Comment Re: Navy? (Score 2) 74
(yes, they are a branch of the military - everyone forgets that)
only during wartime do they become part of the Navy/DoD; during peacetime they're in DHS, along with Customs, INS, FEMA, etc.
Comment Re:Hoof Polishes? (Score 1) 29
Comment Re: Good (Score 1) 90
If we can enforce these rules for cars, why can't we do the same with rental scooters?
seatbelt law enforcement? rofl
Comment Re:What are you talking about? (Score 2) 35
Comment Re:Pinterest (Score 1) 72
Comment Re:Great. Just great. (Score 1) 206
Comment Re:No peanuts for anyone (Score 1) 94
Comment same old move from the goog (Score 1) 47
Comment obvious.... (Score 5, Insightful) 407
Comment Re:Not just that (Score 1) 161
Plus if you're into non drama stuff the free content on youtube just keeps getting better (despite googles ever more intrusive ads).
That's odd - except for advertising embedded in the content, I never see ads on YouTube.
you can fix that too —there's a plugin, sponsorblock, that crowdsources marking which segments are ads, sponsors, filler, etc and automatically skipping over them as you watch.
Comment Re:Self fulfilling prophecies (Score 2) 69
How about Google Voice? I use that service still.
that was an acquisition, it was originally a company called Grand Central that they bought it in 2007, so nope.
Comment Re:Not going to save a dime (Score 1) 159
I doubt the code allows for the breaker to be at the consumption point (looked, but couldn't find it), unless the cable was buried and/or in hard conduit. The wire between the meter box and the service panel is in a conduit, and it's a very short distance (usually 6 feet or less).
it's in the feeder tap rules, and yes, it requires "suitable protection" and there are limits on length of the tap. i don't know if they've renumbered, but it was NEC 240.21(B) when this quickly-found article was written: https://www.ecmweb.com/nationa... in any case, the AHJ makes the call, not the codebook. i could see a friendly inspector squinting and allowing the thing under those rules.
Comment Re:Not going to save a dime (Score 1) 159
I'm also curious how this would pass code, since it is not protected by a breaker.
presumably they have a circuit breaker at whatever box mounts by the driveway. NEC allows the breaker to be at the consumption end of the feeder tap — same way the breaker in the service panel acts to protect the wire between the meter box and the service panel
Comment Re:Am I at the only one... (Score 4, Informative) 65
What I hate about the shorts-format is, that it takes control away from the user in order to maximize engagement; no rewinding, no timestamps, annoying autoplay, videos made to mindlessly scroll through.
FYI they're still youtube videos stored on the platform; you can ditch the shorts player! grab the id from "youtube.com/shorts/<ID>" and plug it into "youtube.com/watch?v=<ID>" and you get the normal youtube player with controls back.