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Heat-pump water heaters are a winner for the climate — and your wallet
  • In my case, the heat pump is in the basement. So in the summer it's great. It dehumidifies and cools the basement. However in the winter, it's still cooling the basement. So the gas furnace kicks on to heat the basement back up. There's a push-pull there.
    However, I have solar, and an excess of electricity credits from it.
    So what I've done is put it in high-demand mode which uses more electricity and less heat pump, reducing the push-pull issue.
    In the summer I'll put it back in pure heat pump mode.

  • Japanese startup to develop refueling satellite for U.S. Space Force
  • It's literally in the first sentence of the article.

  • Ukraine destroys prized US$1.2 billion Russian air-defence system with cruise missiles, reports say
  • Did you ever have to write a paper in school with a minimum page or word count?

  • Alpha-gal syndrome: Tick-borne disease that triggers meat allergies is on the rise, CDC says
  • It makes you allergic to all mammalian meat and potentially other products made from mammals. Outside of the allergic reaction (including anaphylaxis) I wasn't able to find any other negative effects.

    oh, I just ran across this:

    According to survey results presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology's (AAAAI) Annual Meeting, some alpha-Gal Syndrome patients have a wide range of seemingly new symptoms, such as those involving the cardiovascular, nervous, and motor systems. Furthermore, some patients reported a wide range of mental health issues, such as anxiety, depression, fatigue, poor memory, irritability, sleep disturbances, etc.

  • Alpha-gal syndrome: Tick-borne disease that triggers meat allergies is on the rise, CDC says
  • why did you link lyme disease? Alpha-gal syndrome has nothing to do with lyme disease.

  • White chocolate is better than dark chocolate and i'm tired of pretending it's not
  • lots of people mix up the words bitter and sour

  • TIL NASA used to employ women as human calculators and NASA had whole rooms devoted to them
  • More than just NASA, the word "calculator" used to be a job title not a device.

  • Someone Used ChatGPT to Finish the Game of Thrones Book Series - IGN
  • I skimmed it and there's not nearly enough lengthy and highly detailed descriptions of nipples or food.

  • Someone Used ChatGPT to Finish the Game of Thrones Book Series - IGN
  • I skimmed it and there's not nearly enough lengthy and highly detailed descriptions of nipples and food.

  • The subject matter is so fresh it could have been made yesterday
  • I haven't had that be a problem for me in a long time, they seem to have ironed that issue out.

  • Nearly 3 Billion Birds Gone
  • Tell that to all the motherfuckers chirping outside my bedroom at 4am

  • Europe is facing drought with more groundwater being lost than replaced by rain
  • For the month of June, Portland Maine had two days without rain. And so far, in July it's rained every day. We're so sick of rain here.

  • What are the most unsettling Wikipedia articles you know?
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byford_Dolphin

    explosive decompression in 1983 that killed four divers and one dive tender, as well as badly injured another dive tender.

    excerpt:
    Investigation by forensic pathologists determined that Hellevik, being exposed to the highest pressure gradient and in the process of moving to secure the inner door, was forced through the crescent-shaped opening measuring 60 centimetres (24 in) long created by the jammed interior trunk door.

  • While larger, more general communities are thriving on the Fediverse - I'm missing out on the niche communities
  • It took a long time for niche communities to pop up on Reddit too, remember Reddit has been around a long time now. Back in the day, Digg was the shiznit and nobody knew about Reddit.

  • RIP RIF
  • I've been on reddit for 17 years, I can't remember when I bought RIF. It was a good run.

  • Largest map of the universe I could find
  • I seem to recall a few scifi stories with civilizations like that.