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Commented on Life With and Without Animated Ducks: The Future Is Gender Distributed
Off topic, but you did mention sailing up during your intro-bio: Do you know of any place to rent a small (18-25') sailboat near Boothbay? All I've been able to find so far are windjammers and one place that charters...
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Charlie Stross commented on
Life With and Without Animated Ducks: The Future Is Gender Distributed
Apart from high end toilets, have the Japanese got anything that makes home living easier/better than anywhere else? Insulated electric water dispensers. Because Japanese domestic appliances run on 100 volts and relatively low current, a kettle would take a long time to boil. So instead of the UK-style electric jug kettle with charger base (which in turn is w-a-y better than the typical primitive electric kettle found in the US) the Japanese use heavily insulated pots with a pump-action dispenser nozzle. You fill it up, it takes 15 minutes to come to the boil, then it stays hot indefinitely with...
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Charlie Stross commented on
Life With and Without Animated Ducks: The Future Is Gender Distributed
Here's an appliance improvement I'd like. I'm a short woman with a top-loading washing machine. It would be delightful to have a floor in the washing compartment that would lift when I pressed a button. Sounds complicated and likely to break. Wouldn't a front-loading washing machine work for you? (We've only had those for around fifty years ...)...
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valentinej commented on
Life With and Without Animated Ducks: The Future Is Gender Distributed
Since it seemed like a bunch of people were confused by garbage disposals, I thought I'd give explaining them a go. The garbage disposal is meant to make cleaning the sink easier after rinsing dishes or cooking. It's not (usually) for disposing of bulk items. Basically, the idea is that with a basic sink, you typically rinse any food scraps / coffee grounds / etc. off of plates etc. and into the drain strainer. Then you have to dump it out into your compost bin or trash, often a few times. With a garbage disposal, you do the same thing,...
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ellarien commented on
Life With and Without Animated Ducks: The Future Is Gender Distributed
I think my mother's current twin-tub (the third in forty-odd years) only dates back to the 1990s. It has a "by appointment to HM the Queen Mother" label, but that probably relates to the brand in general rather than that specific model. Unfortunately the spinning part stopped working some years back and she hasn't been able to find a replacement, so she's been using a stand-alone spin-dryer in tandem with the still-functional washing side....
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Greg. Tingey commented on
Life With and Without Animated Ducks: The Future Is Gender Distributed
micheal @ 330 & guthrie @ 332 My bad - you are correct I'd got "Passivhaus" mixed up with "Earthship" - oops. mayhem @ 335 If you want DOUBLE glazed wooden windows - yes hideously expensive. SIngle-galzed are cheap though. Fit thick curtains! dirk @ 347 Hirsaan Ali? Woman in Bangla Desh who's had to flee? Women in Persia? NOT good ... DJPoK @ 350 Which was much protested, including by many men at the time. The authorities over-reaction screwd them (again) Ken Brown @ 356 We have a twin-tub Difficult to get Advantage - more contollable. Dik & DJPoK...
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