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  1. Justice is the constant, permanent imparting to every one what they deserve. My english could be better. If you get the idea, improve the wording/phrase.
  2. Done it a few times very successfully with less amount of water than in the video onto older hot non-stick frying pans; but do not know if the name is deglazing, degreasing, other or none. The explanation heard is the 'explosive' conversion from liquid to steam mechanically dislodging residues by steam expansion
  3. Dad had a toy on his '59 car dashboard, it was engine-vacuum operated. The nearest found today is called push puppet buy it had some bladder in the base instead of a spring; suction by a tiny hose to engine intake collapsed it, likely made in Germany. Are those still being made that you know of ? Just nostalgic... Similar :
  4. Thank you, StringJunky So the change is very recent. Will find out if spoken names are also affected by the order.
  5. Thanks. No need for temperatures higher than the source. Just capability to gather sun radiation into a hole on a roof by optically redirecting at also lower sun elevations. Seems moving parts/mirrors for tracking are mandatory.
  6. Hello. Has there been any ruling, trend, disposition to swap the order of given name and family name recently ? Like since 1-2 years ago ? Is that for spoken or written, official documents ?
  7. Greetings. An "internet4" without advertising, with no intrusions from Google and other profit-first oriented entities, with zero social networks, not for entertainment, and no idiots pushing malware. Erasing the blackboard, like getting back to ~1995 when navigating the web was a wonder. Yes, too big of a dream. But could it be possible ? The existing players can stay with its chaos where they are. Just a new page/chapter, not meant to promote lazyness.
  8. Do not assume dwelling illumination. Am after gathering a ~2 square metres of sunlight opening into a duct with a flat fresnel lens at its exit to get focalized ~2KW of heat. Works good around noon but not at lower sun elevations.
  9. What contraptions can re-direct sunlight during dawn to dusk hours towards a single direction ? Is there some prisms, lenses, mirrors, combination of them ? The solar tubes product seems does it well to a certain degree; may have been designed as best as the manufacturer could. The point of entrance/collection of solar light... What other passive methods exist ? -No heliostats, no moving parts-
  10. Often find reports that seeds from any plants, trees... do not produce the same exact varietal as their 'parents', with good chance that seeds yield different characteristics for the next seedling growth. Does it refer to their fruits only or to the characteristics of the plants as shape, height, color, growth speed, hardiness, yield...? Many seed merchants push to not use 'natural' seeds. How has nature been reproducing a plain apple for centuries ? If changes happen in a generation, a century old apple tree would be yielding way different descendants. Is that what is called 'heirloom' ? My artichokes which I set aside one plant for its seeds every year and plant them the next; are they yielding another varietal ? How does it work ? Or is the reverse? The 'natural' seeds do yield the same as parent and supermarket hybrids yield a different varietal ?
  11. Greetings. Seems that maaaany types of microbes, bacterias, molds, cultures, yeasts produce maaaany flavors and types on products we consume. Are those interchangeable; like a certain microbe that makes a cheese can make -say soybeans- fermenting to obtain a certain flavor/texture/whatever ? Or a Camembert bacteria (or any other) cannot be used to ferment grain for alcohol production ? How does it work ? Am I wrongly mixing yeasts, bacterias... in the question, and must be dealt separately ? Like using the something yogurt bacteria to produce a way different grain fermentation for obtaining a unique bread... 🥴
  12. Check the laws at your location; whisky is one thing to do but you cannot drink it and probably cannot sell it either.
  13. Thanks, gentlemen. +1 Opinions varied, but OK. The task in mind is not agricultural nor leach field; but ocasional plain basement light moisture ingress and am ready to dig and set a perforated pipe in a part of the inside perimeter. My basement already has such 'French drain treatment' on 75% of the perimeter as house was bought. I should add like 10 metres to have all of it 'treated' Will re-read the suggestions and explanations to properly position the pipe perforations (not tiles) Pipe will wear a sock too to minimize erosion.
  14. Hello all. Having a problem with 'tile' meaning a perforated pipe. But hey, it is English and am not the one to fix it 🥴 [ Image borrowed from the net.] Unsure of positioning the perforations under the pipe half for proper drainage. Seems like the gravel below the perforations level will always be flooded, (never flowing upwards to drain into the pipe) Shouldn't the pipe have no gravel under it, and perforations on sides ? What is the rationale ?
  15. Hi. Can the video recording of the event show if the lower structure failed first and the top structure dropped crushing on what was already collapsed; or if the upper floors near the roof failed first and their consecutively fall on next floors under fractured them ? A sink hole would produce the first behavior, right ?
  16. Hi. Windows 11 will require a 720p display. What is it expressed in horizontal x vertical pixels definition/equivalent ?
  17. What determines viability in grafting a tree, like a cherry branch into a peach trunk. Do the classification taxonomy terms tell what is compatible ?, clade, order, family, genus, species... Also, Is it possible to graft a branch of a male say pistachio tree onto a female pistachio trunk and obtain a self pollinating (by proximity) tree species ?
  18. Can any religion fanatic explain what is seen as good to call 'good friday' the day commemorating the killing of the skinny guy on a cross ?
  19. Thank you sir, +1 What is "improve" ? Makes it less or more diverging?
  20. Thank you. The failed embedded image was just a generic one like : What if possible could be the way to obtain one Km long 10cm diametre fat beam as close as possible from start to end ? These are outdoors ---> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmcQNiNHemc - ---> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYKERtq_L5M
  21. Seems that if a laser beam is bigger than about 2 mm diametre it is not a laser any more ? Or is it still a laser even if the beam is 1 metre diametre ? How is that accomplished ? Diverging lens and collimator after ? The danger of vision impairment persists or is it greatly reduced as the light 'density' is a much smaller figure ? Which wavelength shows the beam brighter at night ? To achieve 1Km range on a 10cm fat beam at night, what power would be needed by educated guess ?
  22. Hi. Can you instead of comparing the cost$ for time lapses, tell/compare KWh of consumption for the lapses ? My local energy is supplied typically by gas and/or electric. Eliminated the gas years ago and am using electric heat only, because the gas company wanted to charge a monthly minimum even for zero consumption to 'maintain' the account during ~8 not-cold months of the year. So kicked them out in 2016, not willing to 'maintain' their pockets besides peace of mind with no gas in the dwelling. Make sure you are not in that kind of trap, or utilities 'policy' changes. (Am heating only the rooms in use, 3 bedrooms have heating shut off and closed doors) As other means of not wasting heat and money.
  23. I would explore routing/passing the water mains into a radiator inlet inside your apartment and returning its outlet to the building supply. You would be extracting only its coolness. Enclosing the radiator would limit how much cold you get. Adding a fan trough the radiator would increase the cooling. Main water into building >---------------------------------------A cut B---------------------------------->building supply Insert a radiator inside your apartment between A and B; and wear a jacket. A window air conditioner is an alternative that can cool the whole apartment if doors are left open; and is not expensive. I have a 5000BTU that hangs on the window during a couple of months and goes back to storage in winter. I would not consider anything Peltier. Inserting a pass valve between A and B in parallel to the radiator would control the flow and the resultant dwelling temperature; no need to enclose the radiator.
  24. Remember dealing with the Réaumur scale in high school, the equivalent formula was dividing by 4. But was never taught about Rankine.
  25. And maaaany more oddities in USA as the ounces, feet, inches, gallons, pounds, furlongs, fathoms, knots, MMDDYY, small, medium and large; twin, queen, full, king , AM/PM, acres... They just missed to drive on the left lane 😊
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