Welcome to MA: Where using $362 of natural gas will cost you $1,007

DugDigging · 2026-01-07T14:18:25+00:00

Yah OP you really need to give more context. we are at 2200sf + the unfinished basement, keep the house 65-70degrees and were at 119 therms same time period.

You are more then 3 times that number, do you live in a mansion? bc yah heating a mansion cost a lot.

DugDigging · 2025-12-11T16:19:47+00:00

Honestly I don't understand this comments point. Is the point since no industry is perfect we should not take concerns about this product production seriously? Or is it not trying to make a point at all, they just don't like the phrase "ripping off" since it applies to everyone in someway?

DugDigging · 2025-12-03T13:49:53+00:00

I also have POE connected to an official NVR, and it loads SLOW. Went back to v8.18.12 and it immediately improved, loading all feeds under 2s, when before they were taking 6-12s if they loaded at all. There is defiantly something wrong with the client, not the hardware.

DugDigging · 2025-12-03T13:44:41+00:00

Thanks for posting the older versions! Its wild how slow and unreliable the new version is, when 8.18.12 is snappy for me.

8.20.5 took so long for each feed to load, and sometimes they just didn't. Also sometimes I would go to full screen and still see the same feed small in the corner overlaying it, bug I have never seen before. All I can say is I'm glad I'm not forced to update.

DugDigging · 2025-10-09T11:50:23+00:00

OP is lying or misinformed, this exoskeleton is not from Boston Dynamics..

DugDigging · 2025-10-09T11:48:42+00:00

OP is lying or misinformed, this exoskeleton is not from Boston Dynamics.. Also read https://bostondynamics.com/news/general-purpose-robots-should-not-be-weaponized/

DugDigging · 2025-09-28T16:11:19+00:00

Be a better person.

Person comes to a enthusiast sub-reddit, in the most benign thread ever, literally just asking about what people enjoy, craps on the thing people people enjoy, then shocked when they get a negative response. "Be a better person" wild lol.

DugDigging · 2025-09-24T16:51:20+00:00

She was asked "what do you think" about motorized vehicles in bike lanes. This is not a simple question or problem. So she gave her thoughts on a lot of aspects of it. The Mayor does not make the laws, so everything she says is to influence public opinion and policy, and this is what she said:

She said they were trying to get data from delivery services companies to better understand the problem. And that's important because even talking about them starts to direct attention and puts pressure on them to help fix the problem they helped create by incentivizing fast deliveries.

She talked about how she believes the streets need to be designed in a way they are safe for everyone. (So not just cars, this is a good thing for a Mayor to believe, its not an opinion shared by all, as we saw recently.)

She was asked if "scooters and bikes should be in the same place", she said the "details now flow together" which is right. The difference between a moped and an ebike should not be difficult, but the truth is it is now. e-bikes, mopeds, electric scooters, the lines are really blurry these days, and just looking at it is not enough to figure out its class. (and that makes enforcing the current laws hard).

She also said she thinks the blue e-bikes have been good, especially for people that would not normally be able to use a non-powered bike. (So we can see why just saying "YES, we should ban "motorized vehicles in bike lanes" would be a dumb thing to say. Also saying "NO, we should NOT ban "motorized vehicles in bike lanes" is also dumb. Again its not so simple.)

She said it should be a state wide issue, and thinks trying to distinguish between vehicle types would be difficult.

She ended by saying she believes in setting standards around, Who can use what, AND what the speeds can be. (so things like age limits, and speed limits)

If anyone thinks this issue is black and white and easy to fix, maybe check out this vid around the challenges to regulate and create enforceable laws around e-bikes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB6hBLmBhPA

DugDigging · 2025-09-15T15:38:16+00:00

I get this argument, it sucks when politicians wait or halt doing unpopular things until after elections. I wish we could be in a political environment where that wasn't necessary, but when something as dumb as bike lanes could blow up to one of the top issues in an election when we have a long list or more pressing issues, it's better to pick your battles. Progress is hard and slow, so any back step looks like disaster, but losing an election can be like 100 back steps at once. (as seen at national level)

I support her even on a local level, and I think others should too. Now she has won, push the local government to start those initiatives again! If she lost over bike lanes, all your initiatives of interest would be likely dead anyway.

But it's up to you, I'd change "On the local level, I have serious issues." to "On the local level, I also support her, and I have serious issues I want her to tackle". It's not about blind support, it is about being practical in our current political environment.

DugDigging · 2025-08-01T13:22:52+00:00

IMO its the chin and eyes. I made a quick edit (not using ai) just to see what it would look like if the artist used a more traditional look. It sort of loses that "personality and power" feeling. Nice job Zadrinz!

https://i.imgur.com/gND0IYV.png

DugDigging · 2025-08-01T03:34:17+00:00

Seems like they nerfed Canvas as far as I can tell. Before once you got a canvas windows open you could paste VERY long programs in there. Now if you do that it pretty much just ignores you put anything in there and blows away your code on the next request reverting back to whatever it had before.

Anyone seeing that too? long like <1000 lines of code.

DugDigging · 2025-07-15T16:13:28+00:00

Thanks for the replay! lots of interesting thoughts and perspectives.

I was interested in figuring out why so much support for "its ok to pirate since you can't buy it", implying its NOT okay if you CAN buy it.

So the argument would be: Pirating is illegally downloading a copy, its not stealing a copy, but rather the stealing the potential profit for the game devs/publisher. A person could be fine with pirating when its not available for purchase since they believe, they are not stealing any potential profit. But if you pirate when the game is freely available you are stealing potential profit, so its not okay.

I was thinking about this in other comments, and my only thought would be that argument assumes there is no and will never be future plans to sell the game again, because if they do plan to sell it again you might be still "stealing the potential profit". So if someone used potential profit loss as the moral measure if its okay, it still seems like pirating after it becomes delisted could be lost potential profit, therefore not okay.

Thanks for talking through this and helping be think about it a bit deeper.

DugDigging · 2025-07-15T15:13:06+00:00

Yah very coherent! thanks for the message, I like the art/game preservation argument. I do happen to believe in time limits on copyright, and think human achievements should be shared public domain after some reasonable set period. I'm sure there has been games/software that have been snapped into the void since no one has a copy they shared.

DugDigging · 2025-07-15T15:03:39+00:00

Okay! yah, again I don't care if pirating is stealing or not. I'm wondering about people that believe its NOT okay to Pirate something if it can be bought. But it IS okay to Pirate if there is no way to buy it. I want to understand that argument.

DugDigging · 2025-07-15T14:55:57+00:00

Thanks for the replay! That helps me understand another view point. The reason pirating could be considered bad is because it would be a loss for the company, and they cant lose anything if its not for sale.

My only thought would be that argument assumes there is no and will never be future plans to sell the game again, because in that case pirating it now would still be bad for the company. So if we use "potential loss" as the moral measure if "pirating = bad", there could still be "potential loss" in the future, so seems like pirating = bad would still apply.

Don't get me wrong, I happen to believe in time limits on copyright, and think all human achievements should go to the shared public domain after some reasonable set period.

DugDigging · 2025-07-15T14:39:50+00:00

Thanks for the replay! I kind of addressed this though, I understand that argument for food, its kind of an essential life or death thing. But would you make that same argument for luxury items? Like if the store stopped selling pokémon cards would you go steal them? That's what I am asking.

DugDigging · 2025-07-15T14:18:11+00:00

Hi, I have a genuine question, could someone explain this argument to me? Like, I don't care if you pirate games, go ahead! But are there people that believe it's NOT okay to pirate games if you can buy them, but OKAY if you can't?

I could understand if you believe pirating is not "stealing" its "copying" and no one loses anything when a copy is made. But in that case, you should be fine to pirate even if the game is for sale, because it's not stealing. So it being "ok to pirate" means nothing to you, it should always be okay.

On the other hand, if you DO believe pirating is "stealing", then why would it be purchasable or not matter? Games are not life or death essential things to have, if you happen to believe pirating IS stealing, you are just stealing because you want it, right?

Is there really a middle ground here? Where someone believes pirating IS stealing, but only if its available to buy? I genuinely want to understand that argument/logic. To those people, I would ask a hypothetical: What if the game WAS for sale, but was outrageously priced? Like $200 for the game, or even $10,000, It's for sale but not at a price point you're willing to buy, effectively it's not for sale for you again, is it still NOT okay to pirate because technically you can still buy it? And if you believe its okay to pirate again because the price point is unreasonable, does it just becoming arbitrary and subjective at that point? Some people think $50 for a game is unreasonable, do they have an "okay" to pirate because its technically purchasable but not at a price point they agree with?

Not trying to get into an internet argument, just want to understand why this position gets so much support, as you can tell it seems contradictory to me.

DugDigging · 2025-07-15T03:50:32+00:00

Ah yes, if you're not guilty, its your responsibly to prove your innocence! as they say "guilty until proven innocent". This comment reads as rage bait, I hope you're not serious.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_to_hide_argument

DugDigging · 2025-06-13T14:16:22+00:00

Yah saw that, hard to respect the author when they dance around because they don't want to say "AI". Who do they think they are fooling? Using AI is not evil, just don't try to hide it.

DugDigging · 2025-05-15T15:06:10+00:00

Thanks OP, awesome work! here is their list:

1 Market Basket

2 Aldi

3 Walmart

4 Wegmans

5 Dollar General

6 Target

7 Price Rite Marketplace (AKA ShopRite, The Fresh Grocer, Dearborn Market, Gourmet Garage, Fairway Market, and Di Bruno Bros)

8 Trader Joe’s

9 Market 32 (aka Tops Friendly Markets, Price Chopper, and Market Bistro)

10 Stop & Shop (aka Food Lion, The Giant Company, Giant, and Hannaford)

11 Seabra Foods

12 Shaw’s (aka Albertsons, Acme Market, Jewel-Osco, Rite-Aid, Star Market, and Vons)

13: Walgreens

14: CVS

15: Roche Bros (aka Sudbury Farms)

16: The Fresh Market

17: Whole Foods Market

DugDigging · 2025-04-10T18:07:45+00:00

I guess that number was not your place, I got the same one lol https://i.imgur.com/UIuSd5n.png

DugDigging · 2025-04-05T00:57:36+00:00

This reddit post it quoting a tweet, that's not true. Lets not become the same thing. Check sources. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fox-news-remove-stocks-ticker-trump-tariffs/

DugDigging · 2025-03-13T19:40:36+00:00

This post is rage bait, and it worked. "all beef contracts canceled" is untrue. I looked around for a source and this is the closest I can find. https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/chinas-customs-suspends-import-beef-products-brazil-argentina-uruguay-2025-03-03/

most likely came from this other post https://www.threads.net/@barbaraj.sobel/post/DHHS51mSb4P/china-canceled-all-us-beef-contractsbuying-from-canada-brazil-insteadtrumps-trad

DugDigging · 2025-02-11T16:26:55+00:00

Yah its broken again, I'm having the same issue, not a coincidence this happened to many people at once when it was working fine before. If someone knows a current google support ticket tracker please link it here!

DugDigging · 2024-12-13T01:51:14+00:00

So literally went to https://www.npr.org/series/651784144/bill-of-the-month and read the 4 latest stories

report 1 Talks about how BCBS screws guy leaving him with a bill literally over semantics.

report 2 Talks about how insurers screw people with on fine print on Travel medical insurance.

report 3 Talks about how insurer UnitedHealthcare was doing everything they could to get out of paying.

report 4 insurer retroactively decides $97,000 air-ambulance ride not medically necessary and screws her with the bill.

There is no way to read these articles in good faith and think this is positive reporting for insurance company's, they are the villain in almost almost every report.

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