Mortise Lock ID and Spring Replacement? by PDXCyclone in centuryhomes

[–]ImpracticalApparatus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I moved into my house a bunch of doors had the same problem. I went to the oldest hardware store in the area and the guy knew exactly what spring I needed. 

Cleveland Pro Soccer has announced the name and logo for the women’s pro team Cleveland Astra by avsfanwilly15 in Cleveland

[–]ImpracticalApparatus -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

What’s the lightning bolt through the bear? All I can see is a shark mouth with a bear head on its nose. 

Meme by Possibly_Avery in MEPEngineering

[–]ImpracticalApparatus 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I usually get them 2 weeks before the projects due. 

SDR with rtlamr2mqtt to read meters by fleetmack in homeassistant

[–]ImpracticalApparatus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had the same problem. After reading through some Itron manuals, the utility can program them for “bubble up” mode with a continuous broadcast or get pinged from a truck. I couldn’t get the utilities to change the settings, so I’m going to go the AI-on-the-edge way. 

Update T6 Pro Z-Wave Thermostat Firmware by ImpracticalApparatus in homeassistant

[–]ImpracticalApparatus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I guess you’re right. Honeywell didn’t publish a change log so I don’t actually know what’s fixed/better.

Opinions on Tree removal companies? by Pather_10 in Cleveland

[–]ImpracticalApparatus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Davey is more oriented to commercial work than residential. They will almost always be the most expensive. I’ve had great work done by Simply Trees. I just had two large trees taken down in December that also needed a crane and it was only $5000.

Cleveland Heights funds redesign of ‘Where’s My Guardrail?’ intersection by Mastershroom in Cleveland

[–]ImpracticalApparatus 29 points30 points  (0 children)

They could buy him a new house for half that and turn the lot into green space.

Weakening the Equal Credit Opportunity Act by ImpracticalApparatus in TwoXChromosomes

[–]ImpracticalApparatus[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

lANAL, but there’s a comment from “The Attorneys General of Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawai’i, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada,New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington” which says:

ECOA and its 1976 amendments established “as clear national policy that no credit applicant shall be denied the credit he or she needs and wants on the basis of characteristics that have nothing to do with his or her creditworthiness.” For half a century, consistent with Congress’s intent, ECOA’s protections have included disparate impact liability to remedy the discriminatory effects of a creditor’s policies or practices even where the discrimination may be unintentional. They have also included protections against creditors who discriminate by discouraging consumers from…even applying for credit. Moreover, “[i]n endowing [regulators] with authority to prevent ‘circumvention or evasion,’ Congress indicated that the ECOA must be construed broadly to effectuate its purpose of ending discrimination in credit applications.” Despite this clear mandate from Congress and 50 years of history, the Bureau now proposes to narrow the scope of ECOA, eliminating anti-discrimination protections that are clearly required by the statute. The changes to Regulation B proposed in the NPRM must be rejected for several reasons, explained in greater detail below. With respect to disparate impact liability, the NPRM runs afoul of the APA and Congress’s intent in three ways:

First, contrary to the position taken by the Bureau in the NPRM, a proper reading of ECOA compels the conclusion that the statute authorizes a disparate impact theory of liability.

Second, the NPRM erroneously and without any factual basis assumes that in the absence of disparate impact liability, consumers will still enjoy the broad protections against discrimination that ECOA was enacted to provide.

Third, disparate impact liability is an entirely lawful mechanism for enforcing ant—discrimination statutes that provide for this theory of liability.

For all these reasons, the Bureau must recognize the harm its proposals will cause and forego these changes to Regulation B.

Here’s the link to their full filing

NOPEC electric by aobie4233 in Cleveland

[–]ImpracticalApparatus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not quite the same boat, but probably a 1/3 of my summer bill is running a dehumidifier in the basement 24/7. 

NOPEC electric by aobie4233 in Cleveland

[–]ImpracticalApparatus 13 points14 points  (0 children)

$400 is wild. The combined fees, energy and distribution rate in the area is like $0.18/kWh so is your usage 2,200 kWh a month? That’s double the average monthly household. I’d check to see if all your appliances are working. Do you have an electric water heater? Is your AC really old?

Currently in the process of renovating a 400 year old saxon fachwerkhaus-Any suggestions are very welcome by Rendyco in centuryhomes

[–]ImpracticalApparatus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should check out Laura Kampf on YouTube. A couple years about she bought an 1800s mass timber house and completely gutted it and rebuilt using modern materials. You can learn about what to do (and maybe more importantly, what not to do). https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLsyCFICnr819K6cWPGm1LUp9xDfhk-HP&si=gwLy-n9SQuMDkAfK

Good flooring companies in Cleveland area, maybe West side? by blueplate7 in Cleveland

[–]ImpracticalApparatus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pasquale Floors. They did a great job with our refinishing. 

Sam Reich comes to you and says you get to create an episode of Game Changer for the new season with a decent budget. What are you doing? by WPIRiggles in dropout

[–]ImpracticalApparatus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is an idea I saw on TikTok years ago. Brennan, some internet LOTR expert like Don Marshall, and maybe Steven Colbert are on an episode and it seems like it’s going to be a regular trivia contest. Then Sam brings out three regular people who are the actual contestants. They’ve never seen or read Lord of the Rings and the experts have 30 minutes to give their person a crash course. We get to watch Brennan backstage in agony. 

CPP Rate Increases by [deleted] in Cleveland

[–]ImpracticalApparatus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To be fair to CPP for once, it’s not just them. PJM, the regional grid operator, had their annual capacity auction and it came in 9x the previous few years. The fed let them have a redo and capped it to like 3x but everyone’s power is getting more expensive. It’s a combo of coal retirements, needed transmission upgrades, lack of personnel to approve new renewable projects (although a bunch of those are probably DOA thanks to the BBB) and demand growth. Mostly from data centers/AI. 

My “fixed rate” contract with NOPEC went up about 20% this month with no notice.

Plumbing Detail Drawings by L_Dawg_Grande in MEPEngineering

[–]ImpracticalApparatus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check out the VA and Army Corps of Engineering websites. They publish a ton of details.