It was actually closer to needing to restore the power of friendship

Fair, but that’s the same problem human thinkers face. Faulty inputs == faulty outputs. You should always be validating your sources.

no hot filaments…

There may not be filaments, but heat is still an issue for LEDs.

Some bulb manufacturers basically overdrive cheaper diodes to get extra brightness at the cost of generating extra heat. Some of those manufacturers compensate for the heat in some way, others don’t even bother and produce bulbs with a service life of months instead of decades. Some of these are fly-by-night online sellers that won’t exist anymore by the time their products start to fail. Others are established brands that people will blindly purchase based on a reputation that no longer matches reality. There are some reliable brands out there if you read up on it, but why the fuck should we have to research every little inane item in our life?

Aside from corporate greed, though, there are other reasons heat causes early LED bulb failure. Two common ones are incompatible devices on the same circuit (like light dimmers), and installing the bulb in an enclosure without adequate heat dissipation (like a ceiling ‘boob’ light).

I’ve been all LED for well over a decade, and have had a good experience so far. I personally tend to buy smart bulbs that can put out way more light than I need, and run them at 20-50% brightness most of the time. Feit Electric and Govee’s basic smart bulbs have been pretty reliable for me, but I admit I’m a pretty small sample size. I know I’m paying a premium for that approach, but it’s not unreasonable and I do prefer not having to worry about it.

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I suppose the followup question is, why keep a Windows partition if your games play better on Linux anyways?

San Dimas High School Football Rules!

I wasn’t suggesting all automatic litter boxes are dangerous, only that some are. If someone is shopping for one, it’s important to be aware that not everything on the market is safe.

Just… really research hard before you buy one. I’ve seen multiple stories of cats being injured or killed when safety features on a litter robot failed (or didn’t exist in the first place)

Aren’t we?

Anybody that lives above other people and drops any heavy item on the floor intentionally is a dick, there’s no maybe involved here.

Aside from the marriage bits, I don’t actually hate SB 371 (the sex ed bill). I don’t really like how open it still is to manipulation by zealot teachers, but it’s far better than an abstinence-only curriculum and any half-decent teacher should be able to explain the difference between a thing and the partially assembled version of that thing. Unless I’m missing something - I didn’t see a quick link to the existing statute to get the full context.

The main problem with the belly as a target in a self defense scenario is that it’s too slow. If you’re being attacked, you want to end the fight and escape as quickly as possible. Wounds to the belly kill via blood loss and sepsis, which takes at least several minutes during which the attacker can keep causing you damage.

The femoral artery in the inner thigh is what you want to aim for. Also, the tendons along the inner wrist are responsible for grip strength; if severed, that hand can’t hold anything. Take a good look at the anatomy of those areas and you’ll have a good start.

Your reaction times and agility from fencing will help you in a real fight, but the actual techniques not so much. Stick to slashing attacks, as stabbing can result in your blade getting stuck in or between bones.

So, wild thought. If you can’t brace from the front to prevent tipping, the other option would be to lock down the back. It also sounds like you need a smoother surface for your desk chair.

What if you laid down a sheet of plywood and attached the rear legs to it? If the rear legs can’t lift, the desk can’t tip to the front.

All those cool names, and then ‘Varicose Wart Slug’. Poor guy.

At first I thought it was three separate ones. The disappointment is real.

There’s always the Jewel Cooler:

They build this picture from many other sources besides ad clicks, so the point is to obscure that. Problem is, if you’re only obscuring your ad click behavior, it should be relatively easy to filter out of the model.

Don’t forget Swiss Army Man!

I was under the impression that the chemicals involved in recycling paper products, combined with the fact that virgin paper is almost entirely sourced from managed, quick-growing tree farms, make paper recycling also undesirable?

Just a rock or a knife, if you wear the animal down enough. You’re probably not biting through the hide though.