csteubs

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by csteubs 7mo ago
VMI has a number of cannonballs embedded in the turrets on the backside of Old Barracks as well. They're more placeholders now than anything, but were left in situ after General Hunter shelled and burned the then-arsenal during the 186
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by csteubs 1y ago
Just a head's up, I'm getting a 404 on the link to the relay docs ( https://www.iroh.computer/docs/layers/connections ) when attempting to click through.
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by csteubs 2y ago
Very cool. I was surprised to see the 40W-60W equivalent value; that's much better than I would have guessed, but makes sense based on the Philippine's equatorial location. Kind of like a modern-day deck prism. https://
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by csteubs 2y ago
Not OP, but I use solar and H8-size AGM batteries as primary with a backup diesel generator that I've converted to run on wood gas (and occasionally coal gas). Added a triple stage water filter to the gasifier last year to keep the tar
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by csteubs 3y ago
Completely rational. It makes sense that an area with a highest concentration of defense/government contractors would see a ton of ads geared towards the procurement folks. I grew up in the beltway and interned with some bigger defense
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by csteubs 3y ago
Extremely accurate. L3Harris pumped so much ad money into the walkways at Dulles I'm surprised they don't have naming rights to a terminal. There was a time not too long ago where you couldn't listen to WTOP without hearing M
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by csteubs 3y ago
I grew up in northern Virginia and very fondly remember going to Dulles with my dad as a kid to watch the Concorde take off for the last time. That this is the engine off the same plane I saw 20 years ago is really cool. Our old house was d
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by csteubs 3y ago
I install replacements for friends and their referrals who've had them stolen; it's a serious and unfortunately common problem in LA. Roughly 80% are off of Priuses (Prii?) and most local Toyota dealerships are backordered for mon
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by csteubs 3y ago
I'm not sure what aspect of this conversation is "low intelligence", but automotive technician salary data doesn't often match reality where techs can (and often do) make close to double their "official" salary
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by csteubs 3y ago
I hope their Trust & Security team has a roadmap that prioritizes topic and thread-jacking. The advent of GPT and their recent changes to creator compensation has created a massive drive for engagement by any means; the results are fair
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by csteubs 3y ago
This guy was undoubtedly the kid who reminded the teacher to assign homework.
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by csteubs 3y ago
New cylinders can get a little pricey but used bottles can be found dime-a-dozen on Craigslist/FB Marketplace/etc. Just need to know how to properly inspect a tank. Gas supply stores can get really particular about BYOBottle bec
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The 2007 Boston Mooninite Panic(youtube.com)
3 points by csteubs 3y ago|3 comments
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by csteubs 3y ago
Having to handle lead for a practically unretrievable amount of gold would (I hope) be enough of a deterrent for the vast majority of "citizen scrappers". Worst case, I think a Pb/Au scrap grey-market would look something lik
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by csteubs 3y ago
I used Grav for my CS capstone back in 2016. One of the requirements was to create and host a web page with project details, abstract, etc. I completely forgot about that portion until 2 days before the deadline, and I stumbled on Grav whil
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by csteubs 3y ago
Not OP but I rent and have to use my deck for solar. I only have 2 x 100W panels that sit on the ground, and that feeds a 135Ah AGM battery in a box. The box has a 500W inverter on top connected to the battery and powers a mini fridge, deck
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by csteubs 3y ago
https://imgur.com/a/VNnPxkB
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by csteubs 3y ago
Pictures for those interested: https://imgur.com/a/VNnPxkB
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by csteubs 3y ago
The orange creek bed stands out vividly against the background and reflects light extremely well compared to the shale. It doesn't glow per se, but it gives that impression. I uploaded a few pictures if you're interested: https:&
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by csteubs 3y ago
Centralia has long been a bit of personal obsession of mine, so I had to double take seeing it on HN. I travel between northern Virginia and the Poconos fairly often and always hop off 81 to drive through Centralia whenever I have the chanc
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by csteubs 4y ago
This. Better to pull the parachute than wait for the federal retrorockets.
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by csteubs 4y ago
Weird indeed. Blank buttons in base model vehicles are at least user-accessible as opposed to a camera module behind glass. Any time I add an accessory, the button fascia gets popped out and a rocker switch put in. Perhaps the dummy camera
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by csteubs 4y ago
Absolutely this. I stood up a negative test suite for continuous DB queries late in 2020 and it's caught many potential show stopper integration issues since; about 45% more YoY than pre-suite. Took about a week of duplicating happy pa
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by csteubs 4y ago
The new Defenders are awesome. I got to borrow one for the day from a buddy in Colorado and it was the ideal vehicle for the terrain. My only qualm was that the turbo lag felt pretty significant but it scoots once it's all spooled up.
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by csteubs 4y ago
I'm working through similar gamification of map update questions right now, specifically with aerial imaging. We're trying to crowdsource aerial imagery using (for now) passengers in window seats, so the most obvious solution was
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by csteubs 4y ago
Liner.ai and Lobe.ai are both solid GUI-based platforms that run well on desktops. Your hardware will of course play a role in training speed, but it still runs well (albeit a bit slow) on an 2014-era HP tower I use for Windows. Heads up th
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by csteubs 4y ago
Surprisingly well, actually. The traction material I removed from my 24-year-old ski was some sort of neoprene-like foam rubber and worked fine despite being original equipment. Each individual astroturf blade has less grip compared to the
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by csteubs 4y ago
Another commenter mentioned Topaz AI upscaling, and Pixelmator has the "ML Super Resolution" feature; both work remarkably well IMO. There are a number of drop-in and system default resolution enhancement processes that work in a
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by csteubs 4y ago
My first prototype was for my own ('98 Kawasaki STX900) so I just asked if anyone was interested buying a set in a Kawasaki forum I frequented heavily. When custom orders started coming in I just asked for a picture of their current fo
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by csteubs 4y ago
I started making jet ski tread mats out of astro turf in my garage last year. Dead simple to cut, margin is super high ($60 for a standard set of three on ~$8 worth of material), and time spent per unit from roll to package is something lik

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