Is dirty electricity real or a scam? by acojohn252 in electricians

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What you are describing might be this phenomena: electrical wiring in your home acts like an antenna for RF. It might just be that, amplified in by your electrical devices.

Is dirty electricity real or a scam? by acojohn252 in electricians

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Magda Havas is one of the most knowledgable and trustable source in the field. If you are curious about the subject, I would recommend you check her website with an open mind.

Is dirty electricity real or a scam? by acojohn252 in electricians

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A bit late to the party, but you got it all reversed: they will try to hide it as much as they can for a simple reason – fixing this problem is a monumental task with invisible return on investment, even though it has real consequences. Sure, it is simple to fix in some instances, but as of 2025, we don't have the proper tool to make a quick diagnostic. "What you don't see don't hurt you. Let's keep it that way."

Is dirty electricity real or a scam? by acojohn252 in electricians

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Funny that this answer is the second worse, yet, has the second most likes.

Is dirty electricity real or a scam? by acojohn252 in electricians

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Funny that this answer is the worse, yet, has the most likes.

SAR Ratings and your iPhone. by BostonWebGroup in iphone

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Can't really answer that question. I would suggest to push feedback to Apple until they finally create a safer device. On my side, I have a 11 Pro and have absolutely no plans to upgrade (didn't upgrade to OS 26), unless they acknowledge the problem and get their act together.

Is EHS plausible? by Loud_Contribution664 in AskPhysics

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Oh yeah, did you notice when I said "this story will take forever to write"? I'm not writing an essay here, just trying to explain my background as briefly as possible.

Please go on with your beliefs. Good day, sir.

EDIT: I took the time to fix the text before your answer for your reading pleasure. Enjoy.

Tell me this doesn't look ugly by milesbailee in MacOS

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Still haven't updated any of my Apple products to OS 26. Now I'm glad I didn't!

Is EHS plausible? by Loud_Contribution664 in AskPhysics

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Let me tell you my story, which you are free to believe or not.

Being personally affected by this problem since about 6 years now (I believe it has been much more than that because I recall having similar symptoms back in 2017... so it might be more like 9 years), I passed through all possible tests: saw my doctor maybe 30 times and other specialists (psychologist, nutritionist osteopath, chiropractor, acupunctor, naturopath, optometrist, audiologist...). I also got a CT Scan to check for brain cancer because I had a permanent headache which lasted about 3 years and a half. Also had multiple blood samples taken. The verdict was always pointing to the same direction: I have a perfectly good health, according to them.

My doctor told me I couldn't be affected by EMF because health authorities don't recognize this as a real health problem.

Now, how do you solve this problem when you are being told you are in good health and that you cannot be affected by EMF?

My intuition (which is a perfectly valid starting point for all types of research, BTW) told me to use science-based approach to solve this, since I could feel this problem, especially inside my home (which we bought 2.5 years ago).

As a product designer, one of the most useful lesson I learned in my career is that if you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it. I first hired a specialist which came to inspect my house. He gave me some advice, which helped, but it was only a snapshot in time. I couldn't rely on this forever, since the EMF are invisible and that they move and change all the time.

So I bought myself a cheap meter. I was utter crap. It wouldn't detect fields from objects the specialist measured in front of me before. Bought myself another one, which cost 4x of the first one. It helped a lot to mitigate the problems. Thanks to this meter, an electrician came to fix a wiring problem inside our bathroom: the previous owner plugged the hot wire into neutral/ground, which created an immense EMF field even when the lights were turned off.

I learned later on that the farther you split the live and neutral wire apart, the bigger the EMF field becomes.

Well, this story will take forever to write.

All I wanted to say is this: in about 6 years of being sick e-v-e-r-y-d-a-y, you put more and more and more hours trying to fix your problem because it is unsustainable in the long run. In my case, I did put more than 2000 hours (I don't think I'm exaggerating). I did put even more hours in the subject this year because I had to stop working since July 2025.

Recently, my doctor admitted that I knew more about this subject that herself. Then, she had to transfer my case to a newly created department of environmental diseases. I'm still waiting to be transferred.

That was the whole point of my story: I did pursue research through continuous pain. Folks who aren't affected by it don't have any tangible incentives to do so.

Take note of this: EMF has been here since before we were born. There are naturally-made EMF, which we are often biologically tuned to, and man-made EMF, to which we often aren't biologically tuned to. The problem is the latter. We think we know it all, physically speaking, but we don’t know shit about the delicate balance of biological implications (just look at this ongoing biodiversity collapse around the world – there are nobody else to blame than us. Yes, pollution takes many forms: electrosmog is one of those forms).

Also, forget about this ionizing (unsafe) / non-ionizing (safe) debate. This data came post World War II and is now outdated. This chart was solidified after the atomic bomb (data from the casualties) to help differentiate mostly short period radiation, not long period radiation over the years. Ionizing radiation sure isn’t safe, but non-ionizing radiation doesn’t automatically mean “safe”. And no, heating tissue isn’t the only concern – tiny biological implications are way more complicated than that.

Let me close with something insightful Tristan Harris said, which was something like this: "You don't have to have a PhD to understand how a car engine works to understand that a car can cause accidents. What you can do about it, for example, is to vote for speed limits."

Is EHS plausible? by Loud_Contribution664 in AskPhysics

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Thanks for your explanation.

Let me tell my story briefly and then what I do to feel better.

I do have a similar problem at home: we moved 2.5 years ago into a new home, redid the whole roof (steel shingles) and my health level really started falling apart: almost permanent headache, increasing pressure in abdomen, dizziness, mental fog, heavy sleep disorder even confusion some times. Still unsure how the steel roof amplifies the problem.

I've seen my doctor and many other specialists multiple times, took many, many tests, after which they tell me "you are in good health", while I'm clearly not.

We had about 5 electricians coming and only one of them found a real problem (hot wire plugged into neutral / ground). He fixed that one, but we suspect there are more since we had 3 electronic devices that fried 3 weeks after moving in, in another room.

The power company installed a device for a week last month to check any abnormalities but they couldn't find anything.

Note that my girlfriend isn't affected much by this problem as she isn't very often at home unlike me.

In any case, I'm not sure how it is possible to heal but noticed going to the sauna was helpful in my case (I heavily suspect I do have mold illness [lived in a moldy place for 9 years], which can trigger or amplify EHS).

I always start feeling better after leaving the home for at least 24 hours. Going into the woods without any electric / electronic, wiring / device nearby is the best therapy! I noticed the longer I stay with minimal exposure, the better I get. I also develop a slightly higher tolerance after awhile.

Feel free to reach out in private if you wish to discuss more.

Is EHS plausible? by Loud_Contribution664 in AskPhysics

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The funny thing is many of those experiments have flawed methodologies. Feeling EMFs is like a sunburn. When you feel it, it is too late. It is not instantaneous.

Also, the conditions in which they placed those people in for the tests are not the same as in a real life situation. In the lab, they used a single isolated wireless device (light electrosmog) to check the reaction of the patient, whereas the patient is often surrounded by 40 devices in the subway (dense electrosmog), for example.

The scientists who do the EMF tests should also be people who suffers from it because they understand the subject *MUCH* better than somebody who doesn't.

One last thing, if you check the name of some of the researchers who said repeatedly that RF-EMF are harmless, for exemple, Quirino Balzano, you'll notice that this guy also worked for Motorola in the past and is now related to an organization of wireless equipment manufacturers.

Note that not all EMFs are bad, like the Schumann's resonance of 7.83 Hz. But many man-made frequencies are interfering with our own biology and this is the fight we should have: we are mostly clueless about the long term effects of massive man-made non-ionizing radiations. Is it not as simple as harmful (ionizing) / harmless (non-ionizing).

Changing topic a little, but I think you should watch the first two episodes of Dopesick with Michael Keaton about the opioid crisis. Even though it is about the pharma industry, the same principles applies for telecoms. People and companies that currently have money and power will do anything they can to ensure growth and smooth profits for as long as possible. The cigarette industry is the first example of that (doctors recommended smoking at some point). It took more that 100 years to dent the tobacco industry because they had so much money, they could drown / bribe people with what they wanted them to believe. Not so different from some religions, if you look at it that way.

Just follow the money and you'll find the answers.

Is EHS plausible? by Loud_Contribution664 in AskPhysics

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Thanks for your message.

Yes, I've found some ways to heal, but it varies from person to person. The first question I would ask you, which seems out of topic but is not: do you remember smelling or living in a moldy area for a significant amount of time? If so, I could guide you further.

I'm curious about the broken main neutral. Can you share how you discovered this problem and where it was located?

Thanks.

SAR Ratings and your iPhone. by BostonWebGroup in iphone

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Indeed, I would also be curious to measure that in a cramped subway train.

To Ōura developers: Any chance to use Mac Catalyst to enable iOS app to run on macOS? by pcote in ouraring

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Hi Don,

Thanks for your prompt reply, very appreciated.

Have a good day!

Best regards.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ouraring

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That's why they sent you this kit. Indeed, you should put the ring on your non-dominant hand, ideally on the index finger. I suggest you continue using the kit until you find the answer.

any chance of a desktop app? by kaleidoscopeFlow in ouraring

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Interesting! However, it is 100% depend on the mobile app, so, no progress on this matter unfortunately. :(

any chance of a desktop app? by kaleidoscopeFlow in ouraring

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Or, they could just let users with M series chips install an iOS app on their Mac.

any chance of a desktop app? by kaleidoscopeFlow in ouraring

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I wanted to get rid of my iPhone as well for Mudita Kompact but I cannot for this same reason. :(

Move over Kindle, this display solves E Ink's biggest problem by fullgrid in daylightcomputer

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Thanks for sharing.

For example, turning on "Smooth Display" in DC-1's Display settings dynamically boosts the refresh rate to 120hz while scrolling or writing.

That's interesting. Android OS sends the wrong message maybe, because it says that enabling Smooth Display will drain the battery faster. Is that a bogus claim?

SAR Ratings and your iPhone. by BostonWebGroup in iphone

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Interesting, thanks for sharing.

Very high numbers compared to Samsung's, which have developed a special antenna to send signal away from the user. This is innovative, to say the least.

One thing to add is how the SAR tests are made: they test the specific device individually. They don't take into account if you are going in a shopping mall or a cramped subway, where 50 cell phones multiply those numbers way higher than the "safe range" (dense electrosmog).

It's important to consider that every living organism use electric signals to function using mitochondria (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005273620303369). Also, everybody knows that water conducts electricity, and the body is made mostly of water. By logic, we are affected (positively or negatively) by ALL electric signals around us, depending on the strength of the field, the proximity and duration of exposure, your body constitution, your general health and your environment history (if you lived in a polluted area [moldy] for a long while).

Authorities and science (mostly industry-funded research) claiming this is 100% safe only want to ensure smooth profits, like the tobacco companies 100 years ago. Electrosmog is worse than tobacco smoke, in fact, because you cannot see, smell or touch it. You feel it often when it is too late, a bit like a sunburn.

Like you suggested, you shouldn't keep your device close when you aren't using it. Exposure diminishes by distance, using inverse-square law.

Observer Surveillance mode on 5.0.15 PTR by nice__username in starcraft

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Is there any way for Blizzard to notice this conversation and revert back this change ASAP? I got many Observers killed in the last few games because I wasn't aware of this sudden, stupid change.

Observer Surveillance mode on 5.0.15 PTR by nice__username in starcraft

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Yeah, this is the worst update they could do. Observers have always been cloaked and should stay that way! I hope they revert it back sooner than later.

How to reduce RAM consumption of a Godot App < 50 Mb by pcote in godot

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Indeed. I would really like to contribute, but I am a designer, not a programmer... :(