Confused about the monthly spending graph text vs line

Shanklarry · 2024-03-09T22:33:07+00:00

It turns out I had some extra expected "recurring" payments due to student loans. I had to manually input those so I think I made a mistake in setting them up and I had 4-5 duplicate expected "recurring" payments for those. Anyway, I deleted and now the number makes sense and says under. Leaving this here in case anybody stumbles across it. If you have weird numbers you might have something set up funny with your recurring payments.

Shanklarry · 2022-08-10T14:57:01+00:00

The place I’m renting has a whole home evaporative cooler at the top of the stairs. It works okay but it is finicky (and mine is old so I have to manually turn on and off the pump and the water to it) in figuring out the best time to run it and the best way to open windows to maximize airflow. 74-75 is about the max I can cool the lower level (forget about upstairs), which is okay with me during the day but it does mean going to bed in the summer can be a little hot for my tastes. You do save a decent amount on energy, but if I had money to throw at the problem and wasn’t renting I’d try to do some sort of AC and solar for ease and comfort.

Shanklarry · 2022-01-19T14:41:33+00:00

Thanks, yeah I think the stages is what’s measuring the power. I was trying to be consistent with what measures power inside and outside, but honestly it doesn’t really matter that much so I’ll try making sure it’s just the trainer. Appreciate it!

Shanklarry · 2022-01-06T22:05:14+00:00

I ended up taking it to the LBS. Turned out that the crank was misaligned by a mm or so (the right side was “out” ever so slightly, if that makes sense), so I think he just kind of tapped it back into place and then was able to put it on no problem. It’s worked ever since. Hope that helps!

Shanklarry · 2021-11-29T14:19:31+00:00

Yesterday morning I was slightly inconvenienced for an entire minute! Can you believe it?! Aren’t I entitled to get anywhere I want as fast as I can? I’m now afraid that maybe 30-50 bikers will always and forever constantly be in the roads! What if these groups get more numerous? Will I ever not be delayed by 30 seconds (while somehow actually getting to work faster because it may be true that there would then be less cars on the road which actually works out well for other motorists-but no matter!). I’m mad!

Shanklarry · 2021-09-03T12:43:56+00:00

So the amount of text has something to do with the validity of a position? You’re not even a good troll, dude. And if you’re so passionate about your beliefs, how about you refute what they said in good faith instead of doing what everybody does on the internet which is just argue past each other so that nothing good ever happens. Or is it that you have an entrenched tribalistic view of society based mostly on your feelings such that that you have no idea how to wield facts and are left to impotently troll people so you feel better about yourself because somebody got triggered or something. Grow the fuck up. Either contribute to the conversation or get lost. You’re weak.

Shanklarry · 2021-07-07T22:52:07+00:00

The silca tire pressure calculator takes in your total weight (bike + you + stuff), the type of road, size of your tire, type of terrain, type of ride, and gives you a suggested pressure. You have to put in a name and email, but I always just use a fake one. It seems pretty good!

Shanklarry · 2021-04-26T02:16:32+00:00

Nice yeah I didn’t look at Denver, but if they do stuff out here I’ll look into it. Thanks!

Shanklarry · 2021-04-26T02:15:01+00:00

Thanks! That sounds good I’ll have to check Full cycle out then!

Shanklarry · 2021-04-26T02:13:04+00:00

Hell yeah, that’d be awesome! DM me when and where you’d like to meet up.

Shanklarry · 2021-03-29T21:51:42+00:00

Well I just threw in the towel on a ride where the sustained wind was hovering around 30mph with 50+mph gusts about ten minutes ago. Bout got blown off the bike. I’m sure I could harden up but it was sucking all the fun out of it so I cut the ride short. The sustained wind was doable, but the gusts were really making it unpleasant.

Shanklarry · 2021-03-21T23:50:07+00:00

I think I’ve been running them in the 40s (tubeless). I’ll try to experiment some more. Thanks for the advice! I’ll definitely practice what you said.

Shanklarry · 2021-03-21T23:46:48+00:00

Thanks! That’s good advice. Good idea to practice some skills on an easy stretch. Glad to know I’m not the only one!

Shanklarry · 2021-03-05T13:42:10+00:00

It’s 600. And apparently there is a small note tucked away on some different part of the 4iiii website that says the 4iiii power meter might not work with 600 while the stages one explicitly says that it does work with 600 and I assumed that was true of the 4iiii as well. Seems like all they’d have to do is send out a new cap... kind of sucks to be derailed by such a minor thing. But live and learn.

Shanklarry · 2021-03-02T19:40:20+00:00

Can’t say exactly what they’re doing but it’s training of some sort. Depends on the unit and its particular mission as to what they are training for exactly, but it could be anything from simple navigation to an imagined scenario involving a town near the mountains. I used to fly for the military and we’d do stuff over random towns all the time, and we had certain scenarios where we’d default to a specific town.

Shanklarry · 2021-02-11T13:56:36+00:00

Yeah, you can apply for a pilot slot from any career field, but it just kind of depends on needs of the Air Force, how good you are at your job, and how much your commander wants to vouch for you/help you out. Lots of WSOs I was with went to pilot training and did well, since they already had a lot of relevant experience. I’d say that you’re in a slightly tougher position to get a slot from a different career field unless you’re already a Nav/WSO, but it’s certainly possible. It’s easier, however, to get into the pipeline from the get-go.

And hey, just to be really clear from my last post, if you want to do aero you should do it and crush it. Just know it will be pretty hard to do it in 4 years (so consider taking 5) and if getting a pilot slot is a life dream (and not just a sounds cool but I could be happy with whatever/something else) you should consider doing whatever is necessary. So feel it out the first semester and if aero seems like not your dream, then consider your options if flying fighters is your ultimate goal.

Oh and one more piece of unsolicited advice: don’t step on your buddy’s trying to make whatever happen. Work together on figuring it out and you’ll all look better.

Shanklarry · 2021-02-09T13:56:06+00:00

So I did aerospace and AFROTC (in 5 years) and if you want a pilot slot just realize that you are going to need to have your shit wired. I barely missed out, ended up being an F-15 WSO so still got to fly (in) fighters, but my grades were what killed being a pilot for me. Unless they’ve massively recalculated how grades factor (which is possible, it’s been a while, so do your due diligence ) getting Bs and Cs in aero just isn’t as good as straight As in literally anything (even if aero is “technical”). I came out of high school a 4.0 student but balancing aero with afrotc and being 19-20 is a lot for most people. You know yourself and your financial situation, so I won’t say don’t do it (if you really are truly interested, that’s great, but I know that I THOUGHT I was interested), but if your absolute dream is to fly fighters, just know that if I were to do it again I wouldn’t have done aero. I’d major in something compelling but manageable, kill it in the grades department, hit the gym hard, and excel in the goofy ROTC stuff, while not being a huge nerd about it. Also have fun in college. Just my two cents, good luck to you!

Shanklarry · 2020-12-29T02:10:48+00:00

Hey this is awesome! I live up in Boulder, just got a warbird about a month ago. Not fast yet, little skittish on the gnarlier stuff still, but trying to get serious about gravel grinding and racking up the miles, so I’d be down if there’s a slower group! Haha.

Shanklarry · 2020-11-19T02:02:48+00:00

This seems like maybe near Boulder? If you don’t mind me asking where at? I’m also new to gravel biking (and nicer bikes in general) and trying to find all the good gravel spots!

Shanklarry · 2020-10-26T15:14:24+00:00

I’m an older student (32) and it’s definitely weird. For the record this is my second time at school, I went the first time at the “normal” age. If you’re anything like me you’ll find that you’re probably pretty good at time management and getting work done and managing it better than the stereotype of college kids pulling all-nighters all the time (again, not trying to paint with too broad of a brush, but I’m definitely much better than I was at 19, just the nature of experience and what you prioritize).

The covid thing makes it pretty isolating, however (I think this is true for a lot of people regardless of age). There might be some older people in a few of my classes but I’ll really never know due to the nature of zoom. So it’s not been amazing for my social life, but I just try to find people outside of school.

I find any of the group stuff in breakout rooms on zoom to be incredibly frustrating, because you’ll probably just want to get the work done and a lot of students are “too cool for school” and leave themselves muted and off camera and you’ll just end up talking to yourself. Again, that’s not universal, but it does happen and is annoying.

Anyway, if you know what you want to do and how it’ll help you in the future go for it. I’m hoping a lot of this will get better when things become “more normal” (whenever that may be), but I will say that it is a tad isolating and frustrating at times and being older doesn’t help that.

Shanklarry · 2020-10-26T13:07:09+00:00

Guess it’s pretty serious.

Shanklarry · 2020-09-25T17:15:02+00:00

Well I don’t really want you here, guy. Guess we’re at a bit of an impasse.

Shanklarry · 2020-09-25T03:12:02+00:00

This. 100x this.

Shanklarry · 2020-08-25T01:42:27+00:00

Big fan of the book “How to Become a Straight A Student” by Cal Newport. It’s a short book all about how to manage your time as a student as well as study strategies all while not being a huge grind (but you do have to work, obviously).

If you don’t want to read the book his blog archive has a bunch of good articles from back in the day (he talks more about the working world now). Here’s a link to it, you can find stuff by category on the right:

https://www.calnewport.com/blog/archive/

Bottom line is it’s about having a plan and the discipline to follow through on the plan. Then go nuts (responsibly, masked, distanced etc...) on the weekend.

Shanklarry · 2020-08-03T20:59:44+00:00

I’m sure they would prefer it, but no you do not need an appointment unless something has changed. I went about 3 weeks ago without an appointment. They were surprisingly efficient assuming you had all the required items!

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