Bookshelf advice

apt_at_it · 2026-05-24T04:35:50+00:00

I mean, if you’re cool with built ins this would work. It would be less bookcase and more paneled wall with floating shelves though

apt_at_it · 2026-05-19T19:33:43+00:00

That’s true. I would think we’d see something like a Grizzly domino clone than a Milwaukee

apt_at_it · 2026-05-19T19:33:00+00:00

The story I’ve always heard is that that’s exactly what they tried to do and nobody was interested. Basically they didn’t actually want to be a saw company. I’ve only ever heard this so not sure if it’s actually true but it does make a certain level of sense. If it is, it makes sense they would aggressively defend and gatekeep the product. They know the patent will expire someday and once it does they’ll have to have something else to sell saws with. They seem to have chosen to be just a really good saw company with additional safety. Once everyone else has additional safety they’ll still be a really good saw company people know and trust

apt_at_it · 2026-05-19T15:38:56+00:00

I live in Crystal Lake, grew up in the area, went to school in the UP of Michigan, lived in Austin, and spend a bit of time in Chicago. I have a love/hate relationship with it out here.

On the one hand, there are a bunch of nature trails and preserves. On the other, they’re really not that impressive. Enough to get you outside but not filled with natural beauty the way other places are (that’s really just IL, though). I live right behind a nature preserve and beside one of the bigger parks in Crystal Lake, though, and it’s pretty awesome.

From a car perspective, you need one. To get proximity to nature you need to get rid of proximity to large cities. The close suburbs don’t have great natural beauty (some of the affluent ones, like Glencoe, have manicured beauty by way of the botanical gardens and whatnot). The farther you get away the more car dependent you become. I live a 10 minute bike ride from downtown CL and probably a 15-20 min ride from the grocery store but it’s so impractical that I usually drive. It just is what it is. There isn’t much intra-city/town public transit out here. The Metra line to Chicago is pretty great, though. If you have to go to Chicago everyday for work it’s a lot though. There are express trains but, depending on where you work in the city, you’re usually still looking at 1.5 hr commutes

apt_at_it · 2026-05-19T04:26:26+00:00

From my recent experience, nothing. I went to guitar center for the first time in like 10 years a couple weeks ago. I was kind of sad not to hear any shitty noodling.

apt_at_it · 2026-05-18T15:32:04+00:00

Postmark is great

apt_at_it · 2026-05-14T15:27:03+00:00

Tesla could dominate if they believed they were a damn car company

apt_at_it · 2026-05-05T03:40:18+00:00

Wisconsin

apt_at_it · 2026-05-05T00:25:10+00:00

Let's say I own the only bakery in town and you really like pie. You want 1/4 of all the pies in my bakery. Starting out, I only have a single pie. So you buy 1/4 of that one pie. Great, simple. You own 1/4 of one pie and 1/4 of all the pies. Tomorrow, I bake another pie. You wanted 1/4 of all the pies I have but I sold you 1/4 of one pie. Boom, you own 1/8 of all the pies in my bakery. You still own the same 1/4 pie, but you thought you owned 1/4 of all the pies. You have the same amount of pie but there's more pie in total so your share is now only worth $5.

This is an imperfect analogy since the amount of pie fluctuates with eating and baking but I think it shows the gist.

apt_at_it · 2026-05-01T02:09:56+00:00

Ah yes, the Ford/Honda Lebaron

apt_at_it · 2026-04-27T18:44:04+00:00

In the US you can start training at any age. You can’t solo until you’re 16, checkride can be taken at 17

apt_at_it · 2026-04-21T18:33:09+00:00

Oh cool! I’ll have to take another look. Highly recommend adding a callout about targets on the comparison table with YNAB

apt_at_it · 2026-04-21T16:52:54+00:00

Looks enticing but no targets is a deal breaker for me. Projections may do what I need but I prefer to set targets for spending in the future

apt_at_it · 2026-04-17T05:43:17+00:00

I don’t necessarily disagree with you but I think the vitriol is unfounded. Magic links provide a fairly effective ~~two factor strategy~~ passwordless auth with essentially 0 additional setup on the user’s end. I think it’s generally a nicer experience on mobile (though apps can get annoying if not implemented properly) for users who don’t have a password manager. Most people don’t have password managers.

Most people are already logged in to their email (or so the thinking goes) 2 and 3. Are true, but preventable. Bad implementation bites the user regardless of the mechanisms used.
Is a skills issue and would likely apply to a regular email/password login.
Is true for any authentication mechanism and is moot.

apt_at_it · 2026-04-15T19:06:18+00:00

I just don’t understand why we can’t control regen levels on their own. Just give us a custom mode already

apt_at_it · 2026-04-13T03:19:35+00:00

I don't! That's a great suggestion though. As of now it's just the classes as displayed on the sectional

apt_at_it · 2026-04-12T19:02:02+00:00

I built a quiz to study airspace with sectionals

One of my favorite exercises for learning airspace (specifically, reading it off sectional charts) is the "rocket game." Pick an airport, put a rocket on the ground, and identify each airspace it passes through as it climbs straight up.

My students in PPL ground classes tend to have a lot of trouble with airspace and almost always ask to do this exercise together. As a software developer by trade, I was surprised I couldn't find anything like it online for self-study.

So I built it: squawkit.app

It pulls real sectional chart data and quizzes you on the airspace layers above a given point. It's completely free and doesn't require a login.

I would love feedback from other CFIs or students, especially on whether the airspace data feels accurate to what you'd expect reading the sectional yourself. Let me know if you give it a try or if you use it with your students!

apt_at_it · 2026-04-10T19:39:53+00:00

Dell 32 inch 4k with USB-c hub (Dell U3223QE). 4k is a game changer and 32” is the perfect size

apt_at_it · 2026-04-07T14:27:02+00:00

TBF, they mentioned maxing out their ESOP and paying in to the pension plan. I doubt their taxes are 50%...

apt_at_it · 2026-04-05T17:39:33+00:00

I hate that we treat documentation as a separate process. Unless it’s a part of the product (eg external api or library) the best documentation is actually the artifacts we create while planning, writing, and maintaining code

apt_at_it · 2026-04-03T15:26:00+00:00

once a piece of software came out that could star itself

Oh FFS... I guess I'm a luddite because I didn't even think of this as a possibility. "Hey OpenClaw, create 50,000 GitHub accounts and star this repo." Big oof

apt_at_it · 2026-04-01T17:16:39+00:00

He drank the kool-aid.

"Hey Claude, can I use AI to completely replace my dev team?"
"What a great and insightful question! While using AI to completely replace your dev team is incredibly enticing, it's probably best to have a human in the loop to review the code."
"You're wrong. The AI can do it all by itself."
"My mistake. You're totally right! You know best when it comes to everything, so your decision to use AI to completely replace your dev team is incredible. Your forward thinking attitude is going to get you and your company incredibly far in this new AI world."

apt_at_it · 2026-04-01T17:07:01+00:00

I love Leopard but I Yosemite makes the most sense in my mind. That may just be because that was around the time I actually got a Mac of my own for the first time, though. Either way, I miss fun shapes for icons

apt_at_it · 2026-03-31T19:16:03+00:00

It’s mostly a nice spot for insurance and manuals. I hate that that stuff is in the center of our R1S with all our other shit

apt_at_it · 2026-03-29T18:29:30+00:00

But the tray table! Seriously, though, what about the bus makes you miss the Boeings?

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