This suggestion is probably out of scope, but I like most of Dr. Ian Cuttress’ videos on “TechTechPotato.”

He follows up and coming chip architectures and fab technologies.

Some of his content is blatantly sponsored though.

$1.2 Billion to make a project not happen sounds like a pretty costly subsidy.

Water softeners use a salt brine to flush out the ions off the resin beads. The resin beads do eventually wear out but should be good for 5+ years in most residential applications. The softener salt does have to be topped up frequently though. Softeners are not particularly exoensive to keep operating.

If her primary concern is drinking water, you can get an under sink RO filter for a couple hundred. They’re very easy to install yourself. I’ve even helped a friend install one connected to their fridge so that the fridge dispenser would taste better. We are on city water that tests well except for microplastics and it sometimes tastes a little bit like soil or musty. The RO systems come with a particulate filter, carbon stage, Reverse Osmosis membrane, and a remineralization stage. RO is the only way to effectively remove microplastics.

Personally, I would consider having a particulate filter and maybe water softener for the whole house. Neither of those should be crazy expensive. The water softener is only if your city water tests hard or if you have mineral buildup on your shower heads or in your dishwasher. If you’ve done any plumbing work, a particulate filter is pretty easy and affordable to install yourself.

Reverse osmosis for the whole house is simply unnecessary. Install one yourself at the location your family gets their drinking/cooking water.

https://www.mcmaster.com/product/4361K71

This unit from mcmaster carr is what I use. Please be aware that chlorine does damage the RO membrane, so it is important to replace the first two filter stages approximately every 6 months. The fourth stage is recommended to be replaced yearly and the RO stage is supposed to be good for 2 yrs.

https://www.mcmaster.com/4361K81/ https://www.mcmaster.com/4361K82/ https://www.mcmaster.com/4361K83/ https://www.mcmaster.com/4361K84/

Express Water also has some decent under sink and counter top options.

Removing chlorine for the whole home requires a large activated carbon filter. They’re pretty expensive and the media gets saturated and has to be replaced every so often to keep absorbing chlorine. I would only do this if your wife has extremely sensitive skin that is getting irritated from your tap water.

Oh and Reverse Osmosis systems waste more water than they clean without expensive recirculating pumps and controllers. That’s acceptable for a couple gallons of drinking water a day, but would be very wasteful and expensive in a whole-house system.

Look up Welltower Inc. According to equilar, welltower’s CEO, Shankh S. Mitra, received $821 million in compensation last year. Welltower boasted $10.8 billion in earnings.

Isotropic bastardism

401(k) is managed by the employer and you can only pick from the funds they have selected. That really doesn’t leave much choice for most people.

That’s why people should consider doing a rollover into IRA anytime they have a job change and not just rollover into the new employer’s 401(k).

The state department published a full transcript.

https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/07/remarks-at-the-opening-of-the-ministerial-on-the-resurgence-of-political-terrorism/

That was a distraction from the real move.

https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/07/remarks-at-the-opening-of-the-ministerial-on-the-resurgence-of-political-terrorism/

They intend to sidestep the judicial system entirely when going after political opponents.

Maybe we should have talent agents that campaign for candidates. Winning a campaign is a whole skillset that tells us very little how well a person can actually govern.

FYI there’s a “stepsy” on Google play store that is completely different than the stepsy on f droid. So you might want to call out the source as well as the name.

Marble has a density of 0.098 lbs/in³. So a 500lb sphere has a volume of 500lb/.098lb/in³= 5102 in³. That gives a radius of (5102 in³ * (3/(4pi)))^(1/3)= 10.68 in.

Let’s say the bowl it sits in has 2/3 the radius. So 7.12in. That makes the enclosed surface area pi*( 7.12in) ²= 160in². So 500lbs/160in² = 3.14 psi. How fast do you think the water will spray out at 3.14 psi? Without any drag, out of an ideal nozzle, it would be 6.5mph. However, the pressure will actually be higher in the middle and tapers off to 0 at the edge thanks to the flow diverging and drag. So really the pressure drop at the opening is even smaller.

There’s a lot of lifting area which means you don’t actually need much pressure. You can lift entire buildings with large water bags.

How many horcruxes does McConnell have left after this?

If you know anyone with a sensitive nose, ask them if the place you live in smells musty or moldy. I’ve had family members go through similar issues also without any help from the medical system and mold was a major contributing factor. You and anyone else who lives with you will be nose blind to it and won’t be able smell it without spending a week or so elsewhere.

Not exactly the prompt, but “Chuck” Season 2 Episode 13: “Chuck Versus the Suburbs.”

Ants already have taken over the world. They vastly outnumber humans and already live in just about every area humans do.

I don’t agree that it’s better than every dessert. Learn to bake your own desserts and they don’t have to be too sweet, but can still have amazing flavors and textures.

However, I do like fresh fruits better than any sweetened electrolyte drinks. Melons and cucumbers combined with a salty snack is very refreshing and won’t spike your blood sugar nearly so much as a sports drink.

It’s not the disc itself that people care about, it’s having a transferrable license. People want the option to rent games, or give them away/resell after playing. Physical media provides some legal protections for that because you are buying a license attached to the thing storing the software.

Digital distribution is a perfectly fine way to get a game, if it weren’t synonymous with big companies taking away your ownership of the right to use software you purchased. You can’t share a game you enjoyed with friends. If you lose access to your account you’re SOL. If the host server shutsdown, you better have had a stable copy installed/backed up.

People don’t hate digital downloads, they hate the consumer abuse they have enabled. Stop the consumer abuse, and only collectors will care about physical media.

Genocide is cool so long as it’s targeting the people I think are vile and sub-human.

Which one? He seems to have so many these days, but none of them are the American electorate.