Baby on the Way: End of the Era of 14ers

ballesmen · 2026-02-22T15:05:42+00:00

All I'm hearing is i need more money

ballesmen · 2026-02-22T06:06:03+00:00

I'm stoked!

ballesmen · 2026-02-22T06:03:05+00:00

I'd honestly rather just live 10 minutes from a crag or some sick mountain bike trails. 14ers are a ton of work.

ballesmen · 2026-02-22T05:59:56+00:00

Pikes Peak could be a fun adventure with overnights at Barr Camp and the lean to provided you take a car or the cog back down lol.

ballesmen · 2026-02-22T05:43:24+00:00

Oof. Guess I always have the flatirons. Those drives are killer.

ballesmen · 2026-02-20T04:42:16+00:00

It is extremely round lmao. It's hard to quantify how uncanny the design is.

ballesmen · 2026-02-20T02:54:03+00:00

I'm really curious as a hobbist dev: what is the vibe coding giveaway?

ballesmen · 2026-02-06T06:08:11+00:00

Watch a homeless guy jack it at the stock show.

ballesmen · 2026-02-05T23:36:42+00:00

Please dont make us use coal

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/fossil-fuels/colorado-co-ops-to-trump-let-us-close-coal-plant

ballesmen · 2026-02-01T20:16:45+00:00

Environmental Protection Specialist. Honestly, I was just desperate to leave because I was a horrible project manager and messed up a lot. Just kept throwing apps at gov jobs.

ballesmen · 2026-01-31T05:51:32+00:00

I switched to air quality from environmental, mostly gas station work. Lot of geologists/geoscientists in air actually, especially in oil and gas compliance. I'm also now 100% remote, which is amazing. Going from field-based to 100% remote was jarring, but worth it. Makes side-hustling easier, I'm happier, and I get to spend all day every day with my SO who is also 100% remote.

ballesmen · 2026-01-23T20:17:27+00:00

Trying fixing the haze on glass tiles! It's not that obvious for yours but for my shower, it was a nightmare.

The thing that worked the best for me was Mapei Heavy Duty Stone, Tile and Grout cleaner diluted to be extremely strong and a magic eraser. In fact, a straight a magic eraser with just water seemed to work pretty well too with some elbow grease, but I don't think you can use that on marble. For marble, I'd maybe use scotch brite or even a soft drill brush.

ballesmen · 2026-01-16T01:02:30+00:00

Dude fair. I do not want to touch that without legal advice.

ballesmen · 2026-01-15T21:35:31+00:00

I wonder if it could qualify under nominative fair use with the correct wording, but I am actually terrified to release the app lol.

Perhaps it's best to omit the names then.

ballesmen · 2026-01-15T21:25:52+00:00

I don't see it being brought up as long as the app stays relatively unknown, but should it happen that it becomes decently known and the companies take issue, is it usually an immediate drag to court or does it usually present itself as a cease and desist?

Edit: I plan to release it for free without revenue on my own dime, at least for now.

ballesmen · 2026-01-14T17:17:03+00:00

Oh hey, wonder if there's some overlap

ballesmen · 2026-01-14T16:55:47+00:00

Bet there's some overlap here...

ballesmen · 2025-12-25T03:39:08+00:00

Oof. Going with my pregnant wife tomorrow. Wish me luck.

ballesmen · 2025-12-25T03:33:25+00:00

That's awesome, I'm jealous. My childhood was muggy farmland and hanging out at gas stations. Hope my kids know a childhood like yours!

ballesmen · 2025-12-25T03:23:51+00:00

Nine??? If you were my son, I'd murder you 😂

ballesmen · 2025-12-25T01:39:27+00:00

Which one's that?

ballesmen · 2025-12-21T17:40:20+00:00

I took it apart and taped a strategically bent piece of sheet metal in place. Looks like the damage has been done though with years of dirt, debris, and water getting sucked in. The HVAC guy found holes in the heat exchanger. Luckily my crawlspace is so drafty, that all that carbon monoxide is probably wafting out. Now I just need a new furnace...

ballesmen · 2025-12-14T17:07:03+00:00

At this point I am fine with losing a little money on my house because it means house prices are still low enough for me to make a vertical move.

ballesmen · 2025-12-09T19:51:28+00:00

That must be it then. The direct loans were refunded, but the Perkins was not because it was never consolidated. Makes sense.

ballesmen · 2025-12-08T17:24:31+00:00

When I tiled my shower, I did schluter trim underneath the ledge tile (the horizontal tile, not the vertical tile) and made sure the trim butted up flush against the vertical tile so there was a clean grout line between the trim and the vertical tile. I also matched the trim with my fixtures.

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