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Cake day: June 8th, 2023

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  • That’s actually a very good catch.

    I didn’t think about the word antecedent, but I would say that there is a slight linguistic difference between an antecedent and a prosequence.

    A prosequence is a sequence of events, whereas an antecedent doesn’t have to necessarily be a series of events.

    For instance, in order to have a sequel to a book, you have to have the original book. The original book would be the antecedent of the sequel, whereas the prosequence of the sequel would be writing the first book, which led to the series of events that caused the second book to be written.

    So every prosequence would be an antecedent, but not every antecedent would be a prosequence.

    That being said, I am just making up words, so if the world disagrees with my definitions, then the world gets to choose what they prefer, because that’s how language works.

    Just like the creator of the word GIF pronounces it as JIF, even though everyone knows its GIF.


  • I gave myself seven years because they’re typically only warrantied for five. It’s a new technology that basically puts an air conditioner on top of the water heater, and instead of blowing the hot air outside of your house, it shoves it into your water.

    Even though it’s built like a tank, there’s always the chance of early failure because the system is far more complex than “electricity through resistive coil makes heat” like normal electric water heaters.



  • I think that would be presequence.

    Pro means on behalf of or forward, so a prosequence would be something that pushes the sequence forward, a prosequence would be something like, “you know there is a bomb that is about to go off, and if you do not dismantle it, your child will die. So you must attempt to defuse the bomb at the risk of your own life”.

    The knowledge of and opportunity to act to defuse the bomb is the prosequence that has led you to this point.

    It could also be something like you were walking by a gas station and your hand started itching, so you went and bought a lottery ticket and won the lottery. The itchy hand would be the prosequence that pushed you towards winning the lottery.


  • If you live in America, you should definitely check with your power company. There are a lot of initiatives that will give you $500 off a hybrid water heater which will decrease your power bills in exchange for a slightly larger upfront cost.

    Mine cost $1,600 after the discount, but my power bill dropped ~$35 a month, and it spits out enough cold air that by having a fan in the basement I can cool my entire house throughout most of the summer without using my HVAC at all.

    Which means that if it lasts seven years with regular maintenance, it will have paid me at least $35 * 12 * 7 - $1600 = $1340 to own this water heater.

    It’s literally the *Vimes Boots theory in practice, but for water heaters.

    Because I had the money to buy the more expensive higher quality item with new technology, I ended up getting to have more money in the end.