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I really like the Ecosmart 3000k LED Bulbs at home depot. http://www.homedepot.com/p/EcoSmart...vZ1z0xeuiZbwo5r I hate the dingy yellow of the "standard" bulb color temperature. I have a bunch of the HD brand Ecosmart 3500k "bright white" CFLs too.
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Powerlurker posted:A couple years ago my wife and I visited Longhorn Cave State Park in the Texas Hill Country. A few years ago, they converted the whole lighting system in the cave to LEDs, now they don't have to have people crawling down caves constantly changing bulbs, the LEDs also don't heat the place up and cause condensation and moss growth near the lights. Yeah, I did a project for an industrial client once on converting parking lot lighting from metal halide to LED based. They get their electricity so cheaply that it wasn't really a factor, but having to send someone out 1/5 as often with a scissor lift to replace the bulbs in the fixture is where the real savings was. Anyway, here's a good old spite fence. Reddit user gets in a dispute with neighbor (neighbor was bitten by owner's dog). Neighbor announces that he's taking down the shared fence that sits on neighbor's side of the property line. (a spite un-fencing, if you will) So the OP puts up this fence.  View of same fence from neighbor's yard.  http://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/3248pf/update_update_neighbor_trespassed_and_was/
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May 9, 2015 04:40
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That fence rules. There should be more multicolor fences.
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May 9, 2015 05:02
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That fence is unironically pretty awesome and it fits right in with the Florida scenery.
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May 9, 2015 05:10
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Saw this at work the other day: lovely phone pic, but that's an extension cord wire-nutted into a not yet finished house power run. It's hard to see, but the cord's ground is conspicuously not attached to anything. The best part is there is a spider box well within reach of that cord.
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May 9, 2015 06:14
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canyoneer posted:View of same fence from neighbor's yard. That fence is truly a crappy construction. The neighbour gets the good‐looking side, more yard space, and higher ground in court.
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May 9, 2015 06:40
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Yeah the fence is hilarious, but also was really stupid from a legal strategy standpoint. If you follow the link and then read the posts from the lawyers up at the top, it's pretty clear that erecting a fence was a good idea, but then painting it specifically to annoy out of spite massively undermines the dog owner's previous legal position of "I am the reasonable party here."
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May 9, 2015 07:00
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It was stupid, but the neighbor going "Well, I'm taking down this perfectly good shared fence just to make you put up a fence" is pretty spiteful, too. I'd be cool with calling it even on that score. I mean, goddamn, "Your dog bit somebody, so I am taking down my fence, I hope you will be ready to take precautions with your dog" is a pretty big dick move.
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May 9, 2015 08:11
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Khizan posted:It was stupid, but the neighbor going "Well, I'm taking down this perfectly good shared fence just to make you put up a fence" is pretty spiteful, too. I'd be cool with calling it even on that score. I mean, goddamn, "Your dog bit somebody, so I am taking down my fence, I hope you will be ready to take precautions with your dog" is a pretty big dick move. "Your dog bit somebody after they trespassed onto your property and remained there for some time trying to kill your dog, so I'm ripping down my fence. You better be ready to control your dog!" The middle finger picture is the biggest mistake IMHO. Otherwise you can claim you just painted it fun colors to cheer your neighbor up!
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Leperflesh posted:Yeah the fence is hilarious, but also was really stupid from a legal strategy standpoint. If you follow the link and then read the posts from the lawyers up at the top, it's pretty clear that erecting a fence was a good idea, but then painting it specifically to annoy out of spite massively undermines the dog owner's previous legal position of "I am the reasonable party here." Why would the painting of the fence be a legal liability? I thought the legal system was supposed to be color blind? 
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http://wamu.org/programs/metro_connection/15/05/08/flipped_off_how_dc_homebuyers_are_getting_scammed_by_developers_who_cut_corners http://wamu.org/projects/house-flipping/#/part1?scrollTo=part1%23part1 http://wamu.org/projects/house-flipping/#/part2?scrollTo=part2%23part2 http://wamu.org/projects/house-flipping/#/part3?scrollTo=part3%23part3 The local NPR station is doing a week long series on poorly flipped houses in the booming DC real estate scene. Thought it might stir the pot a bit more. One of the highlights was how inspectors seldom have incentive to look out for the buyer.
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May 9, 2015 16:05
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Is that supposed to be you and barb?
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May 9, 2015 16:53
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Ambrose Burnside posted:Are LEDs significantly more shock-resistant than normal bulbs? The cat loves to knock my lamp over, and normal bulb replacements are getting expensive. Yes they are. Incandescents are fragile because either the filament burns out, shakes loose or the gases inside leak out (like from the glass cracking) causing the filament to burn out. CFLs have a similar problem with glass breakage causing a gas leak, but their gas is the light emitting component. LEDs however produce their light from a solid state component, so there's no flimsy filament and no gases to leak. All their components are soldered together, so there is quite a bit of mechanical strength there. I can't think of a better light source for shock resistance.
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May 9, 2015 19:47
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kid sinister posted:I can't think of a better light source for shock resistance.  Or more seriously... maybe EL wire? Also: fire
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May 9, 2015 20:11
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Leperflesh posted:Also: fire Uhh, you can put out fire by moving it too fast.
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May 9, 2015 23:43
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canyoneer posted:Yeah, I did a project for an industrial client once on converting parking lot lighting from metal halide to LED based. They get their electricity so cheaply that it wasn't really a factor, but having to send someone out 1/5 as often with a scissor lift to replace the bulbs in the fixture is where the real savings was. The takeaway from this story is that only Florida rednecks are named Ray.
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May 9, 2015 23:48
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kid sinister posted:Uhh, you can put out fire by moving it too fast. I'm gonna need to teach you how to make a proper fire.
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May 10, 2015 00:45
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Motronic posted:I'm gonna need to teach you how to make a proper fire. Is this going to involve aluminum powder?
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May 10, 2015 03:18
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kid sinister posted:Yes they are. Incandescents are fragile because either the filament burns out, shakes loose or the gases inside leak out (like from the glass cracking) causing the filament to burn out. CFLs have a similar problem with glass breakage causing a gas leak, but their gas is the light emitting component. LEDs however produce their light from a solid state component, so there's no flimsy filament and no gases to leak. All their components are soldered together, so there is quite a bit of mechanical strength there. I can't think of a better light source for shock resistance. Well, on most incandescents aside from weird ones like quartz halogens and xenon/krypton/argon pressurized bulbs, there's a hard vacuum inside and the issue is gases leaking *in*, but yes.
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May 10, 2015 03:36
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kastein posted:Well, on most incandescents aside from weird ones like quartz halogens and xenon/krypton/argon pressurized bulbs, there's a hard vacuum inside and the issue is gases leaking *in*, but yes. Actually, incandescent bulbs are filled with a low-pressure inert gas. In a vacuum, the filament would evaporate more quickly, so it gets filled argon and nitrogen. It makes the bulb less efficient (and the surface of the glass gets hotter), though
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May 10, 2015 03:56
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Incandescent bulbs suck and I hate them. I hate them because they burn my goddamn fingers. I've hated them ever since I was a tiny little Vanagoon. CFLs and LEDs may not deliver the best color reproduction, but then then don't give me second and third degree burns either. 
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May 10, 2015 04:21
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It's bizarre to me that my children will not think about lightbulbs as something you shouldn't just go touch without finding out if they've been on recently or not.
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May 10, 2015 04:30
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Bulbs, no longer the things that can shatter and spray glass shards everywhere.
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May 10, 2015 04:38
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SynthOrange posted:Bulbs, no longer the things that can shatter and spray glass shards everywhere. Luckily, mercury vapor lamps are still a thing, so we can't rule out lightbulb-caused cancer just yet.
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May 10, 2015 04:41
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KillHour posted:It's bizarre to me that my children will not think about lightbulbs as something you shouldn't just go touch without finding out if they've been on recently or not. Plus that riddle with the three switches and a light in another room won't make any sense.
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May 10, 2015 04:42
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crazypeltast52 posted:Plus that riddle with the three switches and a light in another room won't make any sense. It will, you just have to wait 20 years to get the answer. 
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"How many [PROFESSION_OR_ETHNIC GROUP] does it take to change a lightbulb?" "Whoa, people have to replace those things?!"
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May 10, 2015 04:46
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Hey, don't knock incandescent bulbs, they have some great uses! Like.. uh.. keeping the pump house warm in the winter?
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May 10, 2015 04:55
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I like halogens for hobby work. Natural white light is hard to beat for eye comfort.
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hailthefish posted:Hey, don't knock incandescent bulbs, they have some great uses! There are only 3 uses for incandescent bulbs. The heat lamp I have in the bathroom to warm my rear end after a shower, those dim ones you see in upscale bars to make the decor more "Soho," and making basements suitably creepy for filming horror movies.
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Slanderer posted:Actually, incandescent bulbs are filled with a low-pressure inert gas. In a vacuum, the filament would evaporate more quickly, so it gets filled argon and nitrogen. It makes the bulb less efficient (and the surface of the glass gets hotter), though 
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May 10, 2015 05:38
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Wait was I supposed to take sides to the guy with a dog that bites people?
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His Divine Shadow posted:Wait was I supposed to take sides to the guy with a dog that bites people? The dog bit a person who came in to the yard without permission while no one was home so I vote yes.
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May 10, 2015 08:08
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Yeah I have no idea who's who in the original story but they all sound like a bunch of jerks.
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May 10, 2015 08:09
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hailthefish posted:The dog bit a person who came in to the yard without permission while no one was home so I vote yes. It bit the guy who mows his lawn. Yeah, i know he says that the guy always gets let in, but I kind of call bull on that.
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hailthefish posted:Hey, don't knock incandescent bulbs, they have some great uses! There are a wide range of specialist applications (at least in this country) where as far as I can tell they don't actually make non-incandescent lamps yet. Sewing machine lights, for instance. I certainly couldn't find anything other than incandescent when I tried to replace one recently.
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I find that it is frequently the case in stories like that that most of the actors involved are at least slightly jerks.
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Slanderer posted:Actually, incandescent bulbs are filled with a low-pressure inert gas. In a vacuum, the filament would evaporate more quickly, so it gets filled argon and nitrogen. It makes the bulb less efficient (and the surface of the glass gets hotter), though I always heard that the cheap ones were just hard vacuum and the nicer ones that lasted longer were nitrogen...
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thespaceinvader posted:There are a wide range of specialist applications (at least in this country) where as far as I can tell they don't actually make non-incandescent lamps yet. Sewing machine lights, for instance. I certainly couldn't find anything other than incandescent when I tried to replace one recently. EZ-Bake ovens...
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