jmiller

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

There is a vaccine for chickens and turkeys for the bird flu. But poultry barns only use it when there are already outbreaks in their area, they don't consider the cost worth it most of the time. And no one is giving it to wild birds.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It probably happened when the tensioner failed and the belt flew off.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (6 children)

I don't think the hub of the fan was pulled over to make those grazes, I think it's more likely those happened when blades broke off or something went into the fan and was dragged over the transmission case.

As for running without, that fan is partly there for direct cooling, partly to keep grass clippings from collecting on top. Even in cooler temps, a blanket of clippings could make it get hotter than it should be.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

I always saw it as being part of messing with the kids, he looks at the warning lights on top of the fence first. And for my headcannon at least, Grant is savvy enough to know that's no way to test if the fence is live or not, lol.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Tiles are great, I'd love to have a roof last 100 years. But they don't get as much use here because of issues with ice damning up the bottom edge and pooling water up under the tile, which then freezes and expands and dislodges or damags the tile. That can be overcome, but it's easier and cheaper to use shingles.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (3 children)

A fiberglass mat core with asphalt around it and grit stuck in the asphalt on the top.

[–] [email protected] 79 points 7 months ago (15 children)

And the person who found it isn't doing a good job either, putting new shingles over old. The old should be removed.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The "bad news/good news" portion of the article for US residents is frustrating. "No, you don't get this cheap EV. But good news; Hyundai are sending a different one that is twice the cost!"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Very true. Unfortunately, this process just pulls gold from dilute sources and gathers it into nuggets, from small ones to very very large. No gold is being made new though, that would be great.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Well, that is the amount gold that is mined or recycled every year that is used in electronics. The thing is though, a lot of the gold used in electronics is never recovered. So a considerable amount of the gold used in electronics is removed from from circulation in a way the gold in jewelry or bullion or coins isn't. It isn't the primary driver of gold's price increase, but it is a significant factor.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (8 children)

Gold prices have risen steadily for a long time, partly because of its use in electronics. Over $2500/ounce now. But another quirk of gold is the ease with which we can make very thin coatings of it over other materials, sometimes only a few atoms thick. So it is commonly used, but in very very small amounts per device.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

The first change needs to be teams pay for their own stadiums instead of them being taxpayer funded from cites and states. I don't care if it will drive tourism, use that money to take care of the purple in the city and make the city a nice place, even make it a nice place for a stadium, but make the team owners/pro leagues pay for their own damn stadium.

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