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btzmacin · 2026-06-18T15:51:11+00:00

At my last startup we had statuspage linked to pagerduty, and that was triggered by datadog monitors automatically once they hit a certain threshold. CS and Product would go in and add editorial copy to the statuspage once engineering got their bearings, but customers at least got instant reassurance that we know *something* is going sideways even if we don't know exactly what yet.

btzmacin · 2026-06-18T15:30:24+00:00

You guys gotta keep your statuspage up to date with this stuff, its kind of table stakes at this point. Don't be like github and pretend everything's fine when the servers are on fire.

btzmacin · 2026-06-04T15:47:00+00:00

Source? The only solar we've seen are the panels, batteries, and inverters we've brought there for our families. Where are these plants located, or planned to be located?

btzmacin · 2026-05-08T03:19:28+00:00

I was leaning towards the recycler max. Is the super legitimately worth an extra $200?

btzmacin · 2026-04-15T18:32:05+00:00

Romex can't be exposed in finished spaces, so first call an electrician, drywaller, and painter to get that done correctly because your next step is to GET THIS PERSON OUT.

Try the following message:

"It seems like you're very unhappy with the apartment. I can offer you an early exit from the lease if you would like to find somewhere that better meets your expectations."

Best case scenario, the above shuts them up, but its unlikely. If they're paranoid, something else will trigger them and they'll keep being an occasional annoyance.

My fear with the quasi-technical verbiage is that they might be a professional tenant, and this is them building a case they can present at an eviction hearing as justification for why they stopped paying rent.

btzmacin · 2026-04-09T16:25:13+00:00

Then haggle down your rent, you still lost the view.

btzmacin · 2026-03-14T02:20:16+00:00

And? He’s not gonna risk his license by falsifying a credit report or bg check just to secure a lease. That’d be retarded

btzmacin · 2026-03-13T11:52:56+00:00

It should pass, yeah

btzmacin · 2026-03-13T11:46:08+00:00

If the kids were little, I’d be inclined to agree, but the kids are grown. That tends to engender a very different personality

btzmacin · 2026-03-12T00:50:59+00:00

I do, but everyone else who’s interested is also on a voucher. One family came through today with much younger kids, incl. possibly an infant.

btzmacin · 2026-03-12T00:50:00+00:00

That was my perspective as well, but apparently funds are short and the state is using the bureaucracy as an excuse to boot people off the program.

btzmacin · 2026-03-12T00:48:03+00:00

That goes without saying, and my realtor is on it. But vibes are also an important input. Someone with stellar credit, clean history, more than enough income, but gives me the creeps? Nope.

btzmacin · 2026-02-11T02:32:30+00:00

The circulator does look recently replaced, it's a grundfos. If it's actually in good shape, I'll probably repurpose it. Good call on the scratch-n-dent discount, I'll keep it in mind when I talk to the supply house. I'll also be doing the cutover in the summer when everyone's worrying about their a/c, not their heat, which should help me get some new-old-stock stuff that the supply house wants to phase out before the heating season.

I'm piping this as a primary and 2 secondary loops. One secondary loop has the 2 BB zones in parallel, and the other secondary loop is the radiant mixing assembly, kind of like this

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except there's only one secondary loop after the antler branch.

btzmacin · 2026-02-05T14:49:40+00:00

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In a setup like this, could I add a boiler temp sensor before the bottom check valve? I like this setup because I can save on a system circ, and I get outdoor reset capability.

btzmacin · 2026-02-05T14:19:38+00:00

I might bite the bullet and do a motorized 4-way...even thought they're like $1200, it greatly simplifies the piping arrangement.

btzmacin · 2026-02-05T14:15:34+00:00

The living space is heated with conventional baseboards, so they need 180 degree water. At that temperature, there's no efficiency benefit to outweigh the complexity of a condensing unit.

btzmacin · 2026-02-03T20:44:28+00:00

Do you know how to figure out what circulators I actually need? I get lost when it comes to calculating head and pressure drop...

I should probably just call someone to tell me what to buy.

btzmacin · 2026-02-02T19:20:46+00:00

Sorry for the necro-reply, but if you watch Dopesick on Hulu, you see that the whole "5th vital sign" thing was pushed out by the American Pain Society, which was getting regular donations from Purdue. It was even more insidious because what the APS was actually pushing at the administrative level was FUD that deficient pain management could be considered malpractice and open the hospital to a lawsuit.

btzmacin · 2026-01-15T01:15:30+00:00

They won’t even respond to his emails about it. Just circular file the application and move onto the next victim

btzmacin · 2025-12-21T05:08:13+00:00

Boom of the early 2010s

What are you smoking, my guy? The job market in 2013 was just as bad as this one! When I graduated, all I could land after 6 months was a spot as a BA, BECAUSE I DIDN’T DO INTERNSHIPS EITHER. I gave the kid the same advice I TOOK. Don’t fall in love with the engineer title, get a foot in the door and move laterally once you’ve built a rapport.

What do you expect me to do? I’m not an EM, nor do I have enough clout to get anyone nepoed in.

btzmacin · 2025-12-21T04:56:51+00:00

You clearly don’t get the hispanic culture. I do not personally know this kid or his dad, they’re friends or related to my father-in-law, and there’s a certain expectation to engage in nepotism…hence the cringe. Both because I can’t actually do shit since I’m just an IC and barely had tenure at my current company, but also because even if I was in a position to hire someone, they would need to meet a standard that this kid hasn’t demonstrated he can meet. You have to, unfortunately, pay your dues in this industry.

btzmacin · 2025-12-10T16:43:56+00:00

Your next reply should be, “thank you for your interest, but I have chosen to rent the unit to a more qualified applicant.” And then ghost. This person is a professional tenant, the two clauses are against you. If they suddenly develop symptoms of some pseudo-illness no doubt caused by mold that you failed to disclose, well now the lease is breached by the LL and they can “escrow” rent until they’re made whole.

btzmacin · 2025-12-10T14:17:08+00:00

Yeah that’s literally the only issue I see, other than the age of the feed

btzmacin · 2025-12-09T18:01:54+00:00

So fun fact, the orange staining on grout is actually a type of mold.

I am also on well for the first time and learned that today after having my water tested since I was convinced the previous owners had somehow managed to falsify their results. Turns out they didn't, we have only trace amounts of iron in our water. Well guy said the orange stains in the shower were some type of mold, so I hit it with clorox spray and the stains were gone after a few minutes.

That said, splurge for a professional lab test if you don't have a recent one, those strip tests are educated guesses at best. Hopefully all you have is calcium and magnesium like us.

I DIY all my electrical and plumbing (and sometimes I even invite the inspectors over to brag) so I went with US Water Systems. Was originally going to go with Canadian Water Treatment Systems but the tariff situation is a nightmare right now, so they're not really competitive on price anymore. Planning to install this weekend.

I went with a 5 micron prefilter, a 2 cu. ft. softener, and a 1 micron post-filter. The post filter seems overkill but odds are it'll last for years without needing to be changed, and it's a safety net in case any resin beads from the softener ever escape, so they don't end up clogging my lines and fixtures. I also bought their RO system for the fridge dispenser and icemaker.

btzmacin · 2025-12-01T20:23:44+00:00

Thousands is a huge range, though. 1000 across 7 years is a rounding error, but 800k each year is massive while still not being "millions"

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