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The newer air source models have good performance well below freezing. Older models didn't really.

Costs also matter. Some relatives that are on the fairly expensive rural electric operator around here installed a ground source heat pump, at pretty high up front cost. They wouldn't have bothered if they had a natural gas hookup.


Modern process controls allow us to hit intended outcomes consistently at lower costs. But that doesn't mean the intended outcomes are always better that what you would aim for with less capability.

There are real customers that want cost reductions that lead to reduced lifetimes, because they have no intention of using the thing they are buying for decades. It isn't just manufacturers looking to make money through planned obsolescence.


My understanding is that they already make more money on the ad tiers.

(So the price increases are about finding the revenue maximizing price for the ad free tiers, not about overall profit)


My hn comments are a better (and probably not particularly good) view into my personality than any data the government could conceivably have collected.

If what you say is true, why should we fear their bizarre mind control fantasy?


Not every person has bared their soul on HN.

Yeah, I haven't either. That's my point.

It's great that all those people without special skills can access rewarding jobs in the powerhouse US economy.

It's demented to think that they are undermining wages when unemployment was basically 0 when Trump and his moronic goons took power.

This idea that we should use borders to keep other people poor is just insane.


I've had people make the Duff argument about real beers. Putting bad batches in a different can is a great way to do quality control on your main brand though.

Helping them not go insane from always getting what they want is useful.

It's like $45-$50 for an 'unlimited' plan that is only capped if you are on a busy tower.

A decent percentage more, not a lot of dollars more.


One of the requirements for Real ID is that the issuer confirmed legal status (either citizenship or immigration status).

A US passport is proof of citizenship.

There's 50 governments responsible for implementing this law. A few more I guess. Not 2 branches.

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