Popular Mechanics - USA (2020-05)

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40 May/June 2020 IF THE GROUT IN YOUR BATHROOM IS DISCOLORED but sound, you don’t need to replace it. It just needs a thorough c ...

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42 May/June 2020 A BATHROOM MIRROR IS SURPRISINGLY EASY TO remove and replace. First, determine whether your mirror is held in p ...

May/June 2020 43 BLAND, 1970S-ERA TRIM REALLY DRAGS DOWN the look of a room. To replace it, you’ll need basic hand tools and a m ...

44 May/June 2020 IF YOU POKE AROUND YOUR HOUSE AND FIND overcrowded electrical boxes, damaged or burned wires, or aluminum wirin ...

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46 May/June 2020 REPLACING THE FAUCET AND DRAIN ASSEMBLY can brighten the heck out of a bath- room, and it’s not very difficult, ...

May/June 2020 47 IF YOUR BATHROOM TILE IS SOUND, FRANKLY, you’re better off cleaning it, sealing it, and leaving it alone. Teari ...

THE TOWN WHERE WIFI IS ILLEGAL (and Yes, People Actually Live There) BY MATT BLITZ PHOTOGRAPHY BY JULIA RENDLEMAN The town of Gr ...

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and Route 92 into town is lined with trees dressed with greens, oranges, and yellows. Autumn is refreshingly crisp and colorful ...

Bank Obser vator y. “A source of close-by, man-made radio frequency can completely overwhelm [them].” Meaning, radio frequency i ...

“WE GET INTERFERENCE ALL THE TIME. YOU CAN LITERALLY SEE IT IN THE DATA THAT IS COLLECTED. IT DOES MAKE OUR WORK HARDER.” Green ...

appliances or gear that have pre-installed functions that the offender didn’t realize would cause RFI. “I saw one that had this ...

cuting Attorney and has been working in the office for nearly 20 years. He says that, yes, as written, it is the county’s respon ...

Beaudet has experimented with LiFi, a wireless communication tech- nology that uses infrared and visible light. “It’s in the ter ...

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