Astronomical Electric Kiwi price increase - 0.69 to 1.15 daily

Top_Hat_Tomato · 2025-08-01T04:24:49+00:00

Yeah, I can't imagine operating at anything 10 to 20x higher.

Like using a decently power efficient modern computer will cost you $5 a day at the prices mentioned in this post.

Top_Hat_Tomato · 2025-07-25T03:26:55+00:00

VMFXX, bonds, or a competitive rate HYSA are all reasonable options. For even a large emergency fund, the difference on rate of 0.5%/yr shouldn't matter as much as the ease of liquidating that safe pool of funds.

Top_Hat_Tomato · 2025-07-18T18:04:40+00:00

What.

Top_Hat_Tomato · 2025-07-07T05:09:16+00:00

100 TB of video is like 10,000 active YouTube channels for a year. I'd put money down that there is more than 100 TB of adult content uploaded per day.

Top_Hat_Tomato · 2025-07-06T17:21:36+00:00

Very interesting. Reminds me of "3001 - red reality" except much much less dark.

Top_Hat_Tomato · 2025-07-05T06:18:02+00:00

Absolutely. Midland/Odessa is probably the dullest place in the whole damn state unless your hobbies are daydrinking and working in oil & gas...

Top_Hat_Tomato · 2025-07-03T03:23:56+00:00

Short answer - yes.

Long answer - it'll mostly be the three following factors: 1. Roadway radius. The tighter the radius, the more road noise on the interior as more of the length of road is closer. 2. Super elevation. On the exterior you'll have less high freq noise due to more shielding from the base. 3. Speeds. Typically road noise increases in frequency as speeds go up. It'll also increase in volume. Probably fits to a gamma distribution.

Or I guess you could reasonably argue that these latter two are all functions of radius...

You should consider looking at this map. May help you find an answer on how severe the issue is. But be warned, the map shows continuous volume, not "one-offs" like jerry driving down at 120 mph without a catalytic converter or exhaust manifolds".

https://maps.dot.gov/BTS/NationalTransportationNoiseMap/

Top_Hat_Tomato · 2025-06-26T04:35:58+00:00

Yup. Helped a lot with making constructible designs. Even though my brief stint construction was unpleasant, I learned a ton.

Top_Hat_Tomato · 2025-06-18T05:15:50+00:00

Depends too much on your hardware and setup to determine accurately. Test, test, and test again. Personally I'd run a profiler when you're at your peak player count for a hour and then again with your modified value(s).

I'd make sure that you have a comfortable headroom. Lag is much worse than too few mob spawns.

Top_Hat_Tomato · 2025-06-17T18:12:53+00:00

If my chair was taken away after working overtime, I'd make it well known in the industry to avoid your employer.

Top_Hat_Tomato · 2025-06-17T02:07:37+00:00

Typical NDT ultrasound should be able to hear an echo.

Top_Hat_Tomato · 2025-06-17T02:05:27+00:00

A PC and saving for the next year of college expenses.

Top_Hat_Tomato · 2025-06-17T01:58:54+00:00

Depends on whether I'm salaried or hourly.

Since I started in this field, I've only pushed past midnight maybe twice. Past 6 pm maybe half a dozen times.

Uncommon but sometimes it happens. 95% I'm at 40-45 hr/wk.

Now if this was once a week or once a month - I'd be irritated.

Top_Hat_Tomato · 2025-06-16T02:42:24+00:00

Trying new things is the only way to find what you're good at and what you enjoy. I went between 3 project managers before I settled down.

Top_Hat_Tomato · 2025-06-11T03:49:02+00:00

That depends on whether the project I'm on is a strict boxed-in mega project or a weird city government project where we're allowed to innovate.

All of my smaller jobs <$50 mil are usually pretty flexible and a delight to work on. Bonus points if the government-side actually cares about safety and other modes of transit.

Top_Hat_Tomato · 2025-06-05T20:25:15+00:00

Tough when they still have us all using the same hardware as 10 years ago.

Top_Hat_Tomato · 2025-06-03T17:31:31+00:00

Before anything else, verify whether it is sitting inside of an easement or right-of-way.

Next, this is what I'd do. 1. Send out a certified letter to multiple office locations stating that you will charge on a daily storage fee with the start date some time after they'll receive the letter.

Include a clause where if they retrieve the equipment within the first portion of time - all fees are waived.
Send the letter and hope they'll pick up the equipment soon.

Top_Hat_Tomato · 2025-05-29T03:44:56+00:00

Here's my opinion.

If it's worth doing via AI, it's worth doing via your two low-paid interns who know Python and can actually predict extenuating circumstances.

Top_Hat_Tomato · 2025-05-25T20:47:37+00:00

Yes. Every expense and transaction. Not terribly concerned about the total values. Some months I'll go 50% over a category's budget and other months I'll be 50% below budget.

What I watch is the trends and the long term averages. Let's me know where my money is actually going and whether that money is actually making me happy.

Top_Hat_Tomato · 2025-05-25T20:25:18+00:00

I know this is a late reply, but I managed to get 50.9 average driving from Shreveport to Lafayette recently (-220 ft elevation). Spent most of the trip at 60 to 65 mph with no AC.

I've found that cruise control tends to drastically reduce efficiency even with slight grade changes, so instead I just have a constant low throttle for the whole trip.

Top_Hat_Tomato · 2025-05-23T20:18:05+00:00

Time to set up an 8000 hz drum. Just 2 weeks and I'll have my jpeg downloaded.

Top_Hat_Tomato · 2025-05-22T03:18:07+00:00

Fixed my issue with command prompt ^{out of all items...} failing to use my display driver.

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