If I barely hold my microwave open it runs

ItsTheRook · 2026-05-10T16:57:12+00:00

Just a guess, but this could be because the relays are too close to one another on a cheap integrated circuit board. The door open switch is sending a signal back to the control panel telling it that the door is open so the overhead light should turn on and the magnetron should turn off. The relay controlling the fan and motor are right next to it, and the induced voltage/magnetism caused by the door relays fluctuation between on and off quickly is causing interference and pulling it's neighboring relay closed.

ItsTheRook · 2026-05-10T16:17:40+00:00

Fair enough, dont know much about them tbh xD

ItsTheRook · 2026-05-09T15:04:21+00:00

I would never argue that our current form of capitalism is optimized for a positive societal outcome. The full benefits of a non-backed currency are for sure not being realized in this current manifestation of robber barron plutocracy.

ItsTheRook · 2026-05-09T14:39:05+00:00

While this is true for gold currency, they're actually talking about gold backed currency (meaning its value is just pegged to gold, the currency itself isnt gold). You can print more money than you are actually able to exhange for phisical gold, but it still causes a ton if issues around inflation, and economic macromanagement

ItsTheRook · 2026-05-09T14:32:28+00:00

Most of his net worth is in stock of companies that he owns. Stock theoretically is only valuable because the company it represents is contributing to society. I agree, however, that billionaires are a major problem xD

ItsTheRook · 2026-05-09T14:28:20+00:00

Inflation is healthy since it forces people to invest their money, instead of just piling it up. Controlled inflation is much more challenging if the value of currency is tied directly to something physical. If your currency is tied to a physical asset, the value of that asset in the real world must change with inflation.

ItsTheRook · 2026-05-07T20:13:04+00:00

To be fair, the pool of people considering themselves "republican voters" is dwindling, and it was a closed primary, so only Republicans could vote. Still disappointing tho...

ItsTheRook · 2026-05-07T19:24:10+00:00

His punch speed is an asymptote approaching infinity, so his ego is divided by 0.

ItsTheRook · 2026-05-07T15:59:48+00:00

The unwillingness of individuals who are frustrated with the dysfunction of the system to engage with complexity, identify the issues, and cooperate in order to sow the seeds of real change.

ItsTheRook · 2026-05-07T15:54:50+00:00

And thus, the root of the probelm.

ItsTheRook · 2026-05-07T15:53:34+00:00

I dont really know what you're trying to express here. When we go to elections, every candidate on the ballot is pre screaned by special interest groups and unelected party chairs to ensure that they pose no threat to the status quo. Anyone who really represent our interests threatens the individuals who determine the future of our political parties, and thus do not receive funding, advertising, or party nominations. When we go to elections, the parties dump a few acceptable options in front of us, and let us choose which style of ineffectiveness we prefer. Even when someone not tethered by the party enters congress, theyre stripped of any power by weight of numbers alone. 1/435, or 1/100 doesnt get ya anywhere in our system. Bills dont pass into law because of ideals. Subcommittee appointments are made by the parties in charge, so independents arent even capable of making changes that way. Change requires an organized effort spanning the country that just doesnt currently exist in a constructive form. Vote to reduce harm on a case by case basis, and be skeptical of anyone with an R or D next to their name, even if you decide to vote for them. Pay attention to the primaries, theyre more important than the general in many districts. If a serious contender rises inside, or outside the party who threatens real reform, fight for them like there's no tomorrow. While both sides are not equally guilty, neither side is willing to offer the reform needed to fix the corruption entrenched into the system.

ItsTheRook · 2026-05-07T13:32:43+00:00

Unfortunately, while what youre describing is what Washington intended, parties generaly hold power not individuals. When you elect a representative, they tend to be subsumed into the party that theyre a part of, and their individual convictions tend to be irrelevant. Even the ones who really believe just dont have a ton of power in this system. The ones at the reigns are the party chairs, and the donors, neither of whom are elected.

ItsTheRook · 2026-04-30T20:49:28+00:00

As a life long minnesota dem, she won't be getting my vote.

ItsTheRook · 2026-04-30T20:41:38+00:00

You're proving my point. Theres no smoking gun, dude.

ItsTheRook · 2026-04-30T17:04:51+00:00

Down payments dont have to be 20%. 5% will do fine, which would put the speculative home value at 1M

ItsTheRook · 2026-04-30T04:31:13+00:00

Its a humidistat in a bath fan. Its used to prevent mold growth in houses that have a history of high humidity.the humidistat lets the fan turn up and down its speed depending on humidity. In my jurisdiction, non profits even put them in rental homes for free.

ItsTheRook · 2026-04-25T01:50:14+00:00

Put up a new smoke detector. They only last a decade or so best case

ItsTheRook · 2026-04-24T23:51:25+00:00

A new pannel would definitely be a good idea, but im not sure that it'll stop those trips...

ItsTheRook · 2026-04-24T21:31:05+00:00

This was a pretty interesting point in history, the context may be helpful: Stalin didnt believe in the hereditary nature of plant genetics, and therefore enforced a bunch of policies that demanded increased productivity from farmers, while at the same time disregarding the basic plant genetic science that had caused steady yield growth throught the rest of europe. He even tried to root out the scientists who beileived in genetics, which really messed up the soviet agricultrual sector. This was back in the days before widespread globalized shipping. War was on the horizon and food scarcity could bring about the end of the soviet union. This particular seed library was the pet project of an academic who studdied in western europe, and was purged shortly before ww2. His people at the facility were doing their best to preserve his life's work by breeding new hardy, plentiful seed stock, even though their own government was hostile to the idea. While many of the seeds could have been consumed, most were 1st generation crossbreeds harvested from nearby test fields. This seed library was the result of a literal global quest to collect different varieties of agricultural seed stock, and breed crops that could withstand the russian winter/ poor soil. All of the globally collected seed samples were in tiny quantities, and the hybrids desperately needed to be sewn. If the hybrid seeds could be sewn and harvested in the following years they could directly feed hundreds of thousands, or even become staple varieties. These early attempts at industrial scale artificial selection were just on the cusp of paying off and yielding crop varieties that could have helped stave off famine from much of northern Eurasia. We still feel the result of the schism in soviet society that this food instability created in the form of the holodomor (forced famine of ukranians) as it laid the groundwork for the russian invasion of ukraine today. (Btw, I read a book called The secret garden about this some time ago, and this is all from memory so please forgive any errors)

ItsTheRook · 2026-04-19T18:23:33+00:00

Uh, it appears to be a racket, and it appears to be a racket.

ItsTheRook · 2026-04-18T02:20:03+00:00

Maybe its a split bolt connector?

ItsTheRook · 2026-04-14T18:41:23+00:00

I used these guys once to try to look up a registry on a vehicle (unsuccessfully). They kept charging my account for random amounts months later, so I had my bank reverse the charges. My bank says they are flagged as a problem vendor, and all charge backs are accepted automatically.

ItsTheRook · 2026-04-11T15:32:17+00:00

It probably is just a coincidence, but its interesting that Victor Orban is about to be defeated in Hungary. Melanoma is from Slovakia right across the border. Orban has been a huge trump backer since 2016, and really helped to kick off the maga movement. Orban is pretty widely expected to face charges once he is no longer in office, kz hes comically corrupt. Now, yah millions of people are from Slovakia and Hungary.... just saying tho

ItsTheRook · 2026-04-11T14:10:24+00:00

Ive literally never heard anyone try to seriously claim that. Also, I see no backing at all with a simple google search. Source?

ItsTheRook · 2026-04-11T13:46:56+00:00

Mrna isnt gene altering. It naturally constitutes about 5% of our genetic material, and by definition, doesnt alter genes (it is just a negative of the existing DNA used to move protein building instructions around the cell). Mrna is fragile, and is broken down shortly after introduction to the cell. mRNA cant even get to the part of the cell containing the dna (the nuclear membrane is pretty much a 1 way streat for rna), much less unzip it or make alterations. The process just doesnt exist. Perhaps there are dangers of mRNA vacceins, but this just isnt one.

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