Comments by "Chaos Corner" (@chaos.corner) on "Technology Connections" channel.

  1. Stereo difference (along with some frequency filtering) is sometimes used to generate Karaoke tracks as the singer is typically placed in the center of the stereo stage while instruments are distributed. There are some Karaoke machine chips with this functionality built-in.
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  2. One option to employ is a post-heater mixer. This allows you to have much hotter water in the tank without making it dangerous for people using it. This means that in a shower, you use much less hot water per second and can get more time out of the same size of tank. I've actually been looking at one of these because there is not actually much space between "not hot enough for safety" and "too hot for safety". With this, you can move the heater to heat "too hot for safety" but have the water coming from the hot tap be fine.
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  3. One thing to bear in mind is that these seem to be a bit of a fad at the moment. If they're as annoying to use as it seems, that means there's likely to be a glut on the used market in the next couple of years. Like treadmills and scuba gear.
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  4. I wonder how a pressure cooker would be for forcing the moisture in.
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  5.  @sixty-six  No. Card payments can be made offline and transmitted at a later time. They won't be able to do the pre-charge though so they may limit how much you can pump.
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  6.  @KuramaKitsune1  Tried that. It was still dismal, if not even worse. Threw the whole thing away.
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  7.  @rosskwolfe  Crotch fruit.
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  8. Lights are frequently not adjusted correctly, especially for aftermarket fitments. I've had arguments with people about it too. People don't comprehend that not blinding oncoming vehicles is a safety issue.
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  9. I have engaged in the judicious use of wire cutters before.
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  10. One thing to bear in mind is that the throughput for gas pumps will likely be a lot higher for the forseeable future so costs will easier to justify (though trashcans, fair enough). The canopy makes sense too because people are basically outside the whole time they're filling where for an EV, you'd basically only be outside long enough to plug in and it wouldn't being used the rest of the charging cycle. Though with that said, I think solar powered canopies could be good for many parking spaces even without charging.
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  11. Quite a lot us preferred when phones had removable batteries so you could get back to a full battery in seconds. Also, many people do not have the option to charge at home. That's a problem that needs to be solved too.
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  12.  @StarDruid  You could probably beat a man to death with it and still get two perfectly done slices after too.
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  13. I dunno, we stopped doing the stopping for a meal on long trips. It's nicer to get there earlier and spend time winding down (especially as we had a few occasions where service/food took forever to arrive and the stop was closer to two hours than one). Take something homemade and you save money too.
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  14.  @millerrepin4452  Well the yeast starts coming.
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  15. 100% intentional. See also the toaster video.
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  16.  @kephir4eg  Thing is, my current dryer is still churning along after 22 years. With my experience with recent appliances, it would be a hard sell to get me to spend money on something that might not last long enough to make up the price difference.
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  17. It's not just kids. I've noticed it with some adults too.
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  18.  @LanceThumping  Yes. Someone else said the dried fruits were great in home-made icecream. Though I got some that were packaged and they were pretty good just as snacks.
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  19. Ramen need to be cooked for a while in my experience. A kettle works fine for cup noodles though. I actually prefer mine with the soup reduced to almost no loose liquid too.
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  20.  @Bob5mith  It is worth being aware, however that US homes do have 240V available and furthermore, that 240V is typically run to the kitchen where it is used by the stove. Having a nice high-wattage kettle is certainly not out of the question.
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  21.  @PaulN504  Also, for a while, electrical service was pretty much just for lighting and low power stuff. For many people, electric dryers would not have been an option.
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  22.  @garydiamondguitarist  Honestly? I got an air fryer basically for free and it get used a lot. It's basically a fast convection oven. Getting much more value out of it than the instant pot.
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  23.  @pendlera2959  Hear me out... Short shorts.
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  24.  @peterwein1716  Seeds are "fertilized" though. So that leads weird places. I think there's a species of fish or amphibians where the females are born 'pregnant'. (Edit: aphids, an insect).
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  25. I'm just waiting for the next couple of versions of USB where everything will just negotiate what voltage it needs up to from sub 5V up to 120/240V.
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  26.  @paulsengupta971  There's no end to the madness of that logic though. Until you finally get to a kettle that runs forever and never actually boils that is. All to save an insignificant amount of electricity.
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  27.  @David-lr2vi  When you're engine braking, the clutch is engaged and not wearing. 300,000 miles and the main issue with my gearbox is 1st is a little tricky these days.
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  28.  @literallycanadian  Pop over to Digikey, there's plenty listed. My wife's kiln is DPST, my stove is SPDT and, it's been a while but I believe my old AC thermostat relays were SPST too. I do think that DPDT will be more common in general as it covers a wider range of options.
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  29.  @RS-ls7mm  Even if it doesn't fail, companies these days are offering "lifetime support" where the "lifetime" can be as little as four years (or maybe less) from the date of purchase. IoT stuff is troublesome in its own right. Always pick stuff that can work standalone and, if possible, is ancillary to more simple equipment.
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  30.  @confusedwhale  Easier than walking out my back door any time I want to? That's a tall order.
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  31.  @krzysztofczarnecki8238  Mine has a beep so loud, I've considered disconnecting the speaker. It's a Bosch cordless and it echoes around the house in the middle of the night.
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  32. I have a Bosch with a single cup dispenser. I guess one option would be to just squirt some detergent on the door. It doesn't seem as if it would matter exactly where it is as long as it gets into the first cycle.
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  33.  @thedave1771  Over-hot water is also dangerous for some elderly.
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  34. There was actually a deal with those in the UK where the pin that went in the ground could break off and hold the shutters on the live and neutral open, making the sockets more dangerous rather than less (the UK ones sockets being safe in the first place anyway).
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  35. You can carry 5-10 extra gallons of gas (or more) with you without much difficulty. Can't do that with electrons.
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  36. I think it's an infrastructure and usage thing. There aren't enough electric car drivers to justify something that big. The networks out there apparently can't afford to keep their current chargers in good condition. Tesla has a vested interest in keeping theirs working as their car business requires a reliable charging network.
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  37. Probably not desirable from a safety perspective. Being out of sync makes individual vehicles stand out.
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  38. Have you documented this anywhere? I'm interested.
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  39. Also, single throw relays are not that uncommon. If you don't need the material for the other throw, it's wasted money.
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  40.  @jaysmith1408  With lot lizards?
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  41.  @adamthedog1  And potentially that mechanism which engages with the wobbly track? When the CD is in place, the puck goes up. May never have been properly implemented or could be broken.
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  42. Ooh. Chrome-wrapped home FTW.
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  43. I have electric/rechargeable lawn equipment and while I like it in theory (much lighter, no issues starting), the batteries don't last as long as I'd like, are expensive and have lost a bunch of their life over 4 years. Also, 40V is not quite enough for a push mower. I had a wired push mower and didn't like it at all. It was wheeled though. A hover mower might have been OK.
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  44.  @keiyakins It's a big reason my home is a lot less smart than it would be.
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  45.  @Magnum_Express  Lots of places banning wood stoves (California is one, I think). They may be more "green" but their emissions, especially smoke, are through the roof.
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  46.  @borandolph1267  Correct. And, in fact, to anyone paying attention at the time, it was clear that LEDs were going to catch up and overtake both CFL and incandescent and the legislation was entirely unnecessary.
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  47.  @VintageTechFan  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEtZBsJ_vmo&t=1m5s
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  48.  @HagarTopeka1  Good point. I think I must have heard that in the context of energy storage but he does mention extending the capacity too.
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  49.  @RelakS__  I don't but if gas stations were rare (the situation you were wondering about), I might. (The only time I experienced something like this was in Death Valley). I also have something like 6-700 miles of range on a full tank so there's that.
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  50.  @Nicholas-f5  If it were the early days of motoring and I was worried about running out of fuel, I probably wouldn't be too fussed and would probably have it attached to the outside of the vehicle anyway.
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  51.  @volkris  I agree. It's the sign of a company not doing so well. Potentially in a death spiral. Either that or one that has captive audience and could do with some competition. So this change should show which.
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  52. I have one of those lever can openers. It always pops up when there's not a can needing to be opened and then disappears again as soon as the need arises.
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  53.  @OtakuUnitedStudio  The US arrangement is the worst for that. It's not unusual to have a wall-wart take up three spaces on a power strip.
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  54.  @jendakrynicky5218  I thought from the preview YT gave me that you were going to say because the device would weigh less in space. I need to go to bed early tonight :D
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  55.  @alexcrouse  Nice enough. I know there's one out there that tries to learn what each current source is. Don't know if anyone is working on an open-source version of that.
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  56. I got 240V twice as a kid. One was a wall sconce above a kid's bed at a birthday party, the other was my dad's homemade extension lead with an unpopulated light socket modification.
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  57.  @twoicetwice  Excuse me, I need to find someone and slap them.
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  58. They probably design it that way in case they need the amber section for export. Why not just go the extra step?
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  59. It's pricey but be careful calling it gouging. Lower prices could make the charger not profitable and they'd just take it away completely. Remember it's early days and you chose to be an early adopter.
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  60.  @Old_BMWs  It's been that way for 15 years or more for some vehicles. Some even make it incredibly hard just to replace the *bulbs*.
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  61. Problem, is, typically when you want to charge cars is when the renewable energy is typically offline.
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  62. I would just point out that it's common in kettley households to use the kettle to preheat water before using it on the stove. They're not just for tea. Though on that subject, things have changed now but it used to be the primary way of drinking coffee in the UK was instant coffee. Thus, truly multi-purpose. One also shouldn't forget things like hot chocolate, instant mashed potatoes and there are a variety of food products in the US where it is suggested to heat on the stove or microwave that work perfectly well with added hot water from the kettle. Since the kettle is typically left out on the counter, it is a very convenient way to get water going without having to dig out pots/pans etc.
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  63.  @1FatLittleMonkey  Hotels especially. Nothing like having to lean items up against the plug so that it stays in and your laptop can charge.
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  64.  @tyrannicpuppy  It hardly qualifies as design. I believe originally there were often two bus uh "strips" and you could plug multiple plugs into them. That kinda justifies the parallel design but I think most of us can see why that went away. Perils of being early adopters, I guess but other countries have changed systems successfully. It's probably about time the US did so. They'll never take a foreign design though.
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  65.  @tyrannicpuppy  Interestingly, I just did some reading on American plugs and sockets and apparently, the Australian plug is from an old american 250V design that's no longer in use.
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  66. Connect two of them in series.
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  67. The 5V usb stuff isn't really a charger either. The charging circuitry is built into the phone. It's quite a comparable situation. Personally, it doesn't really bother me. You're using it for the purpose of charging the battery and everyone knows what people mean when they say it.
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  68.  @RealCadde  Right. Point is, if the EV cable isn't a charger (which rightly it isn't) then neither is the phone "charger" either.
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  69. I added a remote light switch to the living room fan. It operated from allowing a very small amount of current to flow through the lights and was protected by a small thermal fuse. Unfortunately, the switch also had one of these sockets attached to it. My wife would plug the vacuum into it (it was in the ideal place) and too much current would be drawn and the thermal fuse would blow. It was a bit of a pain to replace.
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  70.  @TheSilentCartgraph3r  I took a bunch of 8ft bulbs to the local dump for proper disposal and was told to just throw them in the crusher. We're replacing them with LEDs as they go out.
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  71.  @firstlast-cs6eg  How long do you keep your fridge door open?
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  72.  @eswing2153  I was thinking you could filter out the AC for things that needed DC and vice versa and just leave both for things that would be happy to work that way. But yeah, with modern switch mode power supplies, DC would probably be fine. Though I think there would be safety concerns.
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  73. A well insulated freezer doesn't need much cooling though so that's kind-of mismatched.
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  74.  @royaloreca His blinker fluid was running low.
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  75. The risk is that people leave it permanently disabled unless it is self-resetting.
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  76. Interesting fact, the AUS power socket started out as a US 240V socket but is no longer current. The US does have 240V but it's wired only to a few locations. Weirdly it has at least five "standard" sockets for 240V.
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  77.  @redgopnik2227  It's not uncommon in manual cars to apply the parking brake while at a stop and let off the foot-brake. It pays to be aware and not doing it where OP's situation might occur though.
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  78. The main issue is the heat exchanger. Not enough surface area and it's slow, too much and it clogs up with lint. I wonder how they've got around that.
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  79. If it's the gatorland I went to, there's a very good fruit market nearby.
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  80.  @FowlerAskew  Right angle plugs everywhere basically. The thing that kills microusb (both parts) the fastest is when a device being charged falls off and it lands on the cable.
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  81. ​ @renakunisaki  I agree. Though if I'm using them just for 5V, there are some through-hole sockets available. Mini-USB is becoming rarer though micro-USB is soon to follow.
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  82. @ Rent free.
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  83. See also removing physical buttons and loading everything into the entertainment system.
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  84. They are also less susceptible to damage and require less maintenance and damage investigation tools and techniques are quite advanced now. The last comprehensive study I saw, they came out about equal cost-wise with the benefit of burying that the environment looks a lot nicer. I live in an old, pretty neighborhood but look up and it's ugly wires everywhere.
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  85. I got one. Propane is definitely the way to go for keeping things non-messy and nice smelling. Then keep some gas back for emergencies.
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  86.  @paulhaynes8045  I have a fairly poorly insulated house (1930s) and a heat pump works fine. It's dual fuel though so switches to gas under approximately 40F.
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  87. There is actually a standard outlet. You just don't really see it much in residential use. It has one or both pins turned horizontal (not to be confused with the outlet that has a different one of the pins turned horizontal for higher current).
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  88. And then they need to upgrade the upstream infrastructure and the production capability. Buy yourself some nice warm blankets...
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  89.  @TechnologyConnections  "those raw materials remain intact throughout the whole of their lifespan" - That's what we call a tautology.
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  90.  @LouisSubearth  It depends on your use case. For me, there were times when it was extremely convenient, other times not so much. Vastly superior to having to hang a power bank off of your phone though.
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  91.  @AaronOfMpls I haven't seen an iron with a power switch yet (in theory, you might be able to turn the thermostat all the way down). Though it is fairly pointless, it can be handy. You can buy inline power switches in the US. Personally, I think it should be up to the consumer to decide. No argument needed then. I do wish you could buy dual US outlets with power switches as I have a couple of use cases.
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  92.  @j_taylor I've done that myself on occasion.
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  93.  @ComradeArthur  It failed because anything metal gets very hot. Fillings, keys, coins, belt buckles, rings... Nice idea though.
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  94.  @irreverend_  Not that much healthier. You typically need to add oil to get that proper delicious crispiness. Though many oils are fine and not the health issue that has was pushed through the 80s,90s and early 2000s. DYOR.
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  95.  @cronopl  If the food is cooked to approximately the same result, the water vented will be approximately the same.
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  96. So it's not really freeze-drying? Sounds like something I could build out of parts I have lying around.
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  97.  @broncogrizz  The ones I had were very reminiscent of meringue but flavored.
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  98.  @seigeengine  Meh, not really. That's just you rationalizing your preference for EVs.
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  99. It's usually more expensive to have two configurations for market than one. And sure, you save on one bulb per side but you then need to have something that duplexes the signals (though that can be handled with software these days).
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  100.  @samuelfellows6923  The full-size one may actually be more efficient due to the insulation. However, between my stove, my convection microwave and air fryer (instant pot), the microwave takes a bit longer to preheat than the stove and the air fryer is very quick. The convection on the stove never really seemed to help much either and died at some point, unmourned.
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  101.  @LanceThumping  I'm sure ones that just need some simple repairs will be popping up too.
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  102.  @michaeldemanche4162  Or maybe you get out of the driver's seat and your spouse/friend/whoever takes a spell driving for a while. We used to do a long stop for lunch when driving on vacation but it turned the whole trip from being just long into being annoying and getting to the destination past midnight and making the next day less enjoyable. Not every trip will be that way for people, of course but time not spent enjoying your time off shouldn't be discounted.
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  103.  @josephvanas6352  It can depend. I once did similar when American Airlines stranded me in Louisiana and I was fine at the end but it was all interstate and light traffic. On the flipside, I've done trips of a few hours and been frazzled at the end of it.
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  104.  @blaircox1589  Some YouTubers (Including electroboom and Steve Mould) have videos about why some LED bulbs don't turn off.
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  105.  @strehlow  Look into the Sonoff devices. Most can be reflashed with custom firmware and there are some, like Tasmota that can operate entirely within your home network (but can still be integrated with Alexa etc if you desire).
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  106.  @MereMeerkat  Maybe. I haven't paid cash in a long time. Usually if I can't use a card, I'll drive on and find another pump.
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  107.  @seanm8560  Thought I'd heard of it happening. I can't recall specific details though.
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  108. Wireless charging is less efficient. Layer that on top of infrastructure not being sufficient currently and you won't see it being a big thing anytime soon.
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  109. I'd suggest it could be more dangerous for the emergency workers. I had to pass a couple of cop cars working some kind of accident and even crawling, it was quite hard to see the people working in the road with red and blue lights burning my retinas from 6ft away.
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  110.  @FabbrizioPlays  You need the infrastructure for that. EVs require a lot of power. All a gas station needs is a big tank in the ground and a place where the filling truck can park.
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  111. I bet Toobin doesn't think it's needlessly useless now.
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  112. Yep. We had 5 days out a few years ago in the winter. The gas made it livable enough to where we could stay in the house and keep the fridge in good shape by occasionally plugging it into a car inverter.
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  113.  @anonamouse5917  Yes. Alec normally is all about the numbers but I think he's betraying a deep anti-gas bias in the way he just guessed and asserted stuff there. 5 days was because there were a lot of people out and they do each repair in the order of number of people it hurts. We thought we were with the rest of our street but it turns out we're on some weird connection from elsewhere and the damage on that only took our house out.
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  114. Hotel sockets can be worn enough to where it's difficult (and likely dangerous) to get plugs to stay in.
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  115.  @mildlydispleased3221  I've seen a design for a UK plug that folds smaller for travel. Unfortunately, I've not seen it in the wild. That would certainly help with a lot of the complaints.
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  116. The alarm arm sound on my previous car was wired to the horn. I'd cringe every time I locked the doors late at night (my driveway is very close to my neighbor's house). My current car is a later model of the same car and fortunately they must have redesigned it and now use a separate smaller speaker.
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  117.  @BrooklynThomas92  I grew up with instant coffee and I'd disagree with you. You're entitled to your opinion though.
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  118.  @markpeterson2042  He hadn't even tried a vacuum brewer.
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  119.  @MaryAnnNytowl  Yes, they seem like a step backward. Expensive as well.
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  120.  @juststeve5542  There is a version here which is somehow even worse.
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  121.  @swedneck  I keep meaning to turn it into an animated gif. It would be appropriate so often...
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  122. While it's not a rule, ungrounded tends to be used for lower power things like lights so it could be a way to discourage using high current appliances.
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  123.  @swytchyglytch It's mostly just cost saving, I think. The way I understand it, things which are "double insulated" don't require a ground.
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  124.  @tdp2612  And, importantly, even if you could adjust the low beams enough, you'd totally mess up the high beams.
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  125. It almost seems like eventually we'll just go the way of usb-c type signaling and outlets will supply whatever power the connecting device requires over arbitrarily supplied connectors. Imagine no more wall-warts. Not sure how power strips would work for that though.
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  126.  @joep5170  Yes. I'll be looking for an 80V next time around. Though I may see if I can upgrade mine. It might be a standard motor fitment and there's space for spare battery (though it's not wired).
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  127.  @SeanBZA  I had some. Nor being sealed was not an issue. Not DOT though.
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  128. I took a bunch of 8ft bulbs to the local dump for proper disposal and was told to just throw them in the crusher. We're replacing them with LEDs as they go out.
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  129.  @chrismanuel9768  It's amusing because 'clean energy' is a term the greens came up with to describe renewable energy like solar or wind (which do, in fact have their own pollution issues) vs coal, gas or nuclear and now there are virtue signalers on here who want to use their own definition because 'OK, it's coal based but it's a bit more efficient'. Words are like water to these people.
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  130. 'Fossil fuels' is a misnomer too and people should stop using it. You're not burning Barney.
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  131. CD-RW also had the issue that discs might not be finalized which some CD players did not know how to deal with. I think the multiple sessions were also an issue.
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  132. While technically true, it's almost certainly going to be done with software these days.
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  133.  @TechnologyConnections It's one of those things that's not really necessary but useful sometimes. Which is to say it's something that should be decided by the consumer. I was actually fairly disappointed when I went looking for duplex outlets with switches a while back and couldn't find them. I think you'll be surprised at how much stuff doesn't come with switches if you look. Especially anything that is powered by a wall-wart which will still draw power when the item is off (if it even has an off). You can always unplug but now you have something which has to be put away (or have something done with it or be left untidily on the floor).
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  134. "desirable but discontinued" - As someone who wants a wagon, I just growled at that.
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  135. Find a nice reliable brand. Then someone will buy it, gut it and use the name to sell bottom-shelf Chinese junk.
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  136. I wonder if you could use an inkjet type technology to deposit dyes for a modern take on the process.
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  137. Good point. I hate those jump cuts. They always make the speaker seem so insincere when there's a lot of them.
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  138. I just bought one of these. They are at a reasonable price compared to when they first came out. I still haven't used it yet.
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  139. Just came back to say it works great. I use it even on cans that have the pull tabs. I have met one kind of can it won't open (metal too thick or possibly thin or something). My wife won't use it though.
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  140. Even Dorsey advises against Bluesky. I think you're leaning into your ideological biases.
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  141.  @guesswho2337  Possibly from my POV but I'm not the intended audience. Bear in mind that Dorsey is not just a bystander.
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  142.  @eswing2153  I wonder if AC with a DC offset could be made to play.
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  143.  @plaintruths6062  I never did but I have known people that had that experience. I imagine it must be pretty awful.
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  144.  @firstlast-cs6eg  Never mind. You do you, dude.
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  145. That 'half being worse/dumber/whatever' thing is a fallacy. You might be interested to look into it.
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  146. People have some odd ideas sometimes. Often even people who should be knowledgeable in the subject.
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  147. You need to check that "extra cost". Gas is typically cheaper than electricity even if it is less efficient in heating this way.
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  148. I've been wondering if you cold make a not-quite-as-good freeze dry machine by putting a vacuum chamber in a chest freezer. You'd have to drill a hole for the vacuum line, of course. The main deal is that I think these machines get down colder than a chest freezer so the only question is whether chest freezers get cold enough or not. I guess I should dig out a water phase diagram.
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  149. Do the blind have issues where the floors are labelled European-style and the first floor is above the ground floor?
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  150. Do zips. I have one that won't do up and I don't know why. It appears to have tiny moving part that have worn out. If there's not enough for a show, you could throw velcro in too.
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  151.  @braedengendron6981  Correct. Though an anecdotal survey of plugs for which it makes a difference (AC GFCI, 90 degree plugs etc) seem to overwhelmingly favor the grounding pin on the bottom. I've only seen one which appeared to favor the grounding pin on the top. (I'm aware of the arguments for the grounding pin on the top but this is just my observation). Since I favor 90 degree plugs where I can get them, that's the way I wire them.
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  152. The short cycling on the small refrigerator may be due to its small thermal mass and reduced insulation. It's going to heat and cool quickly. Slower cycling would mean larger temperature swings.
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  153. You could maybe do a video on thermoelectric fridges and how terrible they are. I have a small desk one and it hardly cooled worth anything. The peltier burned out so I replaced it with one the same size but doubled up. It's not any better. I'm intending to replace it with something with a compressor.
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  154. I worked out removing the jerk at the end of braking decades ago. It's really not that hard. (This excepts emergency braking, of course).
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  155. I believe the main thing with the radiator type heaters is that they are silent. Though it looks like that convection one you showed would achieve approximately the same thing.
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  156. I remember some records had a circle of raised bumps around the label. That may have been for jukeboxes though?
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  157. Youtube actually occasionally pops up a question which basically translates to "I just want to veg out and not have to think about things". I always dismiss it.
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  158. I don't know why microwaves don't have UPC scanners on them. And/or the items could have QR codes describing the cooking programming.
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  159. I'm sure someone else has already commented but it's worth saying that these reflectors do not eliminate inverse-square law on either of the legs of the journey.
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  160.  @holben27  It's so cheap that it's often burned because the cost of transporting it isn't worth it. Some places are now using the gas to generate electricity and mining Bitcoin.
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  161. One option would be to remove all the bulbs before painting. It's extra effort but might be easier overall. You can get a tool that makes them easy to pop out.
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  162. The do have coolers with compressor cooling too.
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  163. I have one. It actually cuts in below 40 where the heat-pump efficiency drops off. Well, the thermostat gets an estimate of the temperature from the web but there's a module you can put in the unit itself that would get the actual temperature. I did a comparison and the gas raises the temperature of the air by about twice what the heat pump does but the heat pump does fine in regular use.
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  164.  @MrNeptunebob  This one does pretty OK. No cold air from the vents. It does make weird noises sometimes though. I don't think it's changing modes as it mostly seems to happen when it's just the heat pump range.
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  165.  @davidmcgill1000  That is an important factor but so is wealth. So the US has (at least) two things working against public transport.
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  166. Please note that soaps and detergents are different things.
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  167.  @teraxiel  You started off well with your first paragraph but then ran head-first into its point with your third. It's not a safety issue and should thus be the choice of the person paying for the build and no one else.
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  168.  @teraxiel  I agree with your first paragraph (I realise I wasn't clear about which comment): "The problem with your reasoning is that it could be applied to dozens if not hundreds of "little" extras that one thinks should be required for a home. Ultimately all these little extras can add up to tens of thousands of dollars." Governments should not be making these kind of decisions for its citizens.
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  169. Interesting info.
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  170.  @ashyslashy5818  Maybe inflation has factored in with enough time too.
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  171. Haveta say, disappointed at no Electroboom reference. Especially after the recent one for you from Steve Mould.
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  172.  @C0deH0wler  Definitely. Though I replaced a dishwasher a few years ago because it was breaking as I was making repairs and the replacement is simply not as good. I also have a 25 year old fridge which is running fine while I'm on my third newer fridge. I count both as huge wastes of resources.
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  173. Ah, demolish the old houses to build new ones and use more energy and generate more CO2 than would ever be saved from the improvements. It's the green way! You're right though, lots of houses being bought to be torn down and have two or three (or more) built on the land.
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  174.  @Croz89  Case by case but typically it makes sense to get the lifetime out of a home, possibly with some efficiency upgrades. It's not like there's not a call for new housing anyway without having to demolish old. Building new is very energy and emission intensive.
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  175.  @Croz89  Most of the post-war housing stuff will be built to standard that can be upgraded though. My parents' house was such and was upped with cavity wall insulation, loft insulation and double glazing, for example. I understand the prefabs were already pretty good, being built from solid concrete. But by all means, run the numbers. I believe you'll find it less enticing than you'd think.
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  176.  @Croz89  If you mess up most things, there are bad outcomes. That's not a reason not to do it. Just do it right. Yes, it's not going to be as good as new construction but that's not the measure. The measure is how it compares with all the resources and emissions of demo and construction. FWIW, I live in an even older house now with even worse insulation than my parents. Heat pump works fine. Lower bills would be nice. They'd have to be a damn sight lower to be worth a 200k rebuild though.
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  177.  @Croz89  You'll find a few, I'll grant you but what you'll mostly do is end up subsidizing the construction industry, much like cash for clunkers did for the motor industry.
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  178.  @Croz89  I'll just add that I don't think the cavity wall insulation was the biggest win anyway. Double glazing the windows and insulating the loft space were probably the biggest gains. Two layers of brick and an air gap are not that bad. I'm not sure they're building the inner walls with brick anymore in the UK.
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  179. Use a camera with a quartz window.
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  180. I never actually used or touched a mini sd every, funnily enough. And I have dozens of full-size and micro.
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  181. Always disappointing. Couple of years ago, I gave in and bought another. The cooling was just as bad as said and when the peltier died, I tried doubling it up (parallel power, series cooling) and it was still really no better so it got trashed and now I'm keeping my eye out for a compressor cooler. I talk against these whenever I can now.
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  182. I have a microwave/convection oven. You can only use one at a time but it's very handy. It's basically decently large microwave sized but not everything needs a full sized oven (which I have as well). It's the Sharp Carousel and it's been cranking along for nearly two decades now.
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  183. We have twin wall sconces in the living room. One turns off by rotating the knob, the other by pushing the button. I think one was repaired at some point.
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  184. It's random around here. I live in the city so have both but there's lots of places around that are fairly remote and while everybody needs electricity (and there's probably government regs about them having to supply it), gas becomes a case of whether it's worth laying the pipes.
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  185. I believe most of the batteries have sub-packs inside anyway so it seems like a bit of a redesign would be most of what is needed.
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  186. I had one in the UK. I hope they've improved. It took forever to run and the clothes weren't all the way dry in the end. We ended up buying an extra dryer just to keep up.
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  187. Bear in mind you have to consider the efficiency of the conversion at the power station (for electricity sourced from fossil fuels. Other sources get more complicated). Our gas burners also stopped our house from freezing when the electricity was out. For most people, the most sense is probably to consider the cost.
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  188. Dishwashers should just have a tank you fill up once per month and dispense as needed. Or maybe you'd buy a replaceable tank in-store and replace it when needed. Like printer cartridges (but hopefully without the cost). Hmm, this might work as an aftermarket mod.
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  189. The early BS standards for UK plugs were two-pin rounded. They weren't very safe though. BS372 even was 90 degree with a 45 degree cord entry.
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  190. There are 240V outlets in most kitchens for the stove. It would be nice if stoves allowed daisy-chaining.
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  191. Definitely you need to be able to turn them off but I think he just means that auto should be a setting you can leave the lights turned to. Of course, this might just lead to more people accidentally turning them off then forgetting and expecting the auto to turn them on. There could always be an indicator for that though.
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  192.  @codybohyer1107  From the horizontal/vertical. It's still parallel to the wall. Though 45s (to the wall) are sometimes used for recessed connections.
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  193.  @ProtoV33MK1  I always flash with Tasmota when possible. Relying on cloud services for home automation is for dweebs.
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  194.  @brandonbernard4171  It's a PITA not to use the switch. That's why I bought some smart switches. Dimmer only so not multiple colors but that's OK. I think it could be tied together with that if I wanted though.
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  195. 17:40 My air fryer genuinely has temperature control and even has a dehydrator setting. All the modes do is change the temperature and time though and those can still be changed from the independent controls so it's more like they're presets. It works well as an 'oven' too though some adjustment over regular oven usage is required (I usually drop temp and time by about 20%)
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  196. Technically it does still make a hole in the lid. Just a bit bigger.
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  197. The interesting thing with chemical batteries is they have a voltage related to the chemical reaction which is a constant. So how does the voltage drop? The 'internal resistance' increases and you are effectively operating a voltage divider. This is why battery testers need to have a dummy load. Multimeters, especially old ones kind-of come with some load anyway but with semiconductor based multimeters, that's typically very high and may not be enough to give anything like a useful result.
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  198.  @emmakai2243  I have some 9V replacement lithium batteries with LED capacity gauges.
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  199.  @seraphina985  The problem with 'V=IR' is always true is that this is only the case if R can be considered dependent on many other factors such as temperature, possibly time and maybe even V or I themselves. Even in the case of electrocution, for instance, the resistance of the subject actually drops the longer the current is passing.
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  200.  @rotaryenginepete  The book you never opened, apparently.
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  201.  @ChallengeTheNarrative  It's simply the chemistry. Different chemical reactions provide electrons at different PDs. It's pretty much just a coincidence* that NiCADs and NiMH share ~1.2V and alkaline and lead acid are at 1.5V. Meanwhile LiPos are typically around 4.2V and will use fancy electronics to match other requirements where needed.
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  202.  @Curt_Sampson  The problem is, if you're considering it at a single point in time, the equation trivially reduces to that it is possible to divide V by I and you can't necessarily infer anything useful from that. By recognizing a class of components that we consider linear, it becomes much more useful.
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  203.  @Curt_Sampson  But I=V/R(V) isn't saying anything. And with the LED, you'll be using Ohms law for the resistor (which has a consant-enough resistance) but for the LED, you'll be looking at the V/I curve or be picking some 'default' value. That's not using Ohm's law.
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  204.  @Curt_Sampson  We seem to have started going around in circles which is something I try to avoid. Especially in YouTube comments which tends to be a less-than-ideal forum for discussion. Also there is lot of good info that explains it better than I ever could out on the web. All the best.
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  205.  @dragonsword7370  Well, that is the situation but it's more that I just never put it where it's convenient. Though thinking about it, I think it's currently in my camping gear.
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  206. Same. Coincidence? Or something more sinister?
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  207. Yes, the RIAA was very mp3 hostile through the late 90s/early 2000s.
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  208. You could even tint the lens a little bit (though I'm not sure this would be legal everywhere).
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  209. I'm sure with the right design you could have smart awnings can that become effectively shutters.
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  210. Good video. One thing I'd say is that if they don't like the look of the orange, they could just make it clear and use an orange bulb. They already have to have a clear lens for the reversing light anyway. On that subject, I believe Chevy has recently taken to turning on the reversing lights for a period when the vehicle is exited and doors are locked. Everyone is used to this meaning the vehicle is about to reverse so it causes all sorts of fun in parking lots. Perhaps Chevy designers are just learning impaired.
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  211.  @Afaik777  The Onyx is considerably more expensive. In addition Kindle was first to do it that way and have improved it since the originals. With that said, I wouldn't mind an Onyx. The Kindle also uses Linux for what it's worth (Though I believe the 1 didn't).
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  212. The worse thing about the frontlight is that if you ding the screen, the light shines out through the ding. It was annoying enough that I replaced the whole screen. It's incredibly useful though.
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  213.  @chriscliffordCH  You can get units that use gas for backup. Best of both worlds. The gas also heats about twice as fast so you can switch over to it if you want things to warm up a little quicker (at slightly increased cost)
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  214.  @shuvool1  I think you may be looking at it wrong. Although the heat pump system is bigger, it will probably run a shorter cycle, using about the same energy.
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  215. I like heat pumps. I had a dual fuel installed myself. But while I think they could be encouraged for new installations and replacements, I think artificially pushing them too hard would likely have negative consequences (as I outlined in a top level comment).
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  216.  @lukanite  Interesting idea but how does it play when you want to cool in the summer? (Or perhaps you don't for your scenario?)
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  217.  @tars97  He's done it in his previous videos (which were good). Personally, I think this video was a bit redundant but whatever.
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  218.  @instanoodles  Fire those resistive heaters up once in a while anyway. Might want to get them cleaned first if it's been a while.
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  219.  @jaynope3437  They already are.
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  220.  @MichaelMantion  My god, it's such a scam. How long until R32 is phased out and everyone has to move to the new hotness?
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  221.  @gasdive  To be clear, you can put in air ducts. It's how my house is set up with a package AC.
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  222.  @kaitlyn__L  Condensation, probably.
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  223.  @gasdive  It depends on the circumstances. This was an old house with fireplaces and a furnace (I think) when built. But yeah, if there's preexisting stuff, typically best to work with it.
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  224.  @lukanite  Yes. But if you're using the waste heat, the efficiency of the motor is less of an issue. If you just need to dump it somewhere, the efficiency is now something to be considered.
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  225.  @shuvool1  Sure. This isn't a huge amount more though. I'm not saying it's definitely OK, just not the issue assumed.
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  226.  @gasdive  I don't disagree with you. I was too general in my statement.
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  227.  @lukanite  Makes sense. I'm not against it, just sounding out the edges.
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  228.  @Bob5mith  Outlets can be added fairly easily. Though I'm not sure American codes for small appliances would allow it. There's not much will here in any case, sadly.
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  229.  @dougbrowning82  Yes. I actually bought some to convert a UK kettle but just have a UK outlet for now.
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  230. Parking shelters would be fantastic in hot states too.
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  231.  @robertschnobert9090  Problem is, you then have circuitry in your wall that can't be unplugged if it starts smoking.
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  232. Shades of "Nine out of ten doctors smoke Camels". And people wonder why there's no trust anymore...
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  233. I would argue against it being a "good idea". Besides hobbling the artistry that often goes into designing a car, it also got in the way of technical innovations and stopped car owners from being able to use cheaply replaceable bulbs. I had a VW with these monstrosities and I bought drop-in glass shells that could have halogen bulbs installed into them. Not DOT approved but they did make things a little better.
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  234. Depends on the campground. Some campgrounds have power at the campsites. The ones that don't, I don't think people would want them because they're there to get away from all that.
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  235.  @stitchfinger7678  It depends how remote you get. There's places around here for rough camping that are not that far out but it would definitely reduce options. When I visited Death Valley, there were some places I had range anxiety with 3/4 of a tank with a gasser. An EV would certainly be an adventure.
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  236. The microwave my mother bought in the 80s could take multi-stage programming so you could defrost and then cook, for example.
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  237. I'd imagine the rubber parts have hardened over the years. It was probably much more grippy when new.
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  238. What is it they say about things that fly, float or freeze-dry?
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  239. I'd like to see a show based around the flashiest designs. I remember a cassette changer that was fascinating to watch and vertical record players are interesting (if usually not very good at playing records).
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  240. Driver also typically changes side when driving on the other side so that labeling would not be useful.
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  241.  @nutbastard  Some cars have active aiming. Having driven one, I can confirm it's nice. Not sure if it can get it wrong sometimes though.
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  242. And just in case anyone is wondering, the "left" and "right" of a car are defined as seen from sitting in the driving seat (facing forward). It can get a little confusing when facing the car from in front of it.
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  243.  @davidshaw9993  We have 2 100 amp panels. There are also bits from the original knob-and-tube wiring in the basement.
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  244.  @ivanskyttejrgensen7464  Yes. It takes a long time for improvements like that to pay for themselves and if you move before they do, you get back a fraction of what you paid in increased house price. It can improve quality of life though.
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  245.  @omega4711  Weak.
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  246.  @gionova1  Electrical use is definitely going up and has been for the last century. My parents' house had one or two electrical sockets per room. That wasn't enough even before I left home in the 80s. TVs, PCs, VCRs, phones, well, the list goes on.
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  247.  @Narinjas  Heat pumps don't get that hot. I like my food cooked.
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  248.  @m.k.8158  Sure, it does not necessarily mean that. But that's what's happening. Computers are more efficient but people used to not have them. Then there's all the parasitic power use that's going on and things used to turn off, not just be in standby. Heat pumps are better than resistive heating at least though. Monitor energy requirements are definitely less, thankfully but PC power requirements seem to be ever increasing, especially when it comes to PCs used for gaming. I bet the same is true for gaming consoles.
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  249.  @simonupton-millard  Mine had a digital readout but it only told you what it was set for and continued to lie to me as the LG compressor failed and the temperatures inside became dangerously warm. I don't know how we didn't get food poisoning.
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  250.  @alakani  Interesting. I changed the fluid recently (it said fluid was lifetime but probably not a good idea) and hoped that would help but it didn't.
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  251.  @David-lr2vi  Not much if you rev match well enough. It tends to depend on the situation for me which method I use.
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  252.  @alakani  It's a VW. Clutch might be worth a try. It's been 180k abouts since I changed the clutch. Truth is though that it's an old car and I should probably replace it before much longer anyway.
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  253. I'm sure you've seen Big Clive's video on the Dubai bulbs but if you haven't, it's worth a look.
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  254. Don't forget to factor in inflation. I used to buy a pint or beer for a pound in the late 80s.
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  255. How does this guy not have a Netflix or Amazon deal yet?
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  256. Here's another interesting downside. https://www.reddit.com/r/RBI/comments/c8w3zt/update_weird_smell_in_our_apartmentsmell_changes/
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  257. I used it a bit. It gives a fairly nice label but it's not especially contrasty or eye-catching. I never used all the media I bought. Now I have a printer with direct-to-media capability and I expect the media I have bought for that will last me the rest of my life. I may have to try putting one of the discs into my laser engraver and see how that comes out.
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  258. Dongles.
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  259. Just found out I have some of these in my living room. I was looking for some warm white bulbs for my fan fixture with a decent wattage and a slightly smaller size and these are what came out. Didn't even realize they had the color change when I bought them but they do dim nicely. No longer available, sadly.
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  260. As a Brit living in the US. I may have an imported kettle wired up to the 240V. Much better.
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  261.  @4ntig3n  I have one too. Unfortunately the hand and the face don't have enough contrast so it's a PITA to read.
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  262. You wouldn't have to wait for your kettle if you had a 240V electric kettle! (Sorry, just had to).
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  263. I was ahead of you on the GM cars. So glad when you brought it up.
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  264. Meanwhile, people are being told not to charge their electric cars. I like gas. I'll keep it as long as I can, thanks. My furnace is dual fuel. Heat pump for when it makes sense and gas for when it does. By the way, we'll always need oil for plastics. Natural gas is a side-effect of that. Better to use it than just burn it off at the well.
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  265. It's neat and useful but it's also abusing what has become a safety feature which is a design issue. Your tip may not work for cars with manual transmissions.
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  266.  @MrFastFox666  Yes. Manual car drivers make more use of the handbrake. I'm not trying to insult you (it's just a blind spot) but you're thinking like an automatic driver.
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  267.  @michalpbielawski  That would provide positional information so would be good too. Of course, we may well get self-driving cars before too long.
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  268. Some places put reflectors in the road marking paint. Sadly, that's not the case here and the markings disappear when it rains at night. (Edit: Ah, you got to that). A lot cheaper than cats-eyes, I believe so can be used in more places.
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  269. Heat pumps are fantastic but they do cost resources to produce so if you push too hard, you will end up in deficit for a while and you may end up scrapping perfectly good equipment well before its natural life is done. Then there's also the factor that improvements are still being made and by rushing, you end up locking in equipment that could be performing better (much as we were forced into installing crappy CFLs when much better performing LEDs were just around the corner). In summary, encouraging heat pump adoption (preferably dual fuel) is good but forcing it unnaturally quickly is likely to do more harm than good.
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  270. Hmm Interesting with the blocking the dispenser. I sometimes put a large baking sheet at the front of the washer. The door is a slider rather than a flipper so I don't believe the door is being blocked but it could be stopping the pod from dropping out or at least being sprayed by water. I used to put it at the back but it turned out that would often block the sprayer arm (which I think it still does at the front sometimes if I'm not careful.
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  271. I believe it had the same display as the kindle and they could be swapped in with a bit of physical modification.
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  272. I was always under the impression that Amazon's 600lb gorilla in the book industry status made it hard for others to compete. That plus Amazon is not looking to make a profit from their readers.
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  273. 12:35 puts me in mind of This Old Tony's recent video on constant force gas springs. Well worth a watch. (Note that it's totally different as the gas is compressed to produce the force and these are oil but the mechanisms are a bit similar).
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  274. That seems a bit irrational to me. The neutral doesn't really serve a useful purpose unless you have a need for 120VAC
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  275.  @klatubaradanikto  I think they can run off 120V (using the 120V charger) but the 240V doesn't need it. You'd want it to be that was as some countries only have the 240V available.
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  276. Some of them had strobes built in (run from mains AC frequency) or you could buy something external. I think Techmoan has covered them at some point.
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  277. I heard a lot of air-moving electrical appliances liked this video but I have to say, I'm not a fan.
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  278.  @Veylon  Still are for RVs.
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  279. @KarlWhales It's a pointless argument until somebody makes measurements.
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  280.  @zhoufang996  Kill-a-watt type devices can log accumulated kWH. I would not be able to use the one I have on my 240V oven though.
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  281.  @bluephreakr  We really should have more outside venting than venting unwanted heat into conditioned spaces then paying to move it outside. Even PCs for example can be 500-1000W
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  282.  @irreverend_  I hadn't thought of the instant pot for filament. Interesting idea. It would save having to print mods for my dehydrator.
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  283. Ah, I wondered what that noise was. It sounds somewhat like when the capacitor is no good and the motor is having trouble spinning up. That's actually a load off my mind.
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  284. If that clock is actually stainless steel, a little ajax rubbed with the grain should take the logo off without damaging the finish.
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  285. The problem with dipping your toes in with one of those cheap single-burner units is you may find that most of your cookware doesn't work with it. So far, all I've done is boiled some water to test.
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  286. There's no reason for programming not to be in QR codes on the food boxes these days. The microwave could even automatically adjust for different power levels. Just scan, throw it in and hit start.
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  287.  @broncogrizz  I got given some recently. It was OK but mostly a novelty I think. It seems to be quite popular at the moment though.
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  288.  @Lyotrade  HR?
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  289.  @timothystamm3200  Have you not seen Techmoan's vinyl video player?
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  290. Surely that's for installation of the breaker box and is to account for upgrades such as this. What would be the purpose of requiring spare breaker slots always?
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  291. Rechargeables are getting pretty close. The battery capacity and price is the big issue. I'd say go for at least 80V too.
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  292. Also the problem of companies that want to sell your data and don't have it.
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  293. The "manual drive" of the changer mechanism brought back sensory memories of doing the same over more than 30 years... What "audiophiles" need to remember is that records often weren't for "listening to" in an acoustically perfect room with a pair of $2000 headphones but for background music during the day or for parties where you wouldn't want to be changing records all the time.
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  294. Everything you said but I do have one (1) two-prong extension cord with a 90/45 plug which expects the ground-up orientation. Of the score of plugs that have not been agnostic, all the rest have been designed for ground-pin-down.
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  295. The mini-splits tend to be expensive and also many are 240V. The one you found looks reasonable though. Shame about the leak.
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  296. Gas dryers aren't weird but gas fridges are.
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  297. Those extra pumps are there for peak use during rush hour. Removing them for a few EVs that are going to sit there for 30-60 minutes would be insane (dual-use off-peak might work but I can see issues there too). Most pumps at the bigger stations are double-sided too. It's only very small outdated ones where I've ever seen a pump only do one side at a time.
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  298. You can get solid state flashing devices which don't require an additional ground pin. I assume they use capacitors to keep the circuit working while the current isn't flowing or maybe just work with very low voltages.
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  299. Do you get men in anoraks come knocking at your door in the evenings?
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  300. The big issue with filters on the LED is that if the LED is monochromatic, the filter may or may not be transparent in that region. Even white LEDs might even only be monochromatic in R, G and B. They've improved this for home lighting but Christmas LEDs are going to be as cheap as possible. [This may be what's happening with your red]
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  301. My 2001 Jaguar had a reversing proximity sensor but it didn't beep unless there was something in the way. Well, until it started going wrong and would beep any time in reverse. Visibility wasn't an issue so it was mostly a luxury feature.
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  302.  @TheDapplez  Sponsored by Lightning McQueen.
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  303. Any idea on the reasoning behind that? I can't imagine exploding tanks is that much of a thing and the CO risk is similar. Leaking tanks?
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  304.  @JohnDlugosz  Also the motor is synchronous which means it's driven at the same rate as the mains frequency. Unless you completely stall it out, it's going to keep on going.
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  305. I have to think that for what it does, a more efficient motor could be used but they just went with what was cheap and available at the time.
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  306.  @MRblazedBEANS  You're good unless the Wet Bandits turn up. Then you need a Kevin.
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  307.  @Lachlant1984  About 100mA if not especially optimized. There are tricks to get them even better too.
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  308.  @johnandrews9433  Even those are overkill if you don't need wifi.
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  309.  @PunakiviAddikti  Quartz is more precise, mains is more accurate. The power companies ensure that happens, as mentioned in the video.
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  310.  @MerkDolf  I think most water heaters are coming wired to accept those management modules these days. You could probably put something in there.
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  311.  @just_saw_dust  I bought one this year. It crashed and some of my plants died. It was also a PITA to operate. I'm planning on gutting it and replacing the innards with something homebrew.
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  312.  @johnandrews9433  Absolutely. ESP is my go-to for homebrew stuff.
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  313. I could swear I saw a mug-sized oven in the UK but haven't been able to track it down (I think it was actually aimed towards heating beans). Edit: apparently it's called the Beanzawave.
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  314. Can be a bit inconvenient if you have to queue a second time to get change though.
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  315.  @AndersAstrand  Cash can be kept for when needed and doesn't need connection to a network or even any power at all to work. Card is definitely more convenient but it's foolish not to recognize upsides cash can provide.
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  316. I was on a windy country road behind a car with faulty brake lights once and it was quite scary even though I was following at a reasonable distance.
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  317. Same tone as my doorbell. Dog is going crazy.
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  318. Alexa, please clap.
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  319. I had a dual washer/dryer that had a heat pump dryer and a load of clothes would take so long that we ended up buying an additional dryer just so we could keep up.
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  320. Almost certainly the switch just goes to a computer so it should just be software.
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  321. I like my battery tools but the batteries are expensive, don't last as long as I'd like and started losing a lot of their life last year.
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  322.  @MasonJarGaming  I bet you have a list of people who've crossed you too.
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  323. You can still use these lids to drain, you just have to tilt them a bit in the opening. The nice thing is that leaving the lid flap on the can has been frowned upon in some segments as animals can get trapped. Yet fully opening the can means the lid drops into the food. With these new ones, that's all solved. What you can't do, as someone else mentioned, is use the lid to squeeze the contents to help get any liquids out.
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  324.  @valjoker7  RAID is not a backup.
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  325.  @dycedargselderbrother5353  BDXL is really quite expensive too.
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  326.  @CalvinsWorldNews  Not to mention a lot of those regulations are poorly thought out and completely fail to address anything while still incurring that economic drag.
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  327.  @KaeYoss  I just bought a BD drive not too long ago. It's handy for the toddler until he gets old enough to operate the DVR.
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  328.  @LatitudeSky  Yeah, that sorta happens but it gets complicated by positional variations in phasing (which can also be an issue in and of itself)
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  329. It was less fancy than you'd hope. I recently picked up a used APS scanner on ebay because I have several that were from meaningful times. My 35mm stuff just slots into an adapter on my flatbed scanner.
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  330. I have a couple of devices where the VFDs are fading. There are techniques to "refresh" them but they only have limited effectiveness. A lot of the problem is that VFDs can be very custom and thus no longer available. I'm actually working on designing something generic that would allow a LCD to be swapped in and the base functionality duplicated, possibly with minimal configuration.
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  331. Is it actually an accelerometer? The car has access to how fast the car is travelling so can calculate acceleration trivially,
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  332.  @SmallSpoonBrigade It would make sense. Though it would add cost and some of these hotels were obviously shaving pennies.
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  333.  @SmallSpoonBrigade What's least expensive is to do nothing and leave travelers with their plugs falling out of the sockets, unfortunately.
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  334.  @mildlydispleased3221 Interesting. I've lived abroad for more than 20 years and haven't been back in about 5 so have missed those.
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  335.  @TheDrunkenBeard  Nah, I mean go the whole way. I doubt we could ever have one unified connector cause some things will just have to be high current but certainly it should be possible to have all wanted voltages available.
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  336. Interesting. I nearly bought a Pebble just before they got bought up. Mostly because of the claimed ePaper display.
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  337. Flywheel energy storage is a thing. You just need to decouple it from the vehicle mostly. The other big issue is what happens to the big spinny thing in an accident.
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  338.  @Alpenjodler1  Not at all. There are mechanisms that can isolate the forces. I recommend doing some research on it. They're also trying flywheels made out of very thin fibers so in the event of an accident, you don't have chunks of stuff flying everywhere. (I will say that it doesn't appear the research is actually paying off anywhere yet).
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  339. I bought some of those 2 & 3 pin panel ports from ebay because there's a few things I'd like to be able to daisy-chain power through (remember when you could do that with PCs?). You could get one from there (heck, I'd send you one of the 2-pin ones, I had to buy a pack of 10).
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  340.  @westonscampbell  You could pretend you're in the UK where that's the convention.
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  341. When we bought our house, the previous owners had left the water heater on and nothing else. This showed up on the electric bill and it was trivial. Unless you're pulling that "only heat when the power is cheap" thing, it's not worth turning it off.
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  342. The problem wasn't so much with CFLs as them being mandated when much better LEDs were just around the corner. Mind you, the first CFL I bought was when they were fairly new and expensive and it died after a week (and it wasn't enclosed).
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  343. Some of the pods take advantage of the opaqueness of the pods to use instant coffee in certain of the pods. I'm thinking of making a video on it. My own preference is a Senseo machine. The pods are cheaper than k-cups.
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  344. How we use batteries has changed a lot over my lifetime, even beyond the recent move to rechargeables. Remotes were rarer. Batteries had more of a use case where you were likely to be mobile and it be inconvenient to do replacement so knowing capacity would be useful. Along with just not being very good, I think they just caught the wrong end of a paradigm shift.
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  345. I wish there was a decent very small air conditioner. I want to cool a 8x8 space. Mini split? Too big. These things? Not good in this area. Window AC? Windows aren't big enough. Ideally I'd like a micro-split, maybe with the same inner parts as a window AC but operating along mini-split lines.
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  346. Printable DVDs and CDs make for a nice presentable offering too.
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  347.  @juststeve5542  No. Though there are some new ones out that are not too bad. There's a Korean Barbecue one that's not too terrible.
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  348. Anyone know what it would take to trigger these artificially? I have a security light it would be nice to have stuck on occasionally.
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  349.  @_..-.._..-.._  That's exactly what I'm thinking. One or two IR LEDs that would 'flash' in an appropriate way to keep the thing triggered. I'll probably just replace my security light with one with a remote control though.
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  350. The problem is that people are not willing to wait for this infrastructure to develop but are insisting that everyone must have electric vehicles right now or in the next 8 years at the latest. Forcing these things rarely works out for the best. Horse and carriage lasted for a long time simply because it was the best option for many people at the time.
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  351.  @phtofl  I'd definitely consider having one and have looked at them in the past but there's always one factor that's not quite right. Mostly the up-front cost but also I have concerns about Tesla's QA and after-sales support so waiting for a decently priced competitor.
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  352. There's an extension that blocks shorts stuff completely. It improves YouTube a lot.
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  353. I think a crossover with photonicinduction could be interesting if he ever comes back (again).
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  354. My oven may be updated but the major difference I can see is that the convection just kind moves the air around a bit where an air fryer blasts the hot air directly on the food. I think the compact size of typical air fryers help with that though good oven design could produce the same effect.
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  355. The bowing guy at the beginning reminds me of the carnival barker from 3D Monster Maze.
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  356. So where did the whole 110V thing come from anyway? It used to be "common knowledge". Was there a change at some point?
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  357. Interesting. I wonder what it would take to make them dim like incandescents.
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  358. My thermostat will switch over to gas if it detects the temperature is low enough via the internet (which is obviously a little bit questionable but seems to work well). There is also an option to install a module in the furnace which will switch over if it detects the temperature is low enough directly. (It's a package unit so the whole shebang is located outside). Just out of interest, I ran a test and the gas seems to blow with a temperature differential of about twice what the heat pump does. Not that that's a down on the heat pump as long as it keeps up.
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  359. That's largely due to the lack of pressure in the hot-water systems of many UK homes. The main issue is if you live in a hard-water area, they scale up something rotten and aren't very serviceable.
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  360. The machine could have a default cable and a socket for the car owner to put their own cable into.
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  361. Unfortunately, nothing is popping onto the used market at affordable prices in the near future.
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  362. My dad bought me one 40 years ago. I put it on a wall and it fell over and broke. I don't know why I haven't bought one for myself by now.
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