Finally caught up from the time it went members-only. Although eventually I just scrolled past pages and pages of total BS. One can only take so much of "a tale told by an idiot, full of sound a… (View Post)

Georgia the state-state, or Georgia the sovereign-state? (View Post)

What SHOULD be modern energy code around here in central Texas is R13+5 (13 in the studs, plus R-5 external) in the walls and something like R-38+ in the ceiling. I bought the mineral wool/Roxul/Rock… (View Post)

The cheapest shit that can be legally used. Seriously. I would wager that 95%+ of people live either in houses that were built by the lowest bidder who likely skipped on more-than-code levels of insu… (View Post)

Given the estimates I have heard for gross world product are in the 80-100 trillion dollar range, yeah. Derivatives are what they sound like, they're derived from things. Shorts/longs/calls options a… (View Post)