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  • UwU brat mathematician behavior

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  • (...I think you may have gotten whooshed...)

  • tech rule

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  • Open, or standards-compliant local-only gear is the way to go for smart home stuff IMHO. Never had a problem with a Zigbee, Matter, or ESPHome device suddenly deciding it would stop working because manufacturer said so.

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  • Yeah it's missing the text, "...then the Planck X would be..." for the first two.

  • SF Mayor Scraps Plan to Add 1,500 Shelter Beds, a Key Campaign Promise

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  • I don't think this is the black and white issue that the headline suggests.

    Homeless advocates appear to be on board with this, at any rate: https://www.kqed.org/news/12047353/heres-why-sf-homeless-advocates-are-glad-lurie-ditched-push-for-1500-shelter-beds

    It sounds like the "more beds" campaign promise was somewhat misguided, as slapping a bandaid on homelessness isn't a fix; more beds is, to an extent, just for show. Hopefully we'll be able to get actual, research-based solutions to homelessness here.

    I'm not super optimistic, but changing course on a campaign promise because the experts and advocates say your current plan is bad shouldn't be criticized out of hand IMHO.

  • Burritrule

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  • One of the best things about having an instant pot is the ease of making refried beans from scratch. They're fairly low effort, and so so much better (not to mention cheaper).

  • Breaking the generational barriers

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  • Alligator Alcatraz detainees allege inhumane conditions at immigration detention center

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  • Alligator Alcatraz detainees allege proponents boast about inhumane conditions at immigration detention center

  • Dolph is prime human

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  • And a big plastics shill, unfortunately.

  • Mullvad's ads are good

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  • Or just a San Francisco resident --- these ads are everywhere on BART (+Muni I guess) right now. (As far as ads go, they're pretty good I guess --- and no, I don't even use them, much less work for them.)

  • Virgin Physicists

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  • For back-of-the-envelope or mental calculations, pi is often 3 or 10(1/2).

    The latter is better than 1% accurate, and has nice properties when doing order-of-magnitude/log space calculations in base 10.

  • My reason for wanting HomeAssistant and a locked down VLAN...

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  • ZigBee router thing:

    I've been happy with the SMLIGHT SLZB-06M. You can easily flash firmware, and it has PoE which was important for me. I believe it also supports Thread, but I haven't tried this yet (and I'm not sure if it supports it at the same time as Zigbee).

    Zigbee smart plugs from Third Reality have been pretty solid in my experience, and they report power usage.

    For circuit breaker level monitoring, I have an Emporia Vue2. I have it running esphome, completely local --- unfortunately this requires some simple soldering and flashing, so it's not turnkey. But it's been rock solid ever since flashing it. (Process is well documented online.)

    I've had decent luck with cheap wifi Matter bulbs, but provisioning them is finicky, and sometimes they just crap out and need to be power cycled; Zigbee bulbs (e.g., Ikea) have generally been reliable, though sometimes I've had difficulty pairing them initially. After power cycling a Matter WiFi bulb, it takes a while for it to respond to Home Assistant; Zigbee bulbs generally respond as soon as you power them on.

    I have a wired smart light switch from TP-Link/Kasa (KS205), and it's been completely hassle free (and totally local --- Matter over wifi). The Kasa smart switch dongles I have work flawlessly but need proprietary pairing, and I'm afraid to update firmware in case they lose local support.

    Good luck! Fun adventure :)

  • Native version of Unreal Tournament 2004

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  • My recollection is that the DVD included that library, but it's been a while...

  • UPDATE: Why am I so slow?

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  • Cadence definitely the right place to start, since it shouldn't break the bank.

    I'd do some research on cadence if you haven't already --- you mentioned getting up hills in a higher gear to be faster while also keeping HR down. That's definitely an option, but it can come at the expense of your legs (and worst case, knees).

    Conventional wisdom today (as I understand) is that if you thrash your cardio, it'll recover fast; thrash your legs, they'll recover more slowly. So there tends to be a bias towards higher cadence (80-100rpm or so) for performance, with lower cadence useful for strength training.

    Good luck! Cycling is a wonderful sport. Focus on the numbers and gadgets if you like, but at the end of the day remember to have fun :)

  • UPDATE: Why am I so slow?

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  • Nice! If you want a more quantitative way of comparing performance, a power meter is a great way. Average speed is affected by the route, the weather, etc., whereas power is much less influenced by these things (not entirely of course --- I put out more power on hills, and temperature has an effect, etc.).

    The only downside is they are really expensive, and for MTB I'm not sure what the options are.

    For reference, ~800kcal in ~2hours should mean roughly 110-120W average power, but without a power meter that's pretty much just a guess.

  • Computer drive sizes over the years

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  • ASCII wasn't around then, so it would perhaps be stored in 5-bit ITA2, or 6/7-bit FIELDATA. So likely a 5/8 to 7/8 space savings (unless the numbers are for compressed War and Peace).

  • The Chan-Zuckerbergs stopped funding social causes. 400 kids lost their school.

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  • My idea of "perfect philanthropy" is something like the Carnegie Hall. While I think it is the government's role to provide places for art, I don't begrudge a city for having a more modest venue. So having a world class, tour de force concert hall is a pretty neat philanthropic project IMHO.

  • Dirty Talk

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  • Most Linux filesystems, being case sensitive, won't find the SUDO command.

  • THE BARDS WILL SING OF ZOHRAN THE DESTROYER FOR GENERATIONS TO COME

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  • I didn't!

  • TIL Disney killed a bunch of puppies making "Snow Buddies" and weren't allowed to use the "no animals were harmed" claim

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  • No, I've been a strict vegetarian for a long time, mostly vegan now but not strict about it. I did eat fish a few years ago because it was an invasive species (and also, delicious).

    But also, I have no problem getting the food/nutrients I need from a plant based diet, which isn't always easy for other folks.