schmookeeg

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   by schmookeeg 3d ago

   This comment thread has made me and my LanTronix Spider feel super old. :D
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   by schmookeeg 6d ago

   Somewhere, deep in a storage tote, a UW SCSI cable I paid 50 bucks for at Fry's shows a glimmer of hope.
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   by schmookeeg 7d ago

   We have owned two. Trouble-free EV and trouble-free motor. The over-engineered little electrical actuators (for trunk, for gas-door opener) were our maintenance costs. The US only offers a single, dreadful tire in the correct size (Bridgest
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   by schmookeeg 8d ago

   Because mayonnaise can never be load bearing?
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   by schmookeeg 10d ago

   My EQS has carplay and android auto, and I am a staunch google maps user. That said, I use the MBUX mapping most of the time. It does a good job -- and not just long drives where I need the EV charger logic -- day to day, it's plenty
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   by schmookeeg 15d ago

   I don't see the blast. The endless non-job-related spam from "who wants to be hired?" posts is real, though, and actually creepy IMO. Looking at you today, pivotpaper.us
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   by schmookeeg 19d ago

   Apparently I am not on reddit enough, since I have no idea what a snowclone is. I also enjoy Seinfeld and I have never 'got' McSweeneys. I just assumed I was a philistine to that brand of... comedy. :)
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   by schmookeeg 19d ago

   My gh actions were straightforward and moved to forgejo runners with zero drama.
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   by schmookeeg 21d ago

   can we not?
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    by schmookeeg 21d ago

    I can't tell if I've just been in the bay area too long or what, but honestly, funerals could stand to be disrupted :) They could be better. RIP Tim.
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    by schmookeeg 2mo ago

    Really? when you hear "steam" you think "the pioneers in exposing underage kids to gambling" ? I can't even picture gaben with a wispy moustache to twist evilly. I think that would look ridiculous on him. :) Your &q
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    by schmookeeg 2mo ago

    As a Joe Piston, the starlink pricing constant-whipsaw has been really annoying. I love the tech. It's truly game-changing. And there is no competitor right now. I bought my mini dish for $400 or so. I've paid $250/mo, $65&#x
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    by schmookeeg 2mo ago

    This title could have stopped at the fourth word.
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    by schmookeeg 2mo ago

    That Eggenfellner dude on zuckbook has been spamming a continuous stream of his dream twin highwing and it looks nice. I hate his spam but love his mockups, I want it to be more than a paper airplane so badly. :)
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    by schmookeeg 2mo ago

    :) Baron. some 300hp effective little turbines with non-ridiculous fuel burn would be a "shut up and take my money" moment for me.
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    by schmookeeg 2mo ago

    Calling my airplane a MAGA airplane is a good way to get my wife to argue for a boat instead. :)
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    by schmookeeg 2mo ago

    I actually hope the turbotech holds up under actual use. I'd love to toss my IO-550Cs for Jet-A.
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    by schmookeeg 2mo ago

    This is my experience too. In our auto claim, the dealership expressed relief that we had "US PayPay" for our insurer. No (or less) nickel and diming apparently and smooth payment.
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    by schmookeeg 2mo ago

    I have had VASTLY better free health coverage (OHP, Portland OR via Providence) than the current Kaiser dreck I and employer pay significant sums for. Healthcare is not a flex, and it my experiences on the west coast, it's an inverse c
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    by schmookeeg 2mo ago

    I share your take, but I think from the other side of the coin -- I am frequently finding interesting topics [flagged] by the time I click through, and it's mildly infuriating.
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    by schmookeeg 2mo ago

    I feel like I have mourned the death of MSPub at least once before.
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    by schmookeeg 2mo ago

    I've noticed myself and several colleagues have all taken to making little SaaS's for sport -- I'm not sure WHY we've all done that, but it's totally a thing. Maybe if there was a monthly "Show us your (project
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    by schmookeeg 2mo ago

    I feel seen. Straight to the "stuff to read later" bookmark pile/mausoleum :)
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    by schmookeeg 3mo ago

    I am fully expecting the rollout of a Max 350 plan after July 7.
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    by schmookeeg 3mo ago

    Iunno, I feel like being born in a first world country did most of that "top 0.1% of the world" work. That sentence works the same with and without AI/LLMs. Among peers, I feel like I am top 20%? 30%? maybe, by being a good p
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    by schmookeeg 3mo ago

    I can't use my Claude Code or GPT subscriptions for API access. I don't want monthly subs to infrequently used models that I sometimes tap into. ...pretty much that's it. My 10 bucks at OpenRouter has lasted me several months
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    by schmookeeg 3mo ago

    Your username is painfully not checking out here. :P
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    by schmookeeg 3mo ago

    There are more responses to "hard to schedule, hard to afford" than "defer everything possible" You can fly something smaller and more inline with your budget You can share the plane with partners You can get a motorcycl
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    by schmookeeg 3mo ago

    You'll want the McSpadden report (formerly the Nall report) here [1] Pay attention to the accidents per 100,000 hours in commercial vs non-commercial fixed wing. Commercial is about 10-40x safer. [1] https://www.aopa.org&#x2
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    by schmookeeg 3mo ago

    A "bad error" in a minivan does this too. The "bad error" in the plane would be flying into a thunderstorm. I equate this gobsmackingly bad judgement with driving a minivan off of a cliff.