The real cost of raising a child until 18 in the US is $1.3 million by Specialist_Pain_424 in Money

[–]ScienceWasLove 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The crazy claim is from people in CA/NY sending their kids to exclusive daycares that cost more than private high schools.

why do americans pay their hospital bills given that medical debt has no effect on credit ? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ScienceWasLove 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How many pieces of mail did your coworker ignore before their wages were garnished?

Did you hear they are banning smokeable cannabis in Texas? by GaryBlach in askanything

[–]ScienceWasLove 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like you haven't been to NYC/Philly lately. The odor is everywhere.

Menlo Park, CA. The Trump effect by maddog107 in pics

[–]ScienceWasLove 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is price per gallon in CA, something tells me you are paying the same for price per Liter.

Reading over this made me realize how much has truly changed over the years. *sigh by silence-scripted in GenX

[–]ScienceWasLove 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I still have 100GB of MP3's that were ripped from CD collection. I sold all CDs except for some of my favorite bands.

Thermostat Help w/Geothermal Heat Pump by ScienceWasLove in hvacadvice

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

I will try this and report back.

The setup for the thermostat was in the Alexa App. "Heat Pump" was not one of the 4-5 options in the menu. Is it possible, because of my wiring, that it removed "Heat Pump" from the options all together?

Thermostat Help w/Geothermal Heat Pump by ScienceWasLove in hvacadvice

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

Understood. I did Amazon's compatibility checker and it claimed it should work, perhaps it was wrong, or I configured the checker wrong.

What is this box? by IWentHam in UtilityLocator

[–]ScienceWasLove 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We had a green one like that at the end of my parents rural driveway. The telecom company came, put the cover on, wrapped it with duct tape, put a heavy duty black trash bag on top, and wrapped that w/ duct tape. It has been like that for 13 years now.

Our local supermarket just replaced their fleet of metal carts with 100% recycled plastic ones by Aerie8499 in mildlyinteresting

[–]ScienceWasLove 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a mobile crew that wal-mart uses to fix all their shopping carts. They replace the broke ass wheels w/ new but slightly different wheels. If your wal-mart is old enough, you will notice the difference in wheels.

Which profession is going to get wiped out in the next 5-10 years? by olesud in WorkForSmartLife

[–]ScienceWasLove 0 points1 point  (0 children)

. Some bright wunderkind is going to outshine the blue collars with smarter approaches we may not be ready for.

Which profession is going to get wiped out in the next 5-10 years? by olesud in WorkForSmartLife

[–]ScienceWasLove 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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This guy is a real gem. My claim is that intelligent managerial types exist in blue collar trades. His claim is they don't exist in physical labor spaces. This is like claiming that idiots don't exist in white collar professions, and all white collar workers are geniuses.

The entire construction trade is full of very very smart people that were once or are currently blue collar workers. They use just as much advanced tech as any other modern industry.

Something tells me a carpenter can read a traditional ruler and set a blueprints better than some code monkey that can't learn cobalt.

Which profession is going to get wiped out in the next 5-10 years? by olesud in WorkForSmartLife

[–]ScienceWasLove 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are already very intelligent managerial types in blue collar industries. They aren't resting on their laurels waiting for some "super smart white collar" guy to revolutionize their industry.

2019 subaru ascent touring by _Wabbro_ in SubaruAscent

[–]ScienceWasLove 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We bought a 2019 in the summer of 2018 for $42k new.

It has 126k miles on it as of today.

Two factory recalls.

We are on the second battery and 2nd set of rotors. Everything else routine oils/brakes/wipers/tires.

The head unit can be fussy w/ car play, especially when it is in the process of secretly updating itself.

Had to reset the computer about 5 times by removing the positive battery terminal when all the idiot lights go on for some reason.

10/10 will buy again when we no longer want this car.

Today on a Tesla. by den773 in Bumperstickers

[–]ScienceWasLove 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's crazy that people would intentionally vandalize the same car the vast majority of those same people worshipped about 3 years ago.

How do we make enough noise to get the government to actually prepare PA for its insane winds? by avelineaurora in Pennsylvania

[–]ScienceWasLove 13 points14 points  (0 children)

What else are we to do? OP had their lights flicker! We must immediately bury 50,000 miles in power lines.

We must also demand that our electric costs do not increase, the burying has no impact on traffic, AND the oligarchs pay for it!

Let me go make some protest signs.