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markmevans t1_jcq4yme wrote
Reply to Tapping sound behind walls when sink/toilet running - could this be something aside from a leak? by Widespread_Looting
If your house was built in 2001, I suspect it has PEX pipes, not copper as others speculated. In the end it’s the same issue, thermal expansion or vibration from pressure changes.
Check out this video: https://youtu.be/Xy9aJdX5xF0
markmevans t1_jc05x6h wrote
Reply to comment by TonightNice in Covid vaccine doses go to waste in Switzerland amid huge stockpile by aaaronbrown
What an incredibly nuanced take.
markmevans t1_ja3b4z3 wrote
Reply to comment by Kallisti7 in What genre is Steely Dan? by Sniperizer
These are derogatory terms, not true genres.
markmevans t1_j9uom5f wrote
Reply to 95% of Bay Area Cities Lost Zoning Authority: In 105 jurisdictions of the Bay Area, anyone can build any residential projected at any height or density so long as 20% of the units are for low income. by dolphins3
Can they build mixed use walkable neighborhoods? It’s great they can build but I fear zoning and profits will just lead to more car dependent hellscapes. But denser.
markmevans t1_j9um4hx wrote
Reply to [OC] Chicago Murders Per 100,000 Comparison between Mayor Lightfoot vs Mayor Emanuel by whjkhn
This seems more like using context free data to push an agenda.
markmevans t1_j8tq8b1 wrote
Reply to comment by Ok-Feedback5604 in We are MIT scientists studying past global environmental catastrophes (mass extinctions, etc.) and their relevance to modern-day climate change. Ask us anything! by mit_catastrophe
The ozone depletion was largely caused by CFCs. The reason the ozone is healing is a massive worldwide effort to cut the use of CFCs called “the Montreal protocol.“
I’m not sure why you’re bringing deforestation into this. Deforestation is bad, we should stop that too.
markmevans t1_j4dee1x wrote
Reply to comment by 3SquirrelsinaCoat in The multiverse by Manureofhistory
That’s a different multiverse theory where different areas of a potentially infinite cosmos have different laws of physics. I believe the OP is referring to the Everettian multiverse where instead of the wave function collapsing the cosmos “branches” into multiple universe. In this model the laws of physics don’t change.
It rubs people the wrong way for various reasons, mostly because a huge number of universe seems unreasonable.
markmevans t1_j2fry8c wrote
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markmevans t1_j1vmb2v wrote
Reply to comment by SanSeb in Why still the push for "woke" tv-shows and movies, when almost all of them result in a flop? by [deleted]
> I am not a fan of placing token people and then checking the #inclusion box?
So the default should be cisgender white people, and everyone else needs an explicit reason to exist. Right? Do you fucking hear yourself?
markmevans t1_iy52o4m wrote
He may be a lumberjack, but I'm pretty sure he just laid some pipe.
markmevans t1_ivw2i9s wrote
Reply to comment by Shakespurious in Waymo launches the world's most advanced robo-taxi service. Rides can be hailed to go anywhere in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, 24/7, and with no safety driver by lughnasadh
Tesla only uses cameras for it's self-driving. [1] This is theoretically possible but actually really difficult to implement in a way where the car "understands" all situations.
Waymo uses cameras, radar and lidar for its self-driving. I think they also use GPS and super-detailed maps. This makes it much easier for Waymo to track the road (from maps) and know the distance to obstacles even if it does not know what the obstacle is.
Basically, Tesla is trying to make a self-driving car that uses only the information available to a human which means their AI has to be way "smarter" than Waymo's.
[1] I think Tesla is adding radar, but I'm not sure about that.
markmevans t1_itnylou wrote
Reply to comment by nursecarmen in Ad for Schwinn 5-Speed Stik-Shift bicycles, late 1960s by big_macaroons
I got this bike as a "hand me down" from my older brother and thought it was the most badass machine ever built by humans.
markmevans t1_is7ar9u wrote
Reply to Iranian official admits that student protesters are being taken to psychiatric institutions by AggregatedAggrevate
Religion poisons everything.
markmevans t1_ir8enr4 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Loyola Muslim Student Harassed for Religious Clothing on the Red Line by lurker627
This question is a non-sequitur. The asshole was harassing her.
It's not like they were involved in a discussion or she was going door-to-door evangelizing. She was minding her own business when some asshole started touching and harassing her.
markmevans t1_je60s4y wrote
Reply to Albums significantly improved by the removal of one or two songs. by AfroYoda
Thick as a Brick ...
I'm joking.