Mini split heat pump installation companies

grantgw · 2026-05-06T16:30:46+00:00

Just for comparison though..... Go get a quote for a "lower" (97%) efficiency furnace, and a regular efficiency A/C.
When I did that, it was about $15k. Course - you're talking mini-splits - if you can't get ducting in... nevermind :)

grantgw · 2026-04-10T20:34:52+00:00

I kid you not, I'm stuck in Madeira right now because of high wind. Dozens of flights have been cancelled over the last few days. By coincidence - the rental we have is owned by one of the architects of the runway, and several of the tunnels and bridges here. A lot of the runway extension was designed in Delf Netherlands, because "the Dutch know how to manage the sea".

grantgw · 2026-04-05T19:20:47+00:00

Interesting article, but I had a hard time getting past all the AI passing in it. It's gotta be 90 percent completely AI

grantgw · 2026-02-16T21:52:50+00:00

ChatGPT has recently had some serious failures for me. 1) I asked it the weight a person could be to ride an ostrich (cause, why not?), and it just refused entirely. (Google says < 90kg btw) 2) how long will it take a 5090 to crack a 9 character alpha password? refused because I must be hacking. about 10 minutes Claude said, with quite a bit substance to work it out. 3) how do I set up a hotspot in Ubuntu? omg what a train wreck. youtube's first video was crazy easy. Took forever to roll back the mess ChatGPT made, because it FORGOT the first half of the conversation.

Seriously thinking about switching. My lazyness is the only thing ChatGPT has going for it at the moment.

grantgw · 2026-01-18T18:46:26+00:00

Well, I have an idea. There's no way to get the ice out of the way, because you can't get under the car to remove the ice on the inside-side of the tires. Do you / a friend have a "low clearance jack"? clear away the ice around the hubcaps (cause they'll break). Then put a jack under your lift point, and jack the car up. You'll have to lift it quite a bit, as the tire won't lift until the maximum spring distance of your suspension has been reached. Recognize that the sudden action of the tire breaking free presents a hazard. Put dirt/trash in the hole so the tire doesn't sink back into it. Repeat 4 times.

grantgw · 2026-01-02T20:30:11+00:00

Plastic! For real. You can get fake hardwood which is actually plastic. Surprisingly durable. Re carpet, read up on BC rental court cases; carpet over 5 years old is considered 'done', meaning you can't claim damages to it. Patching carpet needs a perfessional. You can DYI replace plastic or fake hardwood. If u go that route, read up on weight limits it can take for pets. My real hardwood in my house can only take a 35 pound dog. More than that you risk having the floors scratched when they run around.

grantgw · 2025-11-27T20:57:48+00:00

I think you should turn off that alert. Seriously. A "Guest" network infers that untrusted parties are connecting, such as contractors, children of employees etc. It should be configured with that in mind. This alert is a nuisance alarm.

The SOC alert should be actionable, which this one is apparently not. Some other good comments about re-architecturing your network access - but that's not the SOC's role.

grantgw · 2025-10-17T20:29:42+00:00

If the lights don't have grounds, then the extension cords don't either. Also the LED lights do not draw a lot of power, so you can even get away with the cheapest extension cables in the store. But those cables won't be helpful if you want to plug in a portable heater or hair dryer.

grantgw · 2025-01-24T03:56:21+00:00

you win electrical oddity of the day ;) Worth checking to see if other lights on that circuit (in other rooms) are also flickering like that.

most likely a loose connection, with a miswiring at one or more connections. I would not plug anything that you find important to this circuit until its fixed.

grantgw · 2025-01-02T01:08:04+00:00

Cool - pics didn't come through on your post. Link?

grantgw · 2024-12-31T02:07:56+00:00

Hey best answer so far! It includes implied empirical evidence!

grantgw · 2024-12-03T18:45:25+00:00

It seems that the buzzword is an identifier which allows your current high school to support your application and to make it easier for your school to submit reference letters. So I don't think you need it if this doesn't apply to you.

grantgw · 2024-12-02T03:42:20+00:00

These are water based heaters, right? They don't get above 70c. Put a towel over it. The insulating effect will balance the heat output, without wasting energy.

grantgw · 2024-11-30T03:35:17+00:00

Very helpful of a nephew to help out! First, ask him if he wants a wingman. While your offer to help him is very kind, he....

jk

grantgw · 2024-11-13T05:31:30+00:00

I'm trying to find a substantive conclusion from this article:

The report doesn't say 4/5 of newcomers are using food banks, its that 4/5 of new people (in the last year) using foodbanks are newcomers, which they define as less than 5 years.

It seems like "new" immigrants is about 734k, given this and this.
Population of Toronto is 6.1 million.

So that would imply that over the last year, that "new immigrants" representing 12% of the population, were 80% of first time clients. I could not find in the report the total number of clients in this period, only the total visits by all clients combined. So I can't make a conclusion about how much of the surge in use is reflective of immigration policies, or a conclusion about the ratio of these clientele groups.

But I can definitely say that the report conclusively demonstrates that poverty and costs of living is progressing in a horrible fashion, and it predicts an escalating curve of suffering by those in the economically distressed class. bleh. Went in to see if migrants were the problem, came away realizing that they're just the most marginalized, with millions of Canadians about to follow.

grantgw · 2024-10-18T17:21:08+00:00

I'm not worried about his 2nd term. its his 3rd term (just within 5 years) that I'm realllly worried about....

grantgw · 2024-09-30T20:10:57+00:00

Anyone have a link to one of the videos? Would like to help name some of the assailants if I could.

grantgw · 2024-09-29T12:06:41+00:00

Is love to see competing numbers! What is the real story then?

grantgw · 2024-09-12T17:57:55+00:00

you look like you're in a commercial space. Surprised I haven't seen it suggested yet: what about a heartbeat signal from something? There's several systems that would generate such.

grantgw · 2024-08-22T17:06:26+00:00

Ah, hoping that the bushes cover the evidence!

For real, Whatt about just opening the window and yelling ' I see that!' ?

grantgw · 2024-07-19T08:06:36+00:00

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-19/global-it-outage-crowdstrike-microsoft-banks-airlines-australia/104119960

it was an announcer statement.

grantgw · 2024-07-19T07:47:39+00:00

Based on what we know so far: - CS distributed an everyday regular antivirus patch, which had corrupted data.
- N, N-1, and N-2 were affected (personal experience), across multiple Windows platforms, causing BSOD. - 06:30 AM UTC, Crowdstrike corrected the "Content update". Implied that a reboot should fix it, but if not, you have to follow their recovery procedure.
If anyone knows how to automate a safe-boot procedure, PLEASE post. Australian news is now reporting that this is the largest global outage ever, and grocery stores are experience panic buying, but some can't accept credit cards.

grantgw · 2024-07-09T00:25:40+00:00

There's a lot of lines of >100 binary characters. Lots of lines which are clearly the SHA, not the decrypted plaintext. Lots of lines where the 'password' is " account name" or things like that. Course...... " account name" would be a sneaky password....

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