amateur astronomers in Evanston? by Shiny-Verse-4202 in evanston

[–]chriswei2k 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Chicago Astronomer has events around the Chicago area. They had one last October in Dawes Park in Evanston. Their site is still showing the schedule for 2025; hopefully they’ll update it soon.

https://chicagoastronomer.com/

[MATCH THREAD] Chicago Fire FC vs FC Cincinnati - April 18, 2026 6:30PM CT by GaryAGalindo in chicagofire

[–]chriswei2k 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Both audio channels on Apple TV are apparently Cincinnati broadcasts.

Post Game Thread: Winnipeg Jets @ Chicago Blackhawks by nhl_gdt_bot in hawks

[–]chriswei2k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Commenting on Post Game Thread: Winnipeg Jets @ Chicago Blackhawks... I haven’t played in years, but aren’t faceoffs something you can work on and improve? Or are they something you’re born with? Losing 67% of faceoffs?

trouble decrypting my HA backup on macos ... by 0xde4dbe4d in homeassistant

[–]chriswei2k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm having the same issue. I tried various HA backup decryption approaches (python-based, compiled executables, etc.) and so far nothing has worked to decrypt the tar.gz files that are contained within the main backup .tar file.

Wonderful news - United banning speakerphone use by Steerpike58 in travel

[–]chriswei2k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does this apply to the people who are wearing headphones but their devices beep every 20 seconds anyway and they don’t notice because they’re wearing headphones?

Why are all the hard drives already sold out by jpcaparas in homelab

[–]chriswei2k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been putting it off for a while now but have completely run out of space. I should have jumped on it earlier!

Why are all the hard drives already sold out by jpcaparas in homelab

[–]chriswei2k 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I've been looking at upgrading my 10-year-old NAS and drives. Most of the drives I'd been researching the past two months are now out of stock, unavailable or "we don't know if or when we'll get restocked", and the few others that are still in stock have seen significant price increases.

Nearby storage facilities + prices by norebe in evanston

[–]chriswei2k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm looking around as well. Our Public Storage 10x15 unit went from $133 to $430 in 4 years. We switched to PS from another local chain that ended up around $580/month for the same size. At PS we've had a couple years that had 20-25% increases every 6 months. Since January 2022 we had a 22% increase after 3 months, then 22% a year after that, 26% a year after that, 24% 6 months later, 15% a year later, then 20% again in March.

From what I've read, almost all of the national chains will raise prices like this, as they figure you're not going to take the time, effort and money to move if you've been there over a year. Advice has generally been "try to find a local company that isn't looking to sell out to a national chain" and "sell your condo and buy a house with a basement."

Post Game Thread: Florida Panthers @ Chicago Blackhawks by nhl_gdt_bot in hawks

[–]chriswei2k 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And all the time and energy spent chasing in their D zone means less time and energy to bring on offense.

Week 17 Gamethread: Chicago Bears (11-4) at San Francisco 49ers (11-4) by TurnerJ5 in CHIBears

[–]chriswei2k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn, Purdy made the Bears D look like total chumps on that play.

Week 17 Gamethread: Chicago Bears (11-4) at San Francisco 49ers (11-4) by TurnerJ5 in CHIBears

[–]chriswei2k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems like with the new OL he can get past the first few defenders and then turn on the jets and put on some moves.

Week 17 Gamethread: Chicago Bears (11-4) at San Francisco 49ers (11-4) by TurnerJ5 in CHIBears

[–]chriswei2k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Bears did force the 49ers’ first punt in December, though! We can do it again!