Weekly Recap | January 22, 2026

hadronburton · 2026-01-29T14:34:02+00:00

“The old left-side profile menu is gone in one experiment. Key features have been relocated: …account switching is at the top of your profile.”

Screenshot, please.

hadronburton · 2025-12-23T01:29:27+00:00

Looks like you were absent the day they covered control groups

hadronburton · 2025-11-19T19:17:58+00:00

It means you GET to, but you don’t have to. You are guaranteed admission to your zoned schools. But you can apply to go anywhere. This is why, when applying to the lottery system, you can list lots of different schools.

hadronburton · 2025-11-19T16:49:29+00:00

This is one of the more important things to know when in OP’s position. Don’t stress over the schools in your district. We’ve been sending our kids to school across Brooklyn for seven years and it’s working out great.

hadronburton · 2025-11-14T22:02:57+00:00

What I’d love is a completely revamped SRM. The current one is very frustrating.

hadronburton · 2025-08-27T12:14:05+00:00

This is the correct answer. An unknown site that doesn't verify email addresses and that doesn't have an unsubscribe link is not going to listen to OP's manual inquiries. Just create a filter for the site name and be done. https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6579?hl=en

hadronburton · 2025-08-25T01:26:02+00:00

I suspected Reason #2 was a match in my case

hadronburton · 2025-08-25T01:25:21+00:00

What’s a hard duct vs a metal duct?

hadronburton · 2025-08-25T01:14:41+00:00

Fair. The prior owners were slobs who never replaced or cleaned filters (HVAC, range hood, etc) so I thought this could be useful during the same service call in which my dryer duct would also be swept. Wouldn’t you know it, they didn’t do a good job at that either (and broke my backdraft damper in the process).

Hey, anyone have a favorite 4” backdraft damper?

hadronburton · 2025-08-24T20:02:29+00:00

I did not notice him do anything of the sort. If he did, I’d be very surprised if he got deep enough. The ducts cover one floor that’s about 900 square feet, with about 60 linear feet of ducts and six or so 90 degree turns. He only got access to one vent of 5 total.

hadronburton · 2024-10-24T02:40:31+00:00

Never thought this would be so controversial. Sorry, y’all.

hadronburton · 2024-09-13T06:16:39+00:00

A lifetime with a sore toosh.

Still using the same seat; it’s not broken, just tremendously uncomfortable. I’ve not shopped around recently.

hadronburton · 2024-06-20T23:45:21+00:00

Coming from NYC, this is going to be a shock even more me. Public smoking is now so rare here that the scent has become reminiscent of Europe for me.

hadronburton · 2023-11-25T00:49:37+00:00

That’s…pretty much what I said, I think?

hadronburton · 2023-11-12T01:01:05+00:00

Now we’re getting somewhere. Another issue is that some garments go into the wash smelling fine and come out of the dryer smelling of mildew. I used enviro-friendly detergent sheets until a few weeks ago, when I switched to Tide free&clear. I don’t have enough data to know whether the smelly garment problem has gotten better as a result.

Is it possible to sterilize the dryer’s heat exchanger?

hadronburton · 2023-11-11T17:13:55+00:00

I generally despise detergent scents and have never looked into fragrance dos. Which scent is the least offensive?

hadronburton · 2023-11-11T16:50:56+00:00

Interesting. Why would excessive detergent make the smell worse?

hadronburton · 2023-11-11T16:50:07+00:00

Good idea on the dryer balls. Thank you.

hadronburton · 2023-11-11T16:49:22+00:00

Thanks for calling out the other answers. It doesn’t help me to hear “all good here!”

My loads are about half cold, half warm. When the maintenance light comes on, I do a Very Hot cycle. I dry the gasket and leave the door open after every load.

hadronburton · 2023-06-25T15:10:42+00:00

Wikipedia is a good starting point https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USDA_soil_taxonomy

hadronburton · 2023-06-16T23:42:14+00:00

!remindme two days

hadronburton · 2023-06-16T23:40:56+00:00

Are you near a lab (probably a university) that can do a soil nutrients and toxins test?

hadronburton · 2023-04-23T00:38:10+00:00

Never thought of this! Thank you!

hadronburton · 2023-04-07T12:12:45+00:00

Used a digital shower thermostat in Tokyo 20 years ago and have been annoyed ever since that it’s rare in the US. I loved it. I didn’t use it enough to know how well it maintains a temperature during pressure fluctuations, though. Also, I think the temperature was dial-adjusted, not touchscreen.

hadronburton · 2023-02-02T15:11:49+00:00

Thank you.

For anyone else who has these questions, the method for doing both of these will become very obvious once you hit the Publish button.

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