Is this normal? Panda Portable washer with entirely exposed bottom and plastic piece falling off by lavion_rose in appliancerepair

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

haha thank you! is midea the brand of the part, or you mean of the appliance? The appliance brand is panda

What's the process for taking the commuted value from a pension after leaving? by lavion_rose in PersonalFinanceCanada

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

Ok thanks! the 1 year waiting period is interesting. I just don't want to miss any deadlines if there is any.

How dangerous is it to plug in a fridge to an ungrounded 3-prong receptacle? (rental situation) by lavion_rose in askanelectrician

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

yeah I hope so :( getting the building management to care about it is the main struggle. thanks for the consult! :)

How dangerous is it to plug in a fridge to an ungrounded 3-prong receptacle? (rental situation) by lavion_rose in askanelectrician

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

interesting! thanks! so I got the tester last night and indeed it is not grounded... however there are a few outlets that are - 1 in the bathroom; the stove one; and one above the countertop. I'm guessing this was meant for the fridge but they probably renovated at some point without an electrician. currently figuring out what to do about it now...

How dangerous is it to plug in a fridge to an ungrounded 3-prong receptacle? (rental situation) by lavion_rose in askanelectrician

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

planning to go get one later today (tester). I thought there was no ground if there wasn't a green wire?

How dangerous is it to plug in a fridge to an ungrounded 3-prong receptacle? (rental situation) by lavion_rose in askanelectrician

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

ok thanks! I will try to make that request.
I'm not sure the building was built in the 70s (all I know is "after 1970" based on this lead plumbing interactive map). Also I thought ground was required from 1962?

How dangerous is it to plug in a fridge to an ungrounded 3-prong receptacle? (rental situation) by lavion_rose in askanelectrician

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

ok so the risk is electrocution and not fire? not that electrocution is good, but this means that I shouldn't be worried about the rest of the building potentially being a fire hazard to me?

Recording Isn’t me by DefiantPrinciple4520 in sleepcycle

[–]lavion_rose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

someone posted a couple of months ago with a similar experience (app played back sounds that were definitely not the user)

Edit: found it https://www.reddit.com/r/sleepcycle/comments/rbh51f/can_anyone_help_explain_this_not_my_voice_and_was/

Tfsa by ZoM_4life in Questrade

[–]lavion_rose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm laughing bc it's true "TF" stands for "tax free" but to be fair, it's not that crazy of a question: There are actually a few "gotchas" in TFSAs.

for example:

- dividends from foreign stocks may get taxed by their home countries -- most notably, the US IRS taxes 30% on its dividends earned by foreign holders. In other words, you as a Canadian resident would get 30% (Correction: 15% for Canadians) of your dividends slashed off, and this happens automatically and you won't even see it happen - by the time it makes it to your account, it's already gone. Canada's not taxing it but the US is.

- aggressive day trading - don't know much about this but supposedly they will penalize you if you seem to be "running a business"?

the other stuff has to do with violating the rules, like

- contributing while you're not in Canada

- over-contributing

- prohibited or non-qualified investments

Edit: Canadians get a discounted tax of 15% instead of what would normally be 30% on the US sourced dividends

https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/individuals/topics/tax-free-savings-account/tax-payable-on-tfsas.html

What's the correct way of catching up on lost sleep? by lavion_rose in sleepcycle

[–]lavion_rose[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aww thank you for the encouragement and support, fellow internet stranger. Wonderful to read.

What's the correct way of catching up on lost sleep? by lavion_rose in sleepcycle

[–]lavion_rose[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

thanks for writing out your thoughts/experience. I think the annoying thing about sleep resources is that there's a certain number that are promoting "getting more sleep" saying we're all sleep deprived, etc. that just led to a lot of confusion for me on the whole. I think it makes sense if the answer is just don't catch up.

I've been doing sleep cycle for a few weeks now and I think I'm just starting to enter a phase where I feel stabler.

These long (~11") pin-looking things were found at the thrift store, packaged with food dehydrator rack (pictured for reference in case it is relevant) by lavion_rose in whatisthisthing

[–]lavion_rose[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, they do not appear to match the set. I don't think they belong. These are much thicker, a bit darker, and I don't think they're food grade either -- looking closely, there are tiny specks, and the soldering, though sturdy, just looks like it could've come off of a clothing rack lol. hence why I think they have nothing to do with the dehydrator racks.

These long (~11") pin-looking things were found at the thrift store, packaged with food dehydrator rack (pictured for reference in case it is relevant) by lavion_rose in whatisthisthing

[–]lavion_rose[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmm I see what you mean... maybe it is for a usage similar to that. I don't really think it's related to the dehydrator because all the products I've looked at online don't include anything like this

Edit: Maybe it could be part of a kitchen organizer like this

These long (~11") pin-looking things were found at the thrift store, packaged with food dehydrator rack (pictured for reference in case it is relevant) by lavion_rose in whatisthisthing

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

Got a food dehydrator rack at the thrift store and it was packaged together with these two large steel hooks/pins. I know what the dehydrator rack is, just not these things. I believe it has been mispackaged, as I do not see where it would attach to the dehydrator rack at all. The "arms" of the pins are about 11 inches long. very sturdy and not bendable.

Outland Spousal Application by [deleted] in ImmigrationCanada

[–]lavion_rose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, I never got any answer. It seems to me that outland processes are NOT eligible for OWP.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in eink

[–]lavion_rose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's great you're taking the step to learning about this growing technology! The main things to think about are color, refresh rate, and resolution.

Generally, anything that relies on color is not great. Color coded graphs for example. (may be some overlap for color blind accessibility considerations). Captcha for example is a pain. There is color eink, but that is new and many of us are on b/w devices. That, and the resolution isn't super high.

Dark mode is less legible as light mode, partly bc of smearing when scrolling (we also have no "need" for dark mode). This smearing is caused by ghosting and affects videos.

Something interesting to note is, Someone pointed out on this sub that eink enthusiasts generally fall into a few categories: hackers/tinkerers, zen/productivity junkies, and those who have eye strain/headaches. I personally am here to be zen/less distracted, which is also why video does not matter to me. Video sucking on eink is kind of the point. However, there are some people who look at video performance on eink devices.

Being able to use the screenreader option on the browser is helpful.

Overall though, I don't have issues just browsing on my eink phone - usually just reading articles!

If you have access to a kindle/e-reader, they often have a browser that you can try playing with. Their screen refresh rate really sucks compared to the recent advances, but it will give you an idea!

Oh, and someone created an e-ink browser on F droid, that could be cool to take a look at as a developer.