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.

Exactly. I'm glad the triple-point (something non-arbitrary) is (or at least was) "calibrating" it versus absolute zero, but if you want to be all "metric" then it should be 1, 10, 100, or 1000 between that and absolute zero. That it's the weird fraction (273.16) shows what's arbitrary in the system.

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.

Slight alternative, same idea: KeepassXC. It's actually open source, unlike the base Keepass (which I used to use). I used Keepass for years, and it's great, but I think that "XC" is better both philosophically, as well as features, like browser integration. And just like regular keepass, if you want it on the cloud, put your encrypted file on Google Drive, or your other internet location of choice, and you're good.

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.