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  • If you’re gonna be switching AC units, you likely want a plug that can switch inductive loads. Most can’t. Well they can but their relays crap out quickly. Here’s an example of a unit rated for inductive loads. It’s for NA and uses Z-wave so it’s not what you’re looking for. They explicitly call out it can be used for AC motors. Some units explicitly say they can’t be used for inductive loads but many don’t and you learn the hard way.






  • Not too many, perhaps 2000km. Spring/summer/fall, no water or dirt riding. The cassette is SLX, derailleur and shifter are XT. I don’t ride a huge amount at the highest gears which suffer from higher wear due to the fewer teeth count. I recently lubed it with Silca Synerg-e and it’s bit quieter but the shifting performance was excellent before and after that. With all that said, I have no doubt I’ve worn it more than if I had properly maintained it. Perhaps significantly more. Nevertheless I was flabbergasted at the state of the drivetrain after this much mismaintenance. 😂






  • Many effects took place. That said I think you’re wrong about the speed of the effects. There were quick and sizeable effects. However Russia simply reshuffled the economy. Russia, or any country, doesn’t need to export or import anything if they’re self sufficient. They can replace the lost income from those exports with public investment into something else. For example military production and soldiers. And that’s what they did. Now Russia isn’t self sufficient but China has filled the gap for their high tech import needs and is taking Russian fossil fuels in exchange. So is India. Given that Russia has both markets for its export and sources for its necessary imports, I don’t believe there’s any further effects from sanctions we could expect. That’s how I read the tea leaves anyway.



  • The agency noted that prices remain elevated — especially for rent and groceries — even as inflation has cooled off.

    For the second consecutive month, food prices grew at a faster rate than headline inflation.

    Now imagine someone announcing the creation of a nonprofit crown corporation to be a national grocer. Unfortunately no major party has the balls to propose that. Even Jagmeet is only tweaking antitrust law.




  • Yeah, it’s comparing apples to oranges to say there’s lots of apples. Sure there’s lots of apples.

    Then there’s the thumbnail chart hinting something is crashing when that’s not happening. So far they’ve demonstrated significant resilience against the sanctions we’ve imposed and their economy has remained stable and returned to growth. If they don’t run out of labor and natural resources, they can keep this going for a very long time. I’m not saying this because I want them to be able to. I’m saying it because I’m disappointed at the propaganda in our politics and media that lead us to believe we can crash Russia’s economy. This created unrealistic expectations and it probably contributed to the lesser support ro weapons delivery which has led us to the status quo we face today.