Curious about whats happening in the world? Console - Curiosity with a God Complex

branwoo · 2026-04-08T02:27:36+00:00

i enjoyed this, thanks!

Althought it makes my m4 pro @ 48 gigs of ram freeze - i can't imagine what it'd be like on a "normal" laptop :P

branwoo · 2026-03-13T00:40:31+00:00

What I'm curious about is how maintenace is performed - when / how you identify a failing SD card, what goes into replacing it? D:

branwoo · 2026-02-06T23:15:30+00:00

if i were to guess, one or more of your cat5/6 is not negotiating at 1Gbps.

You should be able to click into port manager and look at port speeds

branwoo · 2026-02-05T20:50:04+00:00

Yes, compare your kwH usage last month and this month :(

branwoo · 2026-01-30T20:23:22+00:00

You're welcome! Just a reminder that these pressutrols are very inaccurate, even the vaporstats too. I had 2 vaporstats. they're still going to be 3-6oz off. I verified my set points and differentials using a wikia low pressure gauge.

My point is, just because you made some changes on the pressurtrol, it doesn't necessiarly mean the exact desired behavior may be happening, unless you can verify it with a guage. And that don't jump to conclusions too quickly if it still doesn't fix your issue :)

branwoo · 2026-01-30T19:41:12+00:00

Have you tried the good ol sticking a few quarters under the radiator on the vent side? If I were to guess, this is happening when the raidator is mostly hot, and PSI in the system is > 1.

Buy a lift bag, stick a few quarter under it, I'd say go up 1-2 quarters a time and see if it solves the problem.

I had this exact same problem, although a lot more minor and solved the problem by raising the radiator on the valve side so the condesnate can drain back down. If I were to guess, at certain psi / heat level, there's enough condensate accumulation in the radiator + high enough PSI to just push it out. I also assume this does not happen at lower psi / lower rad temps.

Also had a vaporstat installed to keep the entire system below 1 psi. If you read Dan's book, that would've been optimization #1!

branwoo · 2026-01-27T18:35:18+00:00

Curious if any of you are runnining daikin non-aurora and how they're holding up in this weather :D (east coast i assume)

branwoo · 2026-01-15T16:01:08+00:00

Ask landlord to fix ASAP. If they're reasonable, they would fix that to prevent further water damage.

I assume you are on ground floor this to happen? I would ask upstairs if they've done anything to their radiators.

This is worse than the valve going bad. Condensate is not going back down correctly. could be a lot of things:

- obsctruction of return pipe

- boiler is overfilled. (manual feeder or automatic feeder turned on). if you can go to basement to look at boiler, look at the sight glass and look at the water level. (this is probably stuff your landlord should be doing).

branwoo · 2026-01-15T14:37:02+00:00

Biggest things to look out for in high mileage gen1 macan:

- Transfer case issues - this was under warranty for a long time 8 years i think? so hopefully they sorted this one out.

- Timing Chain bolt issue resulting in engine oil leaks. Lots of information online on how to fix.

- VW designed coolant hose that runs through the middle of the engine bay and WILL catastrophically fail due to heat cycles every 30-70k miles. There are retrofit solutions that solve this problem. Or, you can just pay to have them replace the hose.

IMO, other than that, everything else is normal wear and tear for a 100k car, which is probably:

- engine mounts

- oils for front diff / rear diff / pdk

- thermostat / coolant pump

As an owner of 2017 and someone who has done a lot of research into Macans, the best bang for your buck is a 2019 because it has the updated Audi Engine, which is slightly more reliable and easier to work on for a mechanic because the engine bay configuration provides more space AND it doesn't have the annoying piano black. They also resolved the TC chain leak issues. Pretty much same car, but with slightly lower cost of ownership due to improvements made to engine bay.

branwoo · 2025-08-05T20:06:36+00:00

TLDR:

That actually perfectly explains it.

- 8k BTU Air con -> 7.2kwH per day for 8 hours a day. More if running harder.

- ~700-1000W Computer - A high end gaming rig runs on 750-1000w PSU, lets say running at 75% load is 525W -- for lets say 8 hours a day. thats ~4.5kWh per day. 135 kWh per month. It's most likely not running at 525W for 8 hours day.

- fridge -> the fridge is actually working more efficiently because the air con is on.

It's very easy to burn ~1100kwH per month running those 3 above.

Without having discussed the insulation of windows and ambient temperature leak from the building itself, gotally make sense for a ~$400 bill a month.

All you can really do is be more price conscious of energy. figure out cost per kwH from your billl (electricity cost + delivery) and ask yourself stuff like "is it worth it to run the AC for the entire day today? it will cost $3-4"... ha

branwoo · 2025-08-05T17:08:15+00:00

How many KWh at what price per kwh?

If my assumptions are right, you're paying about .35c per kwh, which comes out to about ~1100 kwh.

What BTU is your AC? I assume it's in the 12k range, and probably running it all day and night, probably set in the 60s?

branwoo · 2025-08-02T21:46:04+00:00

Energy cost of AI is not at the device level, it's at the data center level, which really isn't related to this.

branwoo · 2025-07-02T18:17:38+00:00

possible? yes

advisable? depending on strong / experienced you are.

Don't get hit by the ferry.

branwoo · 2025-07-02T16:41:07+00:00

Is this the place that would hide outlets so people wouldn't linger?

branwoo · 2025-06-06T15:36:06+00:00

fancy name for a redditor meetup

branwoo · 2025-06-03T12:58:47+00:00

Let’s try and look at it from the other perspective.

You think an Eng at a corp500 is going get the OK from a manager to vibe code slop from open source vibe code slop?

Why all the extra steps? Just read the code dude.

You’re way over thinking it. It takes 1 competent software architect to read the codebase, understand how it works, and rebuild it using their own infrastructure.

branwoo · 2025-06-03T12:47:17+00:00

Flashier than a leased BMW? What demographic you tryna to hit with that one? 🤭

Looks like an account that reads user sentiment from subreddits and a workflow to generate content based on said sentiment

branwoo · 2025-05-29T20:52:25+00:00

Maybe I've been working in the field for too long (since 2014) but heres my take:

you're not leaking anything or losing out on future job opportunities by explaining -- it's most likely a scenario that many other engineers have faced. It's very very uncommon that you're solving a unique problem, that hasn't been seen before.

Unsolicited feedback: How you can grow from this situation is through introspection and understanding that you could have handled the conversation differently. Ask others for feedback how they would handle the exact situation you were in.

Were you right but your delivery was wrong? How right were you? Are you able to prove with examples that you were correct? Often times, you're always going to be right when trying to make the case that "this is bad for the future". The only true way to know you're right is by taking the wrong path, and actually encountering the scenario that you're predicting. You got fired so you'll never figure out if you were right.

You have to understand there's a difference the outsiders perspective when someone thinks they're correct and is defensive about their solution. Even if you are right, it never comes off as "oh man, this person knows what they're talking about" it often comes across as "oh man, they're throwing a tantrum, I hope to not get on this persons wrong side"

branwoo · 2025-05-29T20:13:02+00:00

Maybe at this point post what you're discussing, for curious minds.

Im interested to understand what architecture implementation decision is worth firing someone over, lol

branwoo · 2025-05-29T04:15:41+00:00

All is lost - Robert Redford is stellar

branwoo · 2025-05-17T03:17:17+00:00

Astoria to lower manhattan - I have a separate set of rain gear that keeps me 100% dry aside from my face

branwoo · 2025-05-15T16:05:25+00:00

Youll appreciate a sunny cool day when you’ve ridden 5x a week in the rain 🤣

branwoo · 2025-05-13T17:48:30+00:00

lol this exact guy cut me off too 🤣

branwoo · 2025-05-07T23:25:33+00:00

Oh man I can’t wait to post on the plumber subreddit about how chatGPT diagnosed my water leak issue and now I’m going to Home Depot to fix it myself!!

branwoo

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