jhenkens

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by jhenkens 1y ago
Or, if we are getting fancy, 240V/20A, which can be run with just a single 12/2 Romex, provides around 3x the "range" per hour, since there is some fixed overhead losses to heat the battery pack, turn electronics on, etc
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by jhenkens 2y ago
I agree on modern Mac's being difficult to repair. I also will say that back a decade or two ago, it was likely you'd need to repair your computer after four years. Now, a four year old Macbook Air still feels brand new to me.
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by jhenkens 2y ago
Thanks! Yeah, we have a local ISP that has laid fiber in other communities where they could get grants (namely native communities), but they are only doing WISP in our community right now, and it won't service about half the homes here
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by jhenkens 2y ago
Any more context on this? We've got copper AT&T DSL as our only option, besides Starlink. Have been trying to work with the county, look for grants, etc to present to a local ISP who's mentioned interest.
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by jhenkens 2y ago
I would love a semi-automated way to generate a power-profile for ESP-Home. Find a smart room heater with 3 levels perhaps, and use home assistant to gather values at "Off", "1/3", "2/3", "3&#x2F
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by jhenkens 3y ago
I'd guess same as across states in the US, registration?
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by jhenkens 3y ago
Would be great if the US could have something like the Multimac https://www.multimac.com/home
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by jhenkens 3y ago
Thanks, I never knew why. All I knew is whenever I need a buck converter in my DIY, novice PCBs, I just toss in an off-the-shelf preassembled one, with a small LDO on my actual PCB to drop the last bit and smooth it out.
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by jhenkens 3y ago
The heat has to come from the input power though. If I'm pumping 5W at 12V, or 5W at 20V into the device, with it idling, presumably the output from the devices voltage regulator circuit is the same voltage, and the downstream componen
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by jhenkens 3y ago
If the total power consumption at the supply is the same or lower, how is the voltage regulation circuitry generating more heat?
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by jhenkens 3y ago
Yeah - I think that is one of the critical pieces in his setup. He can have a (relatively) modest amount of batteries, and cycle through them as he's using all his tools one by one. In a big crew, where each stop every tool is being us
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by jhenkens 3y ago
I grew up in California, where rain was less of an issue and most landscapers I saw used open-bed pickups with all their tools. I'm currently in Oregon, most landscapers use box trailers to house everything here, which I think might be
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by jhenkens 3y ago
Last I checked my mother's bill in the SF-Bay, her price for each, transmission and generation, was higher than my total delivered price in Oregon.
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by jhenkens 4y ago
I don't think I've relied on the app store search for anything except exact matches in half a decade. The greatest feature of the app store is that it handles app links. I just use search engines to discover apps then click the li
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by jhenkens 4y ago
Different generation - my first build was an Athlon 64, and my only AMD build to date (of maybe 5 or 6 machines over 20 years). Loved the struggle of being x64 when it was still so new to consumers.
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by jhenkens 4y ago
With every USB-C and/or TB hub/dock that I've ever used (including a Kensington SD5200T), I'd have periodic drop outs of my Plantronics wireless headset's connection. Directly connected to the laptop, never a proble
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by jhenkens 4y ago
This reminds me of my number one response when "friends" come to me with startup ideas. Your company is another company's feature. As in, you are trying to build a business, on something that is an afterthought, tiny feature
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by jhenkens 4y ago
Their pronouns are they/their, however it's a long time friend, and a new change to me. I'm trying, but make mistakes.
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by jhenkens 4y ago
I've been lazier - I've just been buying ~$120 "Minisforum" PC's (4 now, for various people I've set them up for). They work great, but their CPU performance compared to the i5-6500T leaves a lot to be desired
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by jhenkens 4y ago
I'm sure at a certain stage it is prototype, in secured buildings. But I have a friend who works at Apple full time remote (for a dozen years now) who routinely gets unreleased hardware at home to work on the software changes for. They
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by jhenkens 4y ago
Alternatively, use it to warm up the cold water coming into the shower (I'd guess the largest usage of hot water in a home). Warmer "cold" water mixing with the hot water means less hot water used out of the hot water heater.
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by jhenkens 4y ago
Thankfully, you are wrong about that! Just like you don't need a cooler source _from which to source cold_ in the summer with AC. Technology Connections has a fun (well, to me) video on how heat pumps work and are great. Literally just
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by jhenkens 4y ago
Never thought of liquid soap as being less cleaning due to soap scum. Interesting. I used Dr Bronners Peppermint for scalp-to-toes cleansing for nearly a decade, but switched to bar soap around the start of the pandemic when I moved to some
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by jhenkens 5y ago
Yeah - it's infuriating. I think you meant to be 240/yr for services, plus 35/mo for data, but the point still stands. Keyfob remote start should not be gated on cell-related packages. Additionally, $8/mo should cover re
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by jhenkens 5y ago
I'm there with you 100%. I just took a break after 6 years of consecutive employment. Apparently I did well at my job - remained an IC, but was given more recognition via titles and more and more cross-org design meetings. But now afte
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by jhenkens 5y ago
Don't forget all the pump attendants in the (two?) states where you can't pump your own gas!
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by jhenkens 5y ago
Seems so much effort was spent on the lighting of a sign. Put it on a smart switch with a spare USB power adapter - I'm sure the author has a dozen - and control it via rest, MQTT, HomeAssistant, anything. Pros: Not physically tied to
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by jhenkens 5y ago
First thing I thought of. I believe the trade off was getting a warranty extension on the engine/emmissions system.
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by jhenkens 6y ago
I forsee a new alias in my .bashrc
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by jhenkens 6y ago
2nd price auctions have been dead for 2+ years due to header bidding. For anything in which Google has to compete against other SSPs or DSPs, I'd imagine it is the same. If Google owns the content, such that they are the single party S

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