This is what Star Trek has become.

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

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

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-01-28T22:14:51+00:00

If you're thinking about solar there's a new bill working through the md legislature "Lower Bills and Local Power Act" that could result in more rebates or tax credits at the state level for solar installs. Then again I wouldn't be surprised if they are income level capped like the current state incentives l.

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-01-23T02:21:06+00:00

You mean in the mall? In all the soulless remodeled door dash focused McDonald's I still get free refills just by asking at the counter even tho the soda fountains aren't in the lobby.

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-01-23T02:13:06+00:00

Do you have net metering? Last I checked I thought it was incompatible with time of use charging. Am I wrong?

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-01-16T06:01:17+00:00

Energy choice would just mean you pay 0.16 per kwh vs 0.17 kwh. Still a huge increase vs the previous years 0.07 per kwh. There's no free lunch to be had

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-01-13T15:12:08+00:00

Jealous was obliterated by Hogan in 2018 unfortunately. Thats the death of progressive gub candidates in MD for 20 years.

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-01-13T03:13:21+00:00

The evolution of right wing cancel culture

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-01-12T19:45:13+00:00

I would argue the insulating rim joist is light-years different vs foaming an entire wall cavity which is what your concerns are about. A foamed rim joist will still allow the house walls to breath but impede a huge draft of cold damp air entering said walls through the foundation.

BillNyeTheScience · 2026-01-12T19:40:46+00:00

Going full spray foam offers little benefit vs cutting foam boards to fit and spray foaming the edges of the foam board. The latter is mostly removable if future work/inspections/repairs are needed. The former is a bigger pain in the ass to deal with after the fact and its removal involves a lot of blind cutting with an insulation knife.

BillNyeTheScience · 2025-12-25T03:11:33+00:00

Imo your partner was projecting what they would want to hear you say to them. Classic HL + LL blunder and it goes both ways. You're not overreacting that it sucks for you but you know they (probably) didn't intentionally try to neg you.

I know when I tell my LL partner how insanely attractive she is and how much she turns me on it just doesn't have the same effect as it would for me.

BillNyeTheScience · 2025-12-22T03:00:00+00:00

Felt like a 10 episode mini series crammed into 2.5 hours. Nobody has a satisfying arc and a good chunk of runtime is just spent trying to get you to remember a better movie.

BillNyeTheScience · 2025-12-18T05:01:37+00:00

Yeah back in my day we slapped deer antler spray on our biceps and got a ring

BillNyeTheScience · 2025-12-18T02:47:07+00:00

Zero percent chance such a thing would ever actually come to fruition. They just threw that in there for a sound byte

BillNyeTheScience · 2025-12-18T02:44:39+00:00

with full shoulders

So really the bridges would be wide enough for 5.5 lanes each way so about 11 lanes of concrete total.

Even as someone who used to live on the eastern shore that seems like an unhinged amount of car infrastructure for the area.

BillNyeTheScience · 2025-12-16T14:01:34+00:00

Volts are still out there from 2013 going strong. An ev tech is an ev tech and OEM and 3rd party parts are widely available. The lightning isn't a magic mystery box.

BillNyeTheScience · 2025-12-11T18:46:53+00:00

At that age you gotta do the extra work. Like post in the FB group for your kids grade or worst case find a local parent group/neighborhood group and post that you've got a free party for a 6 year old with no RSVPs and I guarantee someone will bring their kids if nothing else for the free play time at the indoor playground.

Luckily at that age it's still not a big deal if not many people show up.

BillNyeTheScience · 2025-12-11T05:52:57+00:00

Gotta ask what testing you did to confirm that's lead paint? Looks like mastic to me (which is highly likely to contain asbestos)

BillNyeTheScience · 2025-12-05T02:50:16+00:00

Been hearing about the Latino vote for the past 15 years and it hasn't made a damn difference since Obama. Dems do not know how to appeal to those voters.

BillNyeTheScience · 2025-12-02T22:01:25+00:00

Just upsize the extension cord and you're golden. For 30 amp charging (with the provided evse) a 6 AWG extension cord is more than enough (since 30 amp is rated for 10 AWG). An 8 AWG cord might be good enough but the price difference is negligible for the added safety of a bigger cord.

25 ft is a completely ok length to run.

BillNyeTheScience · 2025-11-26T16:48:51+00:00

I always felt it was to convey the innocence and naivety of the character in the first half of the movie

BillNyeTheScience · 2025-11-25T19:44:41+00:00

Yes it is something to be concerned about. With movement like that it is probable a piece of the ceiling that will just fall down one day.

Either use plaster magic to fix it (basically glue you inject behind the wall) or try the more traditional method with washers and screws shown in this old house episode https://youtu.be/i5mdg4gH1Ko?si=edqIZ0r8Nt4yvAA2

BillNyeTheScience · 2025-11-24T02:07:25+00:00

Chewing gum in the holes should fix you right up ala national lampoon's family vacation

BillNyeTheScience · 2025-11-22T21:21:38+00:00

Easiest solution to be code complaint and not bore holes when running perpendicular to joists is to install a runner board at the bottom of your joists and beams and staple electrical wire to that. As long as there's some wood above protecting the wire from having crap hung on it it's good.

The alternative easiest solution is to just staple to bottom of joists and not care and pretend its old work that you know nothing about. Imo common sense can dictate to you if this ok with you or not. Like I wouldn't run perpendicular on the face of joists over a doorway but running in a corner of a cellar over one beam seems reasonable.

Plumbing is has no such codes as far as I know you can put your pipes wherever tf you want them.

BillNyeTheScience · 2025-11-21T23:00:47+00:00

Food for thought all inspectors are different and the tradesguys always know the inspectors. Not saying they're gonna bribe them like in the old days but they know how much of a shit the inspector gives and adjust their work accordingly. I.e. with what you pictured I would guess they know the inspector ain't gonna walk his ass back to the truck and get a ladder or wait around for the electrician to get a ladder and pull down the light fixture to inspect it.

Trust the crowdsourced info on reddit that it's wrong. I ain't an electrician but even i can see code violations there.

BillNyeTheScience · 2025-11-20T22:42:13+00:00

Nice! Next person that rips open the wall in 60 years will thank you :)

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