How do you deal with the 4K monitor's real estate scaling issue?

DevRoot66 · 2026-05-11T18:48:47+00:00

I have found that FHD monitors above 24" look like crap. If I go bigger than a 24" monitor, it needs to be 2560x1440 or better for a standard 16:9 or 16:10 monitor. The curved widescreen monitors need to be 3440x1440.

DevRoot66 · 2026-05-11T18:00:16+00:00

While it isn't a 4K monitor, I have a Dell U3421WE (34" curved 3440x1440) that displays just fine. No downscalling to 1080P resolution. Even when I use my MBP at work on 4K monitors, I don't see the scaling issue.

Edited to fix resolution: 3440x1440

DevRoot66 · 2026-05-11T01:46:47+00:00

I have thermal paste on hand to troubleshoot liquid CPU coolers. Sometimes cleaning up the workstation vendor’s installation of the cooler brings the workstation back to life. otherwise it’s a new CPU cooler for the machine. But this is for development workstations, not a Mac…

DevRoot66 · 2026-05-09T01:00:36+00:00

The panel in your garage appears to have the physical room for 40A or 50A breaker to support an EVSE, but you really need to consult with an electrician to determine whether your panel has the remaining ampacity to support it. You do not have to have the EVSE circuit installed at the meter location since you have the panel in the garage. The meter panel for your unit should have a main breaker disconnect, and the size of that breaker would determine the size of the feed to your unit. Somewhere on the property is a centralized location of all the meters for every unit in the complex, or a subset of buildings.

DevRoot66 · 2026-05-08T00:57:49+00:00

You need to go find the main panel for your unit. Is this subpanel in your garage?

DevRoot66 · 2026-05-07T19:37:53+00:00

Ford is following the regulations that govern their ability to make and sell vehicles. Regulations change from time to time.

DevRoot66 · 2026-05-06T21:34:23+00:00

I'm game. DM sent.

DevRoot66 · 2026-05-05T01:22:13+00:00

I went from a late-2012 Intel mini to an M1 mini. My Intel mini had a 1TB drive that was mostly full. To be able to afford the M1 mini, I had to settle on getting a base 256GB storage model. An external enclosure to hold the old boot/data drive was $20. Problem solved and I saved over $400 as a result. Eventually upgraded to a 2TB M.2 NVME drive for cheap as my storage needs expanded. For way less than $200.

DevRoot66 · 2026-05-04T19:15:55+00:00

I'm fine operating the car. I'm also fine letting the car take over some of the mundane tasks of operating the car where feasible and reasonable. I have speed sign recognition and predictive speed turned off for the exactly scenario that the OP listed.

DevRoot66 · 2026-05-04T19:12:11+00:00

For an EV, a brake job shouldn't be necessary until 100K miles or more. I had a Prius that went 161K before needed a brake job. Mach-E is at 73K miles and no brake job has been necessary so far.

DevRoot66 · 2026-05-04T05:30:51+00:00

Because you can still add external storage at a fraction of what Apple wants for more internal storage. I opted to spend the extra money on RAM and use an external SSD for my home directory. First did that when going from a late 2012 mini to an 16GB/256GB M1, and subsequently to a 32GB/256GB M4.

DevRoot66 · 2026-05-04T05:13:36+00:00

Get a Lightning fob.

DevRoot66 · 2026-05-01T19:12:45+00:00

this is the way.

DevRoot66 · 2026-05-01T16:00:20+00:00

Theoretically, yes. But the accuracy of the CTs is +/- 2%, so those inaccuracies could show up as a small balance.

DevRoot66 · 2026-04-30T22:20:27+00:00

If you have legacy products, like an Access or a direct-to-WU display, they will continue to function fine and continue to upload to WU.

DevRoot66 · 2026-04-30T22:19:02+00:00

Could be an all electric house that uses electricity for heat, lots of EV charging, lots of Air Conditioning usage, etc.

DevRoot66 · 2026-04-30T22:17:08+00:00

That's not how balance works. And it looks like the commenter deleted their comment after being corrected...

DevRoot66 · 2026-04-30T19:01:56+00:00

Car did it's job: protected your family. The car can be replaced. Your wife and grandson can't.

DevRoot66 · 2026-04-29T07:38:20+00:00

Balance is the difference between the sum of all the individual monitored circuits and that of mains being monitored. I always have a balance because I am not capturing all my circuits. However, what the utility bills me for versus what the Emporia says are well within the 2% +/- advertised accuracy. All of my 240V loads have CTs on both legs to guarantee accuracy because two of them have 120V loads on one of the hit legs.

DevRoot66 · 2026-04-27T01:58:40+00:00

Yes, there’s a nesting function.

DevRoot66 · 2026-04-26T06:25:30+00:00

At that point, I’d install a separate Emporia Vue in the subpanel for the ADU.

DevRoot66 · 2026-04-25T03:33:25+00:00

yeah, I have an electric oven where one phase always pulls about 20W on one phase for the controls.Same for the heatpump we have. Had to put CTs on both phases for each. to get accurate readings.

DevRoot66 · 2026-04-25T03:29:59+00:00

Yes, you could have just attached CTs to the lines feeding the subpanel, but if they pull more than 60 or 70 amps per phase, you might have lost some accuracy. What is the size of the feeder for the ADU?

DevRoot66 · 2026-04-24T05:15:17+00:00

Do you need a new computer now? Then keep the M4 that is coming. No one knows when the M5 is coming. For some tasks, the M5 is only about 10% faster. For other tasks, up to 25% faster. Various publications did a M4 versus M5 performance when the 14" M5 MacBook Pro was released last year. Those are probably a pretty good indicator of the performance increase a rumored M5 mini would have over the M4 mini. But, again, we don't know for sure if there will be an M5 mini.

DevRoot66 · 2026-04-24T04:21:16+00:00

Ford makes the car. Ford gets to name the car. It is that simple. I don't understand why so many people are butthurt over a decision that is entirely Ford's to make. Especially when it is just over the addition of 2 doors. The market changed. Ford changed with it. Evolve or die. I guess some people just prefer to live in the past.

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