czardestructo

czardestructo, 23 days ago

There is no one single solution to complex problems, it requires optimism and taking the first step.

czardestructo, 24 days ago

So I work for Bose. ANR ear buds are notably better than ANR headphones because they totally block your ear and adjust the ANR based on a microphone literally inside your ear. It records what is heard in your ear and cancels it, our latest buds are uncomfortably good at this. I find the absolute quiet a bit unsettling.

But to your question, you just want quiet while you sleep? What about good old foam ear plugs? They work fairly well when put in far enough.

czardestructo, 2 months ago

Thanks for the reminder. Just signed up for monthly donations.

czardestructo, 2 months ago

It’s getting worst though. A lot worst. They keep adding more and more layers to make it so difficult and convoluted you give up. Last year my insurance started using an external pharmacy for my meds. Fine. But my meds to need to be administered by a nurse in a hospital. So I need to get prior authorization from my doctor to my insurance who then approves the pharmacy to do the meds. But there are 30% copays now so I use a third party company that works with the company that makes the meds to comp the 30%. Then I need to get the hospital to call the pharmacy to order meds on my behalf and send it to the hospital, not me. Then I can finally schedule my appointment to actually get the shot in the hospital. I do this circus once a year, every year because they change one layer every year and so I have to figure out the new rules. It’s pure madness.

czardestructo, 3 months ago

No outdoor advertisements/billboards, very few national chains, very protective of local business, everyone is very connected with the land and their community. Vermont is awsome.

czardestructo, 3 months ago

That’s actually a great point. He is older and uses a dumb phone but we have been working with each other over 5 years so there are going to be lots of connections to each other. Furthermore this coincidental ad is rare, I haven’t gotten one like this in awhile.

czardestructo, 4 months ago

Cool, let’s see what states in the US are paying their fair share into the federal government, if you take more than you contribute then you loose your electoral votes.

czardestructo, 4 months ago

Bitch

czardestructo, 5 months ago

This is a plug for China. It will work fine in US outlets but it’s intended for that Chinese market hence the lack of holes.

czardestructo, 5 months ago

I’ve been running the Joplin server for over a year with clients on four laptops and three phones and share notes with my wife and its wonderful. There are certainly quirks and sometimes sync issues but by and large I’m really happy with it. There seems to be one cluster of notes I have that always irritates a fresh client sync and it shows up at 50 conflicts but I work through it. Also my notebooks are huge and the first sync can take an hour. It’s a lot slower than I’d expect.

czardestructo, 6 months ago

Saganaki is delicious Greek fried cheese. Either way kolinaki just sounds like a magnificent street food wrapped in pita bread and enjoyed by drunks.

czardestructo, 6 months ago

What does it mean? It sounds like Greek street food.

czardestructo, 6 months ago

Until you have to fix a leak. Just pack up and move.

czardestructo, 7 months ago

It’s not just the hat. It’s posing in a vintage American pickup truck with the American West in the background. It’s a persona that has no correlation to this man and has been used for decades as a marketing ploy to sell cigarettes and other garbage so I’m immediately suspect and judgy.

czardestructo, 7 months ago

For what it’s worth my 2015 Toyota will allow me to connect over Bluetooth but in android I wouldn’t give it permissions to my text message, just audio. It works fine except for the fact that every damn time I turn the car on it asks again for text message access and I have to click no on the infotainment screen.

czardestructo, 7 months ago

How about a different angle; enjoy the veggies as they are and forget the emulated meat puck. This isn’t a dig at you, just a general statement of how I always found it weird there are so many vegetarian and vegan food tring to emulate a meat stick or patty. Veggies are wonderful all by themselves why not enjoy them for what they are instead of competing with something it’s not. My 2 cents.

czardestructo, 7 months ago

Most air intake for the heat and air comes into the cabin from the vents below the windshield.

czardestructo, 7 months ago

Totally normal for any car to run rich, especially on cold days while the engine warms up. Rich just means the engine is operating with slightly more gas than necessary as it’s safer during warm up though its less efficient and that’s why you smell gas. The un-burned fuel is just going right out the tail pipe. Sniff back there to confirm.

czardestructo, 8 months ago

We are almost to the point where its the same cost for SSD. You can get an 8tb drive for $370 now and it won’t always be spinning and wasting 4-7W forever. For me, with high electricity costs, it was a no brainer to get a few of these and they will pay the difference within a year or two. I got them on sale for $320 each.

czardestructo, 10 months ago

Just yesterday I was towing about a half to 2/3 of a cord of a wood with my wagon. Folks assume you need a giant truck to tow anything. Full disclosure though I was pushing the limits of my car, it pulls this weight without issue but stopping it risky and I have to drive very carefully and keep huge buffers between myself and the next car.

czardestructo, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

Whenever I see a giant RV towing a giant SUV bigger than any of the vehicles I own I get a little frustrated and irritated. If you want to explore the country you can do it without taking every amenity and gadget from home. Just go out there, see and be in the world, don’t take the ‘world’ with you.

czardestructo, 11 months ago

Boston is doing this.