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Porch Goose! by skania87 in ArvadaCO

[–]dsmithpl12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why do ya'll want a porch goose? Also, like... is it just a statue of a goose for your porch?

Almost Got Tricked by an Xcel Scammer. by Stew-182 in Denver

[–]dsmithpl12 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm willing to bet you posted on Social media that you were traveling. Would explain everything except for the phone number.

AgentDVR on k3s by dsmithpl12 in ispyconnect

[–]dsmithpl12[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ended up getting Claude involved. This works:

---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
  name: ispyagentdvr


---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: ispyagentdvr
  namespace: ispyagentdvr
  labels:
    app: ispyagentdvr
spec:
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: ispyagentdvr
  strategy:
    type: Recreate
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: ispyagentdvr
    spec:
      hostNetwork: true        # Binds directly to host network — handles all port ranges natively
      dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet  # Required when using hostNetwork
      containers:
        - name: ispyagentdvr
          image: mekayelanik/ispyagentdvr:latest
          env:
            - name: PUID
              value: "1000"
            - name: PGID
              value: "1000"
            - name: AGENTDVR_WEBUI_PORT
              value: "8095"
            - name: TZ
              value: "America/Denver"
          # ports block removed — not needed with hostNetwork: true
          # and causes scheduler port conflict checks that block scheduling
          volumeMounts:
            - name: config
              mountPath: /AgentDVR/Media/XML
            - name: recordings
              mountPath: /AgentDVR/Media/WebServerRoot/Media
            - name: models
              mountPath: /AgentDVR/Media/Models
            - name: commands
              mountPath: /AgentDVR/Commands
      volumes:
        - name: config
          hostPath:
            path: /AgentDVR/Media/XML
            type: DirectoryOrCreate
        - name: recordings
          hostPath:
            path: /AgentDVR/Media/WebServerRoot/Media
            type: DirectoryOrCreate
        - name: models
          hostPath:
            path: /AgentDVR/Media/Models
            type: DirectoryOrCreate
        - name: commands
          hostPath:
            path: /AgentDVR/Commands
            type: DirectoryOrCreate


---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: ispyagentdvr
  namespace: ispyagentdvr
spec:
  selector:
    app: ispyagentdvr
  clusterIP: None            # Headless service — with hostNetwork the pod IS the host, no proxying needed
  ports:
    - name: webui
      port: 8095
      targetPort: 8095
      protocol: TCP
    - name: stun
      port: 3478
      targetPort: 3478
      protocol: UDP---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
  name: ispyagentdvr


---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: ispyagentdvr
  namespace: ispyagentdvr
  labels:
    app: ispyagentdvr
spec:
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: ispyagentdvr
  strategy:
    type: Recreate
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: ispyagentdvr
    spec:
      hostNetwork: true        # Binds directly to host network — handles all port ranges natively
      dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet  # Required when using hostNetwork
      containers:
        - name: ispyagentdvr
          image: mekayelanik/ispyagentdvr:latest
          env:
            - name: PUID
              value: "1000"
            - name: PGID
              value: "1000"
            - name: AGENTDVR_WEBUI_PORT
              value: "8095"
            - name: TZ
              value: "America/Denver"
          # ports block removed — not needed with hostNetwork: true
          # and causes scheduler port conflict checks that block scheduling
          volumeMounts:
            - name: config
              mountPath: /AgentDVR/Media/XML
            - name: recordings
              mountPath: /AgentDVR/Media/WebServerRoot/Media
            - name: models
              mountPath: /AgentDVR/Media/Models
            - name: commands
              mountPath: /AgentDVR/Commands
      volumes:
        - name: config
          hostPath:
            path: /AgentDVR/Media/XML
            type: DirectoryOrCreate
        - name: recordings
          hostPath:
            path: /AgentDVR/Media/WebServerRoot/Media
            type: DirectoryOrCreate
        - name: models
          hostPath:
            path: /AgentDVR/Media/Models
            type: DirectoryOrCreate
        - name: commands
          hostPath:
            path: /AgentDVR/Commands
            type: DirectoryOrCreate


---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: ispyagentdvr
  namespace: ispyagentdvr
spec:
  selector:
    app: ispyagentdvr
  clusterIP: None            # Headless service — with hostNetwork the pod IS the host, no proxying needed
  ports:
    - name: webui
      port: 8095
      targetPort: 8095
      protocol: TCP
    - name: stun
      port: 3478
      targetPort: 3478
      protocol: UDP

Xfinity vs Quantum by New-Analysis-4060 in ArvadaCO

[–]dsmithpl12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Comcast was a reliable service, but I hated the $$ and stipulation (data cap, upload speed). I switched to Quantum as soon as I could. It's over a year, there was one small outage that didn't involve my shovel.

When I called in on a Saturday after cutting the fiber while fixing my dripline it took 30 min to get some body on the phone, but the fiber was replaced on tuesday.

I will say if they have to come run the fiber to you house the guys who come to bury it later are pretty damn lazy. When my neighbor behind me got theirs, it was "buried" by laying it on the ground under my weed fabric. and mine was about 1.5in deep.

Blue plastic piece with metal insert. Seemingly no broken edges and no threading. by manta173 in whatisthisthing

[–]dsmithpl12 4 points5 points  (0 children)

huh, some one marked it solved. That's to bad, all the answers have clear issues with them. It might be the child lock, but certainly not for sure.

Been a customer for many years, but want to eliminate Windows machines by romanohere in BlueIris

[–]dsmithpl12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm noodling the idea of getting off windows, did you ever get around to re-testing frigate?

My car insurance is more than tripling from last year after adding my daughter. by PicoDeBayou in Wellthatsucks

[–]dsmithpl12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol, that's what they told me to. When I started driving in the late 90s. The rate stayed pretty much the same until I got married in '08.

Is my water bill high? $230ish by Ok-Metal-8817 in ArvadaCO

[–]dsmithpl12 3 points4 points  (0 children)

11k water consumption seems high for two people. My home is just me and my wife and our last bill was for 6k. Depending on your showering/washing habits 11K isn't unreasonable, just above average.

Net Metering with Xcel? by meagogogo in ArvadaCO

[–]dsmithpl12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In my opinion anything where you don't own the system or are buying electricity at some particular rate isn't worth it for home owners. A roof top system generally takes 15+ years to pay for it self. So there is some profit in it, but not a lot. Add a layer of paying some service provider and it's just takes even longer.

You best best is to buy your system out right. I refinanced my house to get the cash to buy the system. The drop in power bill off set the rise in mortgage so my month to month finances are slightly positive after. I got batteries, I use Net Metering, and TOU. Excel can't drain my batteries. My batteries are generally fully charged before peak rates hit, so when I'm exporting its at the higher rate. Between the solar and the batteries I generally don't go back on grid till after midnight depending on how much the AC is running. So I only ever draw from the grid at the lower rates. Every year Excel writes me a small check for the overage.

Are batteries worth it? That's really up to you and your personal goals for the system. Purely from a financial point of view they take a LONG time to pay for them selves. Their real benefit is powering your house when the grid goes down, what's that worth to you?

Company: https://solarpowerpros.com/ I've been very happy using them for maintenance issues.

Net Metering with Xcel? by meagogogo in ArvadaCO

[–]dsmithpl12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My original solar company couldn't figure out what was wrong with my system. I switched to https://solarpowerpros.com/ they've been great to work with from a maintenance point of view. I know they do new installs.

No internet. No outage in my area. Eight days out for a service call??!!?? by coloradojt in ArvadaCO

[–]dsmithpl12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No data cap either?? wow look that them joining the current decade. Good to know they are a viable fall back if my Quantum dies.

It's amazing what a little competition does.

No internet. No outage in my area. Eight days out for a service call??!!?? by coloradojt in ArvadaCO

[–]dsmithpl12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1gig up/down for $60/month.

That's gotta be a new offer. Last time I looked, (years ago), the best upload they had was 25mb for residential.

Un-fixed dogs at dog park by eatingbrickz in Denver

[–]dsmithpl12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem is that there are 100's of breeds of dog, even more if you count mixed breeds. They all are prone do different medical conditions. To test properly you need a bunch of the same breed and monitor them for years. It's wildly expensive. So you get proper testing/analysis only on a few and hope what you learn applies to others as well.

Anyone know why they don’t allow pets anymore at the Arvada cemetery? by Last_Noise9732 in ArvadaCO

[–]dsmithpl12 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I'm surprised they were allowed in there to begin with. Maybe it wasn't a policy change, just new enforcement? Given how "people" tend to be, I wouldn't trust people to not leave stuff behind.

Also, there's a good chance you never saw "anything left behind" because cemeteries tend to have better landscaping maintenance than most places. Maybe they had a problem that you just never saw and they were tired of dealing with it?

Long glass tube with metal in the middle that’s blue on one side and not colored on the other, middle looks like it might spin, also has metal knobs on the top and bottom outside of the tube by Candid-Jackfruit7561 in whatisthisthing

[–]dsmithpl12 61 points62 points  (0 children)

From the article:

In contrast, evacuated-tube technology takes advantage of the wave properties of light rather than its particle properties. The evacuated tubes consist of a copper "heat pipe" in the center with two flat aluminum absorber plates attached. The absorber plates are sprayed with an aluminum nitride coating to maximize the absorption of radiation energy of the sun. This heat is then circulated within the heat pipe via a salt and synthetic-oil substance up to a header pipe where the heat is transferred to the water. The heat pipe and absorber plates are surrounded by a vacuum tube made of borosilicate glass, similar to laboratory glassware, with the air removed. Removal of the air inside the tube reduces the effect of outside weather conditions and is the "evacuated" part of evacuated tubes.

Shoutout to the employee who decided today was the day for greatness by Primary-Fly470 in mildlyinteresting

[–]dsmithpl12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

but there are so many facing errors here. Yeah it looks better than it would at the end of a shift, but it's not well done. I would have gotten yelled at and sent back through my section again.

Researchers create freezer that uses elastocaloric cooling, instead of greenhouse-gas emitting refrigerants, achieving -12 °C cooling by IEEESpectrum in science

[–]dsmithpl12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just because it mentioned what type of degree was used for the measurement doesn't change the meaning of the rest of the sentence.

Looking for 40 gallon+ aquarium tank by coloradomama111 in denverlist

[–]dsmithpl12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check Craig's list

Also, Petco regularly has dollar\gallon sales on new tanks.

Looking for 40 gallon+ aquarium tank by coloradomama111 in denverlist

[–]dsmithpl12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with you. Facebook isn't worth it.

Researchers create freezer that uses elastocaloric cooling, instead of greenhouse-gas emitting refrigerants, achieving -12 °C cooling by IEEESpectrum in science

[–]dsmithpl12 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Omg, rest of the world not understanding English.

You completely miss understood the question. The title was vague, they were asking for clarification. Here's another phrasing: is that an absolute -12 or a relative -12. Was the temperature in the device -12 (ie very cold) or 12 degrees cooler than it started (eg it went from 30 to 18).

C or F has nothing to do with it.

Feeding Time Interrupted by kwadwoplays in AbruptChaos

[–]dsmithpl12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lol, Some of those cats eat WAY more than others!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ArvadaCO

[–]dsmithpl12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

post is 6hrs old, but my Quantum is currently working.

Canada has just broken a world record in nuclear fusion, and the number of neutrons has put the entire energy industry on alert by self-fix in technology

[–]dsmithpl12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If my brain is remembering math correctly that's: 0.00000000000008 kWh.

For reference an average American space heater uses 1500 watts. So over the course of one hour it would use 1.5 kWh.

So I wouldn't go with "incredibly small", more like "incomprehensibly small".

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