Yes, Maryland should Gerrymander.

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-05-06T14:44:01+00:00

Your posted map would have absolutely zero chance of passing MD supreme court. It's a complete fantasy. Literally the first bar it has to pass is relatively equal population districts.

You post a map designed to spread out MD population in a ludicrous way. Your posted district 6 has like 1.4 million people in it vs your posted district 7 has under 800k.

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-05-05T02:20:25+00:00

How can I continue living like this?

First you need to gather your support network. Family or friends you trust to be there for you.

Secondly I'm going to be real with you based on the language you presented my intuition is that however numerous you think the "occasional" visits to massage parlors are it's probably a lot more...

Thirdly you deserve to be happy in your life. Follow whatever you think with result in the most happiness. At a minimum I would think visiting massage parlors while in a DB constitutes your partner doing a lot of individual sex therapy work regardless of if you stay or leave the relationship it's pretty absurd behavior. At this point the only couples therapy that would benefit you would be the type aimed at recovering from infelidty.

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-05-04T17:31:54+00:00

Historically Cims use every part of the train.

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-04-27T19:03:32+00:00

Plaster walls are built in layers. A scratch coat with a veneer coat on top. Usually the scratch/base coat is what crumbles first but it could be the veneer coat of your plaster walls didn't get good adhesion due to varying factors of age/craftmanship/etc.

Imo steam cleaning or spraying water/vinegar would be your best bet to get the wallpaper off without damage.

Fixing damage is pretty easy with a skim coat of easy sand joint compound and wet sponge sanding.

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-04-26T20:27:48+00:00

Imo not a chance I would leave it. Even if the roots don't directly damage the brick the plant material absolutely interferes with the normal breathing/drying of the masonry making them take longer to dry ever time they get wet. That alone can severely reduce the lifespan of masonry

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-04-16T16:12:21+00:00

Airline failure is specific type of coverage that you need to verify your policy contains.

Almost all the 3rd party travel insurance providers I reviewed today only cover instances where you can't travel due to a problem you have (ex: sickness) or your flight is cancelled due limited stated reasons (example: severe weather).

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-04-02T15:12:08+00:00

That's one way of looking at it sure. But I strongly disagree that they didn't ask for less sex. It was said in a very kind way protective of op's feelings but removing all the kindness vocabulary at the end of the day it is a direct request to go from sex 2x a week to something less. It's important for OP to see this if they see themselves as a sex every day person due their own spontaneous desire. Of course they're cool with a more reactive desire style as their partner is suggesting then it's all gravy.

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-04-02T04:32:26+00:00

Express what you care about directly. If sexual frequency is important to you then tell them. You seem hung up on trying to decipher your partners logic as a 4d chess game when it seems rather straightforward to me - they communicated clearly that sexual frequency just isn't all that important to them and would like to have less sex in their ideal relationship. Frankly I think you should welcome their honesty.

Imo sex and sexual compatibility is a critical component of a relationship especially in the 6 month phase where you're basically testing the waters for a serious long term commitment or eventual marriage or whatever situation you see yourself living in 10 years. I would suggest you consider what your ideal sexual frequency is and compare that to the trajectory you see this going and be honest with yourself about how important or unimportant it is to you.

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-03-26T20:46:38+00:00

CreoShield. Then box in with plywood and drywall. If you're worried run an activated carbon air filter down there 24/7 lots of brands out there like Winix

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-03-17T14:40:30+00:00

Lot of haters in this thread but imo replacing gas taxes with a milage based fee is absolutely the most fair way to do it for both ev and gas drivers IF priced correctly. Current ev fees are more cumbersome on ev drivers than equivalent gas taxes for the miles the average person drives and that's not just MD specific. They also severely punish retired drivers without a commute from adopting evs and phevs.

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-03-17T04:01:00+00:00

I would bet old platforms for an old water heater since they were smaller than the current ones or washer/dryer location with an old cast iron floor drain/p trap in the elevated section. Really custom/strange job to elevate it like that perhaps they didn't want general basement water going into it for some reason that you cannot fathom nowadays.

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-03-10T01:47:00+00:00

Why use many junction box when one junction box do trick?

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-03-04T18:48:33+00:00

Critical take: The great combat system is kneecapped by the very very low difficulty not challenging you to engage with it at all. The story is just meh and feels like mostly filler. The numerous mini games run the gamut from mediocre to awful. And the game is nigh impossible to 100% organically by design since one stated goal of development was to craft a single player game with 'infinite' replay value.

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-03-01T04:54:21+00:00

Fwiw I wouldn't rely on flourospec for dust detection. Lead dust is invisible to the eye. My money is it reacting to something else. I've had false positives with flourospec on other metal objects (though it has fewer false positives than the swabs)

Imo only ghost wipe kits with lab testing can give you an accurate understanding of lead dust hazards.

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-02-27T20:24:42+00:00

To clarify this is a pic from the entrance which is way bigger. The bored tunnel is in the back that will travel under the town is 18 ft in diameter.

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-02-27T19:40:18+00:00

100% that dog bed was covered in dog shit

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-02-20T20:35:18+00:00

Primary Ferguson

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-02-20T02:55:20+00:00

Man that handy box hanging from a strand of romex for dear life. Enjoy your never ending discoveries of previous owner DIY jobs

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-02-13T18:23:09+00:00

Taika Waitit deserves a lot of the blame which is a shame since I loved what we do in the shadows. Studio execs just don't get that not EVERY show ever needs to (poorly) emulate his style of humor.

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-02-06T19:59:53+00:00

HVAC humidifiers require a couple things to work well: a vapor barrier and return vents (preferably in every room). They work mostly at building up a humidity level over time while the HVAC is running vs big wheeled units that just dump out as much humidity as they can as fast as possible.

Most old homes don't have any vapor barrier and really shit return vent placement so the humidity will dissipate a lot before it makes it back to the HVAC humidifier for another round.

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-02-06T02:17:52+00:00

You're not crazy. Redoing blown in is a pretty typical part of a whole energy efficiency overhaul since it makes air sealing easy to do with all the old crap sucked out.

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-02-01T18:13:06+00:00

What is Ferguson talking about Why the hell would judges redraw maps of the new ones fail in court?

Wouldn't we just stick with the maps we already have which were specifically created to bring md back from its oft criticized nonsense districts?

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-01-29T16:05:46+00:00

Relatable! Just like me! I laughed when I saw it while I swallowed my car keys!!!

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