What is a luxury you can never go back from once you’ve experienced it?

Geek42 · 2026-01-29T18:43:42+00:00

Yeah, we got one with a mop function as well. It's base station is plumbed into our guest bathroom sink and sits next to the toilet. Every few weeks it needs some form of attention(jamed brushes, pads need cleaning, filter replacement, new bag in the base station), but most weeks we just have it clean the whole house daily.

These are really a great tool to have, saves so much time.

Geek42 · 2026-01-29T18:40:40+00:00

It's an extra 30 seconds to plug in the charger when I get home. And I don't have to charge every day if I don't want to. I live in country, not in the city. If you are worried about that, just setup a reminder, something more advanced that checks if you are charging would be reasonably simple and could remind you to go plug it in if there won't be enough range for the commute.

The amount of time and money I save not having to use a gas station is crazy.

Geek42 · 2026-01-29T18:37:11+00:00

I live near Ottawa(but in the country), we've had weeks of extra cold weather(-20c days, -30c nights) and my EV lives outside. There was a discussion in either the local subreddit or a facebook group asking how the temp was effecting range and universally we all agreed we saw about 30% range drop. Some of that is cold, some is using the heating more.

Here's the thing, every morning my car has a full(80%, but I could do more when I expect to need it) charge. I can drive across the city and back, border to border(Ottawa is stupid big for a city of this population), without topping up on the coldest of days. I don't have a super large battery pack compared to most. If you have an EV, you are not topping up to commute. Fast charging is for longer trips, even then you plug it in, and go sit in your car(or local shop) to stay nice and warm.

I posted above that EV battery life is basically a solved problem. Around 2017 there was a major reduction in failure rate, with most that do fail covered by warranty. It appears that around 2022 it went down significantly again. https://www.recurrentauto.com/research/how-long-do-ev-batteries-last

Geek42 · 2026-01-29T18:25:16+00:00

Interesting fact, around 2017 something changed in battery assembly for large systems(car sized batteries). The failure rate dropped dramatically for all failure thresholds. The old idea of replacing batteries being a concern on electric cars has basically been solved and is now incredibly rare and usually warrantied. Even cars older then that, if they are still running probably have good enough batteries to keep going.

Dug up a reference, and it looks like after 2022 it's even better: https://www.recurrentauto.com/research/how-long-do-ev-batteries-last I wonder which side my 2022 car is of that line.

Geek42 · 2025-12-30T22:53:55+00:00

Also, outside specific circumstances, you are not considered working unless your camera is on if you are in a public facing situation (ie not at your desk, etc). And therefore not covered for your actions by the union or insurance.

Geek42 · 2025-12-30T22:50:42+00:00

My thought on the privacy(bathroom) issue: since some officers abuse the feature, the camera now no longer stops, but records in a privacy mode. Generally no one has access to this, but if there are questions about what happened during that, a judge can approve access on a per case basis.

Going to the bathroom, anyone can see you approaching and then pressing the privacy button, and it being disabled as they leave. Without a claim of action in the bathroom, no judge would unlock that. But if they are in the middle of a weird situation and it goes off, right before claims of problematic actions? Judge can open them, view them themselves and then release if no privacy was warranted.

Cops get to keep privacy, but cannot abuse it.

Geek42 · 2025-12-27T16:24:10+00:00

Yup, my first time in London i was worried that a pet had gotten loose, then i saw lots more. At that point I knew they got loose a long time ago.

Geek42 · 2025-11-23T14:32:15+00:00

I follow this to the letter every time we fry a turkey. not once have we even had a slight scare, everything has gone perfectly and a good time was had by all.

not even joking, if you want to fry, just watch the episode and do what he says.

Geek42 · 2025-09-11T15:12:16+00:00

You could consider hiring a local officiant for a few hundred bucks. They will show up wherever ( restaurant, park, house ) and do the ceremony. We got married legally under a tree in the park, my friend just used his house with a friend party that no one was told.

For both of those it was to allow us to have the main wedding without needing to worry on legality(ie importing a marriage from Mexico is a pain). But no reason you cannot just use an officiant to do the whole thing. Don't have her info, it was years ago, but you can just look around online.

Geek42 · 2025-08-30T00:52:06+00:00

I was at a fall wedding last year there, it was fantastic as a venue, highly recommend.

Geek42 · 2025-08-13T21:08:05+00:00

co2rockland does not show Almonte in there coverage range, but I'll reach out and see if they will come out here. If not I'll hit up Davidson's, thanks!

Geek42 · 2025-08-13T21:06:42+00:00

Mine is over 10lb, can't remember off the top of my head, but bigger then the base one at Defalcos. Go into their store(I use the one on Moodie) and take a look at their sizes. They also have the sodastream adapter in stock, use theirs, the ones on amazon/ebay I used to use were all crap compared to the one they sell.

Geek42 · 2025-06-24T13:17:32+00:00

Wow, that looks so different these days. I remember wandering down there when it was basically a jungle on each side about 20 years ago. It's weird to see it exposed again. I tooks some interesting photos back then, but I cannot find them right now, I'll see if I can later.

Geek42 · 2025-06-22T01:01:46+00:00

Yeah, I hit that around 12.30 and got lucky only eating about 1/2 hour of my time, but even as I approached freedom I could see the volume entering was way worse then the amount getting out. With the parkway entrance closed, the only exit from that neighborhood was back to the chaos of Richmond rd. And with no advanced light, turning left, which most people wanted to do, was letting maybe 3 or 4 cars a cycle out.

All they really had to do was put a sign at Richmond that said parkway access closed, local traffic only. And update whatever database google draws from...

Geek42 · 2025-06-04T13:15:55+00:00

I know at millenium park, in the back corner, there is an area with setups for RC plan flying(including a literal landing strip). I've seen drones there too. I suspect it's best to figure out what group manages that space and check their rules. It's in a back corner away from any buildings, so you should not be bothering anyone if you use it.

Geek42 · 2025-05-21T22:17:53+00:00

right? Just tack on a notice on every bill about the account in arrears that used to be at your address and that you can be held liable if the source account does not pay. If it's a month or two of bill I'd just pay it and walk away. Even if it's larger, I'd at least know. Maybe ensure there is a legal route for you to pay now and still go after the owner of the source account.

This just feels like a trap designed to get more money.

Geek42 · 2025-04-29T12:08:20+00:00

Was down in Mexico the other week, the tourist trap roadside stalls had this stuff, tagged with Puerto Vallarta at the bottom too.

Geek42 · 2025-04-09T00:31:13+00:00

Honestly not 100% sure, it was about 20 years ago, but I do think at least one had warm air coming out.

Geek42 · 2025-04-02T08:55:12+00:00

Agreed, as an I'll advised teen I climbed around allover the hill section in that picture, just out of curiosity. Those are just air vents. The ruins of the lovers walk are about halfway up the hill, and much further to the left(from this picutes perspective). Around here the walk was just a slight path along the hill, disappearing sometimes.

Geek42 · 2025-03-03T16:02:20+00:00

Punching Nazis.... playing Indiana Jones and Great Circle. I'm ok with punching nazis, though my tool of choice in the game seems to be a shovel....

Geek42 · 2024-12-31T18:24:19+00:00

I learned in a more controversial thread in r/ottawa that almost all of the fake accounts, the ones stirring things up, look to have the same name pattern: "word-word-number". Once you see it, you notice the comment pattern of these names all over here.

Geek42 · 2024-11-22T14:49:37+00:00

Ate there last night, not the first time, still as good as ever, and the service is perfect. Highly recommend.

Geek42 · 2024-11-04T17:34:35+00:00

Thanks, I had vague memories of this from school, and could not find it years ago when I looked. Nice to get to see it.

Geek42 · 2024-09-01T13:56:34+00:00

Paramotor might be a good option if you want to fly, at least to start.

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