He even says where he is, which isn't downtown Chicago itself. He's in the suburbs, just like you're talking about. And secondly, he even says that those few days that are too cold you definitely need the "pump" to have "emergency/backup" regular heating coils. But by my understanding, that's a standard feature. So it's the same device on your house doing the work, and no worse than electric the rest of the time.
You seem well-informed, and making genuine arguments, but I'm not quite sure what you're advocating. If it's electric, then that's what Heat Pumps are, but better, and no worse during the worst part of the year. If you're advocating gas, then it's better 1 month of the year? Or less? You agree that the 32F thing is bullshit, right? Where I live in Nova Scotia, considerably colder, and you can't get a heat pump up here unless it heats when outside ambient is -15C I think (around zero F).
Or what else are you advocating? I agree that a cheap method not to freeze to death in the dark is essential, but I'm not sure where you're coming from with your argument.
That may have been true in the past, but isn't any longer. A good thorough video with analysis from a Chicago-area resident: Technology Connections
I disagree with the OP that heat pumps are enough, but they ARE good for temperatures far below the freezing point of water.
K is just as arbitrary. It's still based around water at an arbitrary pressure, which is just a measurement of the pressure at Earth's surface. So the divisions aren't based on anything more than the freeze/boil points, and saying "It's 100 between these!" But if you alter the pressure even a little bit, then the division would change. Yes all of Metric is based on "this is a kilogram, now work out the rest" for a lot of it, but temperature isn't. Still arbitrary to the "average" pressure of Earth's surface. So still a few arbitrary selections.
Fun thought experiment: what if a kilogram had been defined to be as close to identical to an Imperial (let's say the British Empire version) pound as was measurable? Everything else would change (except temperature, see above), showing how arbitrary Metric is as well.
Most languages use a mix of more than two (there's at least 6), just some are more dominant in certain cases. Watch NativLang's most recent two videos. They address this head-on.
Browser integration only occurs with both an addon for the browser, and explicitly setting it up in the application to handshake with the browser (you have to click a button on the application side, it's not automatic from the browser), and then when going to the sites an additional explicit acknowledgement on top of that, given that you even gave the entry a website association in the first place (if your entry doesn't have a URL field, it doesn't associate).
Pretty secure by default, and that's what really matters, not what options you can optionally enable.
Through sharing my experience, I hope to encourage Amazon to reform and rethink their approach to handling such situations in the future. It’s essential for customers to feel confident in the security and reliability of their services, especially when those services are integral to the functionality of their homes. It’s time for Amazon to take a more customer-focused approach to problem-solving and conflict resolution.
The problem, however, is not with Amazon’s customer service. Well, it is in that any large company can be painfully slow in reacting to the needs of a customer or any problems with products. But the issue is with the Almighty Algorithm (blessed be its name) that did exactly what it was supposed to do. It received an accusation of racism and doled out what it deemed to be the appropriate punishment. This is what one risks when one turns one’s life over to a corporation. One wrong move and it all goes away with a flip of a switch. If that. Note that Jackson did not make a racist remark. He only needed to be accused of one to have his life turned off.
Clarke and Kubrick Tried to Warn Us: ‘Open the Pod Bay Doors, Hal.’
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A Boeing official said Thursday that the company was "standing down" from an attempt to launch the Starliner spacecraft on July 21 to focus on recently discovered issues with the vehicle. Mark Nappi, vice president and program manager for Starliner, said two spacecraft problems were discovered before Memorial Day weekend and that the company spent the holiday investigating them. After internal discussions that included Boeing chief executive Dave Calhoun, the company decided to delay the test flight that would carry NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to the International Space Station.
TLDR; the parachute cords might not be strong enough and the tape that holds down all the wiring harnesses might go up in flames. Manned flight score: SpaceX 9 — Boeing 0
the laws (and highest secular laws, constitutions) should be written soundly enough that judges need to outright ignore the text (ie: Canada, Living Tree Doctrine, etc) in order to go against it.
It's impossible for the law to be written in a way that covers every case, since reality is a fractal of ever-complicating edge cases.
Agreed, but that should still be the goal. It seems like many laws are written with obvious loopholes for exactly the opposite purpose. Almost anything allowing "discretion" for prosecution just opens things up to malicious prosecution against whomever is in power's enemies. If a law is broad enough to allow such, it shouldn't exist.
So no matter how specific you are, you still need judges, I agree, but ideally it should be extremely rare for their personal politics to have significant influence, because the laws are written well. This won't (and can't) solve all the problems, but it's a good rule of thumb to start with.
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