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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Summer is like 40C. Winter is 13C.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 days ago

More like "Dammit, my domain auto-remewed again. Oh well, it's only $12. I'll cancel next year." (It's been 5 years.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (6 children)

I am around $450 per month in the summer, $75 in the winter. Texas. My rate is nominally $0.087 per kwh, but the taxes make it roughly twice that. I have a big house, but it is pretty energy efficient - 2015 construction with mostly Energy Star appliances. I charge a Nissan Leaf daily.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Having used an expensive Metcal, I would like someone to develop that level of performance for less. I want the precise thermostat and high quality tips, but I don't solder enough to justify the expense. I am happy to see iFixit driving innovation in this market though. Weller needs some real competition.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I literally make a new branch. clone, and use an external merge tool (beyond compare) when my branch has fallen too far behind. I don't trust any of the automated processes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I have a similar coating on my deck in the back yard. I can stand on it barefoot comfortably in the summer which is not possible without the coating.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

Unless you work a trade, I would go with Harbor Freight for everything except cordless tools. If you wear the Harbor Freight tool out replace it with something higher quality. For cordless, I don't know. I have Dewalt and wonder about others. I mostly avoid cordless now.

For trades, see what your coworkers are using. Do you want them borrowing your batteries? (No) Do you want to borrow theirs? (Do you want them to dislike you?)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

Lich. The power that other famous examples like Darth Cheney and Henry Kissinger had is just too tempting.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Gagarin is one of those super human people that makes me feel grossly inadequate. Look at him. Qualified technically, insane enough to get strapped into a ballistic missile and then eject out of it during re-entry, and handsome too. Cosmonauts and Astronauts are so many sigmas from normal that it's hard to believe they're the same species as the rest of us.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You can hire a lot of programmers for the cost of one CEO.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

I would say Pretty Hate Machine is probably the best known. My favorite is Broken. You are probably correct about Downward Spiral being the consensus among the fan base as a whole. What I really like about NIN is that I enjoy all of their albums. Many other bands I like have some that I avoid. Probably my least favorite NIN album is Fixed and it's still pretty listenable.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I paid about $1750 in insurance premiums last year and an additional $9,000 in deductibles. This year should be a little more in premiums and hopefully, just $7500 in deductibles. (Wife was treated for cancer last year and had reconstructive surgery this year. I had a routine colonoscopy for the higher expense that I won't need again for a few years. )

My insurance is probably better than most since my employer is huge.

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