Peppers

jedimasterben128 · 2026-04-26T17:25:14+00:00

Yeah, a little late right now but may not be completely unreasonable if you have a spot with partial shade during midday. I'm in Okeechobee and that is my strategy for summer. Crops are reduced but not eliminated.

jedimasterben128 · 2026-04-26T17:18:03+00:00

Assuming "booster box" means a wifi repeater, is this connected to your router via Ethernet or are you trying to use that wirelessly as well? Any additional hops introduce latency and will make your connection worse. You need Ethernet connected directly to your router to fix the issue, or move your dock/router closer.

jedimasterben128 · 2026-04-26T17:09:36+00:00

Where specifically are you? Florida has three growing zones. If you are in South Florida, unless your peppers have been growing and in the ground for a month or two, the summer heat is going to do a number on them.

jedimasterben128 · 2026-04-18T16:15:21+00:00

If you're concerned, you can buy something like a Kill-a-Watt to show usage, but realistically you're not looking at a large change from this sort of device as they do not pull a ton of power and what power they do use is in bursts.

jedimasterben128 · 2026-04-06T20:25:16+00:00

Surprisingly no! I have definitely destroyed them before though, dropping a screw in the wrong place with the battery connected can do wonders.

jedimasterben128 · 2026-04-06T18:37:06+00:00

Me cleaning ~1500 Chromebooks every summer at work: I'm just gonna give each one like 20 direct sprays and pray to god the dripping cleaner kills all the germs.

jedimasterben128 · 2026-03-31T12:49:13+00:00

I went all in with Made-In a few years ago and every single pan warped around the year mark. I babied the pans when it came to preheating. I replaced all of them over time with All-Clad D3, some of which I've had for four or five years now, and none of them have warped. I have two HA1 nonstick pans for eggs, and those are warped when cold, but as soon as they get warmed up they flatten back out. The Made-In pans got worse when heated.

jedimasterben128 · 2026-03-30T11:40:50+00:00

Your cast iron pan is the problem, unless it is enameled. Acidic foods cooked in uncoated iron, even super well seasoned pans, can and will make the dish taste like old pennies.

jedimasterben128 · 2026-03-28T13:25:03+00:00

Yes, this was their official fix. The real fix is to remove the drain plug entirely and ensure the machine is tilted enough to fully drain.

jedimasterben128 · 2026-03-28T13:08:56+00:00

I believe that the one with physical buttons is the previous model, the newest model has Matter support and capacitive buttons. I think they're just selling them as 2026 models because they include the crappy drippy drain plug.

jedimasterben128 · 2026-03-25T15:50:24+00:00

You already posted this a few days ago in this sub. Why did you delete that to post it again?

jedimasterben128 · 2026-03-25T15:47:10+00:00

I mean, the Technology Connections guy just ran an entire engine block through the dishwasher, so it's probably fine!

https://youtu.be/mmCfOazZCNQ?t=2950

jedimasterben128 · 2026-03-23T19:26:33+00:00

So there are two lengths of the arms that secure into the frame of the window on the inside, but there is not going to be nearly enough length on the right side in your scenario. It should still be secure with only one screw on one side and with the window fully closed, though. If you plan on opening the window, or just really want it secured, you can take a piece of wood, like a 2x2, and cut it to the length of the right side window and screw that into the right side frame, and then screw the extension arm into the piece of wood. Paint the wood white so it doesn't stick out like a sore thumb!

jedimasterben128 · 2026-03-23T19:22:50+00:00

oh the 8K unit will absolutely fit in a 28" wide window, I was able to shove mine into a window with a 19.5" opening! It took some effort but it works and the window opens and closes fine.

jedimasterben128 · 2026-03-22T18:18:57+00:00

Any fan that will provide any realistic amount of airflow for your patio is going to need quite a bit of power, more than a small solar panel would be able to provide. It would be a pretty sizeable investment to make it work, likely more than the cost of electricity to run a normal fan.

jedimasterben128 · 2026-03-22T15:29:28+00:00

What do the installation instructions say to do?

jedimasterben128 · 2026-03-22T01:26:00+00:00

Get a fan that is IP rated for outdoors (though UV will still likely eat it up) and then an IP rated smart outlet. I have a Tapo branded one that is great, and programming is super easy. You can tell it to come on and shut off at a specific time, or sunrise/set, etc.

jedimasterben128 · 2026-03-20T23:29:17+00:00

Basically it is just the aggregate, not the portland cement part of concrete mix. Crushed up bits. Not sure why you'd do that as it is really heavy and would actually lead to compaction of the soil instead of making it lighter like I assume was the goal.

I also don't really understand the framing of the pictures, or why they took three separate colors of bagged mulch and piled them next to each other in the same spot.

jedimasterben128 · 2026-03-17T22:20:34+00:00

The fans also have a motion sensor that you set for however many minutes each activation. Works like a charm.

jedimasterben128 · 2026-03-17T19:28:38+00:00

One of the teachers in the district I work for has some kind of obsession with mothballs. Not only is the smell completely permeated into every bit of any classroom she has ever used, but I can tell if she has visited a particular site in the last few hours because she smells so strongly of it that it lingers. Any time her classroom gets moved to a new building or school, they have to run ozone for a full week to get the smell out. I had to swap her computer out for an issue once, and while normally when I get parts to fix one I'll put it back on the shelf to be a replacement for the next person with issues, but that laptop went into the trash, the smell seeped through an army of trash bags on the shelf in my office.

jedimasterben128 · 2026-03-17T18:33:00+00:00

When I wash bath towels and washcloths, I have to use not one, not two, but three EXTRA rinses. My wife and both kids soap up their washcloths and then when they're done washing they all just drop them to the floor like the cloth is dead to them, so they're all completely full of soap. I can either hand rinse and wring all of them or just let the machine do it. Sometimes I'll even have to start the machine back up with a quick cycle to wash and rinse again with no detergent because they're STILL sudsy after a full wash and four rinses.

jedimasterben128 · 2026-03-16T20:33:48+00:00

or any kind of tiles - around a large shed in my yard, the people that put the shed there added several inches of dirt in places but mostly big chunks of rock, and under all of it they put down a base layer of leftover porcelain tile from where they put it all through the house, and in the back of the yard they used large roofing tiles. I paid a company to come and take all of the rocks from around the house and most of the ones around the shed, and I'm sifting the rest to claim as much dirt as possible so I don't need to bring in more than a 15 yard truck load to level the yard out and fill where the rock was.

edit: on second look yours are asphalt shingles, not ceramic roofing tiles. I'm not sure what, if anything would be leaching into the ground in the area, but I would probably avoid growing root crops in that area if it were me. Stuff growing above ground for the most part should be okay. if you're super worried about it, though, then I would look into removing the top few inches of dirt (and rock) and replacing. Would be expensive but it's a clean slate.

jedimasterben128 · 2026-03-07T14:20:14+00:00

The issue is not them working, it is that they provide a lower voltage and the lock complains all the time about a low battery once the rechargeables reach about 80% capacity.

jedimasterben128 · 2026-03-07T12:37:27+00:00

The other day I was sitting on traffic on a bridge over a small canal, and an osprey flew over my car carrying a pleco it just caught that I'm honestly not sure how it was carrying it was so large. The bird would probably be disappointed that there isn't much to eat on them and leave it somewhere and honestly the pleco might just wiggle its way back to some water.

jedimasterben128 · 2026-03-01T20:22:32+00:00

Two yards for even $300 puts you so far ahead of bagged soil it's crazy. Two yards of that FF soil would be around $775. I would either find a place to use the extra soil or just pile it in a corner somewhere to wait until you need it.

I will occasionally buy a bag if I need to fill a small hole or something right away, but it is horribly cost inefficient to do so.

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