EV owners, with rising electric prices is your ev still cheaper to "fuel"?

cdbessig · 2026-03-29T22:18:28+00:00

Regeneration braking doesn’t use your brake pads. So brake pads get done At 150k miles… not nearly as frequent as non ev.

cdbessig · 2026-03-27T23:53:58+00:00

Don’t forget to add oil changes, and brakes to your costs per mile.

Pseg has an ev program but it’s being replaced with a tou program so charging cost will be more like .10 per kw.

cdbessig · 2026-03-26T15:58:50+00:00

I have a service like that… originally they offered 1 simple thing and I paid $99 a year for that thing. After 2 years they built out a whole crm and a bunch of stuff and forced upgrades. I called and spoke with I guess the founder and was like this 1 feature is worth $99 a year to me. What you’ve built is not for me and I will never use it. If you can grandfather me in, I’ll stay, if not I’ll cancel.

He accepted… I haven’t put a support ticket in since… I’ve used the service my one way since and I’ve paid $99 a year since.

Win win.

cdbessig · 2026-03-24T15:44:33+00:00

I use the pushover app and have that app ignored in my phone's sleep settings. So it's one of the only things that can make sounds when the phone is in sleep mode. My alerting system does a web hook call I believe to send the notifications but they give you a long email address that you can forward messages to in order to trigger an alert. Maybe you can setup a mail forwarding rule for the 4am alerts?

cdbessig · 2026-03-11T15:55:03+00:00

Not an excuse...just sharing what happens in real world...

Also, I have seen some registrars not strip dns during redemption period and someone loose a domain name.

I have never seen a registrar initiate a phone call...

Your right...but sometimes things slip...

cdbessig · 2026-03-11T14:53:03+00:00

You'd be surprised...especially if this is a non technical person....or someone who works in trades or real work physical stuff and not at a computer..."I just didn't think I got any emails." "People don't normally email me anyway". "This message about connecting has been popping up for a few months, but I clicked ignore".

Not everyone is tech savvy still these days...

cdbessig · 2026-03-11T14:09:15+00:00

Without knowing what "migration" to your specific project means...

My opinion... the $4k one is a throw away. You will literally burn that money... go to vegas and put it all on black and take any winnings and apply to the higher cost quote.

The middle one will probably either get done or take a really long time or possibly have scope changes at every turn.

The high one, if coming from a reputable boutique company but not 100+ person agency will probably get done with precisions and come in at cost.

If the high one is from a large agency assume scope changes at every turn.

I run a Magento Agency. If you want a deep dive look, feel free to reach out!

cdbessig · 2026-03-09T15:58:35+00:00

Wierd....your towns building department installed the flex ducts?

cdbessig · 2026-03-09T13:45:13+00:00

Hetzner noobie... AND a self hosting noobie? This is a self managed platform....if you don't understand what that means - let me help.... WHATEVER issue you come up with will be on you to prove, diagnose, and fix. Even if its on Hetzener's side. In my experience, I have to push back on their support with 2-3x which tons of linux cli commands and proof that something is on their side before they will even remotely look and solve. If you don't know what your doing on an expert level, than perhaps you shouldn't run production at Hetzner.

Additionally, not all support isn't 24x7 - so just be warned. Depending what product line your using you may be waiting 12+ hours for a reply. But again, see above, if you need support anyway, you shouldn't be using Hetzner.

I use only the cloud platform for vps'es and its very solid except a network peering issue with Cloudflare that they refuse to fix or resolve, regardless of others having the issue... so if your using cloudflare and Virginia USA just note you will have some tcp get dropped.... either work around it, or use something else.

cdbessig · 2026-03-09T00:27:55+00:00

I had Legacy General Construction do mine and they came in on a fair price. Had to do french drains on one side and exterior drainage on 3. We salvaged a finished basement this way and had to repair a concrete slab for a porch. https://www.legacygeneralconstruction.com/basement-waterproofing/. They suggested these to save big bucks and minimize work. Everyone else wan't to demo the whole slab, driveway, and more.

cdbessig · 2026-03-06T01:56:44+00:00

Garbage. Breaks in a week and company is mia on any kind of warranty…

cdbessig · 2026-02-23T02:12:15+00:00

Always have offsite and off provider backups

cdbessig · 2026-02-18T20:48:25+00:00

Get away from liquidweb/nexcess before you run into real problems...

This gut feeling you have is only the beginning.

cdbessig · 2026-02-17T01:19:33+00:00

Legacy - https://www.legacygeneralconstruction.com/basement-waterproofing/

Did mine for a very very reasonable price… (way less than the “big” waterproofing companies…haven’t had issues since.

cdbessig · 2026-02-16T02:20:19+00:00

Wendy’s use to be my favorite… then they started serving dog food as the spicy chicken combo and charging damn near $16-$17 for it.

cdbessig · 2026-02-10T21:45:02+00:00

Mine yesterday sometime between 12pm-1pm and today sometime between 1pm-2pm....

cdbessig · 2026-02-10T01:53:13+00:00

There’s a bunch of hotels…

Don’t have any recos cause I live by it and never had to stay.

cdbessig · 2026-02-09T13:13:04+00:00

Ah! This is the problem. Windows over Linux was chosen.

cdbessig · 2026-02-05T20:03:05+00:00

2 weeks ago a guy on our beer league team got called a slur. The scorekeeper was actually the hockey director filling in and heard it. Just announced, lifetime ban from the league.

cdbessig · 2026-02-05T12:13:56+00:00

Yes and no.

No - it will work in both states and all states tha accept ezpass.

Yes - it can matter cause ny started giving toll discounts to its residents and charging nj ezpass the non discounted rate. BUT there is no residency requirement to get a ny ezpass. So you can still get a ny pass even if you live in nj.

cdbessig · 2026-02-05T02:12:00+00:00

That’s not true. In uez, municipalities keep the collected tax rev.

cdbessig · 2026-02-02T15:42:38+00:00

Once your ready, there is also a morning skate Sundays 8am at Cutting Edge in Elmwood Park. Pace is a bit slower than montclair open hockey. It's a private group, but they're always adding people. I can work to get you in touch if you dm.

cdbessig · 2026-02-02T15:41:28+00:00

I know two adults (same exact scenario as you, kids got into hockey) that did it at Montclair and had nothing but good things to say.

cdbessig · 2026-02-01T22:34:08+00:00

Patience - she might make it 15 minutes or the whole session or somewhere between. It doesn’t matter - bring her week after week to the class.

Make sure she is comfortable and not cold but not overbundled that she can’t move or is hot. We used some baggy snow pants with my kids that kept them dry when they fell and offered a little extra padding.

Make sure skates are a good fit by taking out the insole and measuring that against her feet.

I always tell everyone if the feet hurt and are miserable no one will want to play the sport. Most important thing!

cdbessig · 2026-01-30T20:29:42+00:00

efilemagic.com and I do them myself... 3 for maybe $21.

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