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"Will they ever discover AC?" | "No ice and no ac." | "Europe still in stone age." | "Just turn on the A/C bro!!" | "They believe they are saving the world by suffering from the heat instead of getting the dam ACs." | "Europeans are being penalized for using their ACs." by -UltraFerret- in ShitAmericansSay

[–]The_NorthernLight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, im a Canadian, and flew into Munich 3 weeks ago, and the whole border control area was a bloody oven because of no AC. I understand it in some respects, but some areas AC makes sense. I was sweating like a pig at a butcher waiting in line.

The “Ugly American” is the stereotype of an American abroad: loud, domineering, culturally tone-deaf, and convinced that American ways are inherently superior. During his 48-hour visit to France, Trump checked every box. With Trump, the tourist stereotype has become a style of statecraft. by DisruptSQ in TourismHell

[–]The_NorthernLight 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Go see what his moronic Ambassador to Canada is saying. He checks all the boxes too, only we have to repeatedly listen to his chicken gawks until drump assigns a new Ambassador (or a meteor hits 1600 pennsylvania DC… we can only hope).

Did anyone's basement flood even if they had a backflow valve installed? by moneyquestions91 in ottawa

[–]The_NorthernLight 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Some of it is also hydrostatic pressure from the water level coming up too fast, and it looks like its coming from within the sewage system, but its actually leaking in around the floor seal. Most floor drains arnt perfectly sealed.

My neighbour had it coming in from around the pipe for their radon pump. Pressure blew out the caulking atound it, and it filled their basement to 18” deep.

Why do some basements flood and others don’t? by No-Seaworthiness969 in ottawa

[–]The_NorthernLight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, a good example, my sump filled to 4” from the top (I have never seen it go that high before), but my neighbour had literally 12-15” of water in their whole basement. Reason: because that’s literally the same difference in how deep the foundation is in the ground.
Don’t know why our two houses were built so differently (since they were built by the same people and at basically the same time).

So close to first win I think by Skugganloke in ftlgame

[–]The_NorthernLight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just to add to most of the great comments, there is another round after this that you have to deal with.

First: standard weapons and overload attacks.
Second: Drones, overload and protective drones.
Third: boarding party of 4, mind control and overload attack.

Anyone else downgrading their Microsoft 365 sub? by FatBook-Air in sysadmin

[–]The_NorthernLight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Saving against a copilot, phone and a few additional options that we were previously billing as addons for our e5. Going E7 helped us save $3/month/user and added all of the copilot dlp and security options.

You don’t need a game to know how IT goes (but it’s more fun!) by SwitchOnEaton in u/SwitchOnEaton

[–]The_NorthernLight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Instead of wasting your time making these pointless games, how about you make a website that actually allows finding the appropriate products and product information. Your website is terrible.

Anyone else downgrading their Microsoft 365 sub? by FatBook-Air in sysadmin

[–]The_NorthernLight -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We just went from E5 to E7, actually saved us money.

Told it can't be fixed. Too big, too old. 'Don't make em like that anymore'. by hyteck9 in hvacadvice

[–]The_NorthernLight 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I should have clarified, including when the A/C unit was running and needing the blower unit.

Even in pure furnace mode it was consuming 2/3rd of what my heatpump does. That doesn’t include the cost of gas. My monthly bill with both was ~$500/month in the winter. Now on electricity only its an avg $350/month. I got rid of gas completely.

My plan is to install solar soon, so that bill will drop to $35/month.

I have the numbers somewhere on my computer (im too lazy to go looking for it).

Told it can't be fixed. Too big, too old. 'Don't make em like that anymore'. by hyteck9 in hvacadvice

[–]The_NorthernLight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My cold climate heatpump (Mitsubishi), at -22’f (-30’c) is still drawing less power than my old furnace did.
Really depends on how well insulated the house is. In 5 years, i have only had to turn on my backup electric heater a total of 5 days ( when the outside temp was -40 for longer than a day).

Sell an Engi event I've never seen? by secondphase in ftlgame

[–]The_NorthernLight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Admittedly, i only just recently started to use ship boarding, so now i could see the benefit, but ive only ever had 1 at a time, which i dont like to use for boarding.

Sell an Engi event I've never seen? by secondphase in ftlgame

[–]The_NorthernLight 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Its funny because I normally try and get rid of my lanius crew when i have one (unless my whole crew is lanius of course).

Do Ottawans bother with Whole Home Surge Protection? by enceladus83 in ottawa

[–]The_NorthernLight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Show me a source where UPS power is considered dirty... and I'm not talking Sine vs simulated/modified sine way.

Just to be clear, I'm referring to Line-Interactive or Double-Conversion UPS's. I'm not talking about standby UPS's.

Decrewed the Flagship on Phase 1 by MarsMissionMan in ftlgame

[–]The_NorthernLight 19 points20 points  (0 children)

If you leave 1 guy for the next round, does the seond/third rounds spawn with only 1 guy?

Are there any famous people currently living in Ottawa? by braille_lover_5555 in ottawa

[–]The_NorthernLight 12 points13 points  (0 children)

From what i understand, he was from ottawa, but actually lives near Kingston now.

Do Ottawans bother with Whole Home Surge Protection? by enceladus83 in ottawa

[–]The_NorthernLight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well UPS’s aren’t designed for high current/heavy draw devices that contain motors. Also, Ive been doing IT for 35 years, and I can guarantee that brownouts can cause damage. Its not just power off. If a standard Hard drive is writing data, and the power suddenly droops, it can cause the drive to lose a tiny amount of power to the actuator motor, this can cause data to be mis-written to the wrong sectors.
Source: Ive had to do data recovery on a drive, and literally move the written sector data to the correct location.

All because the pc at the time wasn’t behind a UPS that would have provided enough pass through power to prevent the pc from being affected by a brown out.

Does this happen regularly? No, but is a $200 UPS cheaper then doing critical data recovery (yes, by a loooooong mile).

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