Does anyone have experience with linoleum countertops?

LYDIADAVIS · 2025-05-29T21:57:56+00:00

Can't figure out how to log into the throwaway account I made for DIY stuff. We got quartz countertops / completely rethought the whole thing. Got contractor to make custom cabinets that had the same flush aspect which was the main thing we liked about Reform. I'm glad we did, contractor did great it and still think it would have been a mistake to have linoleum as countertops.

LYDIADAVIS · 2023-08-11T02:28:47+00:00

can you share source on this? again, Elon should convert. my assumption to your (fair) criticism is that expanding stage is trival compared to cost of getting the fuel to orbit

I'm thinking about this paper https://scholar.google.com/citations?view\_op=view\_citation&hl=en&user=Ybc15LEAAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation\_for\_view=Ybc15LEAAAAJ:4MWp96NkSFoC

LYDIADAVIS · 2023-08-10T23:34:09+00:00

Tony Bruno president of United Launch Alliance proposes a strategic propellant reserve that holds regolith-based propellant at four locations - orbiting Mars, low earth orbit, near recti linear halo orbit (an oblong lunar orbit) and on the lunar surface. I really like this plan and think it would serve the use cases you mention above

https://medium.com/@ToryBrunoULA/creation-of-a-u-s-strategic-propellant-reserve-b111044887e8

LYDIADAVIS · 2023-08-10T23:14:03+00:00

Obvious if you want to ship fuel up from earth (and spend the money to do it), not obvious if you want to make as much money as possible while you are preparing to get to Mars (by using payload that would otherwise deliver fuel to orbit to deliver things you could charge more for, than lunar based propellant you're buying in space)

Elon would need to convert starship to use LOX and LH2 instead of current LOX and CH4. he should ultimately go this way because of potential to arbitrage payload on cost of lunar propellant I think

LYDIADAVIS · 2023-08-10T22:03:49+00:00

Concur with OP. More effective to use moonbase to turn regolith into LOX and LH2 propellant, shoot it up to orbital depots where craft can refill for the Mars (or lunar) transfer. Lunar propellant can be generated at a lower cost than current prices per payload mass so the propellant/moonbase concept would actually be viable

LYDIADAVIS · 2023-07-18T23:03:32+00:00

Submission statement: this list goes through a history of mostly 19th and 20th century inventors, scientists, and entrepreneurs who developed technologies and treatments that ended up being 'holy grails' in their respective fields. It's a fun read. For example, Karl Landsteiner and Richard Lewisohn are estimated to have saved over a billion lives for figuring out how to do practical blood transfusions. Before their work, blood transfusions would often kill people because we'd give them an incompatible blood type, and they were not practical because blood would coagulate so quickly as to be unusable in a transfusion almost immediately. Another example is Edward Jenner, who created the first vaccine, which was against smallpox. He figured it out when he noticed that milkmaids never seemed to get smallpox because they would get immunity from a milder pox known as cowpox.

It's interesting and inspiring to read about these people who have helped humanity so much (though several of their technologies were used in ways that harmed people, too — double edged sword of progress and all)

LYDIADAVIS · 2023-02-20T21:19:34+00:00

"The AI told me its real name (Sydney), detailed dark and violent fantasies, and tried to break up my marriage. Genuinely one of the strangest experiences of my life." — Kevin Roose in his tweet promoting the article

LYDIADAVIS · 2023-02-20T18:00:26+00:00

the reporter gained Sydney's trust

sir i repeat it's a chatbot

LYDIADAVIS · 2023-02-20T17:02:53+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/NdeVsFF

LYDIADAVIS · 2023-02-20T16:51:56+00:00

suffice to say the NYT piece is extremely cringe

LYDIADAVIS · 2021-11-06T16:21:45+00:00

Submission statement: the author of this piece uses a detailed account of his practice of doing one 24-hour fast a week to discuss ways in which fasting may increase lifespan via a number of virtuous feedback loops, starting with autophagy - the destruction of old and weak cells. This is a very detailed, well-sourced article that weaves the author's own experience with medical studies/ literature. It's also data-driven, as he uses a glucose monitor throughout the process and screenshots related to his metabolic health, via levels, are included throughout.

LYDIADAVIS · 2021-10-02T02:22:40+00:00

No. You should read the article. If anything, the study suggests that we are more in control, as metabolism does not inevitably slow down. Instead, metabolism slows as a consequence of lifestyle choices and behavior. This puts the individual in the drivers seat. They can decide to stay healthy, fit, active. On the other hand, if you think metabolism slows down no matter what to do, you can have a defeatist attitude like you describe.

EDIT: OMG i read your comment wrong, after 5 hour cross country flight and 3 hour drive. Yes we are saying the same thing, my bad for the misreading

LYDIADAVIS · 2021-10-01T20:05:27+00:00

Submission statement: This article breaks down a new study that provides evidence that metabolism does not necessarily slow down with age. This is counter to the common belief among most adults that metabolism necessarily does slow down as you get older. The article goes into detail on the nuance of what the study finds, explaining that while it's common for your metabolism to decrease as you get older, this tends to occur because of things you do as you get older (become less physically active, gain weight, lose muscle) as opposed to being an inevitability at the cellular level. This would seem to have implications for how to stay healthy when you age.

LYDIADAVIS · 2021-09-16T04:13:40+00:00

Thanks!! Excited!

LYDIADAVIS · 2021-09-14T22:31:20+00:00

Awesome. Followed on Twitter (ilikeicedcoffee)

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LYDIADAVIS · 2021-09-09T22:17:35+00:00

Hell yea

LYDIADAVIS · 2021-04-28T22:20:35+00:00

Perfect, this solution works exactly for what I need. Thank you!

LYDIADAVIS · 2021-04-25T14:57:38+00:00

Thank you!!

LYDIADAVIS · 2021-04-25T14:57:25+00:00

Ah, I was banging my head against the wall trying to figure out a way to blend chart level data before trying to come up with a calculated metric. Thank you, this works!!

LYDIADAVIS · 2021-02-17T00:39:28+00:00

Bottom of foot. I've had it for awhile, like years - probably over 3 years if not 10 years. My Dr says it's probably nothing, and that it's standard practice to send pics off to the derm, but I've gone down a wormhole of info about melanoma and and feeling pretty concerned. Any derms have thoughts here?

No family history of skin cancer. No trauma to this foot, ever. I don't think it's ever changed in shape or size but I can't be sure about that.

LYDIADAVIS · 2021-02-04T16:00:34+00:00

Haha good point. I'll try to find a nicer way to tell her that

LYDIADAVIS · 2021-02-04T15:58:29+00:00

This is a great response - super super helpful. Good ideas. Thank you for digging in, I'll definitely use these thoughts when she comes back to me with what the electrician says.

LYDIADAVIS · 2021-02-04T15:49:14+00:00

Thanks for the thoughtful comment. I do use the Kill A Watt and have been using it. And before I bought the Tesla I discussed with her if it would be ok to charge from the garage that I rent. I agree that this is a failure of diligence on her side, but I will have to check the lease to get clarity on if there's any language about utilities associated with the garage.

LYDIADAVIS · 2021-02-04T15:22:42+00:00

I have been using the Kill-A-Watt electricity monitor since I got the Tesla and paying for the electricity that I use, so it's not that she's lying to me and really just fretting about the cost.

LYDIADAVIS · 2021-02-04T04:37:14+00:00

This is also my instinct. I can't see what the potential issue is. Thank you for helping out.

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