This launch proved Artemis actually has bits all over the place - in the form of launch tower components. They'll need to either make sure that a normal launch doesn't create flying debris or, given that the exhaust creates circulating air currents that can move small projectiles far faster than the rocket rises, they will need to perform some very careful study to prove that none of those circulating projectiles can strike and penetrate the rocket during liftoff. It might not pose any danger to the astronauts who can rocket away, but losing a $2 billion+ launch vehicle + facilities and the time on the schedule would be almost as likely to kill the program.

And... they got ya. All this means is that they have managed to get bugs in all of these language specifications that are obscure and hidden enough that they are confident nobody else will find them. It is a clear indication that you should use anything but these languages if you're concerned about the NSA hacking your system. /s

We can't stop changing it back and forth because we have such ridiculously short memories. Both times that we have tried permanent DST, we were unusually united in the repeal of it. The 50/50 split disappears quickly in the face of reality. What we haven't tried recently is just dropping the experiment altogether and going back to real time.

Actually, more than once. We also stayed on DST from February 1942 through September 1945 to save energy during WW2. It was so unpopular that time that Congress actually managed to get together and override a presidential veto to be done with it. We have a bad habit of forgetting lessons.

One of the most telling facts about the 1973 experience is that the vote in the House in 1974 to return to standard time 4 months out of the year was 383 to 14!

If we're going to go to not changing time back and forth, the least we could do is try something we haven't recently tried. Perhaps we should consider giving up the experiment and returning to standard time which was used for all of history up to 1916. DST is the newfangled idea causing the issues.

Another interesting account of the 1973 experience.

By the early 90s, we were using alternatives and getting really annoyed when we had to actually use a fax machine because it was so low quality. The group I was in had already implemented email and started using scanners extensively in the late 80s. So from my POV, the fax was already dying in the early 90s.

Only small plants tend to use the helium Brayton cycle. It is cheap in terms of capex but inefficient in terms of energy cost. Larger installations use a hydrogen Claude cycle.

It's not just science that defines this split. Logic vs fantasy, fact vs fiction, reason vs emotion, etc. are all split on the same lines.

Your money isn't going to globalism. Since 1980, over $10K per person per year on average has shifted from the bottom 90% to the top 10% in the country. It hasn't left the country. It is still here. Those screaming China China China are just pointing you at a patsy.

Seems like what you're saying is democracy allows violence against the minority lifestyles without the bloodshed. Is that really good? Or does cheapening victory result in increasing the violence? What element in the system provides for standing up to the tyranny/bullying of the majority?

Wish I were in one of those areas of the country where basements are possible! The double square footage for 10% more price was great when I was. You don't realize what that is worth until you're either having to pay for that much more square footage above ground or a few hundred a month for storage somewhere else.

It was all attic for me. Harder area to work in though I do find fishing walls easier from the attic. If I were doing one like yours, I'd seriously just run something like a 60 or 100A subpanel to the garage while I was at it and place outlets on both sides if it is two car. Never can have enough power in a garage. These days, it's a super valuable addition whether you're getting an EV or intending to sell your home. It can really help a sale.

Few people drive enough to require remembering every night, but plugging it in every time you park at home makes it easy to remember. The cars handle knowing how much or fast to charge and when pretty well. If more than one person needs to plug in, you just put a plug at every spot. Installing a 30A plug (though most would do fine with a true 20A) is a weekend warriors job.

We would be better off switching without solving the charging "problems". Almost nobody I know benefits from faster charging. Over 85% of charging occurs at home and occurs overnight with far less user time invested than going to a gas station and pumping gas. Over half of those who charge at home have never charged anywhere else except for an experimental one just to prove they could do it. This is a problem for a few that can already be equitably solved by having those few pay more instead of the socialist approach of everybody paying more.

Also, if you look behind most of the press about the charging "problems", you find big centralized interests. The thing that has big money really scared right now is that we are developing viable means to decentralize. That will never happen with gas or, the oil company's favorite alternative, hydrogen. Both of these paths lead to centralized infrastructure that allows the rich to more easily milk the rest of us. Once you get to electric with overnight charging that doesn't have a massive power draw to deal with, you open the doors to improvements in home energy production and storage to give return our freedom.

I would think that, if you're using a fluid to cool, you'd just bypass your heat exchanger during cooler months and pipe the fluid to homes or businesses to act as heat exchangers. Perhaps the fluid would be too expensive for that though compared to boiling water type applications.

There is also evidence that ultra-processed soluble fiber causes liver cancer.

It's ironic that the problem in winter is having the energy to keep the heat on and these huge producers of waste heat are fearing shutdown because of it. Perhaps they should figure out a way to use that heat in the future.