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by lh7777 4y ago
> if the system fails to detect any other vehicles for a period of more than about 90 minutes, it assumes that there is a sensor fault, and refuses to operate I have a current model Sprinter and this behavior is frustrating (thanks for t
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by lh7777 4y ago
The Inflation Reduction Act provides a 30% tax credit for clean energy upgrades, including batteries IIRC.
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by lh7777 4y ago
Another option in Firefox: right clicking and selecting Open in new tab works on most (but not all) links in McMaster.
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by lh7777 4y ago
How about the Columbia? Average discharge is 265,000 cfs, which has been pretty consistent over the past 100+ years.[1] That's approximately 200 million acre feet just flowing into the Pacific every year. For comparison, the Phoenix me
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by lh7777 4y ago
Solidworks is still available to buy as a perpetual license -- pricing starts at $4200 for Standard. It costs $1500/yr for "maintenance", but that's optional if you don't need updates.
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by lh7777 4y ago
I have a $60 SCD-30 CO2 sensor board[0] hooked up to a Raspberry Pi Zero W that serves up air quality data in chart form via Grafana. It’s not as portable as the device in TFA, but is a lot cheaper (at least if you already have a RPi) and y
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by lh7777 4y ago
FYI, Haggen has been owned by Albertsons since 2016.
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by lh7777 4y ago
The article mentions a few: "In the last few years, some US cities made a surprising break with the mobile-exclusionary tradition by legalizing residence in RVs or tiny houses on wheels on residential lots. First Fresno, then Los Angel
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by lh7777 4y ago
For all its flaws, this is why I still check the Wirecutter before I buy a lot of things. Although they seem to make their picks in part based on what will get them affiliate revenue, you can be sure someone on the staff has actually picked
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by lh7777 4y ago
Is this a common risk? Most subscriptions I can think of are prepaid —- they charge you when service starts. If your card expires or is cancelled, they shut down your account once the paid subscription runs out. A notable exception is US ce
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by lh7777 4y ago
Looks like they bought the standalone Office suite, a lifetime license, for about double the price of a year of Office 365. Makes sense if you only need Office on a single PC or Mac (365 can be installed on 5 computers) and store less than
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by lh7777 4y ago
I'm no expert here, but was interested in why EUR has always been somewhat close in value to USD instead of being worth a lot more or a lot less, so I tried to look it up. EUR was set 1:1 to a previous unit of account (not a circulat
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by lh7777 4y ago
I don't know about Calculator, but Weather for iPad is coming: https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/6/23156804/apple-weather-app...
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by lh7777 4y ago
I use Tree Style Tab -- it's actually one of the main reasons I use Firefox -- and this does make me a bit nervous. TST and its competitor Sidebery are both Firefox "Recommended Extensions"[1], which receive extra scrutiny fr
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by lh7777 4y ago
Also, the slug is "harbringer-of-doom.html".
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by lh7777 4y ago
One of my favorite things about my 2020 13" MBP (Intel) is that it has USB-C ports on both sides, so it's a bit disappointing that Apple decided not to carry that feature on to the smaller M1 Macbooks. The 14" M1 seems like a
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by lh7777 4y ago
On a related note, I've been using Catalog Choice[1] for years to unsubscribe from unwanted catalogs (which for me is all of them). It's free and I find it's quicker and easier than figuring out how each company's opt-ou
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by lh7777 4y ago
Not the OP, but I've been using St. Brendan's Isle[1] for about a year and it's been great. I've also heard good things about My RV Mail[2]. Both are in Florida, I think mostly because it's a popular state for full-
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by lh7777 5y ago
Also interesting: employee email addresses are @mmm.com rather than @3m.com.
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by lh7777 5y ago
> I hope something like a radiator-heat-pump can be made soon. These exist, but are quite rare in the U.S. Check out air-to-water heat pumps from Sanden[1] and Chiltrix[2]. I seriously considered this for my new house (still in planning
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by lh7777 5y ago
Good point, although ideally the house would be wired to make it easy to connect that battery to just the gas appliances so that other stuff (lights, fans, refrigerator, etc.) wouldn't drain it much sooner. Personally, I'd rather
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by lh7777 5y ago
You can power all those gas appliances with a reasonably-sized generator, though. It's also possible to run a heat pump on a generator, but you'd need a much bigger generator and a soft-start for the heat pump to limit starting cu
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by lh7777 5y ago
I'd like to know this too -- have had my eye on the Bolt for some time. The 2022 Bolt base price is $31k and it is no longer eligible for federal tax credits. In my state, EVs are partially exempt from state sales tax, but that just me
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by lh7777 5y ago
When did Apple start disallowing local backups? I'll admit I haven't tried recently -- there's no data worth backing up on my iPhone anyway -- but it definitely worked just fine a few years ago. Apple's "Back up iPh
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by lh7777 6y ago
I have a mailbox at an independent mail & package storefront in my neighborhood. I just use their address and my box number, e.g. "123 Main St. #111" and have never had an issue with financial institutions, etc. accepting it.
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by lh7777 6y ago
> But people wanting 5" phones are apparently in a minority. Let alone 4" phones! I'm still happy with my original SE, but the nuisances are starting to add up. I really prefer TouchID to FaceID and still use my headphone
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by lh7777 6y ago
The 2016 SE has a retina display and runs the latest version of iOS just fine. It's only a little taller but quite a bit thinner than the original iPhone. You can still buy used ones in excellent shape for well under $200. I'm not
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by lh7777 6y ago
This is frustrating, but it doesn't bother me too much on the iPhone -- I can just not use iCloud and periodically back up my phone locally. I don't really need to sync anything but photos because I don't create or edit doc
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by lh7777 6y ago
Even for online bill pay, checks are still very much a thing. Payments to big financial institutions, like credit card and mortgage payments, usually go electronically and are more or less instant. But not everyone is set up to receive elec
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by lh7777 6y ago
Definitely not a dumb question. The newest Sonos speakers are Airplay 2 compatible, but mine are older and don't support it. You're right that I could've bought one new Sonos speaker to enable Airplay 2 for my whole system, b

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