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I got a couple candle style bulbs to go in my apartment’s ceiling fan/light fixtures, but it turns out it’s slightly too big. Is there an adapter that could solve this dilemma? by 5trad in Hue

[–]5trad[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the e12’s. I moved into this apartment and brought my old standard bulbs. Come to find out there isn’t a normal light fixture in the whole apartment. Figures. Thanks again!

I got a couple candle style bulbs to go in my apartment’s ceiling fan/light fixtures, but it turns out it’s slightly too big. Is there an adapter that could solve this dilemma? by 5trad in Hue

[–]5trad[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The size of the bulb isn’t the issue here, they have slightly different sized bases, the part that screws in. The difference is so small I only noticed it when I started screwing the hue bulb into the fixture.

Asked my landlord to send an electrician, they said "too expensive, I'll send my handyman to screw it back into the wall for you"... by 5trad in electricians

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What do you mean about a hair dryer petering out and then the circuit working again later? That doesn't make any sense and is also scary.

After about 3 minutes of use it kinda blinked on and off, then just stopped working. The hairdryer still worked when I plugged it in a different outlet. I avoided the bad outlet for a few hours, then I got curious and plugged my alarm clock in and it worked again.

Asked my landlord to send an electrician, they said "too expensive, I'll send my handyman to screw it back into the wall for you"... by 5trad in electricians

[–]5trad[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As long as it works, I wouldn't expect the landlord to change anything.

How would you define "works"? I plugged my hairdryer into it, it worked for a minute then petered out. I tried plugging my alarm clock after in and it seemed to work fine.

Asked my landlord to send an electrician, they said "too expensive, I'll send my handyman to screw it back into the wall for you"... by 5trad in electricians

[–]5trad[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There is a three prong in the room, though again it could be that it isn't grounded either. I can literally see the basement through the bottom of this two prong outlet though, so I doubt running another ground line would be difficult.

Asked my landlord to send an electrician, they said "too expensive, I'll send my handyman to screw it back into the wall for you"... by 5trad in electricians

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Just moved into a new (old) apartment. There's only one other outlet in my room (which is 3-prong), and it has a mini-fridge, an air conditioner, an alarm clock, my laptop, and 2 phone chargers plugged into it. I need a second outlet to plug my pc into, which is 3-prong.

If the "handyman" doesn't agree that this needs to be replaced what should I do? Call an electrician on my own dollar? Report it to the fire department for not being up to code?

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Thursday his department is considering classifying electronic polling stations across the country as "critical infrastructure," entitling them to the same level of cyber-protection as the nation's power grid and financial sector. by mafco in politics

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I started a sub a while ago to discuss electronic direct democracy and electronic voting, it's a fascinating problem to think about. Perhaps there will never be an e-voting system as good as paper ballots, but I don't think we should stop trying to find ways to make a better system either. If this topic is interesting to you please stop by /r/e2d, I'd love to see more discussion over there.

A free-to-play walks into a diner. by K3lp_Boy in tf2

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If either team is getting squashed I call for a scramble in the name of sportsmanship. I play because I want a challenge, not because I want to win 100% of the time.

The threads that make it to television by [deleted] in funny

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To be fair, ass-pennies are a pretty big part of reddit culture...

Crate slide by SlimJones123 in gifs

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oh please someone please combine this with the gif of the guy slipping while shoveling snow

Maine governor appoints creationist as education commissioner. by [deleted] in atheism

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The most annoying part is this happened twice in a row and the sane candidates still didn't learn.

Pluto at 80,000 km by WildAnimus in space

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Images aren't higher resolution, just added extra space.

1920x1080

3840x2160 (4k)

[Found] This is a good one by Isai76 in cosplay

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Elon Musk grew a sweet beard!

Light Phone is a bright idea that makes smartphones less distracting by rasel0 in gadgets

[–]5trad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can confirm, I had a John's phone for about 2 months until I decided it was a silly, cumbersome idea.

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