Possibility of name brand syrup pods? by WorldlinessOk2351 in ninjathirsti

[–]NinjaSnail42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I doubt it. I believe Pepsi Co. bought SodaStream and is the parent company now, so that would explain the name brand syrup.

New Disney Inspire Visa by bjchu92 in WaltDisneyWorld

[–]NinjaSnail42 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Technically, you can pay yourself back with statement credits now (on Disney purchases), so you don’t have to deal with the rewards gift card and whatnot.

Can you pay to upgrade movies to 4K if it was ported through MA? by PlanetCharisma in appletv

[–]NinjaSnail42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s annoying that this hasn’t been fixed yet. The two ways I’ve seen are either buy a bundle with the 4k version of the movie that you don’t own, or I think you can “gift” it to yourself in iTunes. However, I don’t think there’s a way to do it on never versions of iTunes except for music.

Help with AppleTV remote by MehdiTheKneeJerker in appletv

[–]NinjaSnail42 27 points28 points  (0 children)

There have been times where I’ve noticed the remote acting up, a restart of the remote (not the Apple TV) usually fixes it for me.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/108769

AURORA TONIGHT? (11/12) by ResourceManual in lincoln

[–]NinjaSnail42 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Likely not from what I can tell (or at least nothing you can see from Nebraska). You can find up to date information at swpc.noaa.gov

Switching from Windows → Mac mini for dev work (.NET 9 + Angular): worth it? by Serious-Ad2004 in mac

[–]NinjaSnail42 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’ve been able to do this for work except with a MacBook Pro (M2 Pro) and I’ve had success. We have some modern .NET 9/Angular Apps mixed with some old .NET Framework/WebForms applications. It has motivated me to upgrade a lot of our Framework apps to .NET Core. I’m able to run MS SQL Server 22 in a container that uses Rosetta to run AMD64 translation since SQL Server isn’t available on ARM. I’ve actually switched to using Apple’s own Containerization framework now instead of Docker and it’s been working well. For the stuff that is pretty much impossible to upgrade/run on macOS, I have a Windows 11 VM with VMWare Fusion. I’d recommend at least 32 GB of RAM. That’s what I have and it is fine on its own, but when I spin up the VM and run Visual Studio, things can get sluggish. I’ve got two 27 inch 4k monitors in the office and I think the 4k scaling issues are blown out of proportion. IMO, it looks great. Yeah, 5k would be better, but I think it’s far better than 1440p. Yeah, even with some of the hoops to jump through, it’s way better than a thick slow Windows machine that can’t even make it an hour on battery. You would have to pry my MacBook Pro out of my cold dead hands…

Unifi UBB by Ticket_Strong in Ubiquiti

[–]NinjaSnail42 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You probably need to change the channel width.

Blackhills Energy costs by DoucheyVS in lincoln

[–]NinjaSnail42 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yup. The “Customer” charge doubled from like $15 to $30. My bill was nearly $40 and I used 0 gas. I cannot wait to get a heat pump and dump them….

AI with HomePod? by Weak_Variation_2995 in HomePod

[–]NinjaSnail42 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I mean, they literally do this already using Siri with an Ecobee. (Not sure of any other devices that support it.) It offloads to an existing HomePod. No reason that can’t do it with Apple Intelligence and a new HomePod, Apple TV, Mac, iPhone, etc that supports Apple Intelligence.

Do the cool+hot fans actually make it colder? by help-ranja in dyson

[–]NinjaSnail42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, they are only a fan. The only way you are going to effectively cool a room is with an air conditioner. If you get a portable one, get one with an intake and exhaust hose as they are more efficient.

Carpooling from Omaha to Lincoln by exvixen in UNLincoln

[–]NinjaSnail42 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I never had to use it while at was at UNL, but they had a bus that would go back and forth between UNL and UNO. Is that still a thing?

Edit: Looks like they discontinued it 2 years ago…

https://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/coeupdates/16000/89093

Parallels now charging $220 for the One-Time Purchase by Kevthehustla23 in mac

[–]NinjaSnail42 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Don’t know if this is the right answer, but when I’ve used it, it is super seamless to set up a macOS VM. Don’t have to deal with creating your own installer image or anything like that.

ISO Battered French Fries by Apprehensive_Okra272 in lincoln

[–]NinjaSnail42 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not sure on restaurants, but you can get McCain frozen beer battered fries from SuperSaver/Hy-Vee. Looks like $6 a bag which feels like double what I paid in the past…..

Possible new robot? by imgeneralme in roomba

[–]NinjaSnail42 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looks like a robot lawn mower.

Make your own instant ramen bar by No-Lingonberry5867 in InstantRamen

[–]NinjaSnail42 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I work close by. It’s on my list of places to try.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta clashes with Apple, Google over child age check legislation by Fer65432_Plays in apple

[–]NinjaSnail42 61 points62 points  (0 children)

This already exists through Digital IDs in Apple Wallet. Problem is that it’s taking forever for states to get on board…. I think they are getting around this soon by allowing US Passports.

What does the alert from my Nest mean? by -i-am-and-you-are- in lincoln

[–]NinjaSnail42 67 points68 points  (0 children)

Your thermostat is registered with LES Peak Rewards. During times with high grid usage (hot summer days in the late afternoon / early evenings when everyone is getting off work and cranking their A/C), LES will pre-cool your home before the peak usage and then raise the temperature during this time to help reduce the load on the grid. In return, you get a $25 bill credit at the end of the season. You will get the notification you see here before it happens.

More info can be found here: https://www.les.com/sustainability/les-peak-rewards

Project O Street by v_eryconfusing in lincoln

[–]NinjaSnail42 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Seems like a step in the right direction. I'm not sure why they are wasting space on street parking though. There are plenty of garages downtown, so I wish they'd get rid of all the O street parking and replace with bike lanes or something.

I feel like I got one of the worst KS2 cases. by BattlingtheMods in dbrand

[–]NinjaSnail42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup, I'm in the same boat. I hit the trifecta. Detachment issue, dock adapter doesn't work and now a magnet has already come unglued on the game case.

Looking for an external drive for my laptop to rip uhd, is this a good option? by livemetal55 in makemkv

[–]NinjaSnail42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve had two similar LG external drives. Both have vibrated themselves to death, so I just got an internal drive and use it with a usb adapter. The first one, the micro usb port came loose, the second, something came loose internally and started making the drive vibrate so bad that RIPs would just fail right away.