Keep in mind that a heat pump can provide both heat in winter and AC in summer.

Compare your total cost of installation and operation to an Air Source heat pump. The compressor of an air source heat pump makes significant noise outside (similar to the compressor of a whole house air conditioner). The compressor of a ground source heat pump makes some noise inside, the pumps also make a bit of noise, and there can be some condensation on the pumps in the summer.

You will need to have a well insulated and tight house. If the house is tight, you will also want heat recovering ventilation.

My guess is that Air Source makes sense for typical single family houses and that Ground Source makes sense for large commercial and government buildings.

I'm a random guy on the internet.

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Why should that day be Sunday? I’m Jewish, so I can’t work or shop on Saturday or Friday night. If businesses are all closed on Sundays I’m fucked.

> I am not going to debate it with you. This is not a debate. > I have told you the position of Reddit, wanting to crack down on hate, discrimination, and misinformation. And yes, my opinion happens to agree with that policy. > You can either respect it or leave or be banned for violating it. That's the benefit of free will. The choice is yours.

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I don’t think the time and a half pay was to get people to work. When retail “fought” for the right to open on Sundays (it used to be forbidden), the time and a half was what they had to agree to. It was all part of the MA BLUE LAWS.

I am not going to debate it with you. This is not a debate.

I have told you the position of Reddit, wanting to crack down on hate, discrimination, and misinformation. And yes, my opinion happens to agree with that policy.

You can either respect it or leave or be banned for violating it. That's the benefit of free will. The choice is yours.

> Oh, so because they don't want to moderate, we should stifle discussion about something and pretend it doesn't exist?

Racism and homophobia, exist. I wish it did not. I truly wish it did not.

But sometimes shining a light onto something, only spreads more fire. Look at the past few years, for example. What I said in another post was true... Not so long ago, those hateful people would be cowardly, mostly by their lonesome. However, around 2016 or so, a few loud, vocal, and impressionable people who should not have been given a bright spotlight and microphone on top of a metaphorical soap box were given their so-called dues.

Shining more light and giving them more attention, only serves them.

Did anyone else see this dude driving down 495 today? He was dancing while driving and just having a crazy jolly time. Haha

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Thank you!

You believe that calling attention to these people would be a good way to "target" them. -- Well, technically, that would be against Reddit rules (no DOXing) and in some ways would be illegal. We cannot promote people to go track down some jerk and deal with them.

The reality is, those types of posts and the individuals they attract only make it seem like a vocal minority is wrongfully a majority. They end up being the perfect staging grounds for the recruitment and empowerment of those groups.

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> They have to deal with new-account-monthly trolls that pick fights in every single comment they make, adding nothing to the community, so everyone suffers because of them.

Reddit is getting better at detecting those people, and they're automatically removed now. In time, they will be less of a problem.

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> Good to see a moderator that's open and communicative. Usually reddit mods only ever speak up to try to flex their authority. > > Hopefully it goes well.

I like to be a part of the community and not just govern society. To do that means being open and honest with people.

They have to deal with new-account-monthly trolls that pick fights in every single comment they make, adding nothing to the community, so everyone suffers because of them.

> Are you the mod that decided against us discussing hate groups here, or was that a group-wide decision?

That was an administrative decision. Reddit in general is cracking down on hate. Having such content in our Subreddit would not be beneficial and would attract the wrong type of individuals and content.

I personally, support that policy. -- Why?

There was a time, not too long ago in our society, when hate groups were far & few. There was a time when such individuals were fearful of coming out into the light because society would shun them. It was not something people were openly proud of and coming out as a racist could mean risking losing your job, friends, family, etc...

Over the last few years, it's like society has been marching backward into the 1940 or 1950s. We have unfortunately "jerks" who seem all too eager and proud to display and promote their hateful and spiteful agendas. And hate seems only recruits more hate.

These types of hate groups depend on spreading their propaganda. To encourage others to wrongfully adopt their ideology. To make others feel confident, if not comfortable, in expressing their bigotry.

Our Subreddit will not aid and comfort bigotry or homophobia. We will not empower anyone who does.

That guy on the dock certainly does have a white head

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Business can afford it now. If they can't pay their employees sufficient that the employee can buy necessities, then they can't afford to be in business unless they just do the work themselves

Good to see a moderator that's open and communicative. Usually reddit mods only ever speak up to try to flex their authority.

Hopefully it goes well.

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