I saw a lot of people out of propane in the 2 weeks after Helene. Propane should be a strategic reserve- natural gas should be the primary for generator fuel and heating. Let someone else store it.

Yeah I’d rather deal with this than a blind persons gear not work

The door locks are often wax motors, which extend pretty quick when heated but have to cool off to release. The re-lock sounds like a huge wtf. Couldn’t they just limit the tumble rpm so they don’t have to lock?

I ditched my front load petri dish for a 10 year old Speed Queen top loader off marketplace. No regerts.

I have a half-bath with a modern holder. When that roll is 75% consumed, I move it to the bathrooms with the older style.

I’ve had wemos d1 boards from AliExpress show up as a brltty and the braille teletype driver grabs the device. Just something to look out for on some distros

I made beer tap handles out of some

My self hosted instance works great

I did four 10s the last decade, but a promotion moved me to five 8s. I tell people I’d give $5k a year to go back to four 10s.

VPS providers hate this one trick

Vapor injection is the new technology. It’s why older heat pumps were useless below 32f.

I use vaultwarden, and I stumbled upon the generated password history. It’s awesome.

Is this the onion, or not the onion?

What’s our take on bearings for these?
Sleeve bearings are quiet for 2 or 3 years, but toast after 5
Ball bearings are a bit louder but last 10 years

I spent many hours feeding ants to them in my youth

Alcoholics Doing Payroll

You’re not a lesbian yet

I bought my first home with an FHA loan, 3.5% down was only $5k. Today that’s $15k for a median home, three times the median savings of a person under 35.

Improv artists love this one trick

Did two weeks after Helene. Generators, UPSs, and self-hosted services kept us entertained and the security cams powered up. There was some rationing for three or four days until the gas stations got power but we were ready. By the second day we were running the air conditioner at night to sleep and didn’t miss any football games on tv.

Ok but I feel like instead of throwing a dozen starfish into the ocean, I’m moving a thousand of them two inches. Sure, some on the margin might survive now, but I’ve wasted a lot of time.