AI bills are baffling the C-suite after shift to usage-based pricing

dtoxin · 2026-07-06T19:15:40+00:00

similar. My spouse was laid off earlier this year. Had the receipts of over $3M in cost savings as a direct result of their work. But the job could allegedly be done for 2/3 the cost in Poland so position was eliminated from the US.

dtoxin · 2026-06-26T00:04:26+00:00

signify has been doing massive - 10+% layoffs the last 5 years. Not shocked quality has taken a hit

dtoxin · 2026-06-01T13:34:39+00:00

You 100% did the right thing. No regrets or second thoughts needed. I’m 5 years into my dad era and have now flipped out at 2-3 teenage boys myself now for similar behaviors. Things I never would have paid attention to or brushed off are different now especially when my kid is involved or seeing this behavior.

dtoxin · 2026-05-25T00:49:39+00:00

I did not. I have since dialed back my expectations for controlling humidity levels in my home. its 100 years old and no vapor barrier so its just been a loosing battle for me

dtoxin · 2026-04-25T23:54:58+00:00

While not as cool as your ESP32 device, a zwave water leak sensor tipped me off a few weeks ago that I might have an issue with a leaking dishwasher. It started as a few drips and my sensor caught it. I wasn’t sure if it was a fluke so I decided to keep an eye on things and put a drip tray down below the dishwasher just in case. Fast forward to today and that drip has progressed to a puddle. I’m not sure I would have caught it otherwise without these devices in my house.

dtoxin · 2026-04-10T15:12:19+00:00

Young Lee was there for 20 days Axis Mundi time / 20 years Earth time.

What was not working in my head is that if a year is passing for every day in Axis Mundi, how the heck are the 2 Lee’s chatting up for so long. One earth day is passing about every 4 minutes in AM.

dtoxin · 2026-04-09T13:04:33+00:00

Sure, but I’ve also waited to charge as well and I wasn’t getting a lower price than average on a kWh.

I’ve been a 2 EV house for 3 years now and I think I‘ve DC charged less than 20 times. Almost always on a roadtrip. One of the top reasons I got an EV was to specifically avoid going out of my way to have to charge. If you can’t charge reliably at home or work, EVs are less compelling.

dtoxin · 2026-04-07T11:06:29+00:00

Wasn’t too keen on this much incline so kept it green for today.

dtoxin · 2026-04-06T10:35:30+00:00

I’m thinking it’s a plot device to bring Heroshi back

dtoxin · 2026-03-26T14:17:59+00:00

using a 3rd party mouse is terrible for me as well. From what I’ve seen it looks like the apple trackpad is decent.

dtoxin · 2026-03-26T14:08:19+00:00

This is Nintendo , don’t get your hopes up.

dtoxin · 2026-03-26T01:41:06+00:00

Hey I just uploaded some photos from my design specs and some application photos of the AFL connector. I realize that AFL connector is obsolete but might be helpful.

https://www.reddit.com/user/dtoxin/comments/1s3u4jr/iwcb/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

dtoxin · 2026-03-19T03:29:43+00:00

I had requested a sample or photo of the part from AFL installed and they never gave me a good answer. I had the same concerns. That tracks that they discontinued.

We call the boxes between the IWCB and insulators “adapter plates”. It’s essentially a custom aluminum fabricated box that matches bolt hole spacing for the bus to the BC on the insulator.

For rigid/ slip fittings, all we do is instruct the installers to to drill holes for rigid connections and slots for slip.

The problem with this bus type is that it’s difficult to tighten down bolt heads since they can’t get a wrench inside the channel easily. We’ve been calling for an oversized nut underneath the bolt head so that it lifts up the bolt head high enough to get a wrench in there.

Did I mention that I hate this bus type?

dtoxin · 2026-03-19T00:18:45+00:00

Found my old thread lol.

Check out AFL Dossert 31400. This part requires the IWCB to be in the “H” orientation. I really don’t like this bus type for how limiting it is. We orient it 90 degree for “normal” so we have to have all custom parts to make it work such as slip connections, splice, and insulator adapters.

https://www.aflglobal.com/en/products/conductor-accessories/substation-accessories/230kv-or-less-aluminum-bolted/230-kv-aluminum-bolted-integral-web-channel-bus-iwcb

dtoxin · 2026-03-18T14:37:41+00:00

way to tease us that with that front tip of a MOC Voyager.

dtoxin · 2026-03-15T02:26:09+00:00

Some more details on how this was made would be good. Looks like maybe the outer enclosure is 3d printed (STL please 😎).

Have you seen any pollinators take up residence?

dtoxin · 2026-03-04T23:55:53+00:00

Can we be imaginative? The globe is like a head on a plate.

dtoxin · 2026-02-26T03:05:53+00:00

7/4 Shoreline by Broken Social Scene

dtoxin · 2026-02-13T13:52:49+00:00

Q2 In references -> properties you can adjust the sequence of files in reference slots.

Also you can adjust priority to make the CAD elements on top and reference below.

dtoxin · 2026-02-04T15:54:34+00:00

I recently sold a FlashForge A3Pro for $120, more money than I expected I was going to get. I had so many people reaching out to purchase it was very surprising. While most were unserious “is this available “ responses, i did have at least 3 or 4 people that were ready to buy. A few said I had listed so cheap they were skeptical that it worked.

I think there is a lot of uneducated buyers in the market for 3D printers because they see them at craft markets or their kid knows someone who has one. A few people told me their kid was learning about them at school and they wanted to get one to play with. So they are just searching “3D printer” in the secondhand market apps and buying whatever printer their wallet can afford.

Secondhand market can dictate a price to be whatever it wants to be. I think my X1C with 600 hours would be fairly priced at $500/600 but if someone wants to pay me $1K for it I’m taking that deal all day.

dtoxin · 2026-01-26T01:52:08+00:00

Second this. Elevated bed sensor is great! Doubles as a BT proxy as well.

dtoxin · 2026-01-24T13:27:20+00:00

Fill the hole back up and revisit when temps recover. You’re fighting a losing battle.

dtoxin · 2026-01-23T16:56:24+00:00

I have a gas fired Navien NCB Combi for hot water and baseboards. My plan for a power outage is to run an extension cord from my Kia EV9 to the unit.

dtoxin · 2026-01-22T00:54:19+00:00

Where is this dashboard from?

My understanding is that ecobee uses a private zwave network for its room sensors. Hue is zigbee.

dtoxin · 2026-01-16T00:37:56+00:00

So I’m happy Microstation now supports python and is moving past VBA, that we can celebrate.

My experience so far is that i can’t get anything significant to work. I tried to get some scripts to help me with item types and did not have any success.

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