Tbf, if you’ve ever watched a turtle attempt to right itself, you might forgive it the time needed to psyche itself up for the task.

That’s great. And glad youre pressing landlord. They’re very likely obligated to cover expenses related to this, but I understand landlords are shitheads and a PITA.

Just to be clear, re: MW+kettle example, typical GFCI won’t prevent that overload. Circuit breaker should trip. There is a similar component that does both (AFCI) but it’s more expensive and shouldn’t be needed if your breaker is functioning correctly. Adding GFCI is usually inexpensive enough to justify but is only meant to protect against faults, not overloads.

Damn that’s convenient!

Yes, the simplest adapter style is a chunky wall wart, usually cheapest. Otherwise inline modules are common. For either, you just plug them in between the plug and its outlet and press the “reset” button. 15-amp 125v example from a common US supermarket ($14).

And if by extender you mean the multi-outlet strip extenders: yes, the adapter+extender would isolate the fault to just that strip. If ground fault occurs, everything on that strip turns off. You can also find power strips with built-in GFCI.

The only additional consideration re: which GFCI adapters you will need are

1. Voltage and amperage rating: you can just copy the rating of the outlet’s breaker

…or, if it’s just handling one appliance, take a picture of the power specification, usually a sticker on the back of the appliance, which should give you minimum amperage rating of GFCI

2. Socket type: if you’re in the US, likely all type B or maybe one or two type I (large 220V appliances) from this chart:

Edit: pictures

I’ve experienced this breaker bypass issue a few times and in each case it was a ground fault.

Why this can bypass breaker and trip the mains: In most countries, the common inexpensive breakers in residential panel boxes are not GFCIs. They will catch and interrupt marginal overdraw before it starts a fire but won’t trip fast enough in the case of a ground fault, which is one of the reasons fire codes usually require GFCI outlets anywhere near running water. Since the mains in MDL and housing complexes are GFCI, they can trip faster than the subpanel breakers in the case of a ground fault.

One case that might be relevant to you since you had reason to suspect your oven: a microwave oven door closure sensor became misaligned and would intermittently fail to report closure. It was one of two that controlled a kill-switch relay for the magnetron (the main power drawing component in a MW). The easter egg in their circuit design was that if sensor A failed to report door was closed, the oven would simply act as if door was open, but if sensor B failed to report door was closed, closing the door would instantly cause a ground fault.

Diagnostic recommendation: get some GFCI adapters to use on any big AC appliances you suspect might be causing the fault, like the oven you mentioned, so that next time it happens only the culprit appliance will lose power and you’ll know what to repair/replace.

ETA: the GFCI adapters are common and inexpensive, and your landlord would likely rather pay for a few of those than an electrician visit. Either way, this absolutely is the landlord’s responsibility, especially if your lease includes the appliances.

Full edit/redaction: 💜 Sorry for late reply. I hadn’t checked OP’s profile and incorrectly assumed they posted here to avoid ftm transphobia. Since I framed my advice specifically for ftm affirmation based on that assumption, it’s not as relevant to OP. Sorry for treating you as a cis aggressor unfairly. Appreciate you.

Attempt at useful advice:

Partner is mtf and totally agrees with you re: the lasers. She usually also discusses hair color as a consideration since hers are dark which increases the effectiveness of each session. Since I like her hair and like when she doesn’t shave, I’m a little biased, but she uses a common brand of articulated cartridge razors that surround the blades with a thick soap block. They seem to make cuts and razor burns impossible. She has only used my safety razors when she was treating keratosis on her shins.

All my best to you and OP

Oh look, ti proseccos

Edit: leaving because funny, but what I intended to comment as I fell asleep was “oh look, tiny elephant feet!” in reference to the nickname given the big melty version

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I’m going to reiterate the dissenting advice I offered when this room was empty, knowing my shaving enthusiast homies would soon arrive to suggest beginners should first master the 1904 Gillette special, like we did 😏, and reject the fancy multi-blade magic micro swivel razors with their “industry-leading safety,” “low up-front cost,” and “ease of use.” Because that guy on YT said it was bad skincare with gravitas on loan from Nessun Dorma.

OP asked for beginner tips, how to avoid the random injuries etc. Of course shavers each have their own highly optimized rituals particular to them, which are great to share, and beginners will eventually develop their own as well, but if someone sees us climbing a staircase and asks how to start, if our instinct is “oh easy, just join me on my step” that’s a good sign we need to reflect further on our own learning process.

Do you have a small collection of vintage safety razor handles? Do you have a shelf filled with dusty cigarette boxes of razor brands your skin somehow didn’t like, unless you installed it in a particular deck brass Soviet piece with a butterfly retainer that apparently added the fractional degrees necessary to make the damn Astra blades humane? I bet it was a learning process for you, like the rest of us. When you’re just starting out you’re not optimizing anything at all. Just having a go-to solution that doesn’t leave blood on your shirt is a huge win.

ETA, TLDR: We’re all beginners at something.

No need to do anything the hard way when you’re just starting out. The whole process with prep, safety razors, after care etc can wait. I’d also skip the disposable two blade razors.

Invest in a decent starter set of the modern 4 and 5 blade cartridge razors with the reusable handle and soap strips around the blades. They’re forgiving compared to everything else, which is perfect when you’re learning. Even if you want to try more trendy shaving equipment later, you’ll be grateful to have something fast and foolproof on hand when you’re in a rush!

As for technique tips: Any kind of soap will help the head glide, but obviously shaving cream is made for it. Light pressure is all that’s needed. Let the razor blades do the work.

Stretching the skin taught helps avoid irritation. Shaving with the direction of the hair to start can help your skin and follicles acclimate to the abrasion. Then you can try shaving against when you’re ready.

Vampires don’t sparkle. Ed just had a weird thing about glitter. Racist.

Lol. This is a very AI-era Apple type of marketing fuck up.

Of course they’d rather not say they’re using a competitor’s superior model. Who would? But by attempting to conceal it they’re setting themselves up for yet another PR snafu undermining their expensive privacy brand.

Yes, model runs on Apple servers, Google doesn’t get the data, I understand. But “secretly using Google” will be the word on the street, especially considering most other big name products that paper over Gemini use the API directly. It’s also real hard to reverse an easy idea like that with the requisite subtleties about what a “model” is, where it’s hosted, how it “integrates” with “on-device inference” to maintain “E2EE,” blah blah.

So the story will just be “hey Siri” = “hey Google,” the primary antagonist they declared themselves an alternative to. And all that BS because they couldn’t just admit that their in-house software still sucked so they opted to buy someone else’s. /eyeroll

Witness me, daddy.

Agree. To take some burden off contributors, maybe we could automate some of that?

Most of us have seen bots used for routine post processing like:

• converting AMP links
• finding/generating archive pages
• exposing original AP/Reuters source
• adding DOI source for pop sci
• alt frontend links
• content-aware wiki refs and the like

We wouldn’t necessarily need traditional bot comments since our software is open. Content helpers could run during post creation, for example. My point is just that there’s existing logic for this kind of stuff.

Surely it must be one or the other.

Shit. I never tried more than 400mg. A handful of those Iittle pink things is like grams. Ngl I’d pass cause that sounds like an attempt, but no worries just warn me so I have an epi handy lol

Lol I think they may have been implying the opposite (that they’d fall asleep) rather than flexing, since 20 minutes is much closer to the onset time than the half life and Benadryl’s rep to many = zonk-out drug.

The “hacker” clipart looks so much like a motor cop you’d think it was intentional lol

Oh I see. For a minute I imagined a hybrid pv panel product with integrated batts controller etc and was intrigued by the all-in-one concept lol.

For many of the SEAS doctoral programs at his Alma Mater, the Masters is built in, but I guess the UCBerk program lets you skip it.

Totally.