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HVAC tech here. Good luck. There are so many times where I have to reach somewhere and can't actually see what I'm looking for and have to go off feel alone. And I only know what it feels like because I've felt that particular part hundreds of times before. I think there are some things that could maybe work, but they would be incredibly basic tasks that are probably just cheaper to have a human do. In any case good luck.
Your comment doesn't really make sense. A swage connection is done by a tool and requires no combustibles. If you needed combustibles then you need a license to handle those combustibles. And you need special tools to decide how much of those combustibles to add. You also need special tools to actually add the combustibles to the system. And before that, you need special tools to prep the system for those combustibles. And before you can do that, you need special tools to make sure your system is adequately sealed before even attempting to get the system ready to add the combustibles.

Maybe next time you should spend the few grand on all those tools, the hours it takes to learn how to use them, and can do it yourself!

Re:Air Conditioning Is Not a Luxury, It Is a Necessity on Thursday August 27, 2026 @11:09AM (#49466123)
The amount of engineering that goes into a system like this makes it impossible to retrofit into an existing structure.
Did you read the report? Stupid response. Thanks for wasting my time to tell you that.
Re:How to sequence your own DNA at home on Monday July 06, 2026 @09:30PM (#48812657)
Literally left the article to come here and say this.
The fact that the author was confident enough to start the article with a picture of the bins they made and they include seemingly 3x the same thing (oats) and an entire container of ice cream cones, while the only actual ingredient they have is flour and its at the end, makes me question the validity of their argument