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18 votes
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Questions about DEI standards
15 votes -
This Miami luxury condo is burying crystals in its building foundation to create good ‘vibes’
20 votes -
School choice programs have been wildly successful under Ron DeSantis. Now Florida public schools might close.
25 votes -
Magdalena Bay - Death & Romance (2024)
6 votes -
Fast-rising seas could swamp septic systems in parts of the American South
7 votes -
Michelin-starred chef Rasmus Munk has teamed up with Florida-based startup Space Perspective to launch six diners at a time up to the outer atmospheric layer
7 votes -
Florida man worries about his ruined reputation after pulling gun on Uber driver dropping the man's daughter off at their house
39 votes -
Florida is the first state to ban lab grown meat - Ron DeSantis
37 votes -
As elections loom, US Congressional maps challenged as discriminatory will remain in place
8 votes -
GM sued for sale of OnStar driving data
54 votes -
Florida latest to restrict social media for kids as legal battle looms
22 votes -
How to move a 1,000-pound rescued manatee (swimming isn’t an option)
6 votes -
How Steward Health left Rockledge Regional Medical Center, a Space Coast community hospital, in a literal world of shit
14 votes -
Florida’s recommendations give room for measles to spread
32 votes -
At the Florida Man Games, big crowds cheer competitors evading police, wrestling over beer
10 votes -
Parkland mass shooting victims send AI robocalls to NRA-supporting US politicians
29 votes -
Recruited to play sports, and win a culture war
4 votes -
Florida official letter: "Misrepresenting" gender on drivers licenses is fraud, changes now banned
40 votes -
How ‘cherry-picking’ policies let one insurer win big in Florida’s insurance crisis
14 votes -
Nickelodeon Studios | Abandoned
16 votes -
Naïka – 1+1 [Acoustic Performance] (2023)
3 votes -
Journey to EPCOT Center: A symphonic history
13 votes -
Inside an OnlyFans empire: Sex, influence and the new American Dream
32 votes -
Miami: the better bus network is here!
8 votes -
Outrage grows after ‘chilling call for genocide’ by Florida Republican
30 votes -
Verdict reached in Maya Kowalski civil suit against John Hopkins All Childrens' Hospital
6 votes -
New College: How Ron DeSantis is forcing Florida brain drain by targeting an LGBTQ+ campus
24 votes -
This retired pilot went to the hospital but was released subject to legal guardianship of a stranger. Family members were not identified until they found him many months later.
29 votes -
First ever Florida Man games will feature beer belly wrestling and ‘evading arrest’ obstacle course
12 votes -
Men took over a job fair intended for women and nonbinary tech workers
51 votes -
Florida school district orders librarians to purge all books with LGBTQ characters
36 votes -
Gainesville, Florida is giving trans punk legend Laura Jane Grace a key to the city
11 votes -
First private US passenger rail line in 100 years is about to link Miami and Orlando at high speed
38 votes -
Florida surgeon general rejects FDA guidance, urges people under 65 not to get Covid booster
26 votes -
Coast Guard arrests a man trying to run a giant hamster wheel across the ocean
46 votes -
Thousands donate to save Florida abortion clinic amid crippling state fines
25 votes -
As Idalia hit Florida, all of NOAA’s hurricane-hunting planes were grounded
9 votes -
Insulation R-values and diminishing returns?
I'm looking into insulating the attic above a closed-in back porch & the estimate also included adding additional insulation on top of the blown-in in the attic. What kinds of factors can be used...
I'm looking into insulating the attic above a closed-in back porch & the estimate also included adding additional insulation on top of the blown-in in the attic.
What kinds of factors can be used to think about the value of additional insulation?
For reference, I'm in Florida & keep setpoint around 80 degrees F most of the time when home, and 86 when not home. Power bills in the summer are in the $150-$180 USD range.
It's currently R27 and the quote is to add R11 to bring it up to R38. Code here appears to put new construction at R38 as a minimum, but looking at some charts - it looks like I might have already hit diminishing returns?
This chart I found on "Energy Vanguard" seems to suggest that going from 27 to 38 isn't much of a difference.
Does anyone else have any insight on when those diminishing returns are hit, and if it can make any appreciable difference in power bills? The house itself is comfortable enough, without large swings in temperature.
13 votes -
Can alligators survive this apex predator? | Kenny Coogan
8 votes -
Palm Beach County lawyer files legal challenge in Southern District of Florida to disqualify Donald Trump from 2024 presidential race
25 votes -
Tokitae, the star of Miami Seaquarium, dies after half a century in captivity
32 votes -
Slaughter to Prevail - VIKING (2023)
2 votes -
AP psychology effectively banned in Florida over lesson on sexual orientation, gender identity
64 votes -
An abortion ban made them teen parents. This is life two years later.
55 votes -
Report identifies higher rate for leprosy in central Florida
9 votes -
New federal charges filed in United States District Court allege Donald Trump and an aide tried to delete Mar-a-Lago security video
37 votes -
New Florida standards in schools
48 votes -
Specimens are deteriorating at the Florida State Collection of Arthropods; this neglect could interfere with research
https://undark.org/2023/07/05/neglect-of-a-museums-collection-could-cause-scientific-setbacks/ IN A DUSTY ROOM in central Florida, countless millipedes, centipedes, and other creepy-crawlies sit...
https://undark.org/2023/07/05/neglect-of-a-museums-collection-could-cause-scientific-setbacks/
IN A DUSTY ROOM in central Florida, countless millipedes, centipedes, and other creepy-crawlies sit in specimen jars, rotting. The invertebrates are part of the Florida State Collection of Arthropods in Gainesville, which totals more than 12 million insects and other arthropod specimens, and are used by expert curators to identify pest species that threaten Florida’s native and agricultural plants.
However, not all specimens at the facility are treated equally, according to two people who have seen the collection firsthand. They say non-insect samples, like shrimp and millipedes, that are stored in ethanol have been neglected to the point of being irreversibly damaged or lost completely.
When it comes to how the FSCA stacks up with other collections she’s worked in, Ann Dunn, a former curatorial assistant, is blunt: “This is the worst I’ve ever seen.”
Experts say the loss of such specimens — even uncharismatic ones such as centipedes — is a setback for science. Particularly invaluable are holotypes, which are the example specimens that determine the description for an entire species. In fact, the variety of holotypes a collection has is often more important than its size, since those specimens are actively used for research, said Ainsley Seago, an associate curator of invertebrate zoology at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh.
A paper published in March 2023 highlighted the importance of museum specimens more generally, for addressing urgent issues like climate change and wildlife conservation, with 73 of the world’s largest natural history museums estimating their total collections to exceed 1.1 billion specimens. “This global collection,” the authors write, “is the physical basis for our understanding of the natural world and our place in it.”
9 votes -
NASA's "rubber room", the emergency egress bunker located below the Apollo launch pad
13 votes