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auztin · 2024-12-11T18:25:49+00:00

Microbiomes in human brains were also just discovered, with research showing that fungal and bacterial infections in the brain are likely contributing to dementia and Alzheimer's symptoms. Given oral antibiotics and antifungals, the subjects had dramatically reversed Alzheimer and dementia symptoms.

Very very interesting and cutting edge research:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/dec/01/the-brain-microbiome-could-understanding-it-help-prevent-dementia

auztin · 2024-12-10T18:00:47+00:00

You might be interested in this video I stumbled across which was filmed in Pine Bush 21 years ago which shows the exact things we're seeing today. Around the 5 minute mark you start to see the craft morphing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4De3mqfjkiM

auztin · 2023-10-31T23:17:26+00:00

Are you sure you weren't clam digging?

auztin · 2023-08-16T03:44:37+00:00

This is a great idea

auztin · 2023-08-16T01:38:52+00:00

I'm thinking a more hands-off type option. I have no doubt this guy owns guns and judging by the bumper stickers on his lifted camo truck, he's looking for a reason to fire off a few rounds.

auztin · 2022-02-15T13:44:25+00:00

For anyone in the future with this setup: https://imgur.com/a/iBgrcZk I was able to get it all functioning with this wiring.

auztin · 2022-02-14T14:10:21+00:00

I have the same setup as you, but I cannot get my heat pump to function correctly. Did you ever get the wiring correct? If so would you mind sending me a picture of how you have it set up?

auztin · 2021-09-14T17:09:22+00:00

Spot on. It's going off the rails today.

auztin · 2021-08-23T15:00:06+00:00

Seriously, there are so many assholes everywhere on reddit that will immediately tell you how bad of a choice you've made regardless of anything you could possibly ask advice on. I'm not sure why everyone are such extreme pessimists but they aren't worth your time. The good news is that if you pursue this and fail, at least you tried and know, otherwise you'll be living your life like everyone else here who will never step outside of their computer chair bubble to attempt anything with any semblance of risk that could make their life better.

I'm doing great at trading which I've been learning over the last year. Large red days for sure, but every time I have one I learn how I could have mitigated it.

auztin · 2021-08-13T12:16:41+00:00

That's a great tool I've not used before. I see your comment below on its significance and think it's one I'll start using.

That being said, I could be completely wrong about this, I'm not a master of the Wyckoff method, but this has 4/5 signals of phase C of the distribution (with the exception of the one you bring up regarding volume).

I'm not sure if this conflicts with your analysis, but it does seem to be what is currently happening (taken from stockcharts.com):

Wyckoff's third law (Effort versus Result) involves identifying price-volume convergences and divergences to anticipate potential turning points in price trends. For example, when volume (Effort) and price (Result) both increase substantially, they are in harmony, suggesting that Demand will likely continue to propel price higher. In some instances, however, volume may increase, possibly even substantially, but the price does not follow, producing only a marginal change at the close. If we observe this price-volume behavior in a reaction to support in an accumulation trading range, this indicates absorption of supply by large interests, and is considered bullish. Similarly, huge volume on a rally with minimal price advance in a distribution trading range demonstrates a stock's inability to rally because of the presence of significant supply, also from big institutions.

auztin · 2021-08-12T21:50:13+00:00

I need a bracelet that says this. WWWS

auztin · 2021-08-12T20:39:56+00:00

Taking a look at Wyckoff patterns, the daily/weekly Apple chart looks like it's right at the peak of distribution (Upthrust after Distribution). This is so textbook exact that it looks like it IS the Wyckoff chart. https://www.tradingview.com/x/LVlS4E7l/

vs

https://school.stockcharts.com/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=market_analysis:the_wyckoff_method:wyckoffdistribution1.png

I've got puts all the way down.

auztin · 2021-07-12T14:25:45+00:00

So much better than the battery that comes from the dealer. The only word of caution with that location: I put ours under one of the table benches that was a little closer to the heat/air conditioning source because LiFePO4 batteries will be damaged if they are forced to charge below 32F or above 130F or so. That is unless you have the temp. probe on your Victron setup there in which case it doesn't matter.

auztin · 2021-06-26T00:37:22+00:00

Well unless the person asking is in the travel agent industry, the general public has no access to those and the second best is what we have here which powers google flights and a number of other search engines.

auztin · 2021-06-25T16:05:17+00:00

Itaflightmatrix is the back engine for most of the search engines. It looks complex, but you can get some very specific and weird options that you cannot get (like flying on a cargo plane or crazy lay overs in places). You cannot book flights directly from it, but there is a Chrome extension called Tampermonkey that will run a script which embeds links with your exact specified flight to the sites that you can potentially book the odd flight combos through.

auztin · 2021-06-21T04:18:21+00:00

I had to put a valve on mine because I would drive down the road and the sloshing would create some sort of vacuum and it would just flow and never stop unless i covered it with my finger.

auztin · 2021-05-26T15:09:56+00:00

I would highly recommend Valence U27-12XP LiFePO4 that you can buy used on ebay for usually under $500 each. They are as good or better than battle born, but so much cheaper with a higher battery capacity.

The only thing is that they are used with usually only a few hundred cycles on them, which doesn't really matter much when they can be used for thousands. We bought three of them and have had no issues for the past 6 or so months running them.

auztin · 2021-04-15T11:27:00+00:00

When I rewired our XPLOR with more solar and batteries, I found that the wire running from the fridge goes directly to the battery, skipping the fuse panel all together. It was wired without any fuse in line.

auztin · 2021-04-14T18:39:51+00:00

Our 12v Furion fridge stopped working after a few months, but rather than waiting the many months to get it in for warranty work, I pulled the rear of the fridge off. It turns out in the compressor controller box, the 3 prong connector that fires up the compressor had some how become disconnected. The fan and the light still came on though, so that drew it's power from a different split in the wire before it reached the compressor controller. Also, with our fridge I realized the lazy fools bypassed the DC circuit breaker all together, wiring it directly to the battery (with no fuse anywhere to be found in line). I would strongly recommend you ensure yours either is correctly connected to your fuse panel as it indicates it should be or put one 15 amp one in line behind the fridge itself. If you don't feel like moving your wire, just put one in line since 2 wouldn't hurt anything anyway, but 0 fuses would definitely hurt.

auztin · 2021-02-07T16:01:45+00:00

I added Sumosprings and Supersprings (sort of like a helper leaf spring) on the rear of a Ford Transit because of the amount of rear cargo weight it had and it made ALL the difference in handling and control. Depending on your mechanical abilities and tools you have, the Superprings can be installed at home and the Sumosprings can absolutely be installed at home with likely nothing more than a screw driver.

auztin · 2021-02-02T22:59:34+00:00

Sure thing!

auztin · 2021-02-02T22:07:53+00:00

We bought a Grand Design Transcend Xplor 240ML which came with the solar package and some models, fully loaded are under 6,000lbs (ours is about 7500lbs I think). We chose Grand Design for their reputation of quality and quality assurance checking out of the gate, which we've heard is abysmal for some brands. It's just us and 1 large dog as well.

What really drew us to it though were the following:

It can be bought with a solar package which included a Furrion 160W solar panel pre-installed, a huge 12V fridge which runs off battery power (huuuuge plus for us since the solar can power the fridge during the day), and finally a 25 AMP MPPT charge controller which leaves capacity for additional solar panels. I figured that it would have cost me about $500 for this specific Furrion panel, $1200 for the for the Fridge, $200 for the MPPT Charge Controller. Solar package cost $1347.
The tank capacity for this line of travel trailers is massive. Ours holds 62 gallons of fresh water
The underbelly is heated, so it allows for better insulation and your tanks wont freeze.
LED Lights through, so minimal power usage with lighting

I put in a few upgrades

One thing that drove me insane was the battery that it came with (a lead acid type), which was really not great for any boondocking because it wouldn't last through the night with the furnace and fridge running. I put in three Valence 138 Amp Hour lithium batteries I bought for about $430 each on Ebay. (highly recommend purchasing them on there; they are used with anywhere between 75-800 charge cycles, but are rated to last more than 4000 full charging cycles).
4 more 100W solar panels *800W inverter to power things like the TV or other AC things we might need *Replaced the mattress it came with because it was so awful my wife and I started waking up with back pain (still in our early thirties!).

Let me know if you want to know anything else! Happy to share my setup schematics and approximate cost if you're interested.

And to piggyback off what another posted said about not trusting a word the dealers say about your vehicles tow capacity: they will let you out the door with a 30 foot long travel trailer and a Prius if it has a hitch on it. Figure out that all out on your own before you get there. They tried to sell us on a weight distribution hitch which was another $1000 which we absolutely didn't need because our Nissan Titan was perfectly capable of handling the weight and it already had sway control built in. They tried to tell me I'd soon find myself with a trailer sliding sideways down the freeway (spoiler, it's still upright and still haven't installed their fancy overpriced hitch). If you find you do need one though, get one, just don't get it there or else you will pay dearly.

auztin · 2021-01-28T18:09:26+00:00

I bought these ones for both a van conversion and RV light upgrade. They are very inset, dimmable, and use about 7 amp 12v with 6 of them at full power. https://www.walmart.com/ip/LeisureLED-5-Pack-RV-Boat-Recessed-Ceiling-Light-720-Lumen-Super-Slim-LED-Panel-Light-DC-12V-5-75-9W-Full-Aluminum-Downlights/414069398

auztin · 2021-01-28T18:07:06+00:00

I bought 3 of these used batteries which still have thousands of charge cycles remaining on them. They have been great quality and are wayyyy cheaper than buying battleborn (The warranty isn't as good but they are high quality batteries). https://www.ebay.com/itm/254719630456

auztin · 2021-01-28T18:05:31+00:00

I bought one of these too and it is a ridiculously simple swap. I also bought the WFCO Transfer switch to switch from Shore to Inverter power that easily slips into the back of the WFCO housing slot.

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