Yeah, this particular writer tends to skip providing any actual information. I really have to start looking at the name before clicking through to an article that doesn’t mention some of the most important aspects of the topic being discussed.

Shower gel: plastic bottle

I was expecting to see something about how much longer a bar of soap will last and how much cheaper it is compared to a bottle of body wash.  And probably some sort of Amazon affiliate link to something like this so that those small slivers can be completely used up....  https://smile.amazon.com/Yarlung-Drawstrings-Nat…

I’ll be honest. The author, and commentors saying, “best not to let them in”, are certainly people that knowing participate in illegal activities. Even if they are things they believe “shouldn’t be”, or are “harmless”, smoking pot, stealing cable, poachers...etc. OR believe the fearmongering that 90% of police are…

Good to know your rights.  But also, don’t give the police a reason to be there in the first place.

I intentionally ran Cat-5E to my gaming PC, despite being right next to the router. Why? It communicates at a much higher rate than wi-fi.

Welcome to having an old house. I have the same in an apartment in Manhattan, combined with extremely crowded spectrum utilization because all the other apartments are the same. The solution: wired Ethernet everywhere. I ran Cat 5E everywhere and have plugged in multiple high priority devices and it has made a world…

Some context is important here:

I just returned from a month of living in Puebla, where the big VW plant is that has been there since 1973 and supplies cars for the whole world except China.

This is what stuff costs there:

Bus fare: about 35 cents US - many many people take the bus.

An average 1 br/1ba apartment: about…

Some (like this author) will look at these numbers and imply that these workers must be poor and that this isn’t a living wage and that GM (and other automakers) are ripping off Mexican workers. I would wager to guess that the prices of everything in Mexico are far lower than here and that a GM or other automotive…

Lighting hasn’t been the biggest power draw in a house for decades. Once we moved from old school glass tube TVs to LCD TVs that are always a little on, attached to a streaming box, a DVD/Blu-Ray, a gaming console (or two), and a modern stereo system our electronics surpassed lighting as far as continuous electrical…

Except with a box you can reseal it, and oxygen doesn’t get in it if you don’t finish the whole thing in one go.

If you squint just a bit, these things look like a giant version of the XJ which makes them kinda cool in an old school Jeep way.

Lights = 9 cents a day.

You might seriously injure yourself lifting up your arm to flip the switch.

Is there some downside that I’m not aware of to turning off the lights when you’re not using them?

The key to this long-lasting freshness is the lack of oxidation.

Just install some motion detector switches. Then you don’t need to worry about turning them off.

The main reason we usually have a box of wine in the fridge is it keeps fresh really well and is great for when you just want one glass of wine without having to finish the bottle in the next day or two.

Boxes are old hat.

Cans are where it’s at. Similar emissions savings based on size and format. But a box, formally a BIB (bag in box), makes significant use of single use plastic in the lining bag.

I think the issue most US wine drinkers have with boxed wines isn’t that it comes in a box/bag, it’s that until recently, few winemakers were putting good wine in the boxes: they tended to be the equivalents of the bottles that sell at the Barefoot/Sutter Home level or worse. That wasn’t the case across the board: the…