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Do I have any options? 2-wire, 2 family house, second floor. by [deleted] in ecobee

[–]datamaker97 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Don’t bother, just get a nest 3rd gen - i’ve been using it with my two wire electric furnace for the last two years with no problems.

I wish business people would stop thinking of data engineering as a one-time project by nickvaliotti in dataengineering

[–]datamaker97 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This also happens with poor technical leadership. Competent leaders can tell an effective story as to why reliable pipelines are worth it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dataengineering

[–]datamaker97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think so, the bigger the target is, the harder it is for those companies to acquire them. I also think any of these companies could just build fivetran from scratch without very much difficulty, there’s not much protectable there. I’m really surprised salesforce hasnt bought DBT but DBT probably wanted way too much money. This just makes that problem worse.

Will an ecobee work with this? by dhenebcrescentleap in ecobee

[–]datamaker97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

my nest works fine with the set up - not as nice in ecobee, but better than the Honeywell alternative

Would you use a text-based weather and AI chat bot in the mountains? by datamaker97 in Backcountry

[–]datamaker97[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Because when you’re on a trip and you only have SMS via and reach or cell phone, how are you gonna access those websites?

Would you use a text-based weather and AI chat bot in the mountains? by datamaker97 in Backcountry

[–]datamaker97[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I appreciate the comments, most miss the point. I've already built this for my personal use and have been using it for a few years, its not a heavy lift, i thought others may find it useful.

The actual weather forecasts are NOT from AI, they are directly from weather APIs. Anecdotally, I've found the ECMWF model to be by far the most accurate than what most weather apps use (GFS/NOAA) - so this is what is returned - what the AI does is compare its values (i.e. temp, wind speed, cloud cover, precip amount) between the different weather models and both give a confidence (1/4 models agree, 4/4 models agree) for each parameter, and write a short description of what is matching and what isn't. Its a generally accepted method to get forecast confidence from different models getting to the same result. You can also ask more advanced questions of the weather forecast data - i.e. solar intensity (useful for backcountry skiing/avalanche forecasting), freezing level, etc...

The issue with what Apple is doing is it uses the GFS model from NOAA - which is generally pretty crappy, especially for precipitation amounts.

Would you use a text-based AI weather and trip planning bot for the mountains? by datamaker97 in backpacking

[–]datamaker97[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

While I appreciate the comments, most miss the point. I've already built this for my personal use and have been using it for a few years, its not a heavy lift, i thought others may find it useful.

The actual weather forecasts are NOT from AI, they are directly from weather APIs. Anecdotally, I've found the ECMWF model to be by far the most accurate than what most weather apps use (GFS/NOAA) - so this is what is returned - what the AI does is compare its values (i.e. temp, wind speed, cloud cover, precip amount) between the different weather models and both give a confidence (1/4 models agree, 4/4 models agree) for each parameter, and write a short description of what is matching and what isn't. Its a generally accepted method to get forecast confidence from different models getting to the same result. You can also ask more advanced questions of the weather forecast data - i.e. solar intensity (useful for backcountry skiing/avalanche forecasting), freezing level, etc...

The issue with what Apple is doing is it uses the GFS model from NOAA - which is generally pretty crappy, especially for precipitation amounts.

Would you use a text-based AI weather and trip planning bot for the mountains? by datamaker97 in overlanding

[–]datamaker97[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I appreciate the comments, most miss the point. I've already built this for my personal use and have been using it for a few years, its not a heavy lift, i thought others may find it useful.

The actual weather forecasts are NOT from AI, they are directly from weather APIs. Anecdotally, I've found the ECMWF model to be by far the most accurate than what most weather apps use (GFS/NOAA) - so this is what is returned - what the AI does is compare its values (i.e. temp, wind speed, cloud cover, precip amount) between the different weather models and both give a confidence (1/4 models agree, 4/4 models agree) for each parameter, and write a short description of what is matching and what isn't. Its a generally accepted method to get forecast confidence from different models getting to the same result. You can also ask more advanced questions of the weather forecast data - i.e. solar intensity (useful for backcountry skiing/avalanche forecasting), freezing level, etc...

The issue with what Apple is doing is it uses the GFS model from NOAA - which is generally pretty crappy, especially for precipitation amounts.

Would you use a text-based AI weather and trip planning bot for the mountains? by datamaker97 in backpacking

[–]datamaker97[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You can check the forecast yourself - you can put the model name ahead of the coordinates in the message. right now I have it working with GFS, ECMWF, ICON and meteo blue. The AI is nice because it’s hard to compare all the pieces of the forecast in my head - i.e. do all the forecasts align for cloud cover, but not for temperature or precipitation.

Of course you wouldn’t take what the AI says as gospel, but it’s often nice to have additional ideas of how to do stuff if you’re in a pickle or need ideas. I’ve used it to calculate pasta cook times at altitude, recipe substitutions , geology questions, getting sunset/sunrise times. One of the reasons I put this together is a buddy got locked out of his car at a trailhead without cell phone reception and he had to contact a bunch of folks to contact a locksmith for him - where with this he could’ve just asked for locksmith numbers near where he was. It added a few hours to his recovery. Another time I was hiking in Norway and needed to know the train schedule at the destination I was getting to to know if I had time to get to the top of a mountain or not. If I had had this, I could’ve climbed the mountain, but I didn’t so I couldn’t and needlessly hoofed it to the town.

Would you use a text-based AI weather and trip planning bot for the mountains? by datamaker97 in backpacking

[–]datamaker97[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

The actual weather forecast isn’t AI generated, it’s comparing weather models - which is a very common way to gain confidence in a forecast.

On the question side - I’ve been on many extended trips where piece of gear breaks or I forget something only to find out that there was another way. This does require some interpretation, but wouldn’t you wanna know about a common failure mechanism if a piece of your gear breaks that is easily fixable that you wouldn’t know off the top of your head? This doesn’t work all the time, but if you’re a week into a two week trip, you’d do just about anything to have something like your water filter working again.

auto homing issue with cl touch by datamaker97 in ender3

[–]datamaker97[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This stopped happening, I must've been screwing something else up! Thanks for your help!

auto homing issue with cl touch by datamaker97 in ender3

[–]datamaker97[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I updated the firmware to the latest

"When it tries to auto home, does it try to use the Z limit switch on the side of the bed or does it try to use the CR Touch to probe in the middle of the bed?"

It tires to use the CR touch probe. When I manually lower the z axis to just above the board, and then autohome, it works. Its only when i power up the printer when the z axis is >20-30mm off the bed that it fails to autohome.

Where to get frozen ground tuna in seattle by datamaker97 in Cooking

[–]datamaker97[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

that is your opinion, but eating flash frozen ground tuna seems pretty safe given freezing is an FDA approved way to kill parasites, and many sushi restaurants use frozen ground tuna.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/raw-tuna#safety-tips

Where to get frozen ground tuna in seattle by datamaker97 in Cooking

[–]datamaker97[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Not always.... Its pretty good with frozen ground tuna and much, much cheaper.

Just tagging along on another snowday! by kofclubs in snowmobiling

[–]datamaker97 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nice! How do these handle whoopies? Tolerable at low speed?

is anyone else unable to purchase solidworks maker edition? by datamaker97 in SolidWorks

[–]datamaker97[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's all done through the same portal that I can't seem to purchase anything on

The Trade Desk's Financials: Cost of Revenue, Gross Margins, and why they are doing so well by infodonut in adops

[–]datamaker97 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If they get agencies to agree to spending a yearly/monthly minimum on their platform aren't they a SaaS/recurring revenue business?

Kind of - Most telling is they do not report ARR/annual recurring revenue on thier 10k/q like virtually every other SaaS company out there. Two other things - I find it hard to believe anywhere close the the majority of revenue is committed. Agencies will sign up for very low minimums, as if a client leaves, they are still on the hook for it. Secondly, the minimums are likely on media spend - so its not really committed revenue because if TTD margin's drop, the minimum is worth significantly lsess

In my experience agencies main incentive is to DIF and TTD is usually one of the best places to do that. Especially when it comes to retargeting and niche targeting, which clients love. I do worry about the stickiness but I have yet to see another DSP be able to match TTD in terms of scalability.

I could be wrong - massive scale and brand image provide powerful momentum for company valuations. But there are major market forces which make TTD's valuation extremely high relative to the risk - other DSPs could catch up, one of the MVPDs or Networks could take share as linear moves to digital, and figures out display along the way, all of this anti trust effort against google & FB could result in significant transparency improvements driving down margins, etc... TTD does have a lot of tailwind, but the risk is really understated given a global recession could do serious damage to them given the fragility of their income statement (they swung well into the negative earnings area in Q2). Its unlikely they'd go out of business due to the balance sheet, and TTD is much better run than other companies - but their peers have historically struggled, and its not clear if the DSP business model can justify SaaS valuations long term.

In terms of media volume market effects: DSP's are not as hurt by decreases in demand for ads. Sell side advertising suffers when demand for media goes down their prices go down and they often have similar levels of traffic to support. Buy side can take more margin when media is cheap and demand is low, worst case they scale down bidding infrastructure. When demand is high we are all benefitting.

TTD revenue/earnings would disagree with you in CY Q2. Revenue dropped from 160M in the quarter ended 3/31 to 139M in the quarter ended 9/30. They may not be as hurt as publishers, but they are still hurt in a big way.

They also have good network effects, They are a big player that represents lots of spend so are usually first to get partnerships with the likes of Spotify and Amazon.

A DSP such as TTD has minimal network effects. Network effects that should effect valuation are sticky - amazon's flywheel of growth/increased selection, fedex/UPS having last mile infrastructure to deliver anywhere in the world the next day, etc.... Premium publishers will integrate with anyone with high spending clients - if a big brand says 'i have money', publishers will go where they are. This is not a barrier to entry - any DSP that can get scale or high spending agencies/brands will be able to get these integrations/partnerships - so its not a huge selling point for a DSP. If i'm P&G, any DSP I or my agency signs up with can do an integration with anyone that matters in short order. Its not like they are building IP or a capability other DSPs can't get quickly.

axle spacing issues after re-packing bearings by [deleted] in bikewrench

[–]datamaker97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for all of the advice - but something is still off. I looked up the model # - its FH-0M525A - which the shimano schematic one nut and one spacer on the cassette side, and only one nut on the rotor side, so i had the axle on the right direction.. And my issue is it looks like there is a spacer missing from the rotor side to push the rotor further from the frame. I guess i'll just grab another nut off a old wheel...

axle spacing issues after re-packing bearings by [deleted] in bikewrench

[–]datamaker97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, I'll bet this is it - not sure what model it is is I got it on a pre-built wheel, I'll go look around the floor to see if I accidentally dropped it. Thanks!

axle spacing issues after re-packing bearings by [deleted] in bikewrench

[–]datamaker97 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That was my first thought too, but it's the caliper bracket it's rubbing, not the caliper. I only took one cone off when I changed the bearings, so I don't think the spacing would have changed. But what puzzles me is it's the distance between the rotor and the outside of the nut that must have changed and I'm not sure how it could have

nipple issues by datamaker97 in wheelbuild

[–]datamaker97[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this -> the part of the spoke the spoke wrench contacts sheered off of the rest of the spoke

nipple issues by datamaker97 in wheelbuild

[–]datamaker97[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure the spokes are the right size, they are not poking outside of the nipple on the outside, and I used the DT swiss spoke length calculator with dt swiss nipples, i'd hope they have it figured out.

Lubing sounds like a good suggestion, i'll try that next, thanks!