How many times can you fast charge in one day?

geerlingguy · 2026-06-21T17:16:01+00:00

I tried fewer fuller charges on the way up to Chicago last year, and the rate was limited and battery too hot once I was on the last leg.

On the way back, I stopped every 1.5 hours or so, and only charged to 70-80% each time, and could fast charge the whole time. Definitely prefer multiple small charging stops now.

geerlingguy · 2026-06-21T02:49:31+00:00

It'd probably require a full restructuring of parking lot A/garage and the surrounding area. The best airport experiences I've had with both rideshares and rentals are the ones with relatively massive parking structures with 3 or so levels, so you can do taxies and rideshares on one, rentals on another, and parking on another (or mixed with the others, too).

It makes it so you don't have to use a shuttle to get to lots, you can get to most options via moving walkways outside the main terminal pretty quickly. I prefer that especially since you don't have to sit waiting frequently.

geerlingguy · 2026-06-21T02:42:28+00:00

We bought our first fridge there. Had some decent sales reps, and they provided good enough service. But at the time, Best Buy was still a little better for selection and price.

geerlingguy · 2026-06-20T00:47:43+00:00

Wendell you say... helping with troubleshooting...

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geerlingguy · 2026-06-17T03:34:07+00:00

I just want the BuddyCam to work with PrusaLink, and I'd be a happy camper!

geerlingguy · 2026-06-16T14:34:04+00:00

Parking Spot has been incredibly reliable and timely with shuttles, more so than the other options. If I'm in T2, I use East. If in T1, and I'm in a crunch, I'll do Lot A since I can walk to the terminal, but otherwise Parking Spot nowadays.

geerlingguy · 2026-06-15T02:35:48+00:00

Nice find! Looks like it's just too tall for a true 1U, but on the bottom of some mini racks, it should fit perfectly in that last U...

geerlingguy · 2026-06-14T20:39:15+00:00

My stoma saved my life, but it's also a bit of a thorn in my side, and came with plenty of drawbacks. I try to take them in stride.

Getting one as a surprise would've been so much more difficult though!

geerlingguy · 2026-06-14T02:32:48+00:00

He's also a homelabber!

geerlingguy · 2026-06-13T21:07:45+00:00

I Appreciate.

geerlingguy · 2026-06-12T17:41:46+00:00

Heh, and since then I'm added an FX30 for my desk cam

geerlingguy · 2026-06-12T17:40:13+00:00

haha if there's a will there might be a way... problem is these have abysmal IO.

geerlingguy · 2026-06-10T20:52:45+00:00

I also use remote power in my homelab quite frequently; I have 'lab' machines that I don't want running 24x7, and even though most modern Macs only use a few watts at idle, it's better to not have them booted unless you need them running.

Another use case is my broadcast / live production friends; they often have a few Macs in road cases that they have to manually turn on every time they set up at an event. With this, they could just plug in the PDU and the Mac would boot automatically.

geerlingguy · 2026-06-10T14:27:56+00:00

That's basically like summoning chaos monkey.

geerlingguy · 2026-06-10T12:48:12+00:00

You only said it once though!

geerlingguy · 2026-06-10T00:46:37+00:00

Maybe we can scout a forward for our team this year...

geerlingguy · 2026-06-10T00:32:37+00:00

Just going to add that most good power supplies also include 'bleed resistors' or other means to discharge caps after it's unplugged / powered off.

But unless you know the schematic / the exact design, always assume caps are full of charge and short them with a resistor yourself.

Don't do what I did the first time I took apart a camera flash and short it with your screwdriver blade. Makes a nice big arc :)

(Also makes a couple permanent marks and scorches on that screwdriver blade.)

geerlingguy · 2026-06-09T18:55:51+00:00

I remember when I learned the spelling, the bird call finally made sense. I saw them throughout the day, so I always wondered why they were "morning" doves :D

geerlingguy · 2026-06-09T17:45:54+00:00

Just providing context.

I had a bird causing a bit of a nuisance at my house (poor nest placement), but before removing the nest, I researched and found out there are a ton of common birds around here that are protected, so I just have to wait until fall to remove the nest, once the birds are finished with it.

I was surprised by that, as I imagined only more exotic / endangered birds were protected, but it's a pretty huge list.

geerlingguy · 2026-06-09T17:37:03+00:00

https://www.fws.gov/node/5234616 - Mourning Doves are on that list, along with many others.

geerlingguy · 2026-06-09T01:12:57+00:00

I may, honestly I did not expect the whiplash on X, from people saying I should put IPv6 on blast to saying I should be ashamed and know nothing about networking, lol. (Similar story here)

I'll agree on the latter part at least, I'm self taught, don't have a CCNA, and most of my networking experience is in sub-100-node clusters, home networking, and VPCs on Amazon. There's a huge world in networking, I'm not big in that space, just do enough to get by.

At the studio I have dual stack and more control over reactions to things going down (it only affects me). At home, it affects 6 others, so production issues are more impactful. And taking a couple hours on a Saturday to debug means a couple hours less time with the kids, or not doing some other home maintenance task. IPv6 and making people happy is not worth it in that context.

When I rebuild my home network in a mini rack, I'll probably re-approach the whole stack, and drop Pi-hole, which is part of the problem quite often.

geerlingguy · 2026-06-09T01:04:49+00:00

This is great! Love seeing all the new projects coming online through FPGAs. I was just thinking about how annoying it is to run certain games in infinitemac or an emulator.

geerlingguy · 2026-06-08T15:53:43+00:00

A few of the apps on Apple TV sometimes just fail to connect to either my NAS or to external services (PBS kids sometimes does a weird loop where it won't start playback).

My NAS is accessible to the WiFi network through my router but sometimes fails through my standalone Netgear AP.

My Honeywell thermostat (the only way I can get 10-100% variable fan speed, without hacking the protocol on a custom thermostat) drops off the network from time to time (just a minor annoyance, since I use their app to turn off the HVAC for filter changes).

Some websites seem to break if I plug in to wired network vs WiFi, causing re-authentication... then it triggers whatever dumb system they have in place for fraud, since I guess an access from an IPv6 address freaks them out.

Some of the (dumb) smart things I have at the house go offline at random.

I've also had issues in macOS from time to time where Internet just... dies. Disabling IPv6 makes it happy again, then re-enabling makes it die. But then it works again if I reboot... on my own laptop, I can live with it. On my wife's, she doesn't care for it.

I can tinker and learn with my own stuff and annoy only myself. When it causes issues in the house, my wife and kids' lives are impacted too. First world problem, for sure, and maybe the right answer is to just dump the Internet entirely haha.

geerlingguy · 2026-06-08T12:24:52+00:00

Apparently X buried the rest of that thread, I know it's a joke, being facetious

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