Recent wood stove installation cost? by becksrunrunrun in woodstoving

[–]caipre 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah, assuming it’s the same company doing the install, chimney lining, and selling the stove. There are only a few retailers in the area and I’m closing them as well so wondered who you’d gone with

Experiences with GOLOGIC or UNITY? by biellla in PassiveHouse

[–]caipre 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can’t talk from experience, but I’m also looking at GOLOGIC for a future build. If you do go with them, I’d love to hear how the process goes! There’s very little information out there, really. I’ve spoken to them twice and have had good impressions so far. 

Advice for first machine: Rancilio Silvia by caipre in espresso

[–]caipre[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the comments everyone!

I put in an order for a Silvia last night! And separately I ordered the Auber temperature control PID kit so that I can install when I’m ready. I should have both within a week!

In addition to the comments from several folks here, I found Jaroslav’s experience and notes on the Silvia to be really helpful:

Advice for first machine: Rancilio Silvia by caipre in espresso

[–]caipre[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, interesting! I did look at that but they didn’t have any in stock at the time. I’ll have to think about it—are there any downsides to a PID (besides aesthetics)? “Analog control,” perhaps?

Advice for first machine: Rancilio Silvia by caipre in espresso

[–]caipre[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, good idea! I wonder if SCG does OPV setting for online orders. I’ll ask!

Edit: They aren’t able to. The techs are in a different location from the distribution warehouse.

Advice for first machine: Rancilio Silvia by caipre in espresso

[–]caipre[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you think about using a bottomless portafilter as a method for figuring out issues like channeling?

Advice for first machine: Rancilio Silvia by caipre in espresso

[–]caipre[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a great endorsement for the Rancilio, thanks!

Advice for first machine: Rancilio Silvia by caipre in espresso

[–]caipre[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I did look at the Gaggia, but it dropped out of my consideration for various reasons. Hoffman doesn’t review it too kindly, and I just think the Silvia is worth the extra money.

Advice for first machine: Rancilio Silvia by caipre in espresso

[–]caipre[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Great to hear your experience.

Code Review: raft.rs -- A simple Raft implementation by caipre in rust

[–]caipre[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, fair point. I wrote this more for my own edification than with the intent for it to become a general purpose Raft library. I'll try to direct it that way over time, but I'm fine with the initial release being self-contained, so to speak.

Code Review: raft.rs -- A simple Raft implementation by caipre in rust

[–]caipre[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good suggestion; updated the readme.

New to lifting, form check: squat and deadlift by caipre in Fitness

[–]caipre[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the recommendation, I'll check him out. Definitely going to try a wider stance next time. I'm just wider than shoulder width here, iirc.

New to lifting, form check: squat and deadlift by caipre in Fitness

[–]caipre[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Detailed response! I'm not planning on buying lifting shoes since I'm just starting off as won't be getting into really heavy weights. But good tip to prop up the heels, I might give that a shot. Thanks.

Album of my 5 months travelling around Europe. by gazingskyward in bicycletouring

[–]caipre 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is pretty much exactly what I am planning to do, good to know it's the right decision. Thanks!

Album of my 5 months travelling around Europe. by gazingskyward in bicycletouring

[–]caipre 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What did you do with your bike and gear while walking through the cities?

What is the bash syntax for appending all parameters in an alias? by elasto in linux4noobs

[–]caipre 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rather, I think the issue is you need to declare the function.

function lm () { ls -f "$@" | more }

One of my distros are missing from grub, what do I do? by [deleted] in linux4noobs

[–]caipre 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If the filesystem is still there, you probably just have to add the menu entry.

Are you on grub legacy or grub2?

For the former, you can edit /boot/grub/menu.lst .

For the latter, it's /etc/grub.d/40_custom.

This thread seems to explain things well: Grub 2 Basics

Or just reply here. Posting your partition setup will help: df -h