dyqik
dyqik t1_j8rgrwf wrote
There's a special prize to the driver that pulled out of a side street in front of me riding my scooter yesterday morning, stopped, looked at me approaching him, continued to pull out forcing me to stop, and then yelled that he didn't see me, and blamed me for not driving a car.
dyqik t1_j85ectr wrote
Reply to Good coffee in Cambridge? by No_Cap_1452
Simon's near Porter.
Barismo on Broadway between Central and Inman.
1369 in Inman or Central.
dyqik t1_j6v0bli wrote
Reply to Local pond skating? by anchordown16
I don't skate, but I've seen people skate on Spy Pond in Arlington when it's frozen enough.
dyqik t1_j6rju2k wrote
Reply to comment by blasphemousturtle88 in My friend said that this $123K home is only available for poorer people to buy by [deleted]
Although it's not as high relative to the greater Boston area pay averages, or eastern Mass.
(for example, Federal location based pay adjustment is +31% for Boston and Middlesex, and minimum wage in MA is significantly higher than Federal minimum wage)
dyqik t1_j6ppigb wrote
Reply to My friend said that this $123K home is only available for poorer people to buy by [deleted]
It's very clear in the listing that it's income restricted, hence the low price.
This is a standard thing for affordable housing.
dyqik t1_j6pgjcm wrote
Reply to comment by Hribunos in Massive ship in the harbor this morning by NAFAL44
I build cryostats and operate superconducting detectors - I've been handling liquid cryogens for over twenty years.
I've stuck my hand in liquid nitrogen hundreds of times.
The main danger from liquid cryogens is the displacement of oxygen from the area when it flash boils.
While small amounts of liquid will skate around on a vapor barrier (leidenfrost effect on solid surfaces), in volume, the boiling at the interface between water and the liquid will produce some amount of turbulence and mixing that increases heat transfer.
dyqik t1_j6p34o3 wrote
Reply to comment by Hribunos in Massive ship in the harbor this morning by NAFAL44
It wouldn't stay frozen or have much ability to freeze anything for long - the ocean is big [citation needed] and cryogenic liquids really don't have a lot of heat capacity compared to water.
Freezing stuff also usually doesn't damage much, unless there's water to expand inside it.
dyqik t1_j6hyom5 wrote
Reply to comment by TheSukis in South Station PSA by [deleted]
It's false dilemma - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma
dyqik t1_j6a2c1m wrote
Reply to comment by Virulentwound in Need a fridge taken away from 3rd floor apartment that is too wide for both front and back stairways. Any ideas on who I can call to remove it? Home Depot refused. by [deleted]
That's probably doable with enough movers. It's common to have to rotate large items over stair railings to get around corners.
And with the doors off, you can often use the cavity to get around end of railings type obstacles.
dyqik t1_j6a1ese wrote
Reply to comment by Samael13 in Need a fridge taken away from 3rd floor apartment that is too wide for both front and back stairways. Any ideas on who I can call to remove it? Home Depot refused. by [deleted]
Via a deck or balcony might also be an option, depending on the apartment.
Measure the fridge size with its doors off, the doorways with the doors off and the stairway with hand rails removed (you don't need to remove any of these to measure).
dyqik t1_j66e8nm wrote
Reply to comment by blkread in Predatory Parking Enforcement by blkread
If you park at meters near the previous meter you parked at that day, you are parking illegally for the whole time you are there, whatever the meter says.
dyqik t1_j65elo7 wrote
Reply to comment by free_to_muse in How do Downtown joints like Sam LaGrassa’s and Archie’s pay the rent only opening for 3 hours 5 days a week? by [deleted]
And/or that they are engaged in money laundering ;)
dyqik t1_j5zc7vy wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Greater Boston, what's your last gas bill? by Miserable_Ride666
That's nothing to do with the fact that you use less gas in warm weather than cold weather.
Whatever you or I set our thermostats to, whether or not you or I wear a sweater, we will use less gas if the outside temperature is higher and more if it is colder.
The amount of power to maintain a temperature in a house is proportional to the temperature difference between inside and outside.
dyqik t1_j5wzw3f wrote
Reply to comment by GM_Pax in Greater Boston, what's your last gas bill? by Miserable_Ride666
Why do you think they use stamps to send out paper bills?
USPS offers bulk rates.
dyqik t1_j5wmkby wrote
Reply to comment by GM_Pax in Greater Boston, what's your last gas bill? by Miserable_Ride666
Not with the same feature set, it won't. If everyone got paper bills, they wouldn't need the billing section of the website. More customers using the online billing system means more load on website customer services.
Billing needs secure online payments, secure PII storage, a customer facing billing system, and a bunch of other things that a website without billing doesn't need.
dyqik t1_j5wlqdn wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Greater Boston, what's your last gas bill? by Miserable_Ride666
Warm weather causes you to use less gas. The gas requirements to keep a house at any particular set temperature is proportional to the difference between the set temperature and the outside temperature.
dyqik t1_j5v8awk wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Greater Boston, what's your last gas bill? by Miserable_Ride666
"Warm weather" is not subjective. You can look at the National Weather Service website and get objective measurements of it.
Everyone in the same area gets pretty much the same weather, same outside temperatures, etc. Heating costs vary directly with outside air temperature for everyone, although by somewhat different amounts due to insulation, window treatments, etc.
If the weather causes my heating fuel usage to go up by 30% one month, it's very likely that yours will also go up by 20-40% for that month.
dyqik t1_j5v7cy4 wrote
Reply to comment by GM_Pax in Greater Boston, what's your last gas bill? by Miserable_Ride666
Clearly you don't understand the cost of running a customer facing website, with customer service, IT development, IT operations, etc.
The bills are not sent out by email, they are on a secured website, with live customer support, etc.
dyqik t1_j5uk9es wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Greater Boston, what's your last gas bill? by Miserable_Ride666
Comparing the usage when you don't have a record of the seasonal usage is helpful though. If it's a warm month, then everyone's bills are low, and vice versa.
dyqik t1_j5uhtoa wrote
Reply to comment by GM_Pax in Greater Boston, what's your last gas bill? by Miserable_Ride666
Electronic billing has some cost, even if it is cheaper than posting out paper bills
dyqik t1_j5u7t7q wrote
99 Therms for the month to January 18th, $226.
This is on a 1400 Sq ft single family, 25 miles west of Boston (and so a little colder in January), from Eversource. Gas heat plus heatpump when the outside air temp is above 40f, gas stove and oven, gas hot water. At least one person working from home full time.
Supply charge:
$1.03778/therm
Distribution charges:
Customer charge $10
Distribution $0.60788/therm
Revenue decoupling $0.06848/therm
Distribution adjustment $0.46848/therm
dyqik t1_j4n3vz1 wrote
Reply to Where the hell do I put the snow?! by S_thescientist
Pile it up, and sculpt it into a snow dick.
dyqik t1_j4i1o6r wrote
Reply to comment by reddotster in Anyone know how much it costs to get utilities turned on in Cambridge MA? by piratebroadcast
You won't need the Internet to be turned on to get keys, either. Plenty of people use 5g only nowadays.
Water has to be included in rent by law unless there's a specific meter for the apartment, low flow faucets etc. are installed, and the lease specifically calls out billing to the tenant.
https://www.mass.gov/info-details/massachusetts-law-about-submetering-water-for-tenants
dyqik t1_j1hu5ck wrote
Reply to BEWARE! Alewife Brook flooded yesterday, making the Greenway path impassible. Actually, we stopped one jogger from running into that contaminated water. He was determined not to continue. But there are PCBs, PAHs, and heavy metals in the brook sediment. by SaveTheAlewifeBrook
Heavily diluted by rain water.
I wouldn't drink it, but skin contact would not be an issue.
dyqik t1_j8s3zbd wrote
Reply to What’s a Boston “hack” that you know? by [deleted]
Save time waiting for responses to Reddit posts by reading the thread on the same subject from a week ago.