You get what you pay for.

Did you even check to see if that ivy you planted is invasive? You’re probably ruining your local ecosystem you piece of shit.

Also what kind of basic bitch plants basic Roma tomatoes? Garbage choice, when Purple Cherokee are so much better.

Always have, always will.

Got it, so just vibes… Well, since you caught me on a Friday with a light schedule…

Amperage rating is maximum load, not how much it uses the entire cycle. I just so happen to have my washer hooked up to a power meter, and look at that! It doesn’t draw the entire load during the entire cycle (which would look like a flat line)!

Runtime is not correlated with energy use. Energy is actually much more closely linked to water usage, since it takes a lot of energy to heat up all that water for a cycle, and all that water weight causes extra load on the internal motors. The additional runtime of modern washing equipment is mostly idle time to allow for additional soaking, etc. and not contributing much energy use. Historical trends show a pretty steady decline in energy use. Here’s one study that found a 75+% decrease in energy use per load from the 90’s to the early 2010’s:

This is interesting, because when partnered with data on tub size, it actually shows that even as loads get larger, energy use has been decreasing over time:

(source is Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers again).

Back to your original comments about refrigerators, I’ll just add, going from ~1400 kWh/yr in 1980 to ~400 kWh/yr in 2014 is a 72% decrease in energy use (which is amazing), even while real appliance costs have come down AND volume has gone up.

IDK where you live, but 1000 kWh/yr for me would cost ~$250 ($0.25/kWh). Swapping a 1980s fridge with a modern one would pay for itself in just 2-3 years. Hell, I could even splurge for a fancy fridge and still have a payback faster than investing in the stock market.

These gains, largely driven by regulatory efficiency targets, all benefit the consumer and the electricity grid at large. Being cranky about the fact that “they don’t make them like they used to” doesn’t change the fact that meaningful improvements have been made over time.

Unfortunately there’s not much discussion of open trackers in this community, but on that other site there’s an “OpenSignups” sub you could keep an eye on. Watch for general trackers to make a post, then you can built a reputation/ratio on those trackers and continue your way up the ladder

Either that or just watch the sign up page for the site you want to see when it’s open.

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I know nothing but in my head I imagine this feature works by having the phone going into “air tag” mode when powered off. Same battery, low power chip running minimal BLE to broadcast a tracker ID.

Edit: after reading the article, both Apple and Google promise their feature works even with a dead battery, so probably a secondary rechargeable coin cell with the “find my” chip. So basically it’s got a built in air tag with a much shorter battery light

Use it as an opportunity to find new music and fill those playlists out with a little more variety

Got a source to back those claims up?

Are those dollar values normalized to the same year?

You going off data or just vibes, because the only thing here that feels questionable at best is your post.

Tools like https://ipleak.net/ provide torrent leak checkers. You need a browser to view the results, but they provide a magnet link you use in your torrent client to assess what information it is giving out.

In theory if everything is set up right it should show exclusively IP/location information associated with your VPN

As part of a websites DNS info they have to provide a TTL (time to live). This value can be just about anything but is often in the 30s to 5m range, and serves as an instruction on how long a client should cache the IP address locally before checking for updates.

This is because IP addresses can change, and you don’t want to experience hours of downtime for all clients every time your IP changes.

Every time your client queries your tracker for server updates (every few minutes, give or take, based on tracker preferences) it should follow your system DNS settings, which should involve checking your local cache, then going to the upstream server indicated in your system DNS settings.

If your system is set to a DNS server outside of your local network (e.g., 8.8.8.8) that request should go through your VPN

If your system is set to use a local DNS server (e.g., 192.168.X.X…), typically either done through something like a pi-hole, or if your router sets itself as the DNS server then forwards all requests, this MIGHT create a DNS leak around your VPN.

A good VPN like Mullvad should have an option to force their own DNS settings when enabled to prevent this leak.

Honestly there’s so much wonderful art out there not created by Nazis, I don’t know that it’s worth the energy to pirate Nazi music.

I totally understand the moral pirate argument, I just don’t have time to enjoy all of the games, movies, and music from artists I support. To waste what time I have engaging with content from people I find morally repugnant is just not where I’m investing

Also adding primaries are important. You want a candidate out? Get involved with their opposition at the primary phase, but don’t just rage quit when your candidate loses. Vote for the party that’s not actively trying to subvert democracy, and then primary that fucker again next time.

You missed the whole video didn’t you?

True, however, and this may come as a shock to some folks, this is not a problem that’s solved by not voting or throwing your vote away on a protest candidate.

Only until a person who is unhoused tries it and they decide to install spikes all the way around.

Also, where do I find the shade?

It’s the same Americans who mourned the loss of Queen Elizabeth, some people just like to make celebrities their whole personality for no real reason.

What kind of monster plots a time series vertically?

Or, hear me out, just eat more veggies. Much lower risk of disease spread (though yes, as I’m sure others well be eager to point out, they can carry pathogens, would you rather take your chances with a raw carrot or a raw chicken breast)