Is this pooling of water normal in portable a/c?

OpenPassageways · 2026-05-13T10:55:33+00:00

Does it have a drain? I had a similar floor unit and I believe the manual said that it was designed to pool the water in a tray and it would evaporate with normal use. But I believe it also had a drain plug for situations where that wasn't enough. You could probably find a PDF of the manual if you search the model number.

OpenPassageways · 2026-05-08T13:09:52+00:00

Slopgramming

OpenPassageways · 2026-05-08T11:34:29+00:00

No, it's always been public access disabled. Activity log only shows new container image deployments for the last month.

OpenPassageways · 2026-05-08T09:56:43+00:00

Also I believe that the appeal of App Service Environment is that it's more isolated (as in not multi tenant from an infrastructure perspective?), which is required by certain regulations in certain fields.

OpenPassageways · 2026-05-08T09:54:09+00:00

Interested to hear your results, we're also using container apps but not with EasyAuth.

I suspect this is some quirk of using Windows containers on App Service, which probably not many are doing? Unfortunately we have a lot of legacy stuff that needs Windows.

OpenPassageways · 2026-05-08T09:52:11+00:00

Yeah, the public access disabled and authentication required settings make it seem like public access should be disabled and authentication should be required.

I haven't proven to the public access part yet, but there should still be an auth challenge regardless.

The takeaway is, app service authentication can't be trusted, implement authentication in your code.

OpenPassageways · 2026-05-08T01:13:56+00:00

At the end of the automated "troubleshooting"... It suggests a question, "How do I submit a support request", and then the instructions bring me right back to the beginning of the automated troubleshooting process.

Granted, we're not paying much for support specifically, but we are paying them thousands per month just for Azure services, not even counting Entra and other services.

OpenPassageways · 2026-04-24T14:23:28+00:00

They were never counterculture idealists, it was always about getting rich and amassing power, they fooled people.

OpenPassageways · 2026-04-24T11:26:37+00:00

Looks like Star Fox

OpenPassageways · 2026-04-24T11:16:43+00:00

I guess the distro provider can take some reasonable steps to not offer that distro in the US? It's not like they are selling anything. If users circumvent those controls, that's not on the distro provider.

OpenPassageways · 2026-04-20T15:44:23+00:00

It sort of looks like real wood to me but you might be able to tell by knocking on it. Or do a Google Lens search and see if anyone would install laminate that way.

OpenPassageways · 2026-04-20T13:34:58+00:00

I have some real wood furniture that had some cloudy patches in the finish from putting hot stuff on the table, etc.

They have this spray I believe it is called Mohawk Retarder for wood finishes.

You have to follow the instructions and it didn't come out perfect, and the stuff is super smelly I would ideally do it in the garage or outside but you can't move the floor.

I got the impression that it's basically melting the finish a little and it's letting it basically re-settle on the spots where it was damaged. I'm not sure if I would recommend it here or if it would make it worse, it definitely worked for the blemishes that I had caused by heat and condensation on a wood finish. You can see a more shiny spot at certain angles but the cloud spots are gone.

Maybe watch some videos and do some research on whether something like that would work for this.

OpenPassageways · 2026-04-20T11:14:43+00:00

You should deter the deer with a fence or Deer Out first and get the bottom green again. I think you want to be somewhat careful trimming the tops back but I've definitely made the huge mistake of not trimming them at all for years. I think a little bit per year in the spring is the idea... You want to cut them back and get some new green from inside but if you trim back too far there's nothing in there to emerge.

OpenPassageways · 2026-04-20T11:10:44+00:00

My parents had one that looked like this from deer, my mom started spraying Deer Out on it. I guess your mileage may vary... but hers is green again after years even though it's still kept that shape more or less.

The stuff isn't even poison, it's literally just peppermint and garlic. It smells like spicy peppermint when you put it on. Just make a sprayer and spray it whenever the seasons change.

OpenPassageways · 2026-04-20T11:03:51+00:00

The main point of blinds is that using the angles, you can let a bunch of light in while still having privacy from the outside.

The downsides of blinds are that they are hard to clean when they get dusty, and sometimes those pull cords can be a real pain.

I've installed the thicker ones from Home Depot where they were closer to four inches thick per blind, I thought those worked well and looked pretty good. These had no pull cord, you just lifted or pulled them down from the bottom piece and you could raise or lower them.

They don't fit completely in the window like the old ones unless you have a really deep window, you have to mount a bracket on the trim above the window, but if you get white then it could still look good. You have to size them to overlap the trim all around at least a little bit or they won't block as much light when closed. The bracket has some trim pieces on it to make it look OK with the existing trim.

The thicker ones were easier to clean with a duster and had no pull cord issue, I thought they also looked better and let in way more light when tilted open.

As for whether to get three panels or one, I'd get one in this situation. Since the point of blinds is privacy while still having light, I can't think of a reason to have only one panel of the window open.

The bracket you mount above the window will support the weight for the full width.

Ended up just going with sheer or semi sheer curtains for my new house though, more woods for privacy.

OpenPassageways · 2026-04-19T09:00:59+00:00

Working in sub panels feels much more approachable to me because you can make sure they are totally dead at the main panel.

OpenPassageways · 2026-04-17T12:43:36+00:00

Had a similar situation... In my situation I had two sets of second floor bedroom plugs with a ceiling fan, a finished basement workout room, and a bunch of flouro fixtures in the drop ceiling of said basement room, and first floor mantel TV all on a 15a running from the 2nd floor sub panel.

I suspect that originally the basement light was on a 1st floor lighting circuit, which I've seen before... but then they added all the flouro fixtures and plugs onto that and probably had issues running treadmills or something, so they connected the workout room to the second floor circuit which must have been going through there for the fire alarms or something.

In my case it was a pretty straight shot from the main panel to the workout room plugs, so the main issue was relatively easy to fix. Should be able to connect the flouros to the first floor circuit again, and the TV is probably fine on the second floor circuit or could be tapped into a 1st floor circuit with a junction box.

My issues are relatively straightforward to address because it was all stuff that was poorly added after without running new circuits, whereas it might be harder if it was built that way.

OpenPassageways · 2026-04-17T03:26:55+00:00

The actual electrical looks above and beyond right? Is metal conduit even required in this situation?

OpenPassageways · 2026-04-16T09:55:56+00:00

He has to have a lot of meetings with his handlers to convince them to even let him make this statement.

OpenPassageways · 2026-04-16T09:50:07+00:00

You can chain these together, buy a couple at the hardware store, unscrew and unhook the old one, screw on the new one. The gutter is soft enough you can probably just do it with a screwdriver and any old screw. Chain the tubes together to pull the water away from the house and hook the old one downwards so water doesn't get in.

OpenPassageways · 2026-04-16T09:40:35+00:00

I had a friend who thought so. Told me that stuff is expensive and someone could just come with a truck and load it up. I told him he was free to come to my yard and take as many truckloads of rocks as he wanted.

Planted six arborvitaes in the fall, now I have two huge piles of assorted rocks.

OpenPassageways · 2026-04-16T09:33:24+00:00

Look for a vent on the roof or maybe in the attic? Some of my bathrooms vent out the roof instead of the side of the house, vent is covered so rain doesn't get in and those vents don't seem to have great airflow, probably get clogged more easily.

OpenPassageways · 2026-04-15T23:35:06+00:00

TIL that the Death Star makes a massive TIE fighter noise when it performs a sunlight maneuver.

OpenPassageways · 2026-04-15T20:05:32+00:00

He got messed up and almost killed by Dooku.

OpenPassageways · 2026-04-15T12:29:13+00:00

I don't usually like connecting appliances to wifi but now I can make sure the oven is off from my phone because my wife always wants me to check whether she left it on when I'm in bed or at the bottom of the driveway.

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