#the-water-cooler

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primal laurel
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is that public or private charging?

minor bobcat
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It's supposed to be used publicly

primal laurel
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yes

high remnant
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cool

primal laurel
minor bobcat
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I think there aren't a lot in use right now

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But I have never seen a lightpost installation around me either

primal laurel
high remnant
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bad parkingjob

primal laurel
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lmao

high remnant
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I'll call handhaving

primal laurel
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HENDHEVING!

high remnant
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(also the only guys that tried to ticket me on private property lol)

primal laurel
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that's gotta be the worst quality gif ive ever seen

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5 pixels at 0.2 fps

high remnant
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fits the public opinion

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the original video isn’t much better

swift prism
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can I share in #1284960456880029707 my blog post explaining why switch 2 home automation will be difficult and not as good as it could be

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like it will kinda suck

hoary canyon
iron granite
swift prism
iron granite
high remnant
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I am sad that Appel music doesn't play nice with Lastfm

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:(

lapis crow
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though, I use android, iOS might be a different story

high remnant
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I can not track my music

lapis crow
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have you looked into lastfm scrobblers?

high remnant
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the apps?

lapis crow
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yeah, including community-made ones

high remnant
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yeah

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they do not work as nice as I was hoping

lapis crow
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oh whats up?

high remnant
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I have to have both apps running and sometimes it will get 'killed' so I am missing srobbles

lapis crow
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i'm assuming you use iOS

high remnant
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ye

lapis crow
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yeah thats a difficult one

high remnant
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hehe

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yeah that's why I am still on spotify :(

lapis crow
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you can probably take a look at https://stats.fm

stats.fm

Your music, your stats, your story. Enter a new dimension of music by getting unique insights into your music taste.

high remnant
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hmm

lapis crow
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this thing uses the apple music api to grab your listening stats instead iirc

high remnant
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TIL

lapis crow
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its a whole different platform though

warm helm
lapis crow
high remnant
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yeah I'd have to somehow move 10+ years of stats

lapis crow
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you can import your lifetime spotify streaming history

high remnant
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nice

lapis crow
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it'll take like 30 days for spotify to send you the data but you could look into that

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never tried it though

high remnant
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the sad part is that a bunch of data still predates Spotify

lapis crow
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nor have i ever used stats, just remembered it exists

high remnant
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yeah its a good alternative tbh

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I just hate how vendorlocked i am lol

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(for useless data)

lapis crow
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yeah

high remnant
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maybe via some API

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Welp I can always vibecode my own stuff

peak slate
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Pretty sure all my music stats are gone for historical data

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Rip zune

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🤣

fathom sparrow
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what is this 2003?

static schooner
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Dawn of the Brown Zune. 'Twas a simpler time

peak slate
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Plug it into your 360 and play some tunes

agile jewel
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Anyone knows if the tailscale addon in home assistant can't be used as a "router" to route traffic for another subnet over the tailscale network? I want to set my HA IP as a gateway for static routing of my remote subnet.

high remnant
agile jewel
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I set it up and I'm able to ping and wget resources from the other subnet from within the HA terminal, but unable to do so from other devices on the network. So wondering whether this is even possible

high remnant
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yeah but probably jorg or another yellow is going to shout at you 🥺

high remnant
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😂😂🫶

agile jewel
primal laurel
high remnant
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Nice jiff, it doesnt load

primal laurel
high remnant
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also nice Scrubs is coming back

grizzled gull
high remnant
grizzled gull
high remnant
grizzled gull
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Didn't one of the main cast die?

high remnant
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yes

high remnant
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lol

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Sam Lloyd

high remnant
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its never lupus

grizzled gull
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I miss House, only because it was almost always self contained in each episode and you could play random and it just worked

high remnant
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yep

grizzled gull
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MASH was kinda the same way

high remnant
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True

high remnant
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but true

grizzled gull
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I'm NOT a boomer 😉

high remnant
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didnt say that

grizzled gull
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I just grew up with them 😛

high remnant
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I woudln't say grew up but I did watch them

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same goes for A-Team

woven willow
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Ppl How are u? Im new here, I have a question about a smart device, a smart knob, that I can not configure well. Where is the best place in this server to ask for that?? I want not bad use the channels.

high remnant
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whos going to say the line

grizzled gull
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Yes I am old, but I nearly smacked my nephew when he used the "Ok boomer" phrase on me

grizzled gull
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I an "xennial", best microgeneration 😛

high remnant
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I am in denial

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does that count

iron granite
grizzled gull
high remnant
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I think so

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I am from the generation who is either that or whatever comes after that

high remnant
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small rant but WHY do I still have 198492357897450987345 bazillion small flies in my house

grizzled gull
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Lucky" or "cusp" generation: The term "xennial" was coined to describe this group that doesn't fully identify with either Generation X or Millennials. Their unique position is often seen as having experienced major global events without having their entire lives documented or impacted by the constant pressure of social media.

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Nobody knows what I did in highschool 😛

last cedar
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My radiator control valve has a -8 to +8 scale, and moving it from about 0.05 to 0.07 raised the temp out to the house by 1.5C so it will be like a furnace, why is stuff so infuriating?

grizzled gull
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Well maybe geocities and my quakeworld clan might still be out there

last cedar
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That is for the weather compensation for all radiators, not per radiator, by the way

last cedar
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What are the odds haha

grizzled gull
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Yeah my handle has changed, only because I got sick of explaining it

last cedar
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So in some way, your old clan might still be going 😄

iron granite
grizzled gull
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Was Kornchild, but I didn't know Korn the band when I made it, I just liked the movie Children of the Corn

primal laurel
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he's a twink

high remnant
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cream filled twink

primal laurel
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LMAO

grizzled gull
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Twinks are a World of Warcraft thing

high remnant
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not only in WoW

grizzled gull
woven willow
high remnant
grizzled gull
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Well given Wow is over 20 years old

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Well, what type of twinks are we talking about 😛

high remnant
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WELLL

grizzled gull
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I'm referencing Twinks for PVP and gearing

high remnant
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There's other twinks out there

grizzled gull
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yes, yes there are

high remnant
grizzled gull
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In a gaming context
Definition: A low-level character who is outfitted with high-level gear, typically by an older or more experienced player.
Origin: The term likely originates from the "twinkling" or shining effect of high-end gear on a character.
Usage: The term can also refer to the act of outfitting a low-level character with powerful items to give them an advantage.

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NOT A "twink" is a slang term for a young, slim, and attractive gay man with a youthful appearance and little to no body hair, often in his late teens to twenties. The term can also refer to a low-level character in a role-playing game who is equipped with advanced gear from a higher-level character. While not a slur, the use of the term can be objectifying or misunderstood, and it has evolved to be used more broadly within some queer communities to describe individuals who fit the visual archetype regardless of their gender identity.

high remnant
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LMAOOO

iron granite
high remnant
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No I know what the second one is

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but calling a gamer a twink ingame will always cause errors for me

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🤣

simple gazelle
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In CoX you couldn't give money to your own alts, so you needed a middle-man, usually you'd pick someone high-level as they were less likely to run off, often they'd refuse payment to spoil you.
"Hey can you help me move 2M from my alt?"
"Here's 3M, have fun" *flies off*

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This was often called "sugar-daddying"

high remnant
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cox

simple gazelle
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City of Heroes/City of Villains

normal moon
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Aww, I remember that game. There was this annoying bug where if you used a particular costume part on female villains and went swimming, it disappeared.

high remnant
simple gazelle
normal moon
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Yeah, but I don't think they expected full rear nudity

simple gazelle
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I dunno have you seen what Psylocke wore for most of the 90s?

green cradle
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There is something going on w/ my system. The WebUI stops responding, but everything else still works.. So I can't use the mobile app, or the web page to do anything, but if I have a device setup w/ voice control, or other automations, they all work..

silent doveBOT
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The topic of this channel is:

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green cradle
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What support section would be good to use to open ?

iron granite
last cedar
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Well, this is a first

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One of the cats has got shit on my server rack

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At least I don't think it was me

scenic radish
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Ew 🤣

iron granite
last cedar
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And you though raccoons were disgusting

static schooner
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At least they wash their poop first

scenic radish
static schooner
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Even Minecraft

minor bobcat
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First AWS then MS what next?

last cedar
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Much better, now there is only shit inside the rack (according to @clear ferry)

minor bobcat
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I see a printer

last cedar
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Yes

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Atx is just jealous over my rackmount printer

minor bobcat
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HP LaserJet?

last cedar
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Canon laser

minor bobcat
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Good stuff

last cedar
scenic radish
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brother4lyfe

minor bobcat
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iSensys stuff is decent

last cedar
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That was the cheapest option

minor bobcat
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I don't recommend Inkjet at all anymore

last cedar
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Not out of ink, it was always dry, sorry

minor bobcat
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Yeah that

last cedar
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Heads were clogged or blockage somewhere

minor bobcat
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Only ones that seem to survive longer periods of inactivity are Epson Eco-Tank

static schooner
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Trying flushing again

minor bobcat
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Nah you just have to keep them On

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To prevent clogging they have to stay active

forest edge
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whats wrong with inkjet? I still got two going strong in this house

static schooner
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They consume ink all the time. It's a profit center

forest edge
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museum pieces really

last cedar
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We all thought you would say dot-matrix @forest edge

scenic radish
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I thought a printing press was about to be mentioned

minor bobcat
last cedar
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Moses and his stone tablet

forest edge
minor bobcat
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There are some older inkjets that have printheads separate of the tank. Those live long and prosper lol

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Which is what these Eco-Tank are now again

forest edge
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we have a cannon upstairs for colored prints and the fold down door thing for the tray broke the second we unboxed it

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other than that it's been working fine for about 5ish years now

forest edge
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just realized since switching to frigate 16.1 I guess the global entry for record no longer applies. all my cameras that didn't have it added themselves were only retianing like 2 days worth of general recording

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freaking annoying

high remnant
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what’s an printer

minor bobcat
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Things i like to talk way too much about

minor bobcat
forest edge
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you do printer repair?

minor bobcat
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Production stuff

forest edge
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what is that

minor bobcat
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Large format or high speed laser

forest edge
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like banner printing?

minor bobcat
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Stuff like that

forest edge
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yea that top machine is what I was picturing

minor bobcat
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Yeah that could any material really

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It's solvent based ink

forest edge
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think that same machine does vinyl prints for automotive. like buisness decals etc

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looks very similiar anyways

minor bobcat
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Yeah that's the typical usecase

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It's really the best in that field right now

forest edge
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I wanted a huge poster 2x3ft sat image of my farm one time and the cost of having that printed was just (imo) stupid as hell

minor bobcat
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Should be about 30€

forest edge
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at the time I honestly think it would have been cheaper to have an artist do a render by hand of the same size

minor bobcat
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Material cost for an A0 print is about 5€ here

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A0 is roughly 3x4ft

forest edge
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this was nearly two decades ago. imagine it has gotten cheaper

minor bobcat
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And expensive again during covid and Ukraine conflict

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Paper at some point more than doubled in price compared to before covid

forest edge
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not for us I don't think

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just like the idiots here thought toilet paper was going to become a rarity and didn't realize we source that stuff locally lol

minor bobcat
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A lot of wood for paper came from eastern Europe

high remnant
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Also @minor bobcat my car should do 4,5/100

stuck mortar
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4.5 feet per 100 tablespoons?

last cedar
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17 and 127/ 128 cheeseburgers per bald eagle

stuck mortar
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That last 1/128 cheeseburger was just too much to handle

last cedar
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It makes all the difference

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Magnificent bird btw

stuck mortar
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What’s the airspeed of a bald eagle carrying a cheeseburger 🤔

high remnant
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not freedoms per fake cheeseburger

last cedar
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Would be 4.5 liters per 100km I guess?

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52.27 MPG (american gallons) apparently

high remnant
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that’d be correct

last cedar
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That is very economical

high remnant
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and i am currently doing not that

last cedar
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Long term on my volvo is 8.3 per 100km 🤣

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And I drive like a granny

high remnant
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this is what it is doing

last cedar
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Ooooh!

high remnant
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22mpg

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or something

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lol

last cedar
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Hyrbid?

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Does it warm the cabin with the engine?

high remnant
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yes

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nope

last cedar
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I had a Kia something for a month, it had no heatpump, and it warmed the engine even when battery was full

high remnant
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yeah that’s bizarre

last cedar
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So it "used" like 1.6l/100km even on (what should have been) full electric power

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They said that if you were traveling at 120km/h, and it needed to fire up the engine it would have been cold, so it preheated it

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But I believe it was just their way of getting round putting a heatpump in them

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It was a works car, I did not like it

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The lights were amazing though, led matrix, it was like having the sun on the front of the car

high remnant
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this cat has an heat pump

last cedar
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I love cats with heatpumps

high remnant
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but this is probs a combination of audi overestimating the efficiency, cold weather and me driving like an audi driver

last cedar
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It is still a horrible advert for the car though hehe

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28km per kWh is good though!

high remnant
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it was the same with my previous car

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but even more

last cedar
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Was it better in the summer?

high remnant
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this hybrid yes

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the previous one wasn’t

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that one just liked gas

last cedar
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Hehe, like my Volvo 😄

high remnant
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yeah

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few times a week

primal laurel
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you're gonna be bankrupt 2027

high remnant
primal laurel
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ETS2

high remnant
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i’ll be fine

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it’s priced in

minor bobcat
high remnant
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no CO2 tax for fuel suppliers

high remnant
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(benzine, diesel etc)

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i’ll just pass the cost onto my customers

primal laurel
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and you voted groen links!!!

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not very groen of you

high remnant
high remnant
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but hey I don't eat meat, don't have or want children 🤷‍♂️

lethal hamlet
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Totally has it's impact vs everything an EV (no more trucks delivering to gasstations, less oiltankers on the sea and less km's done by people because they just can charge at home)

primal laurel
high remnant
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I just dont want kids!

crisp oriole
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Yes my mobile home assistant for playing music in the park with voice assistant and stuff like that is working.

Park assist but then diffrent..

forest edge
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"Hey Home Assistant Homie, Play bird chirping sounds"

crisp oriole
forest edge
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sounds like a homeless intergration

stuck mortar
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“Play ‘poisoning pigeons in park’ by Tom Lehrer” CasitaSmile

wintry rivet
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where do you fine people recommend I ask for help with automating my steam powered radiator?

forest edge
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steam powered made me picture a locomotive

stuck mortar
wintry rivet
grizzled gull
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omg I need to read more

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ADHD brain processing only reading 50% of the words but getting the answer right 90% of the time 😛

wintry rivet
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Behind in terms of bad insulation and steam heating instead of heat pumps and so on 🙂

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In which channel should I ask?

grizzled gull
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eh? heat pumps don't work worht a crap in cold places

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When you live in a temperate climate they are great

wintry rivet
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oki

grizzled gull
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But nothing screams inefficency when having to resort to a resistive heating strip to keep your house liveable

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And also hot water heat is quite efficient, more so then forced air. As the there is both convective and infared heat

lethal hamlet
zenith frost
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The zwave alliance is having an event down the hall from my office.. I'd much rather be down there I think 🙂

grizzled gull
thin sigil
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Just watching the streem and Mike mentioned something that sounded like "parakeet" - but can't find it. Was related to STT. Anyone know what that was?

zenith frost
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I didnt see the stream but probably nvidia parakeet

thin sigil
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many thanks

primal laurel
zenith frost
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I use the model with macwhisper - its pretty good

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Very popular in Denmark too. I got heatpumps last year and the first installer was trying to talk me out of it 6 ways to sunday - super weird. Went with another guy and best decision i ever made (but not in dk right now I should say, much warmer area).

lethal hamlet
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Allot changed last 4 years

grizzled gull
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Due to proximity to the water

lethal hamlet
wintry rivet
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So in which channel should I ask for tips on making my steam radiator smart?

lethal hamlet
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modern ones can handle it

zenith frost
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Any requests ? 🙂

primal laurel
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im just saying that this idea that heat pumps don't work in cold weather is antiquated

zenith frost
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There is an optimal window though isnt there?

primal laurel
dawn badge
primal laurel
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air to air and air to water

lethal hamlet
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It's all about the gasses with those

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And allot of manufacturers moved

wintry rivet
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can someone please help me out? If I have a question on how to automate some old piece of equipment, where should I go to?

lethal hamlet
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Brine is just water and glycoll

grizzled gull
wintry rivet
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thank you

zenith frost
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I got heatpumps both for AC and for water heater - when you have solar/batteries its almost like a cheatcode..

dusty mica
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my cat just pooped on the stairway, stepping right into it

primal laurel
grizzled gull
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We pay 3-3.50 per million BTU in US for gas

dusty mica
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great

zenith frost
grizzled gull
primal laurel
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electricity price, gas price, supply temp, and ambient temp are the most important variables

zenith frost
grizzled gull
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Our heating bill for last year was about 150-200 USD a month for a 3000 squarefoot house with a non condensing boiler

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for the whole winter I think we pay about 1000, we also have r60 in the attic and new windows, not all US houses are energy hogs

primal laurel
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if you want other people besides americans to understand you you need to use metric

grizzled gull
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278 square meters

zenith frost
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We went hard on solar, then declared war on our power/gas company because we the have most expensive power in all of the US.

zenith frost
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SDG&E, cali yeah. Pretty sure we win. Its insane.

grizzled gull
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Doesn't help that Cali sue's itself for wildfires

zenith frost
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41 panels, 3 powerwalls and heatpumps wherever we can and basically dont have a gas/power bill anymore minus connection fee

grizzled gull
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I mean seriously yes fire's suck, but sueing the power company just makes bills even higher...

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Solar wouldn't keep up for heating here, days are to short in the winter

zenith frost
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They turn off the power preemptively when theres a lot of wind now (not just a breeze but happens)

grizzled gull
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FYI I fully support heatpumps, I even have one in my camper, my issue is they aren't always teh best solution

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My long term plan for my house is to eventually do mini splits in the bedrooms and main floor livingroom/kitchen/dining room combo and use that until temps get below freezing to keep house warm

primal laurel
# grizzled gull 278 square meters

I can't say whether 200 USD per month is a lot or little for that kind of house. Too many variables. For my parents house the air-to-air heat pump did 800 kWh electric for heating and cooling for the entire year. A large part of cooling was powered by solar

grizzled gull
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Yearly highs and lows

lethal hamlet
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Double that and for 30 eur a month

grizzled gull
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This year our lowest reading from my personal thermostat was -26F(-32C) with a high of 102F(39C)

lethal hamlet
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WIthout batteries or solar

grizzled gull
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Most of Europe is quite temperate and a lot of the world because people were smarter back then and lived where the temp's didn't suck and their was good access to transportation

primal laurel
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extrema don't matter much and vary too much as well. Need to look at degree days

grizzled gull
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Only reason I live where I live is because some German needed farmland and came here as an immigrant lol

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flyover country is named that for a reason

lethal hamlet
grizzled gull
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There gets to be a point that upgrades to insulation/windows has diminishing returns

zenith frost
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Not sure if its your area, but was in wyoming and south dakota a few weeks ago - was blown away by the nature there, wanted to spend more time.

lethal hamlet
zenith frost
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Granted, sun was out and beautiful sunset.. then i talked to someone in deadwood who said a few years ago the city was under 10-12 ft of snow, people died and it was 10k to get rescued if you left your house against stay in orders...

lethal hamlet
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If cold air can't come in and hot can't go out ...

minor bobcat
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No house is airtight

primal laurel
minor bobcat
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And it shouldn't be either

grizzled gull
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Have you experienced -10C to -15C temps for a week straight? If air is that stagnent that you would die of CO2 poisoning

grizzled gull
lethal hamlet
grizzled gull
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Do you think the heat exchanger's are free of energy use? Because heating up air uses BTU's

primal laurel
primal laurel
lethal hamlet
grizzled gull
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Stehan repled to teh wrong message 🙂

grizzled gull
lethal hamlet
grizzled gull
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I'm not aruging that US houses especially older ones are less efficent, what I am saying is its not so caveman like Europeans believe, there is a middle ground

lethal hamlet
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It mostly has the same power usage as a C system

minor bobcat
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We have air gaps built into our window frames lol

lethal hamlet
lethal hamlet
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Not the case with D

grizzled gull
lethal hamlet
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Vents not allowed

grizzled gull
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or am I thinking something else?

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I'm thinking window panes sorry

minor bobcat
lethal hamlet
minor bobcat
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Not familiar with C or D Systems

lethal hamlet
grizzled gull
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My house is sealed up so well that when running the hood vent, I have to open up a window otherwise it backdrafts from the fireplace or boiler flu

lethal hamlet
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D gets fresh air from outside and mixes the heat from what goes out and blows in the fresh air but less cold

grizzled gull
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Our atttic was sealed when I put in new insulation

minor bobcat
grizzled gull
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We had to install bath fans after we sealed our house, as we got mold just from showers :/

minor bobcat
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If the rest is sealed shut

lethal hamlet
minor bobcat
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Interesting

grizzled gull
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There is a point where a house can be TOO tight unless you have forced air replacement

lethal hamlet
lethal hamlet
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It's a requirement

grizzled gull
lethal hamlet
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Because it is insulated so much ...

grizzled gull
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Insulation is NOT airsealing

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If you can't understand that concept you have no place in this conversation 😛

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I'll give you an example, make a giant house made out of glass with no seams that is very airtight but only has a R value of 1

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You'd have moisture problems because the moisture would have nowhere to go, you'd also have condensation issues when cold out, but thats a different topic

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So you could have a well sealed house with crappy insulation

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or vice versa

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Now will new windows address both air infiltration and insulation value yes, same with doors

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House wraps on houses, vapor barrier's all of that contributes to how well a house is sealed, but if said house had no insulation in the walls, you'd just have a cold damp house that you'd eventually from co2 poisoning 😛

primal laurel
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if you want to have a well insulated house that is liveable you have to follow the passiv house standard

lethal hamlet
grizzled gull
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No insulation is NOT airsealing

minor bobcat
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A fether filled jacket is great at insulating but not air tight. A plastic bag is air tight but not a great insulator

static schooner
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On a related note, I like the sealing system that I've seen on This old house, where they spray stuff in the air and pressurize the house to fill in tiny gaps

static schooner
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I particularly like data where you can see it working

minor bobcat
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Get some stoner friends and smoke a lot in your house, then turn on the ventilation lol

grizzled gull
lethal hamlet
grizzled gull
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I am quite familiar with cold bridging, I feel it every winter as our houses are not double framed contruction

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But that again has nothing to do with insulation

lethal hamlet
grizzled gull
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The whole purpose non foam insulation is to provide an airgap as air is a good insulator compared to solids

grizzled gull
lethal hamlet
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Weird, We never have a coldbridge :p

grizzled gull
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Do your inside walls attach to the same framing as your outside wall?

lethal hamlet
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They don't

grizzled gull
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So you'r outside wall is completely indepentdent from your inside wall

lethal hamlet
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Btw, we build houses and apartements

lethal hamlet
grizzled gull
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So it goes outside wall || foam/insulation || inside wall?

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omg wtf is that stupid discord

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Wall - Foam - wall with no studes inbetween?

lethal hamlet
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a plug that is in the inside wall yes (but still on the outside) and those bricks are insulated

grizzled gull
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So the inside walls attach to different stud then teh outside wall?

lethal hamlet
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wallstrips on the outside

grizzled gull
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And it foam inbetween? Tell me what about your houses built in the 70's? or 80's?

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Did they use this technology?

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If not then the argument is invalid as teh majority of US homes were built in the 40's and beyond, how efficent are european houses built in those times?

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Or do you tear them down and build something new

lethal hamlet
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Lol, older, it's an old castle plus has been renovated just now 😂

grizzled gull
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So you lost internal space by adding that thermal break

lethal hamlet
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But we teardown, renovate etc etc

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All the same story

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no cold bridge

grizzled gull
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you can't have your cake and eat it too

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If you put in a thermal break then your inside space is reduced, not saying thats a bad thing

lethal hamlet
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Only done when renovating

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like creppie, same story

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all we know is that in europe back in the times they build way thicker brick walls then after some time they noticed insulating is cheaper then thicker walls
meanwhile in us they just used wood?

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Also not saying what we need todo is a rule trough the whole EU, Belgium tends to be strict (Elek rules in Belgium are for example ridiculous)

forest edge
minor bobcat
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My GF wants to move the TV but my presence sensor is mounted to that... I don't want to setup that aqara mess again... #complain

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We need a complaint channel where we can just rant but don't expect help from anyone

forest edge
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this is that channel where complaints fall onto deaf ears

swift prism
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presence sensor for what?

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and can you wall mount it somewhere else?

minor bobcat
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I don't want a white cable running down my painted wall

minor bobcat
forest edge
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fish it behind the wall

minor bobcat
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Stone wall

forest edge
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even better you can mesh wires into those walls like that and brick to where you can't even see them

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may have to get a longer cable to snake it around

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usb c or micro usb for power?

minor bobcat
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Usb c but i don't feel like punching two holes into that wall tbh

forest edge
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why would you need to?

minor bobcat
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Ah you mean into the 'seams' between the bricks?

forest edge
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yes

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this is two rolls sure there is a single for even cheaper

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just paint the cable after you place it

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and it goes poof

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assuming it needs to be something other than the same white

minor bobcat
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It's wallpaper, plaster then brick

forest edge
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wut

minor bobcat
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Idk if plaster is the right word

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But yeah something like that

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There's a layer of about 0.5 inches above the brick

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And then wallpaper above that

forest edge
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so you are saying the wall is plaster with brick underneath?

minor bobcat
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I guess that's the term

forest edge
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is the plaster stuck to the brick or is that what you mean by 0.5 inches above? as in it's seperated?

minor bobcat
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It's on the brick

forest edge
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well you could carve a channel in the plaster for the wire and just replaster over it and repaint

minor bobcat
forest edge
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plaster not thick enough?

minor bobcat
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When I hung some pictures I guessed half an inch

forest edge
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thats enough

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talking a small wire and what I linked above was flat

minor bobcat
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But I'd have to carefully remove a strip of wallpaper

forest edge
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oh

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lol

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yea sounds like you are boned then

minor bobcat
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Yeah European walls aren't made for that

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I need a wireless presence sensor lol

forest edge
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is it near a corner?

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i guess it would be if you had it attached to a tv

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so the wire could ride up the corner and be pretty unnoticeable

minor bobcat
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The red dot is where it sits now. The TV and couch are currently 90deg rotated compared to the drawing. But my gf wants it like that drawing. The sensor is placed there exactly, to see into the hallway

forest edge
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so a long enough cable ran up that corner and across the cieling to the red dot would work. I would go with a round cable than flat

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paint the wire that runs into the corner over the wallpaper the dominate color of the wall paper

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and it should blend right in

minor bobcat
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Yeah that's probably the sane thing to do

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Still annoying

forest edge
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its only going to get worse

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homes weren't built with smart products in mind

minor bobcat
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Most stuff is wireless

forest edge
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battery operated presence sensor would suck

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a mmwave one.. obviously they made pir ones last long enough but still batteries in general just suck

minor bobcat
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The only sensor that's below 100% is my outside temperature sensor, which isn't made for outside so I'll give it that

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Had everything for more than a year

forest edge
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battery readings on sensors are anything but accurate

minor bobcat
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I noticed

ocean oar
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Li-MnO2 ("CR") batteries do fun things if the temperature goes below freezing

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It doesn't help though that even when they're working normally there's about a tenth of a volt difference between 95% and 10% of their capacity

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These are ones I'm most curious about in my house. All Li-SOCl2; PIRs have one 2/3AA (ER14335), temperature/humidity ones two AA (ER14505).
Only another year until the lowest one should be due to reach 0% 😄

minor bobcat
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I want to get a hue outdoor sensor at some point, it's got PIR, Lux and Temperature. Powered by AA batteries

minor bobcat
stuck mortar
forest edge
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its just a floor planner

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looks like a super old one too

unborn merlin
high remnant
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that design software that googe bought probably

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sketchup

arctic quarry
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they should rename to Googe and have like a doge doodle as their logo

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their slogan can be "do not care"

high remnant
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Google Doodle

last cedar
forest edge
grizzled gull
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hmmmm enterprise ssd @ 99% 1.92 TB or brand new 2TB SSD consumer..... both QLC(yes I know it sucks)

primal laurel
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Uhh is there a difference

grizzled gull
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In price no, one is used 1 is new

primal laurel
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My experience with ssd storage is that stuff lasts forever

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grizzled gull
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ohhh more toys

warm helm
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to be fair my voice pe is also currently not hooked up

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its pretty good timing about a week before black friday. in case you want to buy some new stuff to use with the new stuff 🙂

grizzled gull
warm helm
dawn badge
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yeah thats not unfair, although shelly store on amazon uk usually have some deals. thats when i stock up for future projects

grizzled gull
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uggg you know I'm getting serious about spreadsheets when I change my ultrawide from my personal computer to my work computer :/

primal laurel
warm helm
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fresh raven
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Is ha team still at the github universe thingy majiggy?

iron granite
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They are likely on the way home.

scenic radish
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so tempted to reach out and be like can you do $0.50?

weak musk
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no no

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ask if they can do $1.50

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confuse them

warm helm
glacial knot
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there's some things that'd be nice about it, and some that suck. A lot

weak musk
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heating it for example

warm helm
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or cool

weak musk
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but this could be you

warm helm
weak musk
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holy shit heelys

weak musk
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have not thought about those in YEARS

warm helm
static schooner
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I remember they were banning them at the mall, back when those were a thing 🙂

ocean oar
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I hate to be the one to have to tell you this, but malls are still a thing

high remnant
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are they?

static schooner
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we still have a few here, they're just becoming less about big anchor stores and more about high-end shops and restaurants

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we lost one big one completely and the anchor stores have mostly left the remaining ones, leaving giant empty buildings

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also, most of ours are actually outdoors and not enclosed

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land of sunshine, after all

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I think the concrete sidewalk architecture of our malls are probably less interesting for heelies than the smooth indoor commercial tiles

arctic quarry
warm helm
grizzled gull
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I have no idea why I'm so excitied to get an excel spreadsheet working.......

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I even clapped.... yeah.... I'm a sad human being

fresh raven
grizzled gull
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..... is a mob forming!

iron granite
orchid rose
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Spent two hours trying to do the most basic 3d modelling and I can't even get a simple thread done. I don't know if it's just me being dumb or if this is needlessly complicated in Onshape. I would have thought this was two clicks away in 2025, but apparently not

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If only I had any skills or creativity, it would be so cool to use all the tech we have available today 😔

warm helm
warm helm
iron granite
warm helm
iron granite
stuck mortar
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Pitchfork in front of a lovely bonfire perhaps, used to help move the logs around safely

static schooner
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You really want to be able to grab your prey with the tines before cooking them, so I think pitchfork + controllable flame is where it's at

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purely for practical reasons

atomic delta
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Just attach the pitchfork to the end of a flamethrower, bayonet-style.

atomic delta
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But don't forget to make an HA automation for said flamethrower.

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Otherwise, what's even the point?

stuck mortar
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Need an integrated thermometer in the torchfork so you know when your food is ready

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And track long term statistics in case there’s an issue

minor bobcat
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Well that was a wasted day, my OMV installation shot itself

primal laurel
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<@&330946878646517761> spam

last cedar
ocean oar
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We had one at work that died because the building got hit by lightning

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The PoE circuit was just exploded, there were not enough pieces of capacitor in the bottom of the case to match what was missing 😆

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Killed the PoE on the switch too, amazingly it still switched

last cedar
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I have learned that you don't mess around with lightning

high remnant
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angry pixies

swift prism
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Maybe I should setup a smart plug to flip a light switch every few seconds rapidly for Halloween

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try to get people that way

swift prism
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good enough lol

swift prism
last cedar
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If you are having a bad day, remember that some degenerate thought this was good enough

solar zealot
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Uhm

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What

high remnant
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did a rodent do that?

iron granite
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The handyman rodent.

high remnant
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Hebbie der zelluf aan lope te hannese?!

arctic quarry
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"wanna turn on the lights? HAVE SOME SEVERED NERVES MUAHAHA"

steep hinge
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Hello HA people of Earth.

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Idk why my name is a number 🙁 .

dusty mica
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DNS not working?

static schooner
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Seems like that could be your fault

steep hinge
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Figured it out. I'm old (under 40), so Discord isn't as smooth for us elderly folks, lolol.

static schooner
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Is that an albino raccoon?

weak musk
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I saw it as a ghost raccoon for extra Halloween spookiness

forest edge
arctic quarry
steep hinge
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Haha, only BARELY under 40, I'll have that cross to bear here real soon. Old enough to prefer IRC chat, but young enough to know that Discord has yanked up the chat realm.

glacial knot
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soo, 30? probsLUL

lone dagger
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@junior forge imagine putting the camera you had with us in the head of this with facial tracking so it will turn when it sees a face 😂 😂 😂

hollow glacier
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is it breaking the rules if i forward a post from #1284960456880029707 here? is it meant to only stay there?

lone dagger
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Depends on the case and my mood.

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😆

hollow glacier
lone dagger
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Yes, that one's fine.

hollow glacier
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it does involve donating to the open home foundation so i figured it would slide

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make sure to enter in the free giveaway!

lone dagger
hollow glacier
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excludes missy from the giveaway ApolloALogo

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lmaooo

lone dagger
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I know how to go around you!!

forest edge
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@hollow glacierthat was a lot of hoops to jump through!

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expecting old people like myself to do such complex stuff to enter a giveaway.. pssh /s

hollow glacier
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why not use that lol

forest edge
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I did that lol

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I didn't know you all had a discord so wasn't in that

hollow glacier
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you missed the exploding pumpkins

forest edge
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then had to agree to let that dyno thing do whatever

hollow glacier
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we do the giveaway through a discord bot i think it's required to join the discord first.. we could probably find another way to do a giveaway

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this bot broke months ago and seems to be held together with glue but i cant make my own so kind of at the mercy with the tools i have

forest edge
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this or make them have an account on the apollo site is really the two most common ways

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I was being sarcastic.. people can't complain about free stuff for realz

hollow glacier
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they try not to make people make an account with us first for stuff just cuz they dont like companies doing that in general

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ah ok

static schooner
hollow glacier
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tbh for $17.99 the h-2 is a decent price for what you get.. 8MB c6 mcu

forest edge
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does the winner get announced on the discord via announcments channel? cause I will not remember to check this dyno site later lol

static schooner
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maybe they show up at your door with a big check

glacial knot
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theyd' have to not accidentally fly over

hollow glacier
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the bot is supposed to comment with the winner's name but it stopped doing that months ago

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i swear dyno is a super broken bot held together with duct tape and glue

forest edge
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lol

crisp oriole
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I now have 4 home assistant installations.

high remnant
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holy crap those 16TB Baracuda drives are chunky

stuck mortar
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They’re just big-blocked

high remnant
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lmao

forest edge
crisp oriole
warm helm
high remnant
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nah theyre fine

forest edge
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talk about easy pickings

brisk glen
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oh, not many people do bgp routing madness

tidal bronze
royal flicker
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I just got a Home Assistant Voice PE, and running into problems during the setup. I'm not sure where to start, or where to ask about it?

royal flicker
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Ironically, it started doing something different now 😄 I think it's making progress

thick dragon
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Happy Halloween! Figure you nerds will appreciate this!

long dew
ocean oar
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@thick dragon Merry Xmas!

high remnant
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halloween

crisp oriole
#

Still 26 days

royal flicker
crisp oriole
primal laurel
#

Production car that costs 55k. Has 1500 HP 😂
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primal laurel
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Sure looks like it

high remnant
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esp dealer network but also CCP is a big BIG red flag

primal laurel
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They innovate more. Cost less. Perform better. Don't ask ridiculous money for options. BMW: y u no buy diesel in 2035?

high remnant
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sure

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but still CCP no thx :P

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and that is ignoring the issue of getting parts

primal laurel
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What ccp?

high remnant
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what do you think lol

primal laurel
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I don't get it

high remnant
forest edge
high remnant
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theres plenty concern to distrust the EVs alongside other tech pushed out by china

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this is one of the reasons i will not ever buy one :P

primal laurel
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What exactly is the connection between the two? All the other stuff you own is also made in china

swift prism
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And the wind or something

forest edge
high remnant
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so there is a difference

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(and that is also ignoring the economic reasons not to)

primal laurel
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They never found any evidence for spysoftware in core network equipment. If you're talking about the Huawei stuff

primal laurel
forest edge
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the term chinesium didn't just spring up for nothing

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also a reason why thier cars can't cross the great sea

high remnant
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The fact alone that you cannot fully trust the hardware was reason enough to block them, I do the same with EVs

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(and phones)

arctic quarry
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so no Tesla then?

high remnant
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hard pass

arctic quarry
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it's amazing how we, up until a few years ago, could say "at least you can trust US-made products"

high remnant
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ikr

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sent from an iphone

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made by alledged slave-labor

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anyhow

arctic quarry
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at this point, I''ll be happy if a company at least pretends to care about privacy

high remnant
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like apple

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kinda

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we pinky promise not to get caught violationg privacy

arctic quarry
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that's what I'm saying. the rest have just gone full yolo

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"my drive, my data" basically

high remnant
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its bizarre

primal laurel
arctic quarry
forest edge
high remnant
primal laurel
high remnant
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that is also how they wage economic war :P

primal laurel
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You can't produce anything anymore

forest edge
high remnant
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Ford lol

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anyhow

forest edge
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well when it comes to automitive here everything has been a mixed bag

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only percentages of the parts were made here

high remnant
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mixed is doing some heavy lifting

arctic quarry
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and again, Tesla

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amazing video

primal laurel
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not only can you not make the thing. You can also not make the machine that makes the thing

high remnant
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they've been overtaken BAD

forest edge
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can china pump out plastic stuff cheaper? sure

high remnant
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and something ketamine something

arctic quarry
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honestly tho, I think the rot goes a lot deeper for a company like Tesla. Their quality is fucking laughable, and their assumptions about the "future car" are based purely on vibes

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like, have you sat in one? jesus christ

high remnant
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its all based on a ketamine high and the vibes they had when they were pioneering

forest edge
high remnant
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I did. I drove a few

forest edge
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there are some things that should be brought back to be made here

arctic quarry
forest edge
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and people do fight for that

high remnant
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they used to be BAD, gotten better and now are BAD again lol

high remnant
arctic quarry
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yeah and just so... cheap and janky

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and the fucking touchpad, good grief

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"everything's computer" really summed it up

high remnant
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I mean the biggest gripe I have is the faux leather on the seats and the steeringwheel

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and the lack of buttons

arctic quarry
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"let's democratize how to open a fucking car door"

high remnant
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oh yeah

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its actually sad

arctic quarry
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this is what I mean, I had no clue you could build shit like this and not get laughed out of the room

high remnant
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it could've been much more

arctic quarry
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but instead, it "transformed the car industry" somehow

arctic quarry
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lol

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again, yes

high remnant
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only the older car makers REALLY dropped the ball

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VAG really REALLY screwed it up

high remnant
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the first generation etron is abysmal

arctic quarry
high remnant
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yeah

forest edge
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tesla went big fast

arctic quarry
forest edge
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all these other starups are slow

high remnant
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the most bizarre thing is that they never actually developed another model

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only "facelift"

forest edge
arctic quarry
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that's a pretty poor defense

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also, why scale up when your product isn't ready?

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hire designers, do the job

high remnant
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They could've gone joint venture lol

arctic quarry
#

but nah, ketamine and vibes

high remnant
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🤣

arctic quarry
#

anw, it's just an example of the larger idea that "US-made" isn't like a royal seal of quality

forest edge
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well according to data there are fewer tesla ev fires compared to any other ev company

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thats something

arctic quarry
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well, they tend to crash first

forest edge
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and they produce more up till BYO or whatever just over took them

arctic quarry
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because somehow we got suckered into thinking they can drive themselves

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which is factually untrue

high remnant
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Full self driving! (actually not but ok)

forest edge
arctic quarry
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I mean, let's talk FAANGNetflixDisneyWalmartClearChannel then 🙂

forest edge
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tiktok?

arctic quarry
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sorry, not TikTok

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brain fart

forest edge
#

and netflix?

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and disney

arctic quarry
#

yes?

forest edge
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what do they produce?

arctic quarry
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not much of value

forest edge
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not anything at all

high remnant
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frustration and a boom in piracy

forest edge
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not sure what faang is but that other stuff aren't manufactures lol

arctic quarry
#

wasn't really limiting the conversation to only manufacturers, we don't get much US-made stuff here except iPhones

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and Teslas ig

forest edge
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us made is tangible stuff

arctic quarry
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yeah I get your point, I was just making a different one 🙂

forest edge
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may as well compare hollywood to other countries equivilant

arctic quarry
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oh, let's!

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or actually

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I gotta go sleep

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I'll back out now before it's too late

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👋 😶

forest edge
#

anyone getting flooded with trick or treaters yet?

high remnant
#

no

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i’m not in the USA

forest edge
#

a lot of countries celebrate Halloween

weak musk
forest edge
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lol apple

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and meta

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actually I hear a lot of people liked metas vr stuff

static schooner
#

I think it's safe to replace "netflix" with "nvidia" now

weak musk
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Agree

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I also guess it’s maang too

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Which is funnier

tidal bronze
forest edge
high remnant
forest edge
tidal bronze
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Wish I was there now. But no, just finished cooking.

static schooner
weak musk
forest edge
forest edge
tidal bronze
forest edge
static schooner
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strictly trying to answer:

not sure what faang is

high remnant
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oeh i can my neighbors argue

tidal bronze
forest edge
static schooner
#

I don't think parents would appreciate you handing out wine...balls

tidal bronze
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Oh no. I am cruel, not that cruel.

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It's a bummer, when you cook a feast and wife is late to the party.

weak musk
forest edge
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oh i see. had to look that up

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yea none of those companies had anything to do with the china convo

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@lone dagger look at this wise ass lol

static schooner
#

well, are you more important anywhere else?

last cedar
last cedar
high remnant
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i’ll cut it off some poor shark

swift prism
#

keeeeeeepppp goingggggg

cerulean hearth
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Im getting an issue setting up the VDI

primal laurel
#

issues? we dont have those

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we only have happy little accidents

cerulean hearth
#

Cant get my tree painted

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Wherecan I go to get help on setting up HomeAssitant on a VM with the VDI ? Help apprecciated

scenic radish
static schooner
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That is a good place to go to ask about painting trees

lavish badger
cerulean hearth
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Yea I cant get the thing past asking for an ISO

static schooner
static schooner
ocean oar
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Except that if you're going to allow Facebook->Meta, you also need Google->Alphabet, so you're back to awkwardly having two As

forest edge
high remnant
high remnant
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docker and tailscale is a nightmare

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argh

glacial knot
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hm? how?

high remnant
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I try to interlink 2 servers running dockers but the routing is just a mess

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like docker 1 and 2 need to talk to eachother via tailscale but its just a big mess

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its probably some docker networking issue

glacial knot
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🤷 I haven't yet used tailscale. Just messing with wireguard on my own

high remnant
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I cannot do that. I cannot open ports lol

honest surge
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why not just use something like CF tunnels?

high remnant
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because I do not want to use cloudflare :P

glacial knot
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that's why I'm chummy with the admins at work rooKek

high remnant
glacial knot
high remnant
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I mean technically they have part of the network :P

minor bobcat
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Just need a cheap vps

high remnant
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yeah why not just run my own WG setup then :P

minor bobcat
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I've got two locations "connected" through that