This is the correct answer. Turning on the hot water before the dish washer starts clears out the not-too-hot water that was in the line. They don’t use that much water so it apparently makes a difference.

ETA: but washing your hands (with hot water I presume?) won’t impact the machine.

Thank you I lol’d at the capitalization and reference 🤭

Thank you. Is there a proper name for such a rack? I have a clothes drying rack I use indoors for delicates that I don’t want to put on the clothes line but it would crumple under the rug I think.

Hell yeah to the pressure washer! I think I used mine on a woven entry way rug in the past but I’m not sure if I did that or just used a deck brush + soap attachment for the hose.

I’m not sure I want to saturate the pile rugs but I guess I can use the steam cleaner vacuum attachment to suck up the water and let it dry from there.

Thank you, I have a mental barrier about renting equipment for a few rugs but there is no basis for it. They aren’t going to clean themselves!

Thank you, it does seem like the consensus is that people are still beating their rugs.

(Empathy on the household decision making process.)

Thanks, I’m probably just going to have to get over the mental hurdle of taking the fuckers outside 😅

I can confirm steam cleaners are extremely satisfying.

Washable rugs (at least the one I have) is very thin. It has to be to be washable! Because it is thin it is a nightmare to vacuum. It just gets sucked into it. I have to put my foot down right behind the vacuum to keep it taut.

I believe there are types you can get that have a lower layer you detect before washing. To be honest the one I have was an impulse purchase. I liked the colours, the price was right and I wanted something to go below my office chair that wasn’t a plastic mat, so the incredibly low pile was a pro not a con. I think the two part ones are considerably more expensive and I’m not interested in paying that much to find out it doesn’t solve the problem.

Because it’s under my desk I don’t really care too much about wear, but the one I have has the print applied to the top, not created by dyed fibres being used. So when the pile is disturbed it doesn’t quite look right and I don’t think I could brush it all perfectly in line again.

Here is a cross section, I have washed this once.

Maybe I just bought a cheap and shitty one?

Thank you! l do have outdoor space but it’s humid af. I guess leaving the rug out isn’t different than leaving clothes on the clothes line so it’s probably okay. It’s a pretty big rug so not sure I have the strength to haul it outside and beat it, but I can certainly spend a few hours with the steam cleaner 😅

I have a few of those washable rugs too, but I don’t love them so I think I will resign myself to a rug cleaning day once and a while.

Two separate thoughts:

I think people interested in policing should read:

• Angela Davis: Are Prisons Obsolete ( pdf | audiobook )

• the prison industrial complex exists to protect capital not to protect people.

I’m sorry, I assumed you had it handy because of your screenshot. I can’t tell which account made the post in your screenshot because it doesn’t give the instance. Just search the username and pick a version, they should all contain the info.

I made the joke because one of the reasons he does this is to draw attention to his stance.

No, there is an explanation in their account profile. They repost things from Lemmy.ml to other instances because they are against Lemmy.ml.

I guess you didn’t catch why they do this, eh?

Even though I am a noted hater of Ottawa as a city, I just had to celebrate this achievement. Isn’t it amazing what people can accomplish when they put their minds to it and prioritize safety and livability?

So it’s Americans’ fault for not overthrowing the most powerful empire on earth yet, got it.

I did not say that.

Spoken like a man who insists on driving around in circles trying to find a good enough street parking spot, adding to road volumes and generally being a menace.

Not trying to defend the canadian system but apprentices can get EI while doing their classroom portions of their training. (https://www.canada.ca/en/services/jobs/training/support-skilled-trades-apprentices/ei-apprentices.html)

Good luck getting the apprenticeship tho.

Look, I’m not going to say I like reading microfiche but things started going to shit when we stopped microfiching things and started depending on magnets to remember for us.

Just adding more details to compare and contrast:

• the experience requirement isn’t the only requirement, you have to go to accredited schools or write technical exams, and there is a law and ethics exam.
• having an engineering licence is a min requirement for many jobs, not a foot in the door
• I have separate licencing for my professional area (also operating) that was done entirely outside of school. You either need years of separate operating hours for that one too, or a combo of other things including a much higher passing grade on the four exams which are 3 hours each. I did that within 5 years of graduation and there is no way in hell I could have done that if I didn’t have the flexibility of an entry level job. I could do shifts with operators to learn. Now I’m supposed to require my more senior staff to get them? Nah. I’ll help them as much as I can, but I’m not holding them to that impossible requirement.

You should know I lol’d

I’m probably taking this too literally but they kinda do, in canada at least. You can’t get a licence without meeting the experience requirements. When I did mine it was 4 years. It’s reduced now with more of a focus demonstrating competencies. And just like residency, a placement isn’t guaranteed. I think it’s slightly less sadistic and exploitative than a medical residency tho.