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I would add "at any given point". Our technological civilization grew in just about 3k years (give or take, add a zero, divide by ten... -
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Transition rock showing fenitized gneiss adjacent to chilled margin of carbonatite magmatic intrusion. Fenite. Type locality... -
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I think there a few assumptions and misconceptions happening here, and trying to project it onto Fermi's Paradox is making it worse... -
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Welcome, SK. Expect a lot of questions and concern about safety. Your admission that you know little about chemistry while also... -
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my piece of magnetic core memory :) -
Bystander reacted to DaveC426913's post in the thread Wait 24 hours before powering up A/C or fridge? with
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This is the crux of my question: supposedly. I guess it is an intractible question. It can't hurt to tell consumers to leave a device... -
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It is not always necessary after transport. It supposedly gives the liquid refrigerant, gas, and the lubrication, a chance to arrange... -
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Apparently it has to do with the compressor lubricating oil. During transport and setup the unit may have been tipped allowing the oil... -
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Acids do have a common characteristic - they produce H+ when dissociating, and H+ is an oxidizing agent (mildly strong), but their other... -
Bystander replied to the thread Wait 24 hours before powering up A/C or fridge?.After power failure? Purchase? Installation? What's the circumstance? The appliance hasn't magically appeared in place....