NotAnArdvark

One thing that makes me wary is that this electric supplementary heating is needed at exactly the same time the grid is under the most stress. Plus, as we all get heat pumps, we're all going to need that extra electricity at the same time.

If you already have a gas furnace, the case could be made to keep that as your backup. But that doesn't seem ideal. It's something to maintain, made worse by the fact it will be so infrequently used. Plus, you can never hope to get rid of your gas line/company.

It makes me think ground source heating is the obvious answer, but, the cost...

Wow - so you're saying not until around -25 to -30 does supplementary heat kick in? Is there cool air being blown out your vents 24/7 around that temperature?

I don't know if this is related, but occasionally I get some new insurance quotes just to make sure I'm not missing out on any deals, and this year I'm being asked for all sorts of details I've never been asked before. I've been asked for pictures inside and out, documentation from the county, information about my pets, specifics about my roof material, letters from past insurers.

I've been with three different insurance companies in the past and it was always just basics like square footage, distance to fire hall. I get the feeling these companies don't really want my business, but they also don't want to tell me no, so they just send me on irritating errands to get strange info for them.

Here's a little script I've put in my $PATH, called memsum:

#!/usr/bin/bash
/usr/bin/ps -eo rss,command --sort -rss | egrep $1 | awk '{ hr=$1/1024 ; sum +=hr} END {print sum}'

Now you can go: memsum firefox or memsum whatever and see that, actually, apps use a ridiculous amount of memory these days.

I can get Firefox up to 8GB by using things like Office 365.

Why are people down voting news stories about things they disagree with? This is objectively an event that has happened regarding an influential person and a serious armed conflict.

This post is at -2 right now. Is this story posted in the wrong group? Fake? Sensationalized?

We can't just "vote away" world events.

I think most people waaay under estimate the risk of reusing passwords. I don't know if that's what happened here, but in the security incidents I've seen there will often be the initial "No, I only use this password for banking!" and then "well... it's just for my important accounts." I've also seen the misconception that a complex password means it's ok to reuse it.

The other thing I've seen is people just mashing "agree," "ok, "yes," or any kind of prompt. This probably isn't what happened here, but with device-based 2FA, like when Google sends you an "Allow device?" message, it's pretty easy for someone to just mash "Allow" so they can get back to whatever it was they're doing.

I don't want to come off as victim-blaming, or as overly sympathetic to a big bank, but at some point I think it's fair to expect individuals to have their own shit in order. I think a reasonable step towards this is that consumers should start demanding safer devices and software.

Sublime?! What packages are you running with that?

Oooh, don't do the Pinebook Pro. I think anything Pine64 isn't unsuitable for a non-tinkerer to be using. Also, if there's DRM content involved (unsure on Hulu), you'll probably want to stick with an x86 CPU.

Agreed on the latency issues. I tested SMB and NFS once and found them to be pretty much the same in that regard.

I'm interested to test iSCSI, as for some reason I think it might be better designed for latency.

I've found that Dolphin, at least, is much slower with network mounts than a CLI-based "mount".

Are you leaving behind the dotfiles because you don't want to bring over any of your old configuration?

For whatever it's worth, you can remove Snap support from your Ubuntu system. If you want more current software, AppImage and Flatpaks are good for that.

If it's the Kirkland dog food, I think that's actually really good dog food. So, no worries there.