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by briHass 4y ago
I forgot all about poison ivy's appearance as a (dried out) vine, and I proceeded to cut and rip huge chunks of it off a spruce tree in my yard. The first indication I made a huge mistake was a relentless cough all that evening from th
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by briHass 4y ago
You can always tell you're dealing with a junior-level programmer when they complain about new syntactical sugar added to a language. I've been programming almost entirely in C#/.NET since its beta in ~2001, and though the la
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by briHass 4y ago
I'd recommend going (and I do) one step further: lock down the KP config file, and especially the keyfile (definitely use this in addition to a password), to admins only and set the .exe to launch as administrator. The .exe is signed,
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by briHass 4y ago
How are you planning on proving a particular licensed work was used in a sufficiently large model? One of the commonly mentioned issues with current ML is the inability to reverse the output to figure out 'how it got there'.
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by briHass 4y ago
Plenty of places in the US that aren't safe for outsiders. Any major city has dozens of such areas, especially at night.
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by briHass 4y ago
Eyeballing RCs is always a bad idea, but if you don't have a scale, a much better way is to dissolve it in a liquid, at a 'known' concentration, and measure that. Alcohol (vodka) usually works well for most stuff at 1mg/
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by briHass 4y ago
Unfortunately, that's a big caveat. If only the US worked as it was originally intended: States hold most of the power, the Federal government only controls some very specific and limited aspects. Most people couldn't even name 2
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by briHass 4y ago
I helped guide my mother through a very rough patch of depression and suicidal ideation last year, no doubt exacerbated by her chronic health issues. It forced me to confront many of the issues we try to forget, not the least of which being
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by briHass 4y ago
This is one of the bigger myths used to sell tankless. Modern water heater tanks are well insulated; losses are usually quoted as less than 10%. From a cost perspective, the slight efficiency increase of tankless never pays back over the co
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by briHass 4y ago
In the summer, my heat pump water heater in the basement is essentially 'free' to run, since most of the heat it captures is by condensing water in the air i.e. dehumidifying my basement. I still need a dehumidifier, but it doesn&
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by briHass 4y ago
Interesting. The code for duct insulation in unconditioned spaces in the US is R8, and they're pushing for higher currently. They also recently undid a long held myth about ducts buried in insulation leading to condensation issues. Mos
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by briHass 4y ago
Most heat pumps made in the last 2 decades are computer controlled with a wide array of temp and pressure sensors. Stuck reversing valves do happen, but it's likely the unit will shut down due to an ambient outdoor temp, cool temps, or
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by briHass 4y ago
It would be nice if they step up their game. The US has been clobbered over the last 15 years by the Asian heat pump/mini split brands like Mitsubishi, Fujitsu, Midea, and Gree. Most of the myths in this article come from experience wi
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by briHass 4y ago
One of the best choices is PVC plumbing pipe (schedule 40). It's designed to be buried, and with glued end caps, it's also (obviously by design) waterproof. It has to be cut open, and it obviously wouldn't be good for storing
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by briHass 4y ago
I feel like the 'capture all the value you provide' type comments come from those who have never run a business or worked independently, or maybe they did and got extremely lucky. For most, it's way more work handling all tho
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by briHass 4y ago
Agreed, and the ease of 'assembling' various components is much easier now. Even the project in this article has very little soldering/individual components besides a few pull up resistors and some LEDs, both of which could h
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by briHass 4y ago
HTTP, well, at least an implementation that allows for easy testing/human readable messages isn't particularly lightweight. I know for ESPHome, they chose to use a socket-based protobuf-esque protocol to communicate with Home Assi
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by briHass 4y ago
Add me to the list. Unfortunately, with DoH, this now means that I have to go scorched earth and block all common DNS server IPs at the firewall. You use my gateway to resolve (DNS - 53) or you're out of luck. I suppose it's only
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by briHass 4y ago
All that, plus you have to have a water heater that has replaceable rods (some today are not replaceable.) Some other brands also combine the rod with the water inlet, which means you need to do basic plumbing to disconnect the water supply
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by briHass 4y ago
I know the for-profit password management companies want you to think you have to store everything in one vault (with names like LastPass, 1Password, etc.), but why does it seem like everyone falls for it? Personally, I store plenty of pass
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by briHass 4y ago
I think MS is just playing around with different UI concepts and seeing what users will tolerate in 11 before cleaning everything up in Win 12 just before the support ends for 10. At work, we're still on Win 10, with no plan to move to
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by briHass 4y ago
On the contrary, local governments typically require HOAs for new housing developments, at least here on the East Coast. Those cul-de-sacs & neighborhood streets need to be plowed and maintained, common areas need maintenance, and oft
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by briHass 4y ago
Sure, but what do you do about it? I've never been able to formulate any rules that wouldn't have worse, unintended consequences. Running for a political office is essentially advertising yourself, and that takes gobs of money, ex
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by briHass 4y ago
Maybe we'll come full circle and actually come to appreciate responses from humans that have clear frustration and emotion over sanitized AI platitudes, even if they're rude. A bit like the Zen'ed-out hippy guru that is frust
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by briHass 4y ago
That was my first thought: JSON is highly amenable to compression; due to the repetition this blog is complaining about. It's a good lesson for junior devs: if you find yourself thinking about saving bits and bytes with custom protocol
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by briHass 4y ago
I suspect the varied experiences with returns in child comments is due to Amazon's use of algorithms that scan your purchase history and behavior. It's doubtful Amazon has blanket policies for returns or other customer support iss
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by briHass 4y ago
I have blue eyes, as does my mother and my two children. Do you think it is due to our similar upbringing and socioeconomic status? Maybe genetics plays a much larger role in intelligence than we currently think, it's just so complica
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by briHass 4y ago
I actually prefer TOTP, at least personally, as a perfect compromise. The problems with FIDO, besides the obvious lack of adoption, are the expense of key devices, difficulty of backups, and lack of support on many devices that don't h
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by briHass 4y ago
I remember this from the old 'potato clock' science kits from the 80s. They had a copper cathode and zinc anode that when inserted into a potato (most fruit/vegetables or acidic liquids also worked) generated enough power to
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by briHass 4y ago
As a DIYer that has done far too many drywall patches, as much as I dislike it, it's hard to imagine something easier and/or better. Most of the time, the vast majority of the work comes down to the painting part. The human eye is

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