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I think you intended to link a different article. That one’s not about cooking with your dishwasher.

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I would appreciate this write up as well. Looking to do a DIY setup.

I’m surprised you needed AC at 10k ft. I have a cabin south of FairPlay at 9200 ft and the high temperature for the year has never exceeded 81 F.

Good to hear on the heat pumps though. I’m planning to eventually replace the propane boiler with them.

Went out in Colorado for about 15 minutes. Back online for now.

Davis Instruments makes some of the best and most accurate devices. I have the Vantage Pro2 sensor suite and recommend it. More expensive than some but worth it. There are various ways to upload data to the internet.

It is definitely typical Kim Stanley Robinson in that it explores large ideas and delves into details that don't pertain directly to the plot. As a rumination on a possible non-dystopian future, it is excellent and I highly recommend it. The wandering plot and digressions into hikes in the Swiss Alps is also quintessentially Robinsonian. I loved it but you have to know what to expect.

“We hold these truths to be self evident...” is from the Declaration of Independence. It does not appear in the Constitution.

This is one of the travesties of drug enforcement and has compounded inequality in America. The imprisonment of the poor for nonviolent drug offenses continues today. That a wealthy drug user would laud this as a good outcome of drug policy is honestly flabbergasting, but perhaps shouldn’t be.