Gooey Time Kilroy @Kilroy@awoo.space

@CryptidCuffs@puppy.place @nintendeer@puppy.place Fuck I love everything about this. What a fun looking experience!

@CryptidCuffs@puppy.place Absolutely! He is a handsome alpaca!

Okay so it turns out the hybrid water heater does have 4.5kw elements inside of it, but I'm guessing that those are kind of like emergency backups to help keep up with unusually high demand. So while it is capable of pulling 4.5 kwh, it'll still use on average maybe a little over half a kilowatt.

Oh! Can't forget utility rebates either! For example, my electric supplier offers a $100 rebate bill credit on energy star hybrid electric water heaters!

The downside though is the hybrid electric (heat pump) water heater has a high up front cost. Easily 4x the cost of a standard electric heater. But the total energy usage and tax credits (if/when applicable) would more than make up for the difference in a few years, that's for sure!

@riking@social.wxcafe.net Yes!

I did plan on keeping the hybrid electric water heater in the basement. Help keep that cooler in the summer at least. Keeping it close to the furnace would allow me to make use of the radiant heat from that in the winter as well.

So, I did a price comparison on water heaters since I may have to replace my electric water heater soon, and uh.. wow, the average energy usage difference in cost is pretty crazy. Prices are based on what I pay for natural gas/electric in my area in the states, usage is how many kilowatts/therms (1 therm is 99976.1 BTU) get used per hour. Daily usage is an estimate of how many hours each device uses per day.

Like yeah with Amtrak I can run from Milwaukee to Seattle to LA to New Orleans to New York to Chicago to Milwaukee, but that involves 6 separate trains. Still would be worth it, but layover between trains can potentially be long

I wish I had the money and vacation time for a cross country train ride. I also wish there was a train service that offered such a ride without ever having to switch trains. Like rent a sleeper cabin for 2-3 weeks and just ride the train all around the USA and maybe parts of Canada

Anyone able to recommend a decent USB 3.1 (10gbps speeds) hub with type C ports? (A mix of A and C would also be acceptable, but I'd like it to have a minimum of two type C ports.)

Though I currently have no need for it, I would like to consider externally powered USB hubs as well, in the event I ever have a cable that is longer than... 1.7 meters in length so I don't suffer signal degradation.

A reminder that Autism Speaks doesn't give any fucks about people with autism. They could care less, and would likely prefer, if people with autism just disappeared. They don't want to help children with autism; they want to help parents never have to deal with an autistic child. They don't want to help autistic people survive in a world set up for neurotypicals; they want to help everyone live in a world without autistic people. Everything they do benefits nobody with autism.

I should probably not have stayed up until nearly 1AM playing Among Us with friends. So tired. But man was it fun

@jacel Can confirm! (Sadly I can't submerge too long in a hot soak or I actually overheat and need to cool down some. But it is luxurious for the time I can spend!)

I definitely feel like I need a 2-3 day vacation away from everything lately. Just me, a hotel room with a hot tub, maybe a dozen good books (or just my e-reader,) and some cool drinks to enjoy over the course of my time away. No internet, no chats, no TV, just me and my imagination

Are kobolds emotional support animals for dragons?

@uint8_t Could be one of those "Give us 5 stars and we'll give you a gift card" scams