Where do I get the right to tell you anything about how much clothing you must remove from your children?

That’s what you’re doing. You’re giving me that power. You’re telling me that my decision on what your children must wear supersedes both your judgment, and theirs. They don’t get to wear what they want, because I have decided that they need to show me some skin.

You think I should have that power because your beliefs are superstitious nonsense and you can’t be trusted to exercise those beliefs?

Seems perfectly fine to me.

^ This is fascism. This is what fascism looks like. It slips in quietly, and polishes away those minor nonconformities that have been so offending our delicate sensibilities It establishes and promotes the idea that we’re all better off with just a touch more authoritarianism. One more edict, one more imposition of state against an individual we don’t really like. That’s “perfectly fine”.

Fuck that. Democracy says power flows from the people. The state serves the people, collectively and individually. And the state has no legitimate interest in dictating what may and may not be worn by children.

This law is bigoted nonsense.

It’s because I have never seen a dishwasher in the US designed for a high current circuit.

Right. But, if they did make a 5000W dishwasher, it would not be difficult to power it in the US. Even though typical NEMA 5-15 and 5-20 outlets can only handle 1800/2400W, US electric code provides for 50A@120V, 20A@240V, and much, much larger circuits for ranges, water heaters, hot tubs, pools, arc welders, air compressors, etc. There is no electrical limitation preventing adoption of cold-water dishwashers.

Legally dictating how much of a minor’s body must be exposed to the general public? Are you fucking serious?

What right-wing fascists are promoting this law?

The US uses many smaller circuits. I have two appliance circuits, a lighting circuit, a dedicated refrigerator circuit, and a 240V range circuit. Five separate electrical circuits, just for my kitchen.

Rebuilding after WWII, the UK standard was to run a single ring circuit for each floor of the home. They ran as few household circuits as possible, because they needed the copper.

If you look at the amperage/wattage ratings of UK circuits, they are considerably higher than other 220v/240v countries, because their circuits are intended to be shared among many more devices.

You know how they warn you not to plug in too many devices into a single circuit? The UK electrical system took the exact opposite approach, because they needed to. This is why they have a fancy plug that nobody else in the world uses: it is an essential safety component that serves the same purpose that the household circuit breaker performs for the rest of the world.

Sounds like a legacy thing.

Exactly. UK and European legacy standards required cold water dishwashers; US legacy standards called for hot water dishwashers. Once that expectation took hold, it’s somewhat difficult to alter it. Builders install plumbing for their respective systems; consumers buy appliances to match their plumbing. It’s a vicious circle with little compelling reason to break it. Neither is objectively better; neither is objectively worse.

Though I do think it’s very likely that a big chunk of it is as the other commenter said, an electricity thing.

The overwhelming majority of households had gas-fired water heaters, because for decades, it was significantly cheaper than electric, and those gas-fired systems remain in place in a majority of homes. In that sense, it’s an electric thing.

In the sense that US circuits simply can’t handle the current requirements of a permanently installed heating appliance, that is a complete myth. Trust me, we know how to waste use electricity.

It is about the electrical system in the US not being able to supply water heaters in dishwashers and washing machines.

That is a myth arising from US typical residential circuit standard being 20A @ 120V, or 2400W.

Major appliances are not limited to this typical standard. US/Canada have code for and commonly install dedicated 30A@120V, (commonly used for large through-window air conditioners) as well as 240V circuits rated from 20A to 80A. The North American electrical system typically provides 200A @ 240V to the residence. That’s sufficient for heating hot tubs and in-ground pools.

No, the decision to use hot water instead of cold water arises primarily from plumbing factors, not electrical.

Plumbing code in the UK (and parts of Europe?) allowed/allows hot water tanks to be open to the atmosphere, to prevent boiler explosions. The specific tanks in question are filled via float valve, much like a toilet tank. Being potentially exposed to airborne bacteria, fungi, and other biological material, water out of these tanks is not considered potable. If you have one of these atmospheric pressure heaters, you shouldn’t consume the water, or clean cookware, dishes, and utensils with it. Because they might be installed in buildings with atmospheric pressure hot water, dishwashers in areas with atmospheric pressure hot water tanks are designed to be connected to the potable, cold water supply, rather than a potentially contaminated hot water supply.

US does not allow atmospheric pressure hot water tanks. US tanks are under positive pressure, using T&P valves to protect against excess pressure and boiler explosion. The water in US hot water tanks is considered potable. Dishwashers in the US do have heating elements, but they are designed to be connected to a hot water supply.

This is also why UK taps typically have two spouts. The cold water side is pressurized; the hot water can be gravity fed. This causes two problems: 1. If there is any restriction in the output, cold water can backfeed the hot supply and overfill the hot water tank. 2. non-potable hot water can contaminate the cold water in a mixing valve, rendering the cold water non-potable as well.

I’M FREAKING OUT, MAN.

Whatcha want to know?

Base-10 is objectively terrible, though. Too many fundamental principles of geometry rely on 1:3 and 1:6 ratios that can’t be properly depicted in Base-10.

If there were a god, they would have given us 6 digits on each hand, inspiring us to develop a base-12 number system.

Base-12 is absolutely gorgeous for geometry. A metric system on base-12? <chef’s kiss>

I think that’s a plucked chicken.

It’s fucking Walmart. Why are you there?

You can suck a fuck.

Certainly, and likely. In which case, the DNS records would tell us nothing.

But we can draw a completely different conclusion if the records were taken down deliberately.

If the DNS records for the mail server were missing, it would suggest that they didn’t intend to receive mail, even if a mail server were actually up.

The iodine tablets in question are for water sanitization, not protection against thyroid uptake of radioactive isotopes. If your immediate water supply runs out, you might need to refill from lakes and streams.

This would be great, but it’s not feasible as described. Property taxes are assessed against the property, not the owner. The county can determine whether someone has paid the tax on a particular property, but they are greatly restricted on details about the owner of that property. There is no reliable mechanism to determine how many properties a single person owns. A county auditor would be able to determine how many properties you own in that county, but the auditor of Alameda County in California has no conclusive way of knowing if you also own property in Anne Arundel County in Maryland.

The county auditor does have access to your income tax records, drivers license records, etc. They can easily and reliably determine your claimed county of residence when you pay your tax bill.

If you were to claim residence in Anne Arundel, the Alameda auditor could determine that you do not qualify for an owner-occupant credit available only to residents of Alameda County.

We already have “homestead exemption” and “second home” property taxes in most of the country. These give some small credits or exemptions for various purposes for the property where a homeowner resides. What we need to do is expand the scope of these owner-occupant exemptions. They need to automatically match future property tax hikes, so owner occupants are explicitly protected against them.

And then we increase the property tax annually until the owner occupancy rate is above 85%. We run it through the fucking moon, actual homeowners don’t see any increase. Corporate landlords will be fighting tooth and nail to issue land contracts and purchase agreements rather than leases.

“military grade weapons” < “proletariat grade guillotines”