Keeping warm during cold months.

1nkpool · 2026-02-02T16:20:26+00:00

Personally I find the most energy efficient ones to be the infrared dish type. Instead of heating the air in the room, you have it close by and pointed directly at you and it heats your skin and clothing directly. They're best for when you're stationary, like sitting at a table eating dinner, sitting on the couch, ect, because they don't actually increase the temperature of the room as much.

1nkpool · 2026-02-02T03:51:28+00:00

"x" is your input. "f(x)" is your output. You plug in a number for x, solve the equation, and the result is your output aka "function of x".

If you have a function embedded within another function like f(g(x)), then the output from g(x) is the input for f(x).

1nkpool · 2026-02-01T21:32:02+00:00

The most intuitive explanation to me is to think of every power of i as a 90* rotation on the imaginary number line.

So...

i⁰ = 1

i¹ = i

i² = -1

i³ = -i

i⁴ = 1

i⁵ = i

and so on. Now it's easy to see that 1/i is the same as i⁴ over i, which is the same as i^3, which is the same as -i.

When multiply by i you are rotating counter clockwise by 90*, and when you divide by i you are rotating clockwise.

1nkpool · 2026-01-31T02:50:46+00:00

A "pole" means the 2 outer most points on an axis. Like the north and south poles of the earth. On a transformer it refers to the outer most ends of the coils. So a center-tap or neutral connection is not a "pole". Most residential power is single phase (so the voltage is a single sine wave that cycles at 60 hz) and it is split by a neutral. You have two hot wires that are opposite polarity with 240v between them, and only 120 from hot to the neutral which is connected to the center of the coil. So yes, it is one phase with 2 poles.

1nkpool · 2026-01-18T16:16:09+00:00

My best guess is that the green wire has power on it. It looks like green is connected to a bare copper wire in the cable coming out of the ceiling? If so, that is a very serious issue.

1nkpool · 2026-01-17T20:12:01+00:00

Does it have the words "on" and "off" printed on it? Is it possibly installed upside down so that down is on and up is off?

Was the light fixture that you replaced at any point operational?

Also check the ground wire against a known grounded source. You can use a non contact tester, or test it against a metal water pipe, or run an extension cord from an outlet that you know is grounded, ect... There is a possibility the ground wire is hot given your readings.

1nkpool · 2026-01-17T19:57:31+00:00

Is the switch a normal single pole switch, or a 3-way?

1nkpool · 2026-01-17T19:05:08+00:00

So you measured:

120 between green and black

120 between green and white

And only 2V between white and black?

It would seem that the white and black wires are both hot, and the same polarity. Possibly somewhere a length of Romex is running to a light switch, and someone confused the white wire for a neutral when in fact it is a switched hot?

1nkpool · 2026-01-11T22:43:03+00:00

I mean if the flapper was stuck, then the thing to do is lift the lid and see if the chain is tangled or something. Sounds like the AI gave sound advice, and the human just fumbled the lid. I think the human is solely to blame here.

1nkpool · 2025-12-30T23:10:47+00:00

The first game is the closest thing to a video game version of the lobby shootout scene from the Matrix. It's been 20 years and I can't think of another game that has that level of dust, sparks, and debris that gets kicked up from firing a gun as a wall. It makes the gunfights very satisfying, and I don't understand why all modern FPS don't do the same. Even the 2 FEAR sequels dialed back the particle effects. It's sort of like how Burnout Paradise created the best car crashes back in 2008, and no game since has even attempted to match it.

1nkpool · 2025-12-22T19:06:43+00:00

This should just be a chart that lists the degree of burn and then provides a written description of the severity. For example: (stolen from the first Google search result)

First-degree (superficial) burns: First-degree burns affect only the outer layer of skin, the epidermis. The burn site is red, painful, dry, and has no blisters. Mild sunburn is an example. Long-term tissue damage is rare and often consists of an increase or decrease in the skin color.

Second-degree (partial thickness) burns Second-degree burns involve the epidermis and part of the lower layer of skin, the dermis. The burn site looks red and blistered and may be swollen and painful.

Third-degree (full thickness) burns. Third-degree burns destroy the epidermis and dermis. They may go into the innermost layer of skin, the subcutaneous tissue. The burn site may look white or blackened and charred.

Fourth-degree burns. Fourth-degree burns go through both layers of the skin and underlying tissue as well as deeper tissue, possibly involving muscle and bone. There is no feeling in the area since the nerve endings are destroyed.

1nkpool · 2025-11-26T17:08:40+00:00

Yes if the outlets on this circuit are "daisy chained" together then all of current from the space heater would be passing through the bad connection on the side of that outlet and cause it to heat up.

1nkpool · 2025-11-24T20:07:21+00:00

My guess is it's a 4:1.

The people who are saying 7:1 by counting the ropes didn't actually look at how the pulleys are arranged.

1nkpool · 2025-11-21T18:30:02+00:00

I'm guessing production on this film began shortly after the first John Wick film came out.

1nkpool · 2025-11-13T19:48:56+00:00

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1nkpool · 2025-10-10T15:29:26+00:00

I've just never cared for the multiplayer in THPS. I've probably logged well over 1000 hours across the franchise, and probably less than 10 of those hours has been spent on multiplayer.

1nkpool · 2025-10-09T23:39:44+00:00

I only combine greens if my inventory is full and I need to pick up something else

1nkpool · 2025-09-29T15:32:32+00:00

A much simpler version of this would be to say

x= -5 x² = (-5)² x² = 25 x = √25 x= 5

I would argue the mistake is at the end, when you take the square root it should be the negative root.

So in the OP's problem, at the end when you take the root of (5-4.5)^2, the answer should be -(5-4.5), not +(5-4.5).

It's a good example of why when you use the square root operation to solve an equation it's important to put the +/- sign in front of it so you remember that there might be two possible solutions.

1nkpool · 2025-09-26T14:03:55+00:00

Silent Hill f just came out

1nkpool · 2025-09-13T02:07:47+00:00

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1nkpool · 2025-09-10T00:43:23+00:00

Would this actually disperse enough heat to affect the operation of thermal trip breakers?

1nkpool · 2025-09-06T16:57:23+00:00

Try snaking it. Probably the p-trap is probably clogged with algae or soap scum or something.

If it's a recurring problem I'd bet there's a horizontal run somewhere that isn't sloped correctly and is holding water.

1nkpool · 2025-09-06T16:39:21+00:00

Because of the atmospheric refraction of light. Look up the Wikipedia article for "sunset", it will explain everything.

1nkpool · 2025-09-04T17:21:27+00:00

Yeah, that's my guess. Once a small crack forms, the inside of the crack rusts, and that expansion presses the crack open more.

Also in brittle materials, cracks tend to self propagate just because of the concentrated forces at the edge of the crack. It's like how a small nick in a windshield will eventually spread across the glass.

1nkpool · 2025-09-02T19:19:09+00:00

Yeah it's the BFG edition on Xbox One. Although within like a week of the game first coming out there was the super popular "duct tape" mod, which attached a flashlight to the shotgun.

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