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If you have a water softener it's common to tap the domestic cold water feed for the house and avoid any lines that go to hose bibs or irrigation. It's worth a little rerouting to avoid it, not just because you'd be salting your yard, but it'll cost you too-- all that salt comes from somewhere, meaning, you went to the hardware store and got another bag to feed the softener.

You can also get different kinds of salts for the water softener. When we had one I would get potassium salts instead; costs more, but better for everything. Here's a more long-winded summary:

https://epa-water.com/sodium-chloride-vs-potassium-chloride-regenerant-which-one-is-right-for-your-water-softener/

I eventually decided reducing (doesn't eliminate!) the calcium build-up wasn't worth the trouble and took out the softener.

Total, or per-capita? On an individual basis a typical top administrator will make over $300k per year on the low side.

Here's the searchable database:

https://ucannualwage.ucop.edu/wage/

A typical TA receives a tuition stipend to offset the cost of their graduate degree plus additional cash for room and board. Because of the stipend it makes it a little odd to calculate, but you wouldn't be too far off if you thought of it as minimum wage.

The total amount of money spent on TAs will dwarf what administrators get paid, just because there's so many more TAs than admins.

You have the net profit from the game divided by however many years you were working on it. Sounds like that's at least three years, could be as many as ten. That takes the $0.5 million net down to something between $50k and $100k a year (in very round figures), depending.

Don't forget to divide by the relevant number of years.

How would you summarize your own perspective and those of your direct colleagues on the ongoing controversy regarding the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea in Hawaii? I realize this may not have a direct impact on your own research and that you may not be well-versed in the particulars, but I'm curious to know how it has impacted your immediate peer group even on a discussion-over-coffee level.

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