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Cake day: August 14th, 2023

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  • Ohh I see now.

    Yeah 160° is too hot. But people do it. Small tank multiple showers needed. You can stretch it.

    I was saying for people that have their water too hot. The regulator inside the US mixing valve has a stopper so you can’t go to max hot. That’s all the piece inside does, stops you from turning the valve more. Doesn’t help reglate the temperature. Someone in comments said their regulator is bad and I thought it was OP.




  • If you live in the US, then you probably have a standard mixing valve

    If you live elsewhere, it’s probably a thermostatic one

    For US:

    You want to turn your handle all the way hot to clear your hot water lines fast, it’s room temperature in the hot water lines. Once the water is hot, then you start mixing in cold water.

    The first cold water is from the lines in your house. It is heated or cooled by your home, basically room temperature water.

    So say I turn the valve on full hot. Pure hot water is pouring out. Now you add some of that “room temperature cold water” to get to your perfect temperature.

    Now, once you run out of “room temperature cold water,” it will start pulling water from the street.

    I’m guessing you live in a cooler climate area?

    120°F + 70°F = perfect temperature

    But if the outside water becomes, say 50°F after you use all your water stored in your cold water lines

    120°F + 50°F = colder water

    So you have to add less 50°F water, which means slowly creeping your valve up until you have steady temperature water going to the valve.

    Things like the type of water heater matters. If you use a tank then as you use water it adds water. If you keep your tank at 120° and you’re adding 70° cold water or 50° water to the tank matters. You also have “room temperature water” in your cold lines going to your tank at first, then colder water. So that creates another “lag” in temperature

    US standard mixing valves aren’t as nice as a thermostatic valve. They are just cheap and standard and work well enough in most places.

    Thermostatic valves allow you to select, say 100°F water, and the knob just controls the water flow rate. No matter what, the water that comes out of your shower will be 100°F. As the water coming into your house gets colder it will automatically adjust. As the water from your tank gets colder, it will automatically adjust.

    Sounds like your valve is working as intended though


  • Yes, but this wastes water, so if you’re trying to be green, you should be able to open up the valve to full hot.

    Not only does it waste water, your shower will take longer to heat up.

    Also, depending on where you live the perfect temperature changes a lot because of outside temperatures. If you use all the room temperature water in your cold lines then start pulling cold water from the outside. You’re going to have to adjust it. Bigger the house, the more the problem.

    But if you have to dump out your entire hot and cold lines to even begin to step in the shower, that’s a ton of wasted water.

    Answer is a thermostatic valve. It will just use hot water until it needs to mix in cold. If your cold water temperature changes, it will adjust it automatically. You really do pick a temperature to set the valve at, and then the handle just controls the flow rate.

    The regular for a standard mixing valve is there only so you can’t turn the valve to burn you. When people keep their water tanks at 160°F, a full turn to the left would be devastating if you’re standing in it.



  • Would you rather have 2-3 lines with cashiers or 6+ self checkouts?

    I would say I would get out of the store way faster doing self checkout. I call that efficient.

    Places like Sam’s Club with their Scan and Go checkout. I can scan all my groceries with my phone as I put them into my cart. Then I just walk under an arch with cameras that scans what barcodes it can. Then I walk out the door. I don’t even have to wait in line or go to a self checkout.

    Cashiers aren’t efficient

    If the company had to pay cashiers, then the prices of goods are just going to go up. Corporate execs and board members want the money.

    So, do you let the Corporate execs and board members save money and hope not to raise prices (maybe lower them), or make them pay a cashier so they are going to raise prices.

    Even though I hate the “please place the item in the bag!” “Unscaned item in bagging area!”. Self checkouts are efficient, and the future.


  • 8 hous at $15 an hour is $120

    Two security cameras. At most $2000

    Assuming the register is basically the same price

    Do you want to pay a person to stand and scan groceries for 2 weeks for $1200?

    Or do you want to spend $1200 on cameras that will last years?

    30k+ a year vs. $1200 once

    People could steal 29k worth of stuff, and the company would still makes the same profit.

    The cameras are basically security theater anyways. No one is ever going to watch the footage unless needed.

    The efficiency is definitely there





  • Where is the extra finger? I swear I can’t find it. A disappearing pinky

    I feel like most artists would make the daughter similar to their mother. I don’t see how that’s weird.

    The characters all have different and “accurate” reactions

    Sherif is stern.

    SS is annoyed.

    ICE shows some compassion

    Native American is noble

    Jew is startled

    “Illegal Aliens” are scared

    There are a lot of details in everything.

    If it wasn’t for the comments I wouldn’t think it is AI, but I do feel like people bandwagon on it. Top comment says AI, and everyone is going to say AI.


  • I think a lot of the problem is that they cheap out to maximize profit.

    They could spend 1 million dollars and make a decent game for $70.

    Or

    They could spend 2 million and make an amazing game for $140.

    But the price of the video game has been locked around 60-70 for years.

    Even if you made star wars outlaws just a little better it’s not going to sell that much more.

    Looks like it’s already at least 50% off

    You can’t spend 2 million, sell for $70, then expect your game to go on sale anytime soon.

    Spending 1 million, and selling a ton at $70 or even $35. Turns a profit.

    TL;DR: We’d get better games if we were willing to spend more


  • “games are ridiculously expensive at full price”

    A board game with paper and plastic pieces can range from 12-45 dollars

    People will go spend $20 at the movies for 1 night

    Hell I’ll pay 100 if it’s a good game

    I have 1200 hours in Overwatch. $60 (free now). I have paid 5 cents per hour to play it. I am completely happy with my purchase even though it’s free now.

    If the game isn’t worth it, don’t get it. But to complain about it is ridiculous.

    Some N64 games were $50-$60 dollars back in the 90’s

    I feel like we are fortunate


  • Well you can start driving in US at 15

    Like I said quick Google

    Even less Germans driving, proves my point more

    Germans only really drive if they are willing and able

    Americans are forced to drive

    Car deaths in America aren’t happening because they have automatic transmissions and can’t drive as fast as they want.

    Just the seer amount of drivers, more cars on roads to crash into, and less willing and able drivers.


  • Quick Google

    In 2024 36% of Germans reported using the car daily.

    In 2023 95.3% of Americans older than 16 drive on occasions.

    83 million Germans, 63% above 16

    340 million Americans, 65% above 16

    52 million potential drivers in Germany, 17 million actually drive

    221 million potential drivers in America, 210 million drive daily

    17 million vs 210 million daily drivers

    ~12x more drivers, only 2x more death

    Per capita isn’t really a way to look at it

    Besides automatic cars or lack of a manual transmission is not causing accidents.

    Chance of death goes up significantly with speed

    No one has ever crashed because they couldn’t go over the speed limit