But 80 is pretty high. Not many Americans prepared for that! And just... wow the state of the infrastructure up there.
80 is way high. Although, if your in Nicaragua, 80 is pretty nice.
Right? It's funny now because I keep things around 80 at night and 83 during the day and that's comfy. But people I know here try to keep around 74 and I'm like "damn, even when I lived in Texas the AC couldn't get it below 80 and this is the tropics now!"
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@pmoncho said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@pmoncho said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Wow, thermostat locking in Colorado now...
https://www.theblaze.com/news/energy-company-locks-smart-thermostats
I don't see an issue, especially because the people voluntarily gave away access to the energy company for $.
Legally there is no issue. But 80 is pretty high. Not many Americans prepared for that! And just... wow the state of the infrastructure up there.
80 is way high. Although, if your in Nicaragua, 80 is pretty nice.
Right? It's funny now because I keep things around 80 at night and 83 during the day and that's comfy. But people I know here try to keep around 74 and I'm like "damn, even when I lived in Texas the AC couldn't get it below 80 and this is the tropics now!"
Dang, I'm in Ohio and I only keep it at 75-76 and that is chilly for me.
I don't mind the tropics as I am freeze baby! I do prefer AZ or NV though.
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I've always taken a lot of flack for being "anal" about keeping toilet lids closed. New study shows what people should have known all along because it is obvious...
https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2022/12/19/flush-toilet-no-lid-lbb-cprog-orig.cnn
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I've always taken a lot of flack for being "anal" about keeping toilet lids closed. New study shows what people should have known all along because it is obvious...
https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2022/12/19/flush-toilet-no-lid-lbb-cprog-orig.cnn
They didn't use the typical home toilet. It looks like they used one of those commercial type that uses a crazy water jet to flush. I'm sure nobody has ever had any doubt about those throwing 1000 kg of aerosols into the air lol.
I don't think any commercial type toilets ever have lids on them to begin with. A high percentage of public rest rooms I go in to, the toilets never have lids anyways.
The home toilet flushes very slow, I doubt there's much aerosols that get thrown into the air at all. And even if there is a tiny bit, it's no big deal in the home. We all live with each other anyways. It's not like that would much help prevent the spread of any common cold.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I've always taken a lot of flack for being "anal" about keeping toilet lids closed. New study shows what people should have known all along because it is obvious...
https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2022/12/19/flush-toilet-no-lid-lbb-cprog-orig.cnn
On a bathroom related note. Sit down to pee. It will not kill you.
-- Jared (learned when I was 20 and had to clean my own toilet) -
@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I've always taken a lot of flack for being "anal" about keeping toilet lids closed. New study shows what people should have known all along because it is obvious...
https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2022/12/19/flush-toilet-no-lid-lbb-cprog-orig.cnn
They didn't use the typical home toilet. It looks like they used one of those commercial type that uses a crazy water jet to flush. I'm sure nobody has ever had any doubt about those throwing 1000 kg of aerosols into the air lol.
I don't think any commercial type toilets ever have lids on them to begin with. A high percentage of public rest rooms I go in to, the toilets never have lids anyways.
The home toilet flushes very slow, I doubt there's much aerosols that get thrown into the air at all. And even if there is a tiny bit, it's no big deal in the home. We all live with each other anyways. It's not like that would much help prevent the spread of any common cold.
If you look at the bottom of toilet lids, it tells a different story.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I've always taken a lot of flack for being "anal" about keeping toilet lids closed. New study shows what people should have known all along because it is obvious...
https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2022/12/19/flush-toilet-no-lid-lbb-cprog-orig.cnn
Mythbusters proved this YEARS ago. @Obsolesce yes, with standard home toilets.
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@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Obsolesce yes, with standard home toilets.
Really? All data shows public restroom / commercial water jet toilets. I can't find a single reference to a home toilet test or study. Nothing at all.
Until then, I have no reason to think a home toilet is at all as bad or even remotely close.
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@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Obsolesce yes, with standard home toilets.
Really? All data shows public restroom / commercial water jet toilets. I can't find a single reference to a home toilet test or study. Nothing at all.
Until then, I have no reason to think a home toilet is at all as bad or even remotely close.
Give Mike Rowe a shot. Here is a snippit from an episode he did with a "clean" bathroom, black light, and flushing a home toilet with the lid up.
Over the years, I have become a huge proponent of closing the lid before flushing.
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You can't make this up. New Zealand has to run a campaign to help teens handle breakups?
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/23/asia/new-zealand-love-better-campaign-teens-intl-hnk/index.html
