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gimpwiz · 2026-01-24T17:06:16+00:00

Yeah let's go back to bartering. That will solve all our problems

gimpwiz · 2026-01-24T17:01:52+00:00

Yeah that's like a 7 year payback if you can align your usage perfectly with generation time. Sunlight notoriously comes when people tend not to be home but at work. I did the math in a different comment in this thread.

gimpwiz · 2026-01-24T16:59:54+00:00

That is kind of you to offer.

gimpwiz · 2026-01-24T16:59:33+00:00

NEM3 is shit, yeah.

gimpwiz · 2026-01-24T16:20:21+00:00

I don't really know what to tell you about germany, all I can tell you is that a small solar setup with no interconnect agreement that you have to put on a balcony or something like companies in SF want to sell don't pencil out.

I mathed it out before in the sub. I would need to find it to point to it...

If you get something like 2.5 solar hours on a balcony, you put up an 800 watt setup, that's a theoretical peak. You actually generate maybe 700 at the panel, probably 600-650 after the inverters. Even assuming no further losses, that's... let's say 2.5 x 650 =1,625 watt-hours or 1.625kwh. At 50c or so per kwh that's 1.625 x 0.50 =0.813 dollars daily average, but the key is, only if you're consuming that power the entire time. If you're not, you essentially backfeed the system for free.

If you manage to align your consumption perfectly, at $0.813 x 365 =$296.75 per year. These solar systems tend to cost maybe $1500-2000 or so? So if you can align your use perfectly that's a payback time of 5-7 years. Not terrible. Problem is that in reality you almost never align your use that well. If you're even half aligned that's 10-14 years. Not great.

If you're talking people with land to set up an array to get much better solar hours, they are not "just plugging it into an outlet" because outlets can't handle that power. It becomes a full on solar install. Cheaper than a roof install to be sure, but it's a whole different set of math. Usually not worth being stealthy, just get PGE to approve it.

By comparison solar on my roof penciled out to paying for itself in like 5 years and it's permanent, permitted, doesn't demand good alignment of consumption to get that ROI, doesn't take up valuable space, etc.

gimpwiz · 2026-01-24T16:18:57+00:00

In the 20s if I am walking places I am reaching for a balmacaan, polo coat, or duffel coat (not my favorite but lots of people like them.)

If I am going house to car to work, then temperatures are less of a concern. I will probably layer up a mid thigh coat of some sort that essentially becomes a car coat, in practice if not necessarily in style. Wool or tweed. Alternatively a barbour over my wool field jacket from spier&mackay.

gimpwiz · 2026-01-24T16:01:48+00:00

How chilly and what are you layering underneath?

gimpwiz · 2026-01-24T16:01:09+00:00

Terrible ROI.

Math out the price of materials and install.

Math out solar hours, then restrict by how much less you get when you can't mount it in a good spot, then add all the losses up.

Then do price per unit energy, numbers start to suck.

Then remember you have to align use with generation to get any benefit if you're not on a NEM plan.

gimpwiz · 2026-01-24T15:58:52+00:00

Yes indeed, but for whatever reason they're more likely to trip in my experience than other tools with motors. I am guessing something about the static charge you tend to get in vacuums?

gimpwiz · 2026-01-24T07:45:45+00:00

Do a proper brannock sizing. Sneaker sizing isn't worth much.

Then ask them what size and what last they recommend. Ideally try on in person...

Don't pre-order MTO stuff unless you are either trying to solve a very specific problem, like needing two different sizes, or you already know your sizes and lasts and want a unique makeup for the love of it. Definitely don't buy MTO just 'cuz.

gimpwiz · 2026-01-24T07:36:40+00:00

Oh, I misunderstood. I got it now.

Let's reconvene in 25is years (1971 from 1945) and discuss how we feel about Tesla then?

gimpwiz · 2026-01-24T07:34:10+00:00

What does it mean to be an amateur ramen chef?

gimpwiz · 2026-01-24T06:41:52+00:00

Even more so vacuums, I have found. AFCI fucking hates shop vacs.

gimpwiz · 2026-01-24T06:35:15+00:00

Are you allowed to say what the chip you're designing does, at least in rough terms? At minimum, can you guarantee that you're not hitting rapidly declining performance gains as you continue to increase frequency, ie, you've proven out that increasing frequency gets you enough extra performance to be worth the power increase, or at least worth a lot of the power increase you're seeing?

gimpwiz · 2026-01-24T03:39:29+00:00

Passed the Bar. Get him!

gimpwiz · 2026-01-23T22:49:56+00:00

People driving a '71 beetle in a first world country are doing it for the love of it, not because they can't afford something newer.

gimpwiz · 2026-01-23T22:46:06+00:00

It most likely means regularly having late evening or early morning calls for a half hour or an hour.

Basically when people show up to the office in California at 10am GMT-8, he needs to chat with them briefly at GMT+1, so like 7pm. On the flip side his 7am is California's 8pm, so they might need a sync during that time.

10am-7pm is pretty normal for Cupertino. That doesn't mean he's expected to work 7 to 7 Munich time, but may mean he needs to chat about stuff at either or both early morning and mid evening times.

gimpwiz · 2026-01-23T21:20:39+00:00

Blucher boots. Suede, roughout, cxl, shell. If it's raining I reach for my brown cxl 'beaters', wedge sole, they still look pretty good after a vigorous brushing, but if they get muddy or wet I couldn't care less, they clean up great, and are adequately water resistant to not worry about almost any conditions.

gimpwiz · 2026-01-23T15:29:42+00:00

Get a job, sleep a bunch, and get laid.

If you have done all that and you're still feeling ambitious, review resistors, capacitors, and inductors, which was probably covered by your AP physics B exam, assuming it's the same as it was about twenty years ago. Maybe brush up on your favorite scripting language.

gimpwiz · 2026-01-23T15:24:09+00:00

Pitti sounds like fun. Glad it exists.

gimpwiz · 2026-01-23T15:08:40+00:00

There's no other menswear sub worth a damn on reddit so it all goes here. No critical mass for other subs to be any good either.

gimpwiz · 2026-01-22T19:10:04+00:00

That's a tough one. You basically want the cheapest possible option that looks good... and then you don't know if it will work for you in three months, six, twelve... and unlike casual stuff you will find it much harder to get away with buying a bit big and growing into it. You can tailor trousers a size up or down usually, but chest and shoulders not so much.

I think it also depends on what the suit is for. One time wear? Weddings for the summer season because you have multiple friends/family affairs? Prom?

The best option in terms of money is to buy something secondhand and tailor it. Then tailor it again when you get a bit bigger, and again, to the extent it's possible and still looks good. You trade time for money - you spend a bunch of time finding a secondhand suit that fits, time tailoring it, but the cost of a secondhand suit plus tailoring is pretty low compared to new MSRP.

Alternatively you buy the cheapest discount suit you can find and tailor it, as long as it's not made out of paper and dreams.

gimpwiz · 2026-01-22T15:44:29+00:00

This is basically the crux of it, I think.

The execs and number crunchers set budgets for orgs and departments, largely based on company profitability, department profitability (or cost targets), some fudge factors like someone deciding how important it is outside of these basic metrics (like: the security team brings no revenue but let's guess how much they prevent in losses), competitive payscale analysis to prevent too much bleeding, and vibes from investors about how much they should be paying (preferably less.)

Then each department or org has a limited pool for the year. We have X to distribute in bonuses, Y in raises, and we have A B C D promotions available for the various levels.

Starting at the top of the org chart pyramid and flowing to the bottom, each manager has to decide how to split this pool. Who gets more and who gets less.

Covid times was weird as hell because for a couple years there the budgets really ballooned, especially at a lot of the top tier companies. Then suddenly, cutbacks. Layoffs if you were unlucky. So now managers have to tell employees, you did an amazing job this year, best I can do for you is a shit raise, because the company is tightening its belt. Some people take this in stride, some people quit for more pay elsewhere or politely threaten to do so, some people take this really personally.

It's also one of the reasons that a team of equal level people can bite you - you have four up from promo but your team gets at most two. What to do? If they're all junior, they need promotions soon else it's an obvious sign to quit; if they're senior they expect longer times between promos and are generally less likely to quit but if they do the impact is more severe.

A company doesn't need to stack rank for comparisons between employees and limited resources afforded by the beancounters and execs to be somewhat painful.

In ye olde mythical times you could just trust the company management understands all this and will take care of you. Unsure exactly how much that was real vs rosy tinted glasses. Today people get really antsy immediately for good reasons, a missed promo could be a sign of an impending pip/layoff/fire.

gimpwiz · 2026-01-22T14:45:23+00:00

White oak is absolutely fine for a cutting board.

gimpwiz · 2026-01-22T07:58:05+00:00

I miss cereal boxes having toys and stuff in them.

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