I am in the process of automating my home. I am a programmer so the software, while using libraries and frameworks such as Open HAB or ambient dynamix, will be my own. For the hardware I want to use established systems such as the hue lighting system (which is already running), since such systems...
@Tester101 I always want to respond that since every question must already have a stack, that we need to throw out the off-topic help section and shutdown area51.
should the contractor remove the sheetrock each night that has not been used from my home because I continue to reside there. it is taking up a lot of space.
I've learned recently of the greatness of modern Velcro cable ties. They are the style of ties seen here:
My question is, when were they created? And by whom? I've seen them called 'self-gripping' cable ties. These things definitely didn't exist 5 years ago. They are amazing! Very strong and th...
I think maybe an edit to remove the bitchiness, and it could be a useful question. It could also show future readers that they should be specific when making agreements with contractors.
I have to admit the ranting was also part of why I closed the question. If you can't ask your question without complaining about the contractor, you don't have a question, you have a need to vent, and you shouldn't be venting at us, we have enough problems of our own.
Should a contractor remove sheetrock, and other building supplies from an occupied job site each night? The supplies may take up lots of space, and make living on-site difficult.
I'm having trouble understanding the rationale behind the meaning of an American English phrase of which I just became aware. That phrase is:
You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar
From what I understand now, this phrase would indicate that You make more friends by being ...
@ChrisCudmore IRC 2009 R303.3 Bathrooms. Bathrooms, water closet compartments and other similar rooms shall be provided with aggregate glazing area in windows of not less than 3 square feet (0.3 m2), one-half of which must be openable.
Exception: The glazed areas shall not be required where artificial light and a mechanical ventilation system are provided. The minimum ventilation rates shall be 50 cubic feet per minute (24 L/s) for intermittent ventilation or 20 cubic feet per minute (10 L/s) for continuous ventilation. Ventilation air from the space shall be exhausted directly to the outside.
I don't think you can just yank out the card and plug it in another device. They really screwed up that technology as best they could to encourage everyone to get set top boxes. And they wonder why people are cutting the cords.
made the analogy to my friend the other day when he called bitching that the iPhone 5s is the same as the 5 - its the same as the ThinkPad. Design stays the same, they keep improving the design and making minor changes to it every year; never full slate startovers
pick up and android and you need a 2 day training course. pick up an iPhone and its the same phone as it was 8 years ago; bigger screen, different shade of black, but it functions the same as the day it came out
i should blog about this; not sure anyone has made this comparison haha
How does one remove really stripped screws from a wall stud when they're flush with something? (I really jacked the screws when I installed my tv mount... :/ )
Twist in the proper direction
Are you turning the right way? Remember, "Righty tighty, Lefty loosy" (which never made sense to me). Most screws are right-handed threads, so you'll turn them anti(counter)-clockwise to remove them. In some situations left-hand thread screws are used (usually to ...
@ChrisCudmore Yes and no. The problem was the instructions for the wall-mount said a 1/8" pilot hole would be appropriate, I stepped it up after attempts to find that It barely got the screws in after I pilotted 5/16, the instructions were just terribly wrong (the screws were obviously too large for a 1/8 pilot hole)
Combined with my stupidity, when I saw them getting stripped I should have not drove them in anyway, rather should have just gone to home depot with them and asked for identical others
@JimmyHoffa Yeah, that's why I always eye-ball the pilot bit against the screw shaft. I don't trust instructions for pilot holes. They often have it wrong.
I have wood screws whose heads are stripped from trying to remove them with a drill. The drill (or screwdrivers) can't grip the heads anymore. What can i use to remove these screws easily?
@Tester101 Thanks, I thought there was something like this but I didn't know what it were off hand. I'm sure it'll still need a drill likely more powerful than the one I used to begin with.
but I don't need to worry about that until I replace the TV. On the bright side as tight as those screws went in, that TV is quite safely mounted.
@ChrisCudmore Yeah, my wife's advice is usually "Please please call someone", that would have been helpful when I stripped the hell out of those screws.
I have a wall open in the center of my house. I am going to run some 14-2 up it and and to about 5 feet from my panel, leaving plenty of extra wire to hook up in a few months. On the other end I am going to just leave about 30 extra feet in the attic. Is this code?
I will be installing pot li...
If it's Audio, Information Technology, Class 2, Class 3, PLTC, fire alarm, communication, coaxial, Network-powered Broadband, optical fiber cable, or electrical circuits for pipe organs, it must be identified for future use with a tag. — Tester1016 mins ago
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how to use Java-style throws keyword in C#?
i have a function where an exception occurs
say for example
private void functionName() throws Exception
{
// some code that might throw an exception
}
thanks!
But having to wrap thread.sleep(1000) with a try ... catch (InterruptedException ie){} block is just nuts. Like there's a bloody thing I could do to fix that. Might as well crash the app.
But IO classes should have checked exceptions to force you to handle common issues. -
@Tester101 I get that, but a part of me would hope the other sites would actually have attracted their own community from google such as SO did rather than just attracting people from SO.
@ChrisCudmore Yeah, FGITW is annoying; that's why I'm mainly on Programmers.SE
conversely, i still find it to be an incredible pain in the a** changing the GMT offset when someone from california visits my site on a server with the time set to EDT. no big deal on discussions and blog posts; but 4 hours is a hell of a lot of a difference when an live event either starts at 6pm or 2pm for a student
@Tester101 With the middle name of riddle, his eventual villainy was inevitable. I've thought about doing that however I've grown rather attached to my gravatar over the years. It's quite a pleasant one I think :)
Is there anything tricky about building a bearing wall around a front yard to level it?
It seems like back breaking labor that uses all the facilities you learned when you were 10, which means I should be able to do it, but I don't know what I don't know
guess it depends on exactly how I want to lay it. I have a big cement porch (Ugh.. no such thing as uncracked cement slabs over 5 years old in Colorado..) which has stairs going down maybe 4-5' to the driveway, I want to elevate and flatten my front yard but I'll probably bring it up 1 or 2 ' below the top of my front porch depending on how many steps I want down from the porch to the level part.
@ChrisCudmore ahh you anchor it, so long as it crosses the point of the pressure towards the outside, it'll be pushed down or the opposite direction if far enough
> 3. Recreational fire: An outdoor fire burning materials other than rubbish where the fuel being burned is not contained in an incinerator, outdoor fireplace, barbeque grill, or barbeque pit and has a total fuel area of 3 feet or less in diameter and 2 feet or less in height for pleasure,religious, ceremonial, cooking, warmth or similar purposes. > a. Note: Fires not complying with this definition are regulated as open burning fires or bonfires.
@Jason When the lightening comes down, I say suspend and undock. I could have resumed and worked wirelessly, but I figured it was as good a time as any for a break.
Seen places in the past where lightening traveled through phone or other communications lines, all the surge protectors on the power lines were useless.
I'm having trouble understanding the rationale behind the meaning of an American English phrase of which I just became aware. That phrase is:
You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar
From what I understand now, this phrase would indicate that You make more friends by being ...
Twist in the proper direction
Are you turning the right way? Remember, "Righty tighty, Lefty loosy" (which never made sense to me). Most screws are right-handed threads, so you'll turn them anti(counter)-clockwise to remove them. In some situations left-hand thread screws are used (usually to ...
I have wood screws whose heads are stripped from trying to remove them with a drill. The drill (or screwdrivers) can't grip the heads anymore. What can i use to remove these screws easily?
I have a wall open in the center of my house. I am going to run some 14-2 up it and and to about 5 feet from my panel, leaving plenty of extra wire to hook up in a few months. On the other end I am going to just leave about 30 extra feet in the attic. Is this code?
I will be installing pot li...
Possible Duplicate:
how to use Java-style throws keyword in C#?
i have a function where an exception occurs
say for example
private void functionName() throws Exception
{
// some code that might throw an exception
}
thanks!
