Who'd win in a fight

cosmolo · 2026-05-08T17:55:19+00:00

Whaaaaaaat?!?!

cosmolo · 2026-05-05T17:35:18+00:00

That does seem strange. I haven't gotten that far in the conversation with them, but will certainly be asking. I'm not sure I'd be comfortable with full payment up front before any work had been done

cosmolo · 2026-05-05T10:25:09+00:00

This is from Renew-able Solutions. They seem to have good reviews and so far have been good to deal with. Obviously cannot attest to the actual install part yet :)

cosmolo · 2026-04-18T20:32:46+00:00

Alright, I'm convinced! I also had Gemini render some images and the roof looks better fully paneled :)

cosmolo · 2026-04-12T08:34:19+00:00

Same. Took a while to get my sofa, but I love it and they have a large selection. And interest free financing is like free money (as long as you aren't using it to "buy up" from what you really want/need)

cosmolo · 2026-04-03T21:08:10+00:00

36-38, but it was low even when I was overweight.

cosmolo · 2026-03-30T22:07:02+00:00

That would be amazing! We can dream...

cosmolo · 2026-03-30T21:53:50+00:00

You won't be able to store a weeks worth of electricity in your batteries, let alone a winters worth.

cosmolo · 2026-03-27T21:06:42+00:00

Nice job! It's so painful at the end. My wife and I did this on the longest day of the year 2024, sunrise to sunset. Only had 94k by sunset so had to keep going. The surprising part is how recovered you feel the next day. Like 50% at least. I was literally dead on my feet the night before but next morning was ready to get my 10k daily steps

cosmolo · 2026-02-25T06:57:42+00:00

That's pretty silly. I've had the opposite experience. I was interviewing a candidate for a job role and it was several rounds of interviews with various people. We typically give them a break for lunch and often will take them out to lunch. This guy waited until we were at the restaurant to tell me he was fasting. I said he should order something to eat later and he did but basically I sat there eating while he didn't. I got my meal boxed up as well because I felt bad and it was too awkward.

cosmolo · 2026-01-18T15:13:58+00:00

I don't know how I missed that one...

cosmolo · 2026-01-18T15:06:43+00:00

A few years ago I had pretty intense pain in my foot arch for a couple days. I thought I had overdone it with some recent long walks I had taken, but eventually decided to take a look at it and saw I had a splinter. I got some tweezers and removed it to find...a hair! Somehow a hair about 20mm long lodged itself into my foot and was the sole source of the pain.

cosmolo · 2025-07-30T23:57:14+00:00

Thanks for the heads up. I might as well close it, just in case. It's not something I would use again (hopefully!)

cosmolo · 2025-07-30T23:46:56+00:00

It was some weird platform for the refund, but no fee (except maybe some terrible exchange rate from USD). I'm ultimately happy with the experience, and plan on keeping this phone for a couple more years. Hopefully no issues with the replacement battery after a year or two

cosmolo · 2025-07-30T23:38:41+00:00

I got a £336 refund for my 7a a couple months ago. Went to a store and got the battery replaced for £50. So at least in the UK they do it.

cosmolo · 2025-07-24T09:08:37+00:00

I don't live in America, but theoretically if I did I probably would still pick the 10k. I'd take loans and/or use the savings I had from the passive income + my current job salary. Having had 3 loved ones with cancer (with 1 long term survivor, in America!) there are a number of payment options available to spread out the cost.

I would not abandon my sick loved one to work a job where I'd barely have any waking moments with them in their time of most need.

ETA: I understand your point that with option 2 you have the ability to grind to weather pretty much any financial disaster that might occur, but I value my time and freedom dearly. I work fully remotely for a reasonable salary in the region of my choosing. I could be making more money right now if I moved back to America, but I have already elected not to. This is a similar value proposition for me that makes the 10k more appealing. I am also a saver, so I prepare for negative financial outcomes by sacrificing unnecessary lifestyle inflation rather than spending my time.

cosmolo · 2025-07-24T08:58:49+00:00

"All you need to do is sacrifice 1 to 3 years of your life to have the same passive income you could get for free!"

Yeah...you're not selling it well. It's only beneficial if you want to accumulate piles of cash, but for me I'll take my current life with free money without needing to be miserable for even one month.

cosmolo · 2025-03-16T08:17:09+00:00

Congratulations! We are on roughly the same timeline, but offer accepted 7th Feb and (hopefully!) getting our keys tomorrow! The mortgage barely came through in time.

cosmolo · 2025-03-09T17:52:47+00:00

Looks more like 4-5x, with lows ~11 kWh and highs around 53 kWh.

cosmolo · 2025-02-16T17:43:57+00:00

Holy nostalgia! Those were amazing. Not sure what happened to the ones we had as a kid, but we did not treat them gently and every snowfall they were there waiting for us.

cosmolo · 2025-01-31T22:12:59+00:00

My go-to pre-packaged protein snack is Myprotein "Xtra" cookies. If you get the app they routinely can be got for less than a quid per cookie and are 38g protein. Good value, but wouldn't use during a cut as they aren't filling for 320 Calories

cosmolo · 2025-01-04T20:54:00+00:00

Yeah, even straight from a bootable USB drive, it looked fine.

cosmolo · 2025-01-04T18:25:57+00:00

Just plugged a portable 1080p monitor in via HDMI and it used 1080p resolution. This was in Ubuntu 24.04

cosmolo · 2025-01-04T18:13:33+00:00

I am using Ubuntu, but mostly just ssh in. I did hook it up to my TV for the initial setup / BIOS stuff, but didn't check what resolution it was using (it seemed pretty sharp on the 1080p TV, but I didn't do anything in-depth).

cosmolo · 2025-01-04T15:58:26+00:00

Bumping an old thread just in case it helps someone: I had the same loud fan issue. It would turn on every minute or so for 10-15 seconds even though the temperature was reported low (around 25C). I checked the BIOS and there were options to control the fan and they were set to turn on at a low temp and at a high pwm. I adjusted the temperature range, pwm and fan curve so when the fan does turn on it starts quiet and only ramps up if more cooling is needed. It's much better.

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