Samsung fridges are notorious for failing after just a few years. My appliance guy refuses to work on them anymore.

Get a Whirlpool or KitchenAid, they are repairable at least.

People who turn life milestones into checklists are assholes.

I read a guy's description of his goals recently and it went like this:

Goals achieved in 2022

1. Graduated college.
2. Got first job offer.
3. Got engaged.
4. Moved to new city.

Granted he is an engineer so not the most enlightened individual. But I wonder what his new wife thinks about being a "goal achieved" or the fact that she is 3rd on the list... And one step above "rented a U-Haul"

My wife watched all of "Don't Look up" and was surprised to learn DiCaprio was in it.

She still thinks if him as a baby faced boy actor or handsome leading man. So either he did a good job of acting like a grumpy scientist or the beard really threw her.

Oh yeah, you're tearing apart trannies in your garage I suppose? Machinist working on cam shafts are you?

Some reading for you.

https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1138675_the-ev-price-war-is-here-and-its-no-pain-no-gain-for-automakers

EV prices are dropping, price cuts recently announced.

Have any more fud?

Do you know about technology adoption cost curves? Apparently not.

The luxury cars produced now will be affordable, used cars in 5 years. Remember most EVs will far outlast the ICE cars everyone is used to. 500k mile lifecycle will be commonplace.

EVs will keep getting cheaper. The trend has just started. That's how tech adoption works. There will be a $25k EV made by every large manufacturer. Thirst that don't will no longer exist.

Already more than 10% of cars are electric or electrified. The profit margins are no longer there to support the ICE car manufacturing process.

If you had to build a product with 10k parts and compete with a guy making his out of 2k parts, how long could you stay in business?

False on all counts.

Lithium is incredibly abundant, and besides that, battery tech is evolving to eliminate rare components like cobalt and shift to sodium and iron, which are even cheaper. Next cones solid state batteries that will be more powerful, safer, and last even longer.

Most EV owners charge at home on standard infrastructure.

Night time load (when EVs are usually charging) helps utilities and actually smooths out grid loads and electricity pricing.

There was just a piece in The Economist (I think) about how productivity has not improved in construction in the last 30 years.

Basically labor saving devices and technologies have been more than offset by more paperwork, permitting, safety standards, environmental constraints, not to mention limited land supply, local zoning, NIMBYism, and many many other factors.

So yeah, one or two or 10 "cheap building techniques" aren't going to offset all the other factors.

So the answer to the headline is "No."

Nails will not hold in particle board. What part of that don't you understand. You have a house full of loose floorboards probably.

The flooring should be easy to pull up in those two rooms and replace with plywood.

I slipped and fell in this person's house. Points at you. Now my back hurts and I can never work again. I want $1Million dollars. Also they never paid me my wages and just gave me some cash one time, I think they are exploiting immigrants.

If you let people in your property who are not under a contract and are not bonded and insured, you are a fool.

I real life women have zero ability to discern height. If you're taller than they are you're good. Most women are barely 5' to 5'3.

My wife thought I was 6 feet tall or maybe 5'11. I'm 5'9. She learned my height about 29 years after we were married.

Physicians have good success prescribing growth hormone to children. If you are naturally deficient there is nothing wrong with supplements under medical supervision. Children can take rather massive doses of growth hormones with no side effects, whereas adults cannot.

So get your folks to take you to the doc.

Usually a receptacle wired incorrectly will only affect that one receptacle or "outlet."

Incorrectly wiring a switch however can bork a whole room. Bork is a technical term.

You took apart wires in a switch box(es) and didn't rewire it EXACTLY like it was before. Probably because you aren't an electrician and don't know what you don't know.

Either go back and check the switch boxes you opened or better yet call an electrician. This is a small job.

There you go thinking internet stories are real.

Often an HSA is ideal for young people because after a couple years of making contributions you have a nice balance built up. Also employers tend to contribute more to an HSA (not always but some do).

A PPO plan, your money is gone at the end of the year and there is nothing to roll over. Nothing to take with you to the next job if you leave, etc.

No. Chemicals are never better than physical manipulation with a proper auger. Always snake first. What the Fuck is some acid going to do if your line collapsed? You're going to have a pool of sulphuric acid in the pipe as you work in the repair.

"6-7 years ago when I was 11"

LOL

Revisit the Human Genome Project for some perspective on research and forecasting.

This is stupid. People act like guitars are some sacred thing...pssh.

A guitar is just an instrument. Some total shit guitars sound great in the studio, and some of the greatest players play cheap ass instruments. The instrument is nothing special. Santa has 100 guitars in storage all over the place.

Most musicians would share/swap instruments if simply asked. Unless you're just a dick

Doesn't want to make things expensive or complicated.

Decides to just add bathroom.

LOL

Great nethid.

Unfortunately you're talking to someone who wants a 5-minute repair and likely has zero tools and less than zero skills.

Wood glue and toothpicks. If they have 5 minutes to get longer screws at a lumber yard that would help. But who are we kidding.

I suggest you talk to an insulation contractor. If you're not foaming gaps/holes before insulating you are not optimizing the results.

He also hates treadmills.